Sunday, February 15, 2026
Can the legend of Dr.Verghese Kurien be erased? By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image source: NDDB 26 November 2025. It was a day for celebrations. It has also become a day for sadness. It was a day when the country...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/infrastructure-spending-has-been-great-under-nda-government/1414386 Great news about infrastructure spending RN Bhaskar -- 13 December 2018 One of the major achievements of the BJP led NDA government is the huge step forward it has made in respect of central sector infrastructure projects. CARE Ratings recently brought...
The India infrastructure hype RN Bhaskar Last week, the government announced that it would be embarking on another large investment outlay for infrastructure.  As a media report (https://indianexpress.com/article/india/govts-big-infra-push-nod-to-road-projects-worth-rs-50655-crore-9491780/) put it, “In a big push to infrastructure spending, the Union government Friday...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-shrinking-middle-class-could-roil-india-badly Shrinking middle class, warped policies, could hurt India badly RN Bhaskar The writing was on the wall.  Poverty is on the march.  All the slogans about a resurgent India, self-reliance had begun to sound a bit stale, irrelevant, even distasteful. Poverty triumphs...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/government-paying-lip-service-to-solar-and-ev-players/1426663 Is the government serious about solar power and EVs? RN Bhaskar December 27, 2018 Last week, possibly in order to soften the pain for an electorate in the months preceding general elections, the government (through its finance ministry) reduced GST on...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-government-makes-farmers-more-sarkar-nirbhar-not-atma-nirbhar-writes-rn-bhaskar The government makes farmers more sarkar nirbhar, not atma nirbhar RN Bhaskar Last week, the government shocked economy watchers when it announced an extension of the ban on futures trading in select agricultural commodities for a year.  It would appear that...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bank-frauds-could-hurt-india-much-more-than-covid-19-can Bank frauds could create more pain than people imagine RN Bhaskar – 24 September 2020 If you are a believer, or a bhakt, you should only read the reports of India’s policymakers. You will get a feeling that all is well. ...
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/does-the-budget-not-care-for-human-capital/1453862 Interim Budget and its indifference to human capital RN Bhaskar February 7, 2019 At a time when election fever is at its peak, it is not surprising to see the tide run out. That is when you embarrassingly discover who...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-begins-transforming-itself-but-r-n-bhaskar/958267 India transforms, but . . . "The king is extremely cultured but.... The courtiers were charming, my stay as a guest of honour immensely comfortable, but... The music in the king's court was exquisite, but... The ladies were most beautiful, but... The country was...