The stench of bribery is up in the air once again. This time, it is disclosure that a US company, Louis Berger, paid bribes to two Goa legislators to win a contract. At least one of them has been...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-diamonds-may-not-be-safe-for-investors-any-more
Diamonds no longer anyone's best friend any more
RN Bhaskar
The last couple of months have witnessed a barrage of advertisements seeking to lure jewellery buyers to diamonds. They talk about how natural diamonds are the safest items of jewellery, unique...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/demonetisation-short-term-brilliance-long-term-pain/973092
Policy Watch
Will demonetisation work? Or will it erode the rupee?
Rn bhaskar
On the night of 8 November, Prime minister Modi dropped a bombshell. He announced through a national TV address that the government was demonetising Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes from...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/who-is-a-voter-pray-tell-us
Who is a voter, pray?
RN Bhaskar -- 9 January 2020
Battle-lines are drawn between those who object to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and those who support it. The roots of the CAA lie in the Assam Accord, which was...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/chinas-investment-can-grow-further
Don't underestimate China's savvy when investing in India
RN Bhaskar - 19 March, 2020
Note from the author: This article has two parts to it. This part looks at investments China has already made in India. The second part will examine...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/is-maharashtra-abetting-drought-farmer-distress/1392278
Maharashta promotes water scarcity and abets farm suicides
RN Bhaskar November 8, 2018
Last week, media headlines screamed out news that nearly 71% of the state of Maharashtra had registered a drop of more than a metre of groundwater...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-a-novel-way-to-resolve-the-bank-npa-issue/1078090
Is there a way to handle NPAs and yet save the Indian banking system?
— By RN Bhaskar | Jun 01, 2017 06:47 am
Sometimes, it is important for finance ministers to consider the valuation approach in order to resolve the non-performing...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-is-this-all-that-a-double-engine-growth-can-achieve-in-uttar-pradesh
Uttar Pradesh: A double engine policy means little if the tracks are poorly aligned
RN Bhaskar
The government is fond of talking about a double engine growth in Uttar Pradesh (UP). In the recently tabled Union Budget, it talked about a...
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/fdi%e2%80%88mixed-smoke-signals-continue-to-perplex/1140625
Will FDI finally begin to roll into India?
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 21, 2017 07:09 am
If one looks back, 2014 was a year when many people had a great deal of hope and expectation. FDI was supposed to pour into...
