https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/when-the-inr-falls-it-is-easy-to-blame-gold-writes-rn-bhaskar
A weak INR and growing CAD are a result of poor gold policies
By RN Bhaskar
The RBI in its recent report (https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_ViewBulletin.aspx?Id=21137#FN14) states “Gold imports at US$ 2.6 billion in June 2022 were almost half the level of US$ 6.0...
23 March 2026
The growing degradation of the UN
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Part II can be found by clicking here
The United Nations (UN) was born on 24 October,1945. It was because after WWII, all the major countries...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/shrinking-modi-bjp-even-india
When Modi, the BJP and India begin shrinking
“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”
— Lin Yutang
RB Bhaskar
Elections for five states are over -- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu Kerala, Assam,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/prepare-yourself-financial-turbulence-ahead/809974
Prepare yourself, financial turbulence ahead
— By RN Bhaskar | Mar 23, 2016 12:01 am
Last fortnight, Paytm, the mobile payments firm, declared that it will increase its seller base on its online marketplace multifold to 500,000 by March 2017, compared to...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-plunder-part-ii-how-finance-commission-weightages-were-tweaked-to-promote-profligacy-and-irresponsibilityhttps://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-plunder-part-ii-how-finance-commission-weightages-were-tweaked-to-promote-profligacy-and-irresponsibility
India plunder – Part II:
Tweaking rules to promote abet plunder through profligacy and irresponsibility
RN Bhaskar - Sept 10, 2020
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The other parts of this series can be found at
http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/the-plunder-series/
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Except for brief periods, much of North Indian history has been one...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-invest-in-india-right-message-wrong-approach
Invest in India – right message, wrong approach
RN Bhaskar
Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited global funds and businesses -- which have about $6 trillion of assets under management -- to invest in India. He pitched the nation as...
India’s poor record-keeping about deaths and ghost voters
RN Bhaskar
On May 22, 2023, there were news reports about the Home ministry planning to introduce a new Bill in the Parliament. The Bill would seek to link birth and death registers...
India’s net FDI is a pointer to a deeper malaise
By RN Bhaskar
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On May 23, 2025, media headlines announced (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/indias-net-fdi-crashes-96-5-in-fy25-lowest-on-record/articleshow/121353121.cms) that India’s net FDI had plummeted by a shocking 96%. This was the lowest it had slipped. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/financial-realities-stare-india-in-the-face
Financial realities stare India in the face. FDI sorely needed
RN Bhaskar
On July 6 this year, a news item in a leading daily (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/nod-for-80-fdi-proposals-from-china-entities/articleshow/92685606.cms) talked about 80 Chinese FDI proposals being cleared by the Indian government. At around the same...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/railway-lessons-for-india-with-love-from-japan/
Railway lessons for India: With love, from Japan
— By R N Bhaskar | Nov 26, 2015 12:09 am
India once boasted of having one of the largest railway networks in the world – thanks to the British. But it slipped in...
