Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Turmeric gets a shot in the arm RN Bhaskar Turmeric farmers should see better prices both in domestic and export markets soon.  This is because of the efforts of the government’s KVKs (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) and NCDEX (which funded the setting...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/are-the-pm-modis-key-schemes-being-sabotaged Ignoring waste management could cripple three key schemes of PM Modi RN Bhaskar -- August 1, 2019 Three schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are truly pathbreaking – at least where India is concerned.  One is Swachh Bharat, The other is...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/fpj-edit-gloom-worries-economy-watchers Signs of gloom worry economy watchers in India RN Bhaskar – 28 November 2019 The government refuses to admit this. But all the reports compiled by experts appear to suggest that the economic gloom could get darker in the coming months. ...
Economy indicators defy GST growth By RN Bhaskar Image generated through https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img On 1 June 2025, the government announced that its GST collections had climbed 10% year-on-year (https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2022459). Illusion of strength and health It said that the GDP growth was “driven by a strong...
Much of India is poorer than the sub-Saharan region By RN Bhaskar After all the talk about Viksit Bharat, last fortnight’s developments have highlighted the hollowness of such claims. What is ironic is that instead of focussing on the key economic...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/tourism-is-desirable-but-not-easily-captured-r-n-bhaskar/947530 Tourism desirable, but problems persist By any yardstick, the numbers look impressive. There has been an impressive growth in tourism. According to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2015 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), India’s rank climbed up 13 Places...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/healthcare-and-medical-education-blighted-vision Healthcare and medical education mismanaged and misunderstood by the government RN Bhaskar – June 4, 2020 The government has finally been stirred and shaken by the horrific exposure of the abject health facilities in the country.  This was thanks to the...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/pending-cases-and-political-criminality/http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/625996/The-Free-Press-Journal-Mumbai-Edition/29-Oct-2015?show=touch#page/10/1 Pending cases and political criminality — By R N Bhaskar | Oct 29, 2015 12:50 am There is one question most social scientists have been grappling with for ages – what is the difference between a government and the mafia? After all,...
https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-policy-watch-india-splurges-51-of-water-it-could-have-otherwise-saved-1995733 India splurges over half the water it gets Monday, 16 June 2014 - 6:26am IST | Agency: DNA | R N Bhaskar If the next wars would be fought for water, it is time to look at how countries manage their...
R N Bhaskar 10 August 2015 The brittleness of impatience crackles. There is the familiar irritable fretfulness of politicians and industry captains as they chafe against the RBI’s reluctance to ease interest rates a bit more.  Unspoken, yet unmistakably implied, is...