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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/gms-needs-polishing-for-brighter-glow/716007
The Gold Monetisation scheme deserves to be better implemented
— 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.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...
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/gold-smuggling-turn-the-spotlight-from-kerala-to-govt-policies
Gold smuggling - I
Part II can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-ii-a-cleanup-is-urgently-needed/)
A beneficiary of flawed government policies.
RN Bhaskar
There’s an apocryphal story about a man blinded because he stole the gold that he saw lying unattended on the table in his master’s...
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...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-world-loves-gold-india-confused-amid-uncertain-economic-situation
India is confused about dealing with gold
RN Bhaskar -- January 16, 2020
In the aftermath of the US armed forces assassinating General Soleimani of Iran, prices of gold spiked. The more the world becomes an uncertain place, the more people...
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...
Dinesh Navadiya seeks social and business transformation through the diamond industry
Wearing different hats, Dinesh Navadiya has been active in the Surat diamond industry for a long time, as an administrator, one of the drivers of the Surat Diamond Bourse...









































