Monday, August 17, 2026
Maharashtra could soon become part of BIMMARU By RN Bhaskar Image by Kalpesh Mistry Is Maharashtra headed in the same direction that Uttar Pradesh has taken for the past few decades? Will it become another addition to the BIMARU grouping causing a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/increasing-interdependence-of-japan-and-india/ Increasing interdependence of Japan and India — By RN Bhaskar | Dec 16, 2015 12:00 am Last week, Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, made his second trip to India during the Modi government’s tenure. On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/the-way-ahead-for-economic-growth-and-jobs The priority should be economic growth and jobs RN Bhaskar  --  13 June 2019 The Indian economy is at the brink of extremely difficult times. At such times, a report from the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) titled Investment Requirements in...
Gautam Adani becomes more relevant for India than ever before  By RN Bhaskar Historically, perceptions are often created by media and sometimes by design. An interesting anecdote that media managers need to remember is one that I learnt from Ravi Boothalingam (https://asiaconverge.com/2021/12/india-china-the-long-view/)....
R N Bhaskar February 24, 2014 India's policymakers love to talk about 'national interest'. They talk of it when they do not want to part with information. They say that it would jeopardise 'national interest'. They love to curb individual freedoms,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-the-war-over-e-payments-and-digitisation/1062135 Policy watch The Watal report: The war over epayments and digitisation Rn bhaskar There is a unspoken of war within the government.  Everybody wants to take charge of epayments and digitisation. But none wants to take up owning responsibility Look at the facts. ...
16 Feb 2026 India faces an exodus of money, people, and values By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: Gemini Even as Piyush Goyal, Union minister for commerce,  continues to be exultant about his New Zealand and EU FTAs and his trade...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/indias-economy-hurry-hide-those-blemishes-writes-rn-bhaskar Indian economy -- Out damned spot! RN Bhaskar Last week was full of chest thumping for India as it hosted the G20 Summit in Mumbai.  The city did everything to make itself look prettier than it is.  Slums were hidden from...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/are-the-pm-modis-key-schemes-being-sabotaged Ignoring waste management could cripple three key schemes of PM Modi RN Bhaskar -- August 1, 2019 Three schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are truly pathbreaking – at least where India is concerned.  One is Swachh Bharat, The other is...
The quagmire effect – Quo Vadis? Image through CoPilot By RN Bhaskar Nothing resembles a quagmire more than the state of the US post President Trump’s pronouncements on immigration, and high tariffs. He thinks he could be bringing glory back to the...