Saturday, July 4, 2026
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/education-matters-thats-why-kejri-matters Education lessons from Kejriwal RN Bhaskar -- 5 March 2020 The recent Delhi elections confirmed one thing – that the formidable election machine Modi and the BJP had built was no match for the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.  Like all...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-madhya-pradesh-agricultural-marvel-has-miles-to-go/1287268 Irrigation served Madhya Pradesh's agriculture quite well — By RN Bhaskar | May 31, 2018 Madhya Pradesh is a state investors need to be watching very carefully.  During the past 12 years, the state has witnessed a blistering growth in agriculture of over...
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...
Riots – what provokes them? Image source: BBC By RN Bhaskar with inputs from Sakeena Bari Sayyed Nepal is on the boil.  The prime minister and president have been compelled to demit their respective offices.  The crowds continued to go on a...
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.freepressjournal.in/analysis/pending-cases-and-political-criminality/694252 Pending cases - how the mafia gains legitimacy There is one question most social scientists have been grappling with for ages – what is the difference between a government and the mafia? After all, both collect protection money, though the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-indias-blighted-vision-about-gold-mining Gold mining – part I Can India have better policies relating to gold mining RN Bhaskar -- 17 December 2020 Last week, media headlines screamed out information about the ‘theft’ of 100 kg of gold kept in the CBI vaults. An inhouse...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/arbitration-need-to-protect-investments Protect investments and arbitration; else the economic pain will worsen RN Bhaskar  -- 23 January 2020 The recent reckless remarks against Amazon’s Jeff Bezos’s investment announcements have upset the global financial community.  The government’s subsequent claim that the remarks were taken...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/strategy-for-healthier-india-china-trade China and India could together revive the global economy RN Bhaskar  26 March 2020 China has been a savvy investor in India (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/03/china-investments-in-india-are-strategic-and-profitable/).  Some claim that China has outsmarted India.  But such cynical views miss the big picture.  China created value...