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Pandemics and mass extermination are dangers for India
This article is the first of a three-part series on slums, cities, and economic growth.
RN Bhaskar
The clock’s ticking has become more ominous than ever before. The silent cries of the dying,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-maharashtra-opens-up-its-hinterland/1110674
Unlocking Maharashtra's wealth
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 27, 2017 07:23 am
In many ways one could draw parallels between India’s Golden Quadilateral (GQ) and Maharashtra’s biggest roadway project. Christened as the Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway (NMEW) or the Samruddhi Mahamarg, this 701 km...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/manufacturing-continues-to-disenchant/1114582
Manufacturing gets pushed aside in India
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 03, 2017 06:48 am
The government talks about strengthening the manufacturing backbone of India. Slogans of ‘Make in India’ continue to rent the air. Everyone talks about how this is to...
Trump merely fiddles -- his offerings are poisonous
By RN Bhaskar
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This article is being written amid the fog of war. One does not know which way this war will end. But if current indications are considered,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/2023-woes-government-myopia-has-hurt-the-economy-writes-rn-bhaskar
2023 woes - Government myopia has hurt the economy
RN Bhaskar
The first week of the new year had two bits of bad news for India. First, the country witnessed data from the CMIE which showed that unemployment rate in India...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-government-can-easily-clean-up-gold-market-in-india/1106479
Just three steps and the govt can clean up the gold market
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 20, 2017 07:04 am
The gold market in India is in a mess. Smuggling continues big time. Seizure of smuggled-in-gold barely accounts for 3%...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-when-the-shadows-grow-longer-and-dread-begins-to-reign
When shadows grow longer than the man, it means that the sun is setting . .
RN Bhaskar – 16 July 2020
There is an old saying that when the shadow of a man grows larger than the person, it means...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-gold-be-made-less-attractive-for-smugglers-en-bhaskar/1101981
Can the government make gold a cleaner, more profitable, business in India?
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 13, 2017 07:16 am
Listen carefully to the words that are constantly being uttered by government spokesmen. They talk about driving black-marketeers to the ground....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/fdi%e2%80%88mixed-smoke-signals-continue-to-perplex/1140625
Will FDI finally begin to roll into India?
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 21, 2017 07:09 am
If one looks back, 2014 was a year when many people had a great deal of hope and expectation. FDI was supposed to pour into...
Derivatives, USA and Armageddon
By RN Bhaskar
In a way, the world has been too gentle with the US. It has allowed that country to play around with other people’s money, to create and abrogate treaties at will, to stoutly deny...
