Thursday, July 3, 2025
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-spectre-of-corruption-rises-grows-larger-and-is-fed-by-indian-politics Corruption grows larger, economy and legislation take a back seat RN Bhaskar In January 2020, alarm bells were already ringing.  India had s slipped from #78 in ranking on corruption last year to #80. The ranking was on the Corruption Perceptions...
Niti Aayog claims that poverty declined by 24.8 crore in nine years By RN Bhaskar The Bing generated image above shows all sorts of goodies being showered down on the people below.  It is an adaptation of the legendary Indian rope...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-folly-of-banning-futures-trading-in-commodities A primer for policymakers on commodities trading RN Bhaskar The government never tires of telling people that it wants to empower farmers.  It says it wants to empower commodities trading in futures, and commodity exchanges. This was the claim made by earlier...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/declining-global-gdp-spells-trouble/1438297 Declining global GDP spells trouble for India RN Bhaskar -- 17 January 2019 For a long time, Indians liked to believe that their country was insulated against global developments....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/npci-upi-credit-cards-and-customer-safety NPCI, UPI, digital payments and customer protection RN Bhaskar [Clarificatory Note:  On 17 June 2022, five days after the article appeared on our website, and seven days after we sent out queries to NPCI before writing the story, NPCI came forth...
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/will-rceps-interests-turn-the-white-revolution-dark The twists and turns on RCEP and milk RN Bhaskar – 17 October, 2019 There’s an ill-wind blowing through the corridors of the ministry of commerce lately.  The first indications of the nature of troubled winds were evident three months ago...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/urgent-need-for-gold-reforms Gold reforms are being delayed. Why? RN Bhaskar  -- 14 November, 2019 Last week, on Nov 5, 2019, this publication, in association with BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) held a conference on The increasing allure of gold. As discussions continued, each panellist spoke...
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. ...
The case of the missing ecommerce regulator By R N Bhaskar It was in 2010 that the concept of an ecommerce regulator was hinted at, which then became a clamour.  The reasons were both logical and understandable.  Ever since the announcement...