http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/gms-needs-polishing-for-brighter-glow/716007
The Gold Monetisation scheme deserves to be better implemented
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 19, 2015 12:00 am
It is heartening to see the government pushing the GMS (Gold Monetisation Scheme). After decades, the government has finally become quite serious about mobilising...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/psus-when-a-promise-is-not-a-promise-r-n-bhaskar/1242051
PSUs: Promises forgotten, rules ignored
— By RN Bhaskar | Mar 22, 2018 08:17 am
On March 13, 2018, the Parliament’s Lower House, the Lok Sabha, passed without debate two finance bills and 218 amendments. These included funding demands from 99 government...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-good-the-bad-and-the-positively-ugly-of-the-new-education-policy
National Education Policy: What about the teachers and the vision?
RN Bhaskar -- 20 August, 2020 (This article appeared in two parts in the print ediiton -- on 20 and 27 August)
Just glance through the main recommendations of the last...
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/editorspick/options-shrink-but-promise-remains-r-n-bhaskar/1405546
The Indian economy’s options are shrinking, but they’re still there
RN Bhaskar -- 29 November, 2018
The next six months will probably be focused on elections. Planners may not have either the political support or the willingness to deal with serious...
R N Bhaskar
March 3, 2014
The Maharashtra government has just tabled a bill to change the cutoff date for recognising slums - from 1995 to 2000. This is against a Bombay High Court order, which was challenged by the state,...
China could rebound faster than many imagine
RN Bhaskar
Not a week passes without Western media trying to put out one story or the other about what is wrong with China. But such sneers are not a new development.
They were evident...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-5-nail-biting-moments-can-india-be-revived
Agenda V - India can be revived, but much needs to be done first
(The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/)
By RN Bhaskar
First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/bringing-more-transparency-in-gold-trade/805277
Gold, PAN, excise duty, hallmarking and the government
During the last two months, the gold trade has been agitated enough to go on strike and down shutters on at least two occasions. It has been protesting against the government’s newly...
R N Bhaskar
February 10, 2014
The government's advertisements talk of Bharat Nirman. But numbers tell a different tale.
It was evident by 2010 itself that India would have to brace itself for a slowdown of mammoth proportions.
Workforce numbers in both organised...
