The government creates godmen, destroys values, in pursuit of power and wealth
RN Bhaskar
Last week the police finally registered an FIR (First Information Report, a document which must be prepared before criminal investigations begin) against priest and ‘godman’ Yati Narsinghanand...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/transform-india-through-jobs-wealth-generation/1536648
Wealth generation and jobs are urgently needed
RN Bhaskar – May 30, 2019
The new government is in place, with a larger mandate than the previous one. Obviously, people expect it to fulfill their aspirations.
The trouble is that jobs and wealth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-indias-markets-and-the-economy
Markets and the Indian economy
RN Bhaskar
One could call it bittersweet. There are plenty of reasons for feeling happy, even euphoric. By Friday last week, the stockmarkets had revived – after initially slumping. The BSE Sensex had crossed the 60,000...
4 May 2026
Trump’s missteps and hubris
By RN Bhaskar & Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image -- CoPilot
There was a time when the world could have been saved. There were many possibilities. For instance, if Bush, the son, had been indicted for war...
Does India really care for education?
RN Bhaskar
This is an article about education. Medicare will be looked at later. Its immediate provocation is witnessing the constant chest-thumping claims of politicians – and occasionally even industrialists – that India’s march towards...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-two-cheers-not-three-for-the-agri-bills
A lot more needed to be done before tabling the agri bills
RN Bhaskar -- 1 October 2020
The government finally made a move. It has introduced some path-breaking bills for the improvement of agriculture and the lot of farmers in...
Can India deal with China the way Vietnam has done?
By RN Bhaskar
India appears to be spooked by China. Its actions do not appear rational. To understand this, just look at what Vietnam has done. The world is waking up...
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/death-with-dignity-gains-legality-in-the-uk/1175058
India dithers over death with dignity
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 23, 2017 08:10 am
Last week, this newspaper talked about (http://www.freepressjournal.in/world/indian-origin-pharmacist-cleared-of-elderly-dads-murder/1172908) how a UK High Court judge, Justice Green, threw out a murder charge against a chemist. The chemist, a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/telecom-market-rigging-despite-auctions-r-n-bhaskar/928112
Telecom: Ways for the government to rig it despite auctions
Within a couple of months, the government will embark on its largest spectrum auction. It will be auctioning 2,345 MHz of spectrum, the largest ever spectrum auction in the history...
