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...
Sabyasachi Ray of GJEPC speaks about the gems & jewellery trade in India
Headquartered in Mumbai, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council has been the premier trade body for the diamond trade since over 50 years. Sabyasachi Ray, ED,...
Articles on diamonds
1986.04.7-20. Can We Be Number One_BizIndia by RN Bhaskar
1986.04.7-20. Can We Be Number One_BizIndia (https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1986.04.7-20.-Can-We-Be-Number-One_BizIndia.pdf)
1989.05.15. A Cut Above the Rest- JM leading the 1990 protest against govt -- Business India - RN Bhaskar
1989.05.15. A Cut Above the...
Lab grown diamonds are the way to making India even more formidable in diamonds
Surat-based Greenlab Diamonds aspires to create sustainable luxury on the back of lab-grown diamonds. Chairman Mukesh Patel discussed the potential of lab-grown diamonds and some of...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-gold-be-made-less-attractive-for-smugglers-en-bhaskar/1101981
Can the government make gold a cleaner, more profitable, business in India?
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 13, 2017 07:16 am
Listen carefully to the words that are constantly being uttered by government spokesmen. They talk about driving black-marketeers to the ground....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-a-sightless-government-isnt-even-aware-where-gold-is-and-in-what-forms
Gold mining – II
Gold mining II: The government does not admit where gold can be mined
RN Bhaskar -- 24 December 2020
Indians love gold. And India ends up importing around 700-800 tonnes of gold on an average (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-ii-a-cleanup-is-urgently-needed/). Each tonne...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-case-for-bullion-banking-in-india
Will the government allow bullion banking in India?
RN Bhaskar -- 26 December 2019
India has been myopic about so many things. One of them, tragically, is gold. It has forgotten to exploit its own mines, It gave out licences to...
India will become the largest producer of lab-grown diamonds says Jayesh Mistry
The Surat-based Creative group (https://www.creativetech.asia/), active in textiles since 1998, also has a presence in polyfilms and real estate. It has likewise taken strong steps to establish itself...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-a-colonial-outlook-has-stunted-indias-gold-mining-sector
Gold mining – part III
India sabotages its own gold mining interests
RN Bhaskar -- 31 December, 2020
Basically, there are two types of corruption. There can be good corruption and bad corruption. In China, the state controls all resources. But the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/stanchart-seeks-to-control-the-destiny-of-indian-banks-and-profit-foreign-firms-says-rn-bhaskar-2
Stanchart seeks to control the destiny of Indian banks and profit foreign firms
RN Bhaskar
To understand how Standard Chartered Bank (SCB or Stanchart) works in India, one has only to go to the way it acted in the matter relating...
