Wednesday, September 10, 2025
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/now-private-banks-too-are-getting-tarnished/1260481 AIBEA should focus more on private bank malpractices RN Bhaskar -- Apr 19, 2018 Stories about wheeling dealing that managements of private sector banks have indulged in have suddenly put the spotlight on such banks. Hitherto, the focus was on mismanagement...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/is-india-emerging-as-aircraft-repair-hub-r-n-bhaskar/1255629 Will the govt allow India's AIESL to emerge as Asia's aircraft repair hub? — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 12, 2018 Last month, the government announced that it had appointed the consultancy firm EY as the transaction advisor for Air India’s strategic sale...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/business-with-thailand-could-grow-faster/1250669 Indians begin to look at Thailand for locating their businesses there — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 05, 2018 08:22 am Thailand is not unfamiliar to most Indian businessmen. The Aditya Birla group was one of the first to discover the advantages of investing...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lessons-india-can-learn-from-thailand-r-n-bhaskar/1246406 Thailand pursues economic development aggressively — By RN Bhaskar | Mar 29, 2018 08:00 am India began talking about Make in India since 2014.  And it has been talking about India becoming the hub of innovation for several decades now. But quietly, and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/psus-when-a-promise-is-not-a-promise-r-n-bhaskar/1242051 PSUs: Promises forgotten, rules ignored — By RN Bhaskar | Mar 22, 2018 08:17 am On March 13, 2018, the Parliament’s Lower House, the Lok Sabha, passed without debate two finance bills and 218 amendments. These included funding demands from 99 government...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-could-be-promoting-mass-labour-vulnerability/1221549 Labour has been seeking shelter in the informal sector which could pose problems — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 15, 2018 08:20 am The prime minister has lauded the efforts of people to seek out some form of self-employment.  One example he...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-gdp-growth-isnt-as-good-as-it-seems/1225536 So you thought India's GDP growth is good! — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 22, 2018 08:29 am In the recently tabled Economic Survey 2018, the government noted that “A series of major reforms undertaken over the past year will allow real...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-harms-its-demographic-dividend/1217369 India ignores its demographic dividend — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 08, 2018 07:53 am One would have thought that any government that was keen on improving the lot of its people would have focussed on two critical areas – education and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/budget-2018-the-spirit-is-quite-willing-but-the-flesh-is-terribly-weak/1214090 Budget 2018 is high on intent, but weak on the underpinnings — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 02, 2018 11:27 am As Budgets go, this budget could mark a watershed. It has all the ingredients India needs. It talks about ways to...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/foreign-direct-investment-good-news-and-bad/1213111 Anxious times for India's FDI — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 01, 2018 07:43 am On 22 January UNCTAD announced that global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI)  had fallen by 16% in 2017 to an estimated US$1.52 trillion, from a revised US$1.81...