Wednesday, September 9, 2026
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-rera-becomes-real-will-the-customer-still-be-king/1066031 Will diluted forms of RERA work? — By RN Bhaskar | May 11, 2017 07:48 am It was a concept that was being spoken of almost nine years ago.  Finally, this government has made it happen.  Nobody thought that the real-estate-developer lobby could...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/npci-upi-credit-cards-and-customer-safety NPCI, UPI, digital payments and customer protection RN Bhaskar [Clarificatory Note:  On 17 June 2022, five days after the article appeared on our website, and seven days after we sent out queries to NPCI before writing the story, NPCI came forth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-demographics-and-weaponsising-unemployables Policy watch Short-tenure recruitment of unemployables in the army will weaponise them RN Bhaskar Last fortnight, the government let it be known it was contemplating introducing short term recruitment – of three year tenures – into the Indian army (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/armed-forces-may-soon-recruit-soldiers-on-short-term-contracts/articleshow/90671646.cms?from=mdr). According to...
R N Bhaskar 6 July 2015 For almost four decades since India’s independence, Germany saw immense opportunity in this country.  True, there were hurdles.  Managing the government wasn’t easy.  Especially when many of the big businesses that Germany was interested in...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bribery-at-all-levels-in-its-five-shades-r-n-bhaskar/867684 Five shades of bribery The Modi government prides itself on on trying to usher in corruption-free and bribery-free governance.  Maybe someone should tell its legislators that the best way to clean up governance is by making bribe-giving legal. This is what...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-us-russia-ukraine-will-cause-inflation-to-soar-and-currencies-to-tumble The US gambit with Ukraine and Russia will scorch the entire world RN Bhaskar Almost two months have transpired since the Ukraine-Russia-NATO-USA spat began.  As mentioned in these columns, this was a war that the US wanted, and got (https://asiaconverge.com/2022/02/ukraine-the-war-that-usa-wants/).  It...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india-has-begun-to-make-waves/ India has begun to make waves — By RN Bhaskar | Nov 11, 2015 01:11 am There’s a lot going on in media nowadays that makes one believe that India is going downhill. It could be an orchestrated approach to malign the...
https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-policy-watch-india-splurges-51-of-water-it-could-have-otherwise-saved-1995733 India splurges over half the water it gets Monday, 16 June 2014 - 6:26am IST | Agency: DNA | R N Bhaskar If the next wars would be fought for water, it is time to look at how countries manage their...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-could-learn-a-lot-from-post-covid-19-spending-patterns-in-china India must be forward looking, not defensive, as is evident frompost-Covid-19 spending-patterns RN Bhaskar – 13 August, 2020 After a country has been hit by a pandemic, how should people spend money?  Different cultures spend money differently.  There are countries where...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/indias-economy-hurry-hide-those-blemishes-writes-rn-bhaskar Indian economy -- Out damned spot! RN Bhaskar Last week was full of chest thumping for India as it hosted the G20 Summit in Mumbai.  The city did everything to make itself look prettier than it is.  Slums were hidden from...