Best of BS Opinion: The limits of unicorns, managing spending bulge & more

Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day

Unicorns and start-ups have been rare beacon of success in the gloom and doom of the pandemic economic slump. But are they real game changers for the Indian economy? The top edit explains why they can never be growth engines for the economy. Read it here

In other views:

A K Bhattacharya assesses whether a post-Covid rise in government expenditure is feasible. Read it here

The second edit suggests that a combination of penalties and incentives would improve India’s dismal record on plastic pollution. Read it here

CKG Nair and M. S. Sahoo point out that chronic delays undermine the core economic rationale of having an insolvency law. Read it here

QUOTE OF THE DAY

 

“FIIs are expected to return in 2022 as the structural bull-run in Indian equities is likely to continue”

 

ABHIJIT BHAVE, chief executive officer at Fisdom Private Wealth