http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-rbi-points-to-very-crucial-chinks-r-n-bhaskar/1354870
Economic growth and the RBI
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 13, 2018
The latest annual report of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is quite candid about its assessment of demonetisation. More cash has come back into the system than had been...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-gold-be-used-to-reduce-indias-cad-anxieties/1377671
India's privately held gold can be used to reduce the country's CAD
— By RN Bhaskar | Oct 18, 2018
The increase in oil prices and the surge in other imports are threatening to worsen India current account deficit. According to the RBI’s...
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/can-evidence-be-kept-alive-indefinitely/
Can evidence be kept alive indefinitely?
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 05, 2015 12:00 am
This is a true story about a couple in Singapore, where the wife is an entrepreneur. Each year, just before festival time, she asks her extended...
Megaphones extolling India’s economy are not in sync with ground realities
By RN Bhaskar
At one level, India’s economy appears to be in good health. That is, if one believes all the things that are being spouted by the government.
At another...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline
Policy watch
Agenda #2 – CEZs can bail India out of this economic crisis
(The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/)
RN Bhaskar
“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings ...”
Richard...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india-is-encouraging-wage-disparity/
India is encouraging wage disparity
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 10, 2015 12:43 am
Last week there was a huge public outcry from some quarters when the Delhi Assembly passed a resolution allowing its legislators to get a 400% pay hike....
R N Bhaskar
31 August 2015
India has finally begun to make its mark in solar energy. Significantly, as was the case with Germany, solar power costs have been falling year-on-year. It is worth recalling that it was Germany which catalysed this...
Oil to pressure remittances into India?
http://www.freepressjournal.in/oil-to-pressurise-remittances-into-india-r-n-bhaskar/767163
Jan 28, 2016 12:00 am
Oil slipped below the psychological barrier of $30 per barrel last week, sending out gasps of shock and amazement. Few had expected it to fall below the $40 level. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-how-maharashtras-sugar-lobbies-and-private-milk-producers-plan-to-further-bankrupt-the-state
Maharashtra’s sugar lobbies now support private milk producers for more subsidies
RN Bhaskar – 6 August 2020
For the past fortnight, Maharashtra’s milk producers have been staging protests on the roads. On several occasions, they highlighted their grievances by pouring out...
