Policy Watch

Why did India choose the UK for the FTA deal? RN Bhaskar Image generated by https://www.bing.com On the same day when India launched a surgical strike against “terrorist camps” in Pakistan, came the announcement that this country had finally signed an FTA...

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....

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-why-indias-investment-policies-are-perplexing-even-myopic Investments: India’s policies are perplexing, even misguided RN Bhaskar  --  30 April 2020 Deng Xiaoping, the former premier of the People’s Republic of China, had famously said "It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/is-india-headed-for-further-currency-depreciation/1470652 Unproductive spending could easily lead to further currency depreciation RN Bhaskar February 28, 2019 Turning and turning in a widening gyre//The falcon cannot hear the falconer.//Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold . . . . . WB Yeats, The Second Coming The...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/why-no-transparency-in-funding-by-insurance-cos/1506508 Why is there no disclosure of investments by insurance companies? RN Bhaskar April 18, 2019 On 11 April, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (or SEBI) issued a circular (No. SEBI/HO/IMD/DF2/CIR/P/2019/57).  It is addressed to all  Mutual Funds...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/policy-watch-why-politicians-should-bear-the-cost-of-treating-covid-19-patients Politicians promote slums, which worsen the Covid-19 spread. Now they should pay for the costs too. RN Bhaskar – 25 Jun3 2020 The numbers of Covid-19 infections continue to soar.  Two months ago, when this author talked about why slums could...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-case-for-bullion-banking-in-india Will the government allow bullion banking in India? RN Bhaskar  --  26 December 2019 India has been myopic about so many things.  One of them, tragically, is gold.  It has forgotten to exploit its own mines,  It gave out licences to...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/do-more-with-global-private-investment/1409946 India could do with a lot more of global private investment RN Bhaskar December 6, 2018 India, like the rest of the world, has begun witnessing the growing role of private equity and investment players in this country. On the one...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/water-tankers-can-make-messrs-vijay-mallya-nirav-modi-and-rahul-choksi-blanch Water tankers make more money that the biggest alleged scamsters RN Bhaskar -- 20 June 2019 When it comes to making money, Mumbai’s water tanker overlords could teach Messrs. Mallya, Modi and Choksi a thing or two. Water tankers make more...

India is being colonial when it comes to ignoring Asia RN Bhaskar The image was generated using https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img In early 2025, something happened which startled China. It woke up Asia, and then the world. An ancient tomb was found hidden behind the country's...