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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/indian-shipping-grows-but-overseas-not-in-india-rn-bhaskar/1382701
Indian shipping faces disadvantages in India, but not overseas
RN Bhaskar October 25, 2018
Indian shipping is at a crossroads. On the one hand, it would like to be part of the government vision of Make-In-India. On the other hand, the...
Is FSSAI playing games with consumers once again?
By RN Bhaskar
Image generated through https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img
FSSAI (the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India -- https://fssai.gov.in/) is also known as the Food Authority. It comes under the ministry of Health & Family...
18 May 2026
Trump’s fantasies about blockading Iran
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Images: Copilot
Trump has begun the attempt to blockade Iran. No oil is ostensibly being allowed to go out. At the same time, little food is reportedly being...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/geography-economics-history-and-culture-heres-why-india-and-china-need-each-other
How should India view China?
RN Bhaskar - July 2, 2020
At times of war, it is dangerous to talk of peace. As the poet TS Eliot once remarked (through the lips of Aunt Agatha in A Family Reunion), “In a...
Lectures by RN Bhaskar
The rural Economy
Future of Agriculture series -- Lectures
Date
Title
URL
16-07-2020
Why Agriculture matters for India| Future of Agriculture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqVLmf2G4g&t=295s
23-07-2020
Milk is the real backbone of India's rural economy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4JY5YjWsBo
30-07-2020
Animal Husbandry -Economics and Fallacies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGyLxdHFQMw
06-08-2020
The emerging wealth generator in farming is vegetables and fruit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gqM0nQObg&t=55s
13-08-2020
Rural...
R N Bhaskar
24 August 2015
The government is keen on strengthening Aadhaar. That will allow it to effectively implement its Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) programme across the country.
But there is a gaping hole in the entire process. India has been...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/infrastructure-spending-has-been-great-under-nda-government/1414386
Great news about infrastructure spending
RN Bhaskar -- 13 December 2018
One of the major achievements of the BJP led NDA government is the huge step forward it has made in respect of central sector infrastructure projects. CARE Ratings recently brought...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-the-sludge-and-the-fudge-in-education-sector/994226
Education – automatic promotions fudge data and corrode standards
Last week, the legal department of the government of India finally agreed to modify the Right to Education (RTE) Act (http://mhrd.gov.in/rte). The RTE was successfully steered through Parliament in 2009. Sadly,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-states-amazing-feat-of-de-risking-farmers/1073810
How did Maharashtra manage to de-risk farmers?
— By RN Bhaskar | May 25, 2017 07:27 am
Maharashtra is a rich state where its farmers are poor. And it isn’t because they don’t get loan waivers. Farmers remain poor primarily because they’ve been...
