Monday, January 12, 2026
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....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-evidence-be-kept-alive-indefinitely/699237 How delays are allowed to frustrate justice This is a true story about a couple in Singapore, where the wife is an entrepreneur. Each year, just before festival time, she asks her extended family in India to send to her...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/coins-judicial-overreach-or-administrative-underreach-r-n-bhaskar/920234 Does the govt have any policy for coins at all? Once again, the courts have to take charge of simple administrative decisions.  This is primarily on account of the ineptness on the part of the executive. Contributing to this flaw...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-gold-mining-an-agenda-for-the-government Gold mining IV What the government should do? RN Bhaskar When it comes to gold, politicians, government officials, media and the general public can be quite misinformed to the point of hysteria. Consider how – on 21 February 2020 -- an unsuspecting public...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-the-lure-of-online-groceries-is-growing-stronger-and-stronger Online groceries to witness booming times ahead RN Bhaskar – 16 April 2020 The business of online groceries has been growing at 67% year on year. There are several factors that have propelled this growth.  First, India as a consumption economy. Second,...
  https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-what-the-fm-did-not-announce Policy watch To ease economic distress, the country needs demand revival, not mere credit guarantees RN Bhaskar News is made when you do something great.  But news is also made when you do something stupid, or something that looks like sensible action,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/verghese-kuriens-milk-model-curdled How the government has curdled the Verghese Kurien’s milk model RN Bhaskar  -- 20 February, 2020 If you can read the tea leaves – you can predict that the government will decimate the Kurien model for milk production, nutrition and growth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/geography-economics-history-and-culture-heres-why-india-and-china-need-each-other How should India view China? RN Bhaskar - July 2, 2020 At times of war, it is dangerous to talk of peace.  As the poet TS Eliot once remarked (through the lips of Aunt Agatha in A Family Reunion), “In a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-great-vision-for-healthcare-if-r-n-bhaskar/1336205 Ayushman Bharat and healthcare — By RN Bhaskar | Aug 16, 2018 The present government should soon announce (maybe on Independence Day)  the Ayushman Bharat—National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) which could make India have the world’s largest health insurance programme.  The scheme could...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/king-coals-rise-decline-and-eventual-fall-r-n-bhaskar/912190 King Coal is rapidly losing market relevance Few thought this would ever happen. In fact, if you plot a chart of coal demand in the UK for the period 1860 till 2020 (http://about.bnef.com/presentations/liebreich-state-of-the-industry-keynote-bnef-summit-2016/  also see chart), the image tells you...