Wednesday, April 8, 2026
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-india-hope-for-speedier-justice Judiciary - Part IV: The curse of judicial delays (All other articles in the Judiciary series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/03/the-judiciary-series/) RN Bhaskar India has a way with words to disguise its lack of intention.  In its attempt to justify its judicial...
India’s Budget 2024 and Economic Survey suggest trouble ahead By RN Bhaskar The Economic Survey was tabled before the Parliament on Monday 22 July 2024.  The next day, the finance minister tabled her Budget proposals. If one goes by the hype...
You cannot become a superpower with a weak currency By RN Bhaskar India analysts have watched with amazement as they see the rupee continue to slip. It has lately been hovering around Rs.82 for each US Dollar, and is threatening to...
R N Bhaskar February 16, 2014 As expected, smuggling of gold into India has continued. While on paper the current account deficit (CAD) appears to have been addressed, the smuggling in of gold has ended up causing immense damage – it has...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-4-stop-fiddling-with-agri-edible-oil-prices Agenda #4 – Edible oil prices soar when demand is down RN Bhaskar (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) “April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.” -- TS Eliot,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline Policy watch Agenda #2 –  CEZs can bail India out of this economic crisis (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) RN Bhaskar “For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings ...” Richard...
Education: India gloats, but shrivels under scrutiny RN Bhaskar Image generated by https://deepai.org/ On April 3, 2025, media headlines talked about how the state government of Maharashtra scrapping the “one state, one uniform” policy. It said that individual School Management Committees (SMCs),...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/tourism-is-desirable-but-not-easily-captured-r-n-bhaskar/947530 Tourism desirable, but problems persist By any yardstick, the numbers look impressive. There has been an impressive growth in tourism. According to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2015 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), India’s rank climbed up 13 Places...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/want-to-uproot-corruption-try-this/980341 Want to uproot corruption? Try this How does one win confidence of people, and also strengthen the Indian economy? That is no easy task. After all, most Indians feel deprived; and vulnerable. India remains a country where 53% of its wealth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-case-for-bullion-banking-in-india Will the government allow bullion banking in India? RN Bhaskar  --  26 December 2019 India has been myopic about so many things.  One of them, tragically, is gold.  It has forgotten to exploit its own mines,  It gave out licences to...