https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/good-governance-begins-at-home-itself
India's problem with governance
RN Bhaskar – 07 November, 2019
In July 2019, the government passed the The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019. It also pointed to the rule book and to the penalties that could be levied in case corporate governance...
You cannot become a superpower with a weak currency
By RN Bhaskar
India analysts have watched with amazement as they see the rupee continue to slip. It has lately been hovering around Rs.82 for each US Dollar, and is threatening to...
India’s Budget 2024 and Economic Survey suggest trouble ahead
By RN Bhaskar
The Economic Survey was tabled before the Parliament on Monday 22 July 2024. The next day, the finance minister tabled her Budget proposals. If one goes by the hype...
The Garuda and the Asiatic Lion are rapidly displacing the elephant
By R.N.Bhaskar
Image generated using https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img
There was a time when the elephant – India’s mascot for the world – had an impressive stature. It was present everywhere. It was a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-3-dont-shoot-down-messengers-dont-fudge-the-numbers
Agenda #3 -- Messengers matter. Encourage them. Don’t deter them
RN Bhaskar
(The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/)
Many people do not know that the man who made the shooting down of messengers repugnant in law and practice is the...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/r-n-bhaskar-policy-watch-liberate-temples-from-government-control/756036
Policy Watch
Temple trusts hold the key to social harmony
Rabid Hindutva groups have been espousing the “protection” of Hindu values in all sorts of clumsy ways – from beef bans to ghar wapsi. In fact, if these groups really want...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-is-google-using-its-power-and-popularity-responsibly
Google brush with the regulators in India
But many answers are not forthcoming
RN Bhaskar
Google is expected to do the unusual all the time. It has many firsts to its credit. It changed the search engine ecosystem. The music video environment....
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1906450/column-policy-watch-p-notes-the-big-money-laundering-machine
P-notes: The big money laundering machine
Monday, Oct 21, 2013, 9:54 IST | Agency: DNA
On August 1, 2013, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) instructed foreign institutional investors (FIIs) which were seeking to hedge forex exposure relating to participatory notes...
RBI has more caprice than respect for standards
Can anyone be the world’s best central bank governor if he cannot protect the sanctity of his own country’s currency?
By RN BhaskarLast week, the Bombay High Court granted time to the Reserve...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-can-sebi-pick-up-the-broken-pieces-in-the-nse-chitra-ramakrishnan-case
Can SEBI pick up the broken pieces in the NSE-Chitra case?
By RN Bhaskar
On 11 February 2022, SEBI comes out with an order (No. WTM/AB/MRD/DSA/21/2021-22), authored by which Ananta Barua, Whole Time Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of...
