http://www.freepressjournal.in/gms-needs-polishing-for-brighter-glow/
Gold Monetization Scheme needs polishing for brighter glow
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 19, 2015 12:00 am
It is heartening to see the government pushing the GMS (Gold Monetisation Scheme). After decades, the government has finally become quite serious about mobilising...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/when-will-the-budget-provisions-actually-liberate-this-yellow-metal-2507939.html
Budget 2018 and gold -- a long way to go yet
To understand how significant the provisions of the Budget are, one must go back in the past where gold was largely been treated only as a commodity – albeit...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/this-is-how-government-can-clean-up-gold-trade-and-make-it-both-healthy-profitable-2327393.html
Gold - III :
Three steps which can clean up the gold trade in India
(part-I can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/india-loves-gold1/; and
part II at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/duties-taxes-corruption-government-abets-smuggling-gold/)
Rn bhaskar Jul 17, 2017 02:40 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
The need for a fresh approach...
Bhumik Gajera's big plans for Laxmi Diamonds
Among the early industry movers in Surat, Laxmi Diamonds has a global reputation. Bhumik Gajera, part of the promoter family, talks about the upcoming Surat Diamond Bourse, the perspective of lab-grown diamonds and...
Lectures by RN Bhaskar
The rural Economy
Future of Agriculture series -- Lectures
Date
Title
URL
16-07-2020
Why Agriculture matters for India| Future of Agriculture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqVLmf2G4g&t=295s
23-07-2020
Milk is the real backbone of India's rural economy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4JY5YjWsBo
30-07-2020
Animal Husbandry -Economics and Fallacies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGyLxdHFQMw
06-08-2020
The emerging wealth generator in farming is vegetables and fruit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gqM0nQObg&t=55s
13-08-2020
Rural...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-india-s-huge-crush-on-gold-2020297
India's huge crush on gold
It does not really matter whether the outlook for gold is bearish (http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-with-stock-markets-on-boom-bearish-phase-for-gold-not-over-2017007) or even bullish (http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-bulls-won-t-abandon-gold-easily-it-s-only-a-matter-of-time-2018682) . The one fact that cannot be ignored is that Indians love gold, and will keep buying it...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gold-import-duties-need-to-be-streamlined-rn-bhaskar/1372617
Gold import duties begin to attract attention
— By RN Bhaskar | Oct 11, 2018
Last fortnight, the government of India released a list of 19 items where import duties had been raised.
What was interesting was that despite a clamour from the trade...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-dna-launches-its-policy-report-on-the-gems-and-jewellery-industry-2057473
A policy report on the gems and jewellery industry
dna has just put forth before the government a policy paper on “How to revive the gems and jewellery industry in India, and build on its employment and revenue potential".
A copy...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-clean-up-the-gold-trade-quickly-as-a-national-priority
Gold smuggling- II: Cleaning up the gold trade is a national priority
RN Bhaskar
(Part I of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-i-is-encouraged-by-flawed-government-policies/)
Why should gold be a national priority?
There are three reasons why gold assumes immense significance for the integrity...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-indias-blighted-vision-about-gold-mining
Gold mining – part I
Can India have better policies relating to gold mining
RN Bhaskar -- 17 December 2020
Last week, media headlines screamed out information about the ‘theft’ of 100 kg of gold kept in the CBI vaults. An inhouse...
