http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-medicare-damns-the-entire-country-r-n-bhaskar/898333
India's medicare: disallow cow slaughter, but not human slaughter
Most sociologists insist that the two crucial indicators which point to a government’s commitment to improving the lot of its people are education and health. The first allows people to grow. ...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-futures-in-diamonds-is-sebi-promoting-a-scam/1054949
Diamond futures and SEBI's blind spot
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 20, 2017 09:34 am
On Tuesday, January 10, the Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) came out with a statement (www.icexindia.com/pdf/10012017_RE.pdf) informing people that it was planning to launch three futures contracts for...
23 Feb 2026
Iran can teach India how not to do business through blackmail
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Wikipedia
In early February 2026, the Indian coast guard intercepted three oil tankers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYPRstOjGk). They were carrying oil. It was initially...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/more-homework-needed-for-industrialisation-r-n-bhaskar/893790
MIDC: How industry gets sabotaged, land-grab abetted, and extortion ignored
The Constitution of India has a very interesting section which most people are not very familiar with. It is Article 243 Q (c) which states that municipal corporations should be...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/will-maharashtra-alienate-rural-votes-rn-bhaskar/794453
Will Maharashtra alienate rural votes?
The finance minister may have made major announcements to boost agriculture. But in BJP ruled Maharashtra, agriculture remains one of the most exploited sectors. Some of these measure could grievously hurt the ruling party’s votebanks....
Are there limits to a fudge?
RN Bhaskar
Both pictures are courtesy Canva -- https://www.canva.com – The term 2+2=5 is reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984 where the protagonist wonders if the constant propagation of this foolish formula could lead people to...
Government norms for ranking vocational institutes are shortsighted, even harmful
By RN Bhaskar
Ever since the Union Budget got announced barely a month ago, there has been a lot of buzz around the offices of the Directorate General for Vocational Education. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-e-solutions-cannot-substitute-efficiency-integrity-and-intelligence
India stunts its own ecommerce potential
RN Bhaskar
India has always prided itself on its IT (information Technology) skills. It believes that it can become the world’s outsourcing hub for technology.
It believes that it could become the biggest ecommerce and esolutions...
Health issues smothered by wealth concerns - medical education is the casualty
RN Bhaskar
On 22 September the country’s leading publications stated that the National Medical Commission (NMC) had barred Tamil Nadu from adding any new medical seats (https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nmcs-new-guidelines-may-have-adverse-impact-on-tamil-nadu-experts-101695756143484.html).
The result was...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/how-much-gold-can-be-mined-in-india-r-n-bhaskar/1291467
Can India ever allow genuine gold exploration and mining in India?
RN Bhaskar -- | Jun 07, 2018
Officially India mined just 1.61 tonnes of gold in India during 2017-18. That was essentially from primary sources.
But ask geologists, and they will tell...
