http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bad-loans-advantage-nbfcs-private-banks-r-n-bhaskar/1300805
Growth times for NBFCs and private banks
— By RN Bhaskar | Jun 21, 2018
Last week, in his annual letter to shareholders of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Uday Kotak, managing director, stated that private sector banks could increase their market share to as...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-will-not-understand-governance-till-uttar-pradesh-is-tamed
India's cross will be the badlands of Uttar Pradesh
RN Bhaskar
“Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them , , ,
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty”
Excerpted from Pity the Nation by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article137279578.html)
Uttar...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bank-mergers-abracadabra-mess-vanishes-r-n-bhaskar/1363483
Bank mergers, LIC and IL&FS: abracadabra! See the mess has disappeared!
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 27, 2018
There is trouble that is bubbling inside India’s financial cauldron. The three witches cackle, stir their brooms in the broth, and chant incantations that...
NMDC’s lust for foreign gold is mysterious indeed
NMDC rushes to seek gold overseas, when goldfields and mine development are pending in India.
RN Bhaskar
On 5 November, NMDC made an unusual announcement – captured by Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/indias-nmdc-subsidiary-legacy-iron-ore-mine-gold-australia-2023-11-05/). It said that it...
R N Bhaskar
22 June 2015
Timeline: early 1980s. India sees the emergence of a new form of blackmail. A trade organisation, Retail Druggists’ and Chemists’ Association (RDCA), decides to selectively target manufacturers and ‘ban’ the sale of their products from...
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Only jobs and good education can end the desperate times for the poor in India
RN Bhaskar
Before we get to the article on desperate times, there are two items on the agenda.
First, Festive greetings. My greetings can be...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/jan-aushadhi-could-disrupt-domestic-pharma-market/1148447
Jan Aushadhi could be a game changer for Indian pharma
— By RN Bhaskar | Oct 05, 2017 08:16 am
This is like many other schemes that the previous government merely talked about, introduced, and then forgot. The Jan Aushadhi (literally translated as...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-could-be-promoting-mass-labour-vulnerability/1221549
Labour has been seeking shelter in the informal sector which could pose problems
— By RN Bhaskar | Feb 15, 2018 08:20 am
The prime minister has lauded the efforts of people to seek out some form of self-employment. One example he...
The US could end up damning the world
RN Bhaskar
“An evil enemy will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.” – Sun Tzu (https://twitter.com/Byoussef/status/1347003718772924416)
The trouble with megalomaniacs, and warmongers is that their obsession with being...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-farmers-need-msp-till-commodity-markets-mature-and-become-reliable
For desperate farmers, and broken commodity exchanges, MSP is the solution
RN Bhaskar
Ever since the government backtracked and repealed the three farm laws, there has been a concerted effort to show that the farmers were and remain misguided. That Minimum...









































