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...
India witnesses flight of capital and millionaires
RN Bhaskar
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In a way, this was to be expected. Geopolitical turmoil has resulted in political uncertainty about the future of several economies. Millionaires and capital which...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/iip-confession-time-and-for-atonement/1526942
Sins of commission and omission find reflection in the latest IIP figures
RN Bhaskar – 16 May 2019
For months the government has stonewalled criticisms about job creation and economic growth. But now there is a grudging admission that economic growth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-signs-of-life-on-the-employment-front
Signs of life on the employment front
RN Bhaskar
There are stirrings of life on the employment front. That could explain why the government nis willing to now become more proactive in sharing information about employment trends. After maintaining total silence...
The 'grade inflation' of our past, which has lead to 'massive unemployability' in the present, could lead to 'economic disaster' in the future, warns RN Bhaskar
There is nothing more tragic than watching a champion stumble—that is how most parents...
China's problems are becoming viral news. Is the situation that bad?
RN Bhaskar
The Western world and its allies are in a state of funk. They oscillate between aggression and fear – a kind of collective paranoia seldom seen before. They...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-great-vision-for-healthcare-if-r-n-bhaskar/1336205
Ayushman Bharat and healthcare
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 16, 2018
The present government should soon announce (maybe on Independence Day) the Ayushman Bharat—National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) which could make India have the world’s largest health insurance programme. The scheme could...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-slums-2-how-slums-distort-normal-economics-in-india
Slums 2
Great scheme for politicians and graft-seekers
RN Bhaskar
Anyone who has seen pictures of the large-scale deaths in slums caused in the Bhopal gas tragedy (https://www.indiatoday.in/india/photo/bhopal-gas-tragedy-in-pics-363786-2010-06-08) knows what an irresponsible approach towards human settlements can do. On the night of...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/the-way-ahead-for-economic-growth-and-jobs
The priority should be economic growth and jobs
RN Bhaskar -- 13 June 2019
The Indian economy is at the brink of extremely difficult times. At such times, a report from the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) titled Investment Requirements in...
R N Bhaskar
26 January 2015
Turkey is the fourth-largest consumer of gold (dwarfed only by India, China and the US). But it is the one country most gold players have been watching for the past few years. India should be...









































