Wednesday, April 29, 2026
April 13, 2026 Indians begin return journey from the Middle East – remittances hit By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: CoPilot All the grandiose plans that India has been chest-thumping about for the past decade are almost in fragments.  The ideological...
Hallucinations of power and wealth – Budget 2024 By RN Bhaskar The Bing generated image above is about a person’s hallucinations of power and wealth. In a way, the underpinnings of the Interim Budget 2024 presented before Parliament on 1 February...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bank-frauds-could-hurt-india-much-more-than-covid-19-can Bank frauds could create more pain than people imagine RN Bhaskar – 24 September 2020 If you are a believer, or a bhakt, you should only read the reports of India’s policymakers. You will get a feeling that all is well. ...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-agri-laundromat-error-or-cover-up/1011862 Agriculture as laundromat and five reasons why the income tax story does not wash — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 02, 2017 08:30 am After almost ten months of silence, the government of India finally came forth with some (rather strange) answers....
Chest thumping and masks can confuse economic policy analysts By RN Bhaskar Governments, world over, have a habit of setting the narrative to show the prettier side of economic development. In India it should be a bit more worrisome, because they...
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/iip-confession-time-and-for-atonement/1526942 Sins of commission and omission find reflection in the latest IIP figures RN Bhaskar – 16 May 2019 For months the government has stonewalled criticisms about job creation and economic growth. But now there is a grudging admission that economic growth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-storm-clouds-gather-but-indian-punters-fiddle-merrily Who is fuelling the fire in the stock market? RN Bhaskar -- 14 January 2021 Indian stock markets are euphoric.  Punters are predicting that the Sensex will cross 50,000 before Budget time.  And they provide all sorts of reasons to justify...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-banking-sector-should-be-flashing-red-ditto-for-economy The finance minister's directions could hurt the banking sector grievously. RN Bhaskar -- 19 November 2020 On November 10, 2020, the finance minister announced three decisions (https://wap.business-standard.com/article/finance/issue-only-rupay-cards-seed-all-accounts-with-aadhar-by-dec-fm-to-banks-120111001413_1.html) that should have made bankers and economy-watchers squirm.  That they did not could have...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/how-much-gold-can-be-mined-in-india-r-n-bhaskar/1291467 Can India ever allow genuine gold exploration and mining in India? RN Bhaskar -- | Jun 07, 2018 Officially India mined just 1.61 tonnes of gold in India during 2017-18.  That was essentially from primary sources. But ask geologists, and they will tell...