Policy Watch

Policy watch Is India losing money faster than inbound FDI? RN Bhaskar Politicians in India love hyping up this country’s investment story. That means excellent FDI (foreign direct investment) inflows. A good example is the way the Union commerce minister likes to...

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-a-recipe-for-decongesting-mumbai-and-delhi-2041737 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-a-recipe-for-decongesting-mumbai-and-delhi-2041737 A simple way to solve illegal parking and hawking and also de-congest India's cities R N Bhaskar | Mon, 8 Dec 2014-08:56am , Mumbai , DNA   Multi-storey parking lots can address the needs of investors, municipal and private vehicles,...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-world-loves-gold-india-confused-amid-uncertain-economic-situation India is confused about dealing with gold RN Bhaskar  -- January 16, 2020 In the aftermath of the US armed forces assassinating General Soleimani of Iran, prices of gold spiked.  The more the world becomes an uncertain place, the more people...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-uses-aiib-to-diversify-its-funding-sources-r-n-bhaskar/1305730 India finds immense relevance in AIIB — By RN Bhaskar | Jun 28, 2018 India has already begun diversifying its funding sources by looking for more financial support from the three year old Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), headquartered in Beijing.  Hitherto, it...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-how-to-plan-for-paid-parking-and-paid-hawking/1051060 A suggestion for solving Mumbai's problems of parking and hawking — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 13, 2017 09:40 am There’s a great deal of heat and dust in Mumbai.  And it is not only on account of the weather.  One of the...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-reassessment-of-the-carbon-footprint-from-cattle-2 A reassessment of the carbon footprint from cattle RN Bhaskar An extremely important Bulletin was released by the International Dairy Federation in Delhi During the World Dairy Day proceedings (Sept 12-15, 2022). It was titled “The IDF Global Carbon Footprint Standard...

The ogre of debt dwarfs many countries By RN Bhaskar Last week UNCTAD brought out a brilliant document titled A World of debt – 2024 (https://unctad.org/publication/world-of-debt).   It pointed out how “Global public debt continues to increase rapidly, driven by cascading crises...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/recounting-the-great-indian-bank-robbery-rn-bhaskar/789412 Recounting the great Indian bank robbery Feb 25, 2016 02:13 am The biggest players, goes a common saying, are often the most shameless. This was reinforced when data came rolling out of the presentations made last fortnight by S.S.Mundhra, deputy...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-how-serious-is-india-about-ease-of-doing-business Ease of doing business is crucial for India to grow RN Bhaskar Last week, the PHDCCI and the University of Delhi came out with a report on Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs in India: Percolating EODB Reforms at Factory Level. ...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-can-sebi-pick-up-the-broken-pieces-in-the-nse-chitra-ramakrishnan-case Can SEBI pick up the broken pieces in the NSE-Chitra case? By RN Bhaskar On 11 February 2022, SEBI comes out with an order (No. WTM/AB/MRD/DSA/21/2021-22), authored by which Ananta Barua, Whole Time Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of...