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/gst-growth-does-not-mean-that-the-economy-is-growing-writes-rn-bhaskar
GST and demonetisation are hurting India
RN Bhaskar
For the past month, there have been attempts to talk up India’s markets by pointing to surging GST collections. There are speakers who tout India’s achievements, and some even claim that demonetisation was...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/coronavirus-rules-are-for-others-not-for-politicians-or-elections
Elections show contempt for pandemic rules
RN Bhaskar -- 8 April 2021
On 30 March 2021, NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul had some profoundly serious words (https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1708790) for his media audience: "We are facing an increasingly severe and intensive...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-corporate-performance-3-value-added-is-extremely-important-for-developing-countries
Corporate groups-3
VA and exports are excellent indicators of financial performance
By RN Bhaskar (the first two parts of this series can be found at
https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/money-makes-the-world-go-round/ and
https://asiaconverge.com/2021/12/corporate-groups-2-are-they-profitable/
In this last part of our series on analysing the performance of corporate groups, we look...
Policy watch
How good is Maharashtra’s land management?
RN Bhaskar
This is the first part of a two-part analysis of Maharashtra and Sugarcane. The first part can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/03/maharashtra-has-a-fatal-obsession-for-sugarcane/
Before one attempts to provide an answer to the question in the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-how-aadhaarpan-could-threaten-banking-and-financial-integrity
Article 139AA has created a big money laundering machine in India
RN Bhaskar
On 27 October 2020, there was a Twitter chat— “Curious case of PAN-Aadhaar linkage” -- that was organised by the prestigious Economic and Political Weekly (EPW). It raised...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-centre-of-gravity-of-billionaires-could-shift/1171231
Billionaires get a fillip in Asia
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 16, 2017 08:47 am
In India there is a saying that if the first generation creates wealth, the second tries to build on it, but the third, invariably squanders it. In...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/urgent-need-for-gold-reforms
Gold reforms are being delayed. Why?
RN Bhaskar -- 14 November, 2019
Last week, on Nov 5, 2019, this publication, in association with BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) held a conference on The increasing allure of gold.
As discussions continued, each panellist spoke...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/distressed-times-just-watch-what-is-happening-to-gold
When people stop buying gold in India, there is cause to worry
RN Bhaskar
At one level, this should be cause for celebration. Gold imports into India crashed during 2020 (see chart). Lower import of this yellow metal means a smaller...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/water-and-waste-water-in-india
India's blindness - for water and waste water
RN Bhaskar -- 4 July 2019
If one goes by news reports, it would appear that the government is trying to sort out the impending water crisis on a war footing. That is...
