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https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/indian-shipping-grows-but-overseas-not-in-india-rn-bhaskar/1382701 Indian shipping faces disadvantages in India, but not overseas RN Bhaskar October 25, 2018 Indian shipping is at a crossroads. On the one hand, it would like to be part of the government vision of Make-In-India. On the other hand, the...
Iran invokes spirits of the great Persian empire By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: Created through CoPilot   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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-government-should-not-be-trusted-with-banks/1198570 The government is responsible for bank NPAs — By RN Bhaskar | Jan 04, 2018 08:34 am A seminal document, that CARE Ratings brought out on December 27, 2017, showed how precariously perched India’s banks are. In that list (see chart alongside) CARE Ratings...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/need-to-take-literacy-improvement-seriously-r-n-bhaskar/1282452 Very few states take literacy improvement seriously — By RN Bhaskar | May 24, 2018 The government of India like to crow about how it has improved India’s literacy levels ever since independence.  But when the numbers are studied carefully for a long...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-treatment-meted-out-to-edible-oil-reflects-the-concern-for-farmer-welfare Edible oil and agriculture in India RN Bhaskar The government works hard to project itself as being farmer-friendly.  It likes to maintain that it is committed to a self-reliant India (atma nirbhar Bharat).  But if one looks at the government’s policies...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-centre-of-gravity-of-billionaires-could-shift/1171231 Billionaires get a fillip in Asia — By RN Bhaskar | Nov 16, 2017 08:47 am In India there is a saying that if the first generation creates wealth, the second tries to build on it, but the third, invariably squanders it.  In...
A hollowed-out India needs an economic reboot By RN Bhaskar Hollowed-out is a phrase that refers to something being taken out, leaving the shell to be filled with anything or nothing. India is being hollowed out.  Its ability to be entrepreneurial...
Can India deal with China the way Vietnam has done?  By RN Bhaskar India appears to be spooked by China.  Its actions do not appear rational. To understand this, just look at what Vietnam has done.  The world is waking up...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bad-loans-advantage-nbfcs-private-banks-r-n-bhaskar/1300805 Growth times for NBFCs and private banks — By RN Bhaskar | Jun 21, 2018 Last week, in his annual letter to shareholders of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Uday Kotak, managing director, stated that private sector banks could increase their market share to as...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/legalise-work-permits-for-immigrants/1118599 Work-permits for migrants needed urgently — By RN Bhaskar | Aug 10, 2017 07:34 am Hatred against immigrants is not peculiar to India alone. But it is at its peak when economic conditions are harsh, and a local population looks unkindly at people...