Saturday, April 4, 2026
The stench of bribery is up in the air once again. This time, it is disclosure that a US company, Louis Berger, paid bribes to two Goa legislators to win a contract. At least one of them has been...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/fdi%e2%80%88mixed-smoke-signals-continue-to-perplex/1140625 Will FDI finally begin to roll into India? — By RN Bhaskar | Sep 21, 2017 07:09 am If one looks back, 2014 was a year when many people had a great deal of hope and expectation.  FDI was supposed to pour into...
Hindi belt – II – When children are damned and humanity forgotten What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/lessons-in-education-from-china-for-india/830650 What India can learn about education from China - I Any way you look at it, there is a great sad irony underlining the approach of India and China to its own people and to the world. India waxes eloquent about...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/foreign-direct-investment-good-news-and-bad/1213111 Anxious times for India's FDI — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 01, 2018 07:43 am On 22 January UNCTAD announced that global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI)  had fallen by 16% in 2017 to an estimated US$1.52 trillion, from a revised US$1.81...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-actual-employment-potential-r-n-bhaskar/1350110 Unemployment: forecasts and the actual employment potential — By RN Bhaskar | Sep 06, 2018 The government is on the backfoot.  It hasn’t created enough jobs. On the contrary, unemployment rates in India increased from 3.51 percent in 2016 to 3.52 percent in...
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-a-sightless-government-isnt-even-aware-where-gold-is-and-in-what-forms Gold mining – II Gold mining II: The government does not admit where gold can be mined RN Bhaskar  --  24 December 2020 Indians love gold.  And India ends up importing around 700-800 tonnes of gold on an average (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-ii-a-cleanup-is-urgently-needed/).  Each tonne...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-unintended-consequences-of-the-ban-on-cow-slaughter Uttar Pradesh and its cow problem RN Bhaskar Yogi Adityanath should be a worried man  He has a problem born of his own creation. His state has been one of the most belligerent in its enforcement of the ban on cow...
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...