Policy Watch

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-diamonds-may-not-be-safe-for-investors-any-more Diamonds no longer anyone's best friend any more RN Bhaskar The last couple of months have witnessed a barrage of advertisements seeking to lure jewellery buyers to diamonds.  They talk about how natural diamonds are the safest items of jewellery, unique...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gold-smuggling-turn-the-spotlight-from-kerala-to-govt-policies Gold smuggling - I Part II can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-ii-a-cleanup-is-urgently-needed/) A beneficiary of flawed government policies. RN Bhaskar There’s an apocryphal story about a man blinded because he stole the gold that he saw lying unattended on the table in his master’s...

A hollowed-out India needs an economic reboot By RN Bhaskar Hollowed-out is a phrase that refers to something being taken out, leaving the shell to be filled with anything or nothing. India is being hollowed out.  Its ability to be entrepreneurial...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/look-up-mr-modi-the-sun-is-shining/1152421 Rooftop solar can help create around 83 million jobs — By RN Bhaskar | Oct 12, 2017 07:56 am Mr. Modi’s biggest headache is creating jobs.  Look at the table alongside. During 2015 and 2016, India created just 277,000 jobs.  This was lower...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-world-poverty-clock-pointers-for-india/1069774 India could learn a few things from the World Poverty Clock — By RN Bhaskar | May 18, 2017 08:13 am Asia could be getting out of poverty faster than many countries in the developing world.  This -- and a great deal of...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/legalise-work-permits-for-immigrants/1118599 Work-permits for migrants needed urgently — By RN Bhaskar | Aug 10, 2017 07:34 am Hatred against immigrants is not peculiar to India alone. But it is at its peak when economic conditions are harsh, and a local population looks unkindly at people...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-what-aatma-nirbhar-bharat-could-learn-from-the-uss-agriculture-department Make farmers atma nirbhar. Do what the USDA does RN Bhaskar – 28 May 2020 The Indian government should carefully study what the US has been doing if it seriously interested in Atma Nirbharta (self-reliance) of farmers. On April 17, 2020, the...

Loans will continue to rise if unemployment is not eased RN Bhaskar Last week India’s central bank, the RBI, revised and tightened norms for borrowings, raised risk weights for personal loans and credit cards.  That will make the cost of borrowing...

India must look beyond GDP to become a great nation By RN Bhaskar with inputs from Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image sourced using https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/image-editor India’s prime minister and his ministers have got into the constant refrain of telling people that India will become...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-us-could-bankrupt-the-entire-world-in-a-years-time The world will burn in the US-Russia-Ukraine oil fires RN Bhaskar For people who think that the Ukraine-Russia war will soon get over, and life could go back to normal, there could be a big shock coming. Within six months or...