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...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-auction-off-nsel-defaulters-assets-to-restore-investor-confidence-1997111
Monday, 23 June 2014 - 6:30am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA | R N Bhaskar
Liquidate NLEL-related seized assets
The Modi government at the Centre has been talking about making India more investment friendly. That is understandable.
After all, it...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/can-evidence-be-kept-alive-indefinitely/
Can evidence be kept alive indefinitely?
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 05, 2015 12:00 am
This is a true story about a couple in Singapore, where the wife is an entrepreneur. Each year, just before festival time, she asks her extended...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-a-petition-to-the-rbi-surging-bank-charges/1039464
Policywatch
Is the RBI indifferent to surging bank charges?
Rn bhaskar
Officials at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may be familiar with an image that is being WhatsApp-ed around lately. It says “If you have a gun, you can rob a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/debt-under-control-good-now-for-economic-growth/1387659
Debt and economic growth
RN Bhaskar November 1, 2018
Talk of debt is in the air. Everybody is talking about it. In fact there is a CARE Ratings study which looks at state and central government debt (Debt Profile of Centre...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gold-import-duties-need-to-be-streamlined-rn-bhaskar/1372617
Gold import duties begin to attract attention
— By RN Bhaskar | Oct 11, 2018
Last fortnight, the government of India released a list of 19 items where import duties had been raised.
What was interesting was that despite a clamour from the trade...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-great-vision-for-healthcare-if-r-n-bhaskar/1336205
Ayushman Bharat and healthcare
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 16, 2018
The present government should soon announce (maybe on Independence Day) the Ayushman Bharat—National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) which could make India have the world’s largest health insurance programme. The scheme could...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-actual-employment-potential-r-n-bhaskar/1350110
Unemployment: forecasts and the actual employment potential
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 06, 2018
The government is on the backfoot. It hasn’t created enough jobs. On the contrary, unemployment rates in India increased from 3.51 percent in 2016 to 3.52 percent in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-a-sightless-government-isnt-even-aware-where-gold-is-and-in-what-forms
Gold mining – II
Gold mining II: The government does not admit where gold can be mined
RN Bhaskar -- 24 December 2020
Indians love gold. And India ends up importing around 700-800 tonnes of gold on an average (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-ii-a-cleanup-is-urgently-needed/). Each tonne...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/e-payments-dangerous-unaccounted-exceptions/990815
E-payments: unaccounted exceptions lead to corrosion and corruption
The phase of ‘demonetisation’ or de-legalising Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes is drawing to a close. By 31 December, it will be known how much of the Rs.14.21 lakh crore will reach the...
