Policy Watch

India and China warm up to each other. Russia could be the marriage-maker RN Bhaskar The last two months have been turbulent for India.  In a way, this is a microcosm of what the world has witnessed during the past two...

Policy watch How good is Maharashtra’s land management? RN Bhaskar This is the first part of a two-part analysis of Maharashtra and Sugarcane.  The first part can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/03/maharashtra-has-a-fatal-obsession-for-sugarcane/ Before one attempts to provide an answer to the question in the...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-diamonds-may-not-be-safe-for-investors-any-more Diamonds no longer anyone's best friend any more RN Bhaskar The last couple of months have witnessed a barrage of advertisements seeking to lure jewellery buyers to diamonds.  They talk about how natural diamonds are the safest items of jewellery, unique...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-medicare-damns-the-entire-country-r-n-bhaskar/898333 India's medicare: disallow cow slaughter, but not human slaughter Most sociologists insist that the two crucial indicators which point to a government’s commitment to improving the lot of its people are education and health.  The first allows people to grow. ...

Yarns government spokespersons spin about jobs and growth By RN Bhaskar The government may say that the economy is looking good, and that India is on the rise. But some key indicators are flashing red. Few jobs, little growth and a bleak...

India has big plans and announcements about its INR, but without underlying support RN Bhaskar For the past couple of months there have been reports and conjectures that the Indian rupee (INR) could easily become the global reserve currency.  The answer...

The Election Commission told to be transparent By RN Bhaskar Picture generated using https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img This article is being written on 15 August 2025.  It is celebrated as Independence Day in India.  And nothing could be more pleasing for Indians than to find...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/economic-policy-little-vision-less-consultation Auto sector revival key to economic revival RN Bhaskar – August 22, 2019 Budget reviews are normally written within a fortnight after the papers are tabled in Parliament.  This belated review comes in the wake of sharply declining sales, slashing of...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/coronavirus-nobody-likes-epidemics-but-dont-demonise-countries COVID-19 is a global emergency RN Bhaskar  --  27 February, 2020 All epidemics are terrifying, as they defy man’s capabilities -- of how to cope with them, even if temporarily. They frighten both common folk as well as health administrators. It is...

R N Bhaskar 20 April 2015 Private faces in public places Are wiser and nicer Than public faces in private places —WH Auden Can religion influence business? Yes indeed! A good indicator is the decline in cow population in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh....