Best of BS Opinion: Budget in the season of protests, new axis of infra

From Andhra Pradesh government's decision to build three capitals to how the government missed the chance to defuse the anger over CAA and focus on the economy, here's a selection of Business Standard

From the dangers to the fabric of the state if the basic principles of the Constitutional are challenged to the ways and means of tackling India's infrastructure challenge, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.

Is the Andhra Pradesh government’s decision to scrap Amravati as a “super-capital” and build three capitals instead workable? Aren't there any better ways of ensuring inclusive development? How must the states of India tap commercial financing and private investment to fire the infrastructure sector? Alokananda Chakraborty sums up.

The survival of India as a state, its development as a nation and its growth as an economy over the past seven decades owe a great deal to the fact that India’s Constitution emerged from broad deliberation, and the founding generation’s dedication to Constitutional methods and principles, says our top edit. Click here to read...

The Andhra Pradesh government’s decision to build three capitals in different parts of the state defies all logic, argues our second edit. Read on...

The government has missed the chance to defuse the anger over CAA and focus on the economy, writes Aakar Patel. Click here to read...

As the government tries to set up robust next generation banks, concrete steps are needed to tackle the long-term risk of retirement liabilities, writes Ritobrata Sarkar, head of retirement, Willis Towers Watson, India. Read on...

India’s massive infrastructure build-out targets need an all-hands-on-the-deck effort, writes Sameer Bhatia, president, Crisil Infrastructure & Risk Solutions. Click here to read...

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Present wave of peaceful protests will help deepen India's democratic roots

Former President Pranab Mukherjee