Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Development is what all BRICS members should be focussing on By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image generated through CoPilot Ask any economist, and you will be told that to grow meaningfully, countries need to focus on three areas. For economic...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/tourism-is-desirable-but-not-easily-captured-r-n-bhaskar/947530 Tourism desirable, but problems persist By any yardstick, the numbers look impressive. There has been an impressive growth in tourism. According to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2015 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), India’s rank climbed up 13 Places...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-5-nail-biting-moments-can-india-be-revived Agenda V - India can be revived, but much needs to be done first (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) By RN Bhaskar First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.                   ...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-world-poverty-clock-pointers-for-india/1069774 India could learn a few things from the World Poverty Clock — By RN Bhaskar | May 18, 2017 08:13 am Asia could be getting out of poverty faster than many countries in the developing world.  This -- and a great deal of...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-droning-government-and-its-wake-up-call-for-drones The government wakes up to the urgent need to open u0p the market for drones RN Bhaskar You can always count on the Indian government to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. (With apologies to Winston Churchill) Roll...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-how-aadhaarpan-could-threaten-banking-and-financial-integrity Article 139AA has created a big money laundering machine in India RN Bhaskar On 27 October 2020, there was a Twitter chat— “Curious case of PAN-Aadhaar linkage” -- that was organised by the prestigious Economic and Political Weekly (EPW).  It raised...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/lessons-in-education-from-china-for-india/830650 What India can learn about education from China - I Any way you look at it, there is a great sad irony underlining the approach of India and China to its own people and to the world. India waxes eloquent about...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-farmers-need-msp-till-commodity-markets-mature-and-become-reliable For desperate farmers, and broken commodity exchanges, MSP is the solution RN Bhaskar Ever since the government backtracked and repealed the three farm laws, there has been a concerted effort to show that the farmers were and remain misguided.  That Minimum...
De Beers loses big time in the Singapore courts RN Bhaskar For many diamond industry watchers, De Beers was always too big a player to pick up a fight with.  It has eliminated competition ruthlessly, as the following paragraphs will show. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-budget-2021-is-a-mixed-bag-with-too-many-causes-for-alarm Budget 2021 is not really about Atma Nirbhar Bharat RN Bhaskar -- 05 February 2021 =============================== All the Budget 2021 articles can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-series/ ================================ First, there are some very good things about the budget.  Note, all the figures discussed here have...