Thursday, July 2, 2026
China could rebound faster than many imagine RN Bhaskar Not a week passes without Western media trying to put out one story or the other about what is wrong with China.  But such sneers are not a new development. They were evident...
India will be promoting poverty — a hole for people to fall into By RN Bhaskar Image generated suing https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img When it comes to development and increasing the prosperity of common folk, India needs to take a lesson or two from what...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-urgent-need-to-tax-agricultural-income/1186437 Taxing agricultural income is sorely needed — By RN Bhaskar | Dec 14, 2017 07:15 am In November 2017, the IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry came out with a white paper on Taxation of Agriculture Income in India. It makes a compelling...
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...
Germany stumbles; Is limping today By RN Bhaskar Image generated using Perplexity Germany has stumbled badly.  It is limping currently.  The stumble was not because it was careless.  It was because it was more focussed on pleasing the US rather than...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-india-s-huge-crush-on-gold-2020297 India's huge crush on gold It does not really matter whether the outlook for gold is bearish (http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-with-stock-markets-on-boom-bearish-phase-for-gold-not-over-2017007) or even bullish (http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-bulls-won-t-abandon-gold-easily-it-s-only-a-matter-of-time-2018682) . The one fact that cannot be ignored is that Indians love gold, and will keep buying it...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-diamonds-may-not-be-safe-for-investors-any-more Diamonds no longer anyone's best friend any more RN Bhaskar The last couple of months have witnessed a barrage of advertisements seeking to lure jewellery buyers to diamonds.  They talk about how natural diamonds are the safest items of jewellery, unique...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/nothing-is-quiet-on-the-farm-loan-waiver-front/1433503 The farm loan waiver front is getting messier RN Bhaskar -- January 10, 2019 Fiscal discipline threatens to go entirely haywire – at least where some states are concerned. And it has come in the form of farm-loan waivers. This author has...
Policy Watch Financial traps through Aadhaar and NPCI RN Bhaskar In the last week of September, government officials were rudely shaken by questions raised by Moody's Investors Service regarding the reliability of Aadhaar, specifically concerning biometric technology's effectiveness in India's hot and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/north-indias-demographic-time-bomb-r-n-bhaskar/825303 Will North India trigger the end of the India dream? In an insightful document that Ambit Capital brought out on 5 April this year, (on Sizing India’s demographic bomb), the authors highlight a stark reality that confronts India. It talks about...