https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/when-the-inr-falls-it-is-easy-to-blame-gold-writes-rn-bhaskar
A weak INR and growing CAD are a result of poor gold policies
By RN Bhaskar
The RBI in its recent report (https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_ViewBulletin.aspx?Id=21137#FN14) states “Gold imports at US$ 2.6 billion in June 2022 were almost half the level of US$ 6.0...
India -- frantic search for a suitor
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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India’s search for a partner has yielded no fruit. Nobody is willing to invest in this country – for a variety of reasons. India...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/it-is-time-india-reshaped-its-exim-strategies/1491174
India's EXIM needs restructuring
RN Bhaskar March 28, 2019
Within the next few months, India’s policymakers will have to decide how to restructure India’s Exim policies. This will be necessitated by three factors.
First, the global economic slowdown is likely to...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-stop-illegal-mining-before-it-distorts-indian-economy-r-n-bhaskar/903219
Illegal mining: It thrived under the UPA; it continue to thrive even today. . .
When the present government came to power, one thought that illegal mining would get throttled. This was because, all along, the common perception was that...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/agnipath-indias-trial-by-fire
Agnipath: India's trial by fire?
RN Bhaskar
There are riots on the streets in many states (https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/violent-protest-continues-over-agnipath-scheme-in-bihar). In a bid to douse the fires, the government increased the recruitment age from 21 to 23 (https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/agnipath-scheme-upper-age-limit-for-recruitment-process-for-2022-increased-to-23-years). But this may not help. The...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bank-frauds-could-hurt-india-much-more-than-covid-19-can
Bank frauds could create more pain than people imagine
RN Bhaskar – 24 September 2020
If you are a believer, or a bhakt, you should only read the reports of India’s policymakers. You will get a feeling that all is well. ...
China develops Africa both as Plan B for itself and for the world
RN Bhaskar
The future of the world will lie in making Africa grow. That is what China has been doing all along. That is what India should be...
Germany stumbles; Is limping today
By RN Bhaskar
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Germany has stumbled badly. It is limping currently. The stumble was not because it was careless. It was because it was more focussed on pleasing the US rather than...
India must find new ways to cope with global fragmentation
RN Bhaskar
There is global fragmentation all around. And India has already begun reconsidering many of the policies it had introduced and was quite smug about. Two developments of last week...
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...
