April 13, 2026
Indians begin return journey from the Middle East – remittances hit
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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All the grandiose plans that India has been chest-thumping about for the past decade are almost in fragments. The ideological...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-maharashtra-wants-to-raise-money-through-an-unequal-na-tax-even-while-waiving-other-taxes
Maharashtra's new, unfair and controversial, real estate tax laws
RN Bhaskar
In December 2021, the government of Maharashtra began sending non-agricultural tax (NA Tax) demand notices to residents in some parts of Mumbai. This was based on legislations that the state...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-pushing-e-payments-with-scam-potential-dangerous/1001041
ePayments and the scam potential
Try paying a bill of the MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) -- the epayments way -- through its web portal. It will be a vexing experience.
Half the payment gateways do not work This could...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/states-that-were-determined-to-generate-wealth-r-n-bhaskar/933490
6th Economic Census: Maharashtra stumbles again, while other states generate wealth
All state governments are known to tout their successes. All of them claim that they are business friendly. They claim that they want to create jobs for their people....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lost-opportunities-of-the-textile-editorial-editors-pick-ananlysis-textile-industry-industry-era-r-n-bhaskarindustry/962757
India's textile industry: where does it go from here?
Rn bhaskar
The textile industry is the backbone of India’s foray into the industry era. It was this sector which actually defined India for a couple of centuries. And it still remains...
Does India really care for education?
RN Bhaskar
This is an article about education. Medicare will be looked at later. Its immediate provocation is witnessing the constant chest-thumping claims of politicians – and occasionally even industrialists – that India’s march towards...
The 'grade inflation' of our past, which has lead to 'massive unemployability' in the present, could lead to 'economic disaster' in the future, warns RN Bhaskar
There is nothing more tragic than watching a champion stumble—that is how most parents...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-medicare-damns-the-entire-country-r-n-bhaskar/898333
India's medicare: disallow cow slaughter, but not human slaughter
Most sociologists insist that the two crucial indicators which point to a government’s commitment to improving the lot of its people are education and health. The first allows people to grow. ...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/will-maharashtra-alienate-rural-votes-rn-bhaskar/794453
Will Maharashtra alienate rural votes?
The finance minister may have made major announcements to boost agriculture. But in BJP ruled Maharashtra, agriculture remains one of the most exploited sectors. Some of these measure could grievously hurt the ruling party’s votebanks....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-textiles-ii-apparel-apparition
T & A II: Missing a sound apparel policy
RN Bhaskar - The first part of this article can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/indias-textiles-and-apparels-can-achieve-a-lot-more/)
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are...
