Opinion

Let the people hedge

Recent measures have gone beyond merely curbing speculation in the foreign-exchange market policy rules 

RBI supplements financial muscle with regulatory heft

Measures to curb dollar demand have strengthened the rupee, but raise costs for importers and leave the durability of the recovery uncertain

Fragmented rules, missing incentives hold back India's green finance growth

A unified green taxonomy, standardised legal documentation, and tangible economic incentives are urgently needed

AT-1 bonds: The bigger lessons

The Supreme Court's ruling on Yes Bank's AT-1 bond write-off raises concerns over RBI oversight, financial product mis-selling and the limitations of disclosure-based regulation.

Building natural wealth

Environmental accounts can inform policy decisions

Waiving double standards

Mr Trump discovers merits of national interest

King Canute and the sea waves

Let the rupee find its own level but allow that to happen in a calibrated way

Consumer Protection: Don't risk renewal by handing cheque to agent

The Supreme Court held that an agent had neither express nor implied authority to receive premiums on the insurer's behalf, and hence upheld the repudiation of claims

12 questions for Rahul

What will Rahul Gandhi do differently from Modi/BJP if elected? Here's a list of a dozen short questions

Best of Opinion: India must bring its brightest minds home, like China did

Today's columns examine India's failure to use its skilled diaspora, succession challenges in family businesses, Rahul Gandhi's political strategy, and resistance to resource-intensive data centres

Bringing India's best and brightest home

China's development experience offers lessons on how India can draw on the expertise of its professionals abroad to become a front-ranking tech power

Succession planning in family-owned companies

Family-owned businesses face a critical succession challenge: Balancing inherited ownership with merit-based leadership. Brazil's JBS offers lessons in grooming heirs and professional management.

Of bots, watts, and water

Growing opposition to data centres in the US and Europe could create opportunities for India, but high power and water consumption, limited job creation and local resistance pose significant risks.

India says cheese

These makers are translating, not copying, the western varieties. One Chennai cheesemaker coats cheddar with milagai podi, a South Indian chilli-and-lentil powder

Best of Opinion: An opportunity to rethink the infrastructure of justice

Today's editorials and columns examine the IDBI Bank privatisation deal, India's steel ambitions, tribunal reforms, AI-driven infrastructure improvements and a book on the changing geopolitical order

Getting AI into infrastructure

It can improve the reliability, efficiency and performance of the systems we already have

Infrastructure of justice

The window to legislate on tribunals is a golden opportunity to rethink their administration and that of the judiciary as a whole

Steel ambitions

2047 goals must balance capacity expansion with clean tech

Exit strategy

Govt must push its disinvestment agenda aggressively

Best of Opinion: A paradoxical succession issue within the Tata group

Today's editorials and columns examine US restrictions on Indian IT firms, India's public transport gaps, the Tata Sons leadership dispute, municipal governance under PRAGATI-50 and a book on Bastar