https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/high-costs-bedevil-india
Judicial delays, import duties and corruption make business a high cost affair
RN Bhaskar – 11 July 2019
When Prime minister Modi won at the hustings with a thumping majority, there was a resurgence of hope. Maybe, Modi 2.0 would be...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bank-mergers-abracadabra-mess-vanishes-r-n-bhaskar/1363483
Bank mergers, LIC and IL&FS: abracadabra! See the mess has disappeared!
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 27, 2018
There is trouble that is bubbling inside India’s financial cauldron. The three witches cackle, stir their brooms in the broth, and chant incantations that...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/npa-albatross-around-banks-neck-rn-bhaskar/857767
The scourge of NPAs
The markets are still reeling. They are trying to cope with the NPA burden. Estimated at Rs.4 lakh crore, NPAs threaten to become almost 1.5 times the cumulative market capitalization of these banks. Some of these...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/where-from-here-decoding-indias-path-r-n-bhaskar/872029
India's economic path: Quo vadis?
By any account, India appears to have done well. Unlike many advanced economies, which have registered a declining trend, India seems to be moving along an upward incline (see chart 1 alongside). India's economic path...
India exim: Cut the hype. India is bleeding
RN Bhaskar
Politicians love to focus on their achievements, but remain silent about their shortcomings. This is also true of India’s recently announced Foreign Trade Policy for 2023 (https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/govt-releases-foreign-trade-policy-2023-eyes-2-trn-export-target-by-2030-123033100329_1.html). The policy itself is...
9th March 2025
How India’s Judiciary got marginalised
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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On 23 February 2026, media headlines screamed out that the Supreme Court (SC) had pulled up NCERT for introducing, in the class VIII textbooks, a chapter...
The world could change faster than you think
RN Bhaskar
Recent developments have the potential to compel people to shed any preconceived notions of the way strategies could play out. The world is changing faster than anyone could imagine.
The Latin American...
The Garuda and the Asiatic Lion are rapidly displacing the elephant
By R.N.Bhaskar
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There was a time when the elephant – India’s mascot for the world – had an impressive stature. It was present everywhere. It was a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-energy-prices-favour-india-may-be-not-opec/1085442
Oil prices favour India, for now
— By RN Bhaskar | Jun 15, 2017 07:15 am
The snapping of diplomatic ties with Qatar by many Arab countries underlines the precariousness of oil politics. Much of the Middle Eastern politics are on account of,...
Iran invokes spirits of the great Persian empire
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Iran has become the proverbial ugly-duckling-turned-swan. Its ugly duckling image was a creation of Western media right since the 1950s. This was because...
