Monday, October 26, 2026
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-you-cant-just-snap-fdi-into-india FDI inflows need nurturing, the soil needs preparation RN Bhaskar These columns have constantly written about the desperate need for investments. We wrote about this just last month (https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-invest-in-india-right-message-wrong-approach), It was immediately after Prime minister Narendra Modi addressed global funds --...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-pushing-e-payments-with-scam-potential-dangerous/1001041 ePayments and the scam potential Try paying a bill of the MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) -- the epayments way -- through its web portal.  It will be a vexing experience. Half the payment gateways do not work This could...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-the-abject-state-of-medicare-in-india/1008722 India's Medicate -- terrible state; forgotten objectives How does medicare fare in India?  The blunt answer is that nobody really knows.  There is very little data available.  Or at least, if the data is available with the government, little goes...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-deceptive-economic-performance India's  economic performance may be worse than is being claimed RN Bhaskar Last week government sources were proud to showcase India’s GDP growth during the current fiscal at 13.5 %.  It was left to analysts to point out that this was...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/now-private-banks-too-are-getting-tarnished/1260481 AIBEA should focus more on private bank malpractices RN Bhaskar -- Apr 19, 2018 Stories about wheeling dealing that managements of private sector banks have indulged in have suddenly put the spotlight on such banks. Hitherto, the focus was on mismanagement...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/psus-when-a-promise-is-not-a-promise-r-n-bhaskar/1242051 PSUs: Promises forgotten, rules ignored — By RN Bhaskar | Mar 22, 2018 08:17 am On March 13, 2018, the Parliament’s Lower House, the Lok Sabha, passed without debate two finance bills and 218 amendments. These included funding demands from 99 government...
The dangers of pushing ideology RN Bhaskar Last week, at a Business Standard conference, RBI governor, Shaktikanta Das made some observations that caused many observers to roll back their eyes. The governor said that the Indian economy and the financial sector...
R N Bhaskar 10 August 2015 The brittleness of impatience crackles. There is the familiar irritable fretfulness of politicians and industry captains as they chafe against the RBI’s reluctance to ease interest rates a bit more.  Unspoken, yet unmistakably implied, is...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-solar-wobbles-ahead-2057224 Solar wobbles ahead R N Bhaskar First the good news. Cumulative solar installations in India crossed the 3 GW mark (100 Mega Watts or MW equals one GigaWatt). Figures compiled by the Mercom Capital Group show that almost 734 MW of...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-how-sc-upheld-community-s-right-to-manage-funds-1953862 How the Hindus lost control of their temples, gods and culture In a landmark judgement on January 6, the Supreme Court ruled that no government had the absolute right to take over the management of temple trusts It ruled that Article...