http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-pushing-e-payments-with-scam-potential-dangerous/1001041
ePayments and the scam potential
Try paying a bill of the MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) -- the epayments way -- through its web portal. It will be a vexing experience.
Half the payment gateways do not work This could...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-wrong-diagnosis-and-refusal-to-accept-warning-signals-were-responsible-for-indias-slippage
India's economy - the clock is invariably slow
Ah! the clock is always slow.// It is later than you think
– Robert W Service
(https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46651/it-is-later-than-you-think)
RN Bhaskar
There was a time when most people had the confidence that the economy would be pulled...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-games-regulators-play-the-rbi-is-becoming-capricious
Has regulator RBI been playing games?
RN Bhaskar
The RBI should pay heed to the following lines:.
It’s no-go the Yogi-Man, it’s no-go Blavatsky,
All we want is a bank balance and a bit of skirt in a taxi. By Louis McNeice, Bagpipe...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/gold-trade-when-cats-begin-chanting-hymns/783251http://www.freepressjournal.in/gold-trade-when-cats-begin-chanting-hymns/783251
Gold trade: When cats begin chanting hymns
On 9 February, the All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) issued its ultimatum to the government that 300 associations of the jewellery trade with over 100,000 shops across the country, would...
Talk to high net worth individuals (HNIs) and non-resident Indians (NRIs). They express tremendous anxiety over the provisions of the government’s new piece of legislation. This spells trouble for all of us, even if we are largely law-abiding, they...
The world order changes swiftly; the West has become less relevant
RN Bhaskar
Last month had three momentous developments. First was the BRICS meet in Kazan, Russia (free subscription -- https://bhaskarr.substack.com/p/brics-gold-and-gdp)..
Irrelevant West; relevant BRICS
Today BRICS is an intergovernmental organization. It comprises...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-ta-i-indias-textiles-and-apparels-are-rediscovering-their-mojo
T&A-I: India’s textiles and apparels are rediscovering their mojo
RN Bhaskar (The second part of this article can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/the-apparels-appaition/)
Some seventy years ago, if one had looked at India’s competitive strength, the highest marks would have gone to...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-gold-mining-an-agenda-for-the-government
Gold mining IV
What the government should do?
RN Bhaskar
When it comes to gold, politicians, government officials, media and the general public can be quite misinformed to the point of hysteria.
Consider how – on 21 February 2020 -- an unsuspecting public...
India talks of growth, but it will continue shrinking unless . . .
By RN Bhaskar
It is when you look at the sustainability of economic growth that you realise that India could be shrinking.
Except for the super wealthy, the rest...
Can the US dollar survive for long?
By RN Bhaskar
'In 10 years, there will be no more Israel.' -- Henry Kissinger as quoted in https://nypost.com/2023/12/03/opinion/remembering-my-late-friend-former-secretary-of-state-henry-kissinger/
The US dollar is under siege. And much of this is on account of three reasons
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