Policy Watch

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/demonetisation-short-term-brilliance-long-term-pain/973092 Policy Watch Will demonetisation work? Or will it erode the rupee? Rn bhaskar On the night of 8 November, Prime minister Modi dropped a bombshell. He announced through a national TV address that the government was demonetising Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes from...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-futures-in-diamonds-is-sebi-promoting-a-scam/1054949 Diamond futures and SEBI's blind spot — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 20, 2017 09:34 am On Tuesday, January 10, the Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) came out with a statement (www.icexindia.com/pdf/10012017_RE.pdf) informing people that it was planning to launch three futures contracts for...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-2017-looking-back-looking-ahead/997952 Retrospective 2016 – looking back; looking ahead on e-payments There can be no doubt about it. If there is anything that 2016 will be remembered for in India, it will be the ‘de-legalisation’ of Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes. Popularly referred...

Can the Election Commission duck these queries? RN Bhaskar Image generated through https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img The government, in concert with the Election Commissioner, has been quite active in pushing through the “SIR”.  The matter is now pending before the Supreme Court. Irrespective of the court’s...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/income-inequality-taxes-and-the-indian-state-rn-bhaskar/845855 Income tax and the Indian state The government of India finally woke up to the scathing criticism levelled against it by none other than Thomas Piketty in February this year. Piketty talked about how there was tremendous income inequality in...

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/analysis-policy-watch-converting-waste-into-energy-can-spell-end-of-garbage-mafia-2009622 Waste-management: Converting waste to energy can spell end of garbage mafia It is quite possible that Bangalore could set the stage for a national policy on waste management. It was, after all, this city's municipal corporation (Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, or...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-does-anyone-even-know-how-many-deaths-take-place-in-india   The worrisome tale of unknown deaths in India RN Bhaskar – 23 April 2020 Death is a serious subject.  It becomes a looming grim reality when a pandemic is around.  Unfortunately, India does not even know how many have died. The seriousness...

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-india-needs-a-national-policy-on-waste-management-2011519 India needs a national policy on waste management True, there are other municipalities that have also blundered, but without either a concrete plan, or even a transparent tendering process. A case in point is the way the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-slums-i-there-is-big-danger-ahead-pandemic-and-the-possibility-of-mass-extermination Slums-1 Pandemics and mass extermination are dangers for India This article is the first of a three-part series on slums, cities, and economic growth. RN Bhaskar The clock’s ticking has become more ominous than ever before.  The silent cries of the dying,...

Bogus Aadhaar cards imperil both Census and elections RN Bhaskar Shri EAS Sarma has responded to this article by writing to the Election Commission.  You can find his letter at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/04/india-elections-under-threat/ To appreciate this article better, it is important to take a...