Friday, August 14, 2026
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-ta-i-indias-textiles-and-apparels-are-rediscovering-their-mojo T&A-I: India’s textiles and apparels are rediscovering their mojo RN Bhaskar  (The second part of this article can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/the-apparels-appaition/) Some seventy years ago, if one had looked at India’s competitive strength, the highest marks would have gone to...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-4-stop-fiddling-with-agri-edible-oil-prices Agenda #4 – Edible oil prices soar when demand is down RN Bhaskar (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) “April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.” -- TS Eliot,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-states-amazing-feat-of-de-risking-farmers/1073810 How did Maharashtra manage to de-risk farmers? — By RN Bhaskar | May 25, 2017 07:27 am Maharashtra is a rich state where its farmers are poor. And it isn’t because they don’t get loan waivers.  Farmers remain poor primarily because they’ve been...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-governments-myopia-will-blight-both-it-and-digital-payments-writes-rn-bhaskar Slowdown in IT, discomfort with digital payments RN Bhaskar The government loves thumping its chest when digital payments soar.  This was, after all,  one of the stated objectives of the  much-touted JAM Trinity - Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile (https://pib.gov.in/FeaturesDeatils.aspx?NoteId=151163&ModuleId%20=%202).  As...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/recession-or-not-the-pain-is-for-real-rnbhaskar The economy is suffering a lot more than is being admitted Economy: Recession or not, the pain is for real RN Bhaskar – 5 December, 2019 Last week, the finance minister tried to explain why there might be a slowdown, but there...
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-energy-prices-favour-india-may-be-not-opec/1085442 Oil prices favour India, for now — By RN Bhaskar | Jun 15, 2017 07:15 am The snapping of diplomatic ties with Qatar by many Arab countries underlines the precariousness of oil politics.  Much of the Middle Eastern politics are on account of,...
The Garuda and the Asiatic Lion are rapidly displacing the elephant By R.N.Bhaskar Image generated using https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img   There was a time when the elephant – India’s mascot for the world – had an impressive stature.  It was present everywhere.  It was a...