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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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/solar-power-shining-sun-fading-promises/1501865 Solar power: a story of missed opportunities RN Bhaskar --  April 11, 2019 In February 2019, Bridge to India published its report for the fourth quarter of 2018. The country's total solar power generation capacity stood at 28.06 GW (see chart...
The growing irrelevance of India on the global stage RN Bhaskar Image generated by https://deepai.org On 6 April, full four days after US President Trump announced sweeping tariffs for all countries exporting goods to the US, Piyush Goyal and his team were...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-two-cheers-not-three-for-the-agri-bills A lot more needed to be done before tabling the agri bills RN Bhaskar -- 1 October 2020 The government finally made a move.  It has introduced some path-breaking bills for the improvement of agriculture and the lot of farmers in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/major-financial-turbulence-ahead-the-rupee-may-weaken-further   Crisis stations in India as the INR may weaken further RN Bhaskar Is India going down the rabbit h9le? The finance minister insists that India’s financial condition is not that bad.  That India’s rupee has weakened less against the US dollar...
The ghosts of demonetisation By RN Bhaskar On November 25, the Finance Ministry of India made a surprisingly candid statement before the Lok Sabha (https://www.business-standard.com/finance/news/fake-currency-notes-of-rs-500-rs-2-000-surge-threefold-in-3-years-finmin-124112700867_1.html).  It admitted that the number of fake Rs.500 notes was on the rise.  Effectively, it was...
R N Bhaskar February 3, 2014 Eventually, all ratings of domestic companies depend sorely on sovereign ratings. That was something Pradeep Shah, the founding managing director of Crisil, was never tired of reminding investors. Translated, it means that if the sovereign rating...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/sodhi-resignation-milk-industry-jolted-writes-rn-bhaskar Sodhi resignation -- Milk industry jolted RN Bhaskar Last week delivered a shock to many in the milk industry.  R.S. Sodhi, the senior-most executive of the largest milk cooperative in India accounting for a turnover of Rs. Rs 46,481 crore in...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-what-do-rentals-say-about-maximum-city-mumbai/1163394 Mumbai's high rentals are a sign of sickness, not health — By RN Bhaskar | Nov 02, 2017 07:04 am Ask most people about expensive cities.  They will tell you that New York is an expensive place to stay in. Or London. Or...