Opinion

Can India's latest FTAs put it on the road to Viksit Atmanirbhar Bharat?

India's FTAs can boost export-led growth, but sustainable gains will depend on responsible subsidies, stronger labour standards and environment-friendly production

Clean streets need capable cities

Swachh Bharat expanded coverage. Now cities must build the capacity to sustain progress

Tata's paradoxical succession

The group faces the same problem as family-owned businesses with many heirs

Mind the gap

Travel survey underlines public-transport shortage

Shifting immigration rules

Indian IT firms are prepared for the change

Best of Opinion: Global growth headline numbers mask vulnerabilities

From the IMF's global growth forecast and Navi Pillay's Nobel Peace Prize to India's climate needs, rising healthcare costs and the debate over welfare, today's opinions examine multiple challenges

The medical poverty trap is real

Beyond universal coverage, India needs health care facilities that deliver timely, reliable and quality care, not merely exist

The inadequacy of climate action

With the 1.5°C threshold expected to be breached within years, India must pay greater attention to adaptation and resilience

Human rights restored

Navi Pillay is a deserving Nobel Peace Prize winner

Global growth resilience

Headline numbers mask vulnerabilities

Best of Opinion: Disruption can't be stopped; resilience lies in response

The real test of a system is not whether it can prevent every disruption. It is whether it has enough buffers, flexibility and institutional capacity

Are financial risks now building?

Financial transactions and risks may be expanding faster than the regulatory perimeter designed to oversee them

Maximising value, not the haircut

Creditors must look beyond immediate recovery to the future value a resolution plan can create

A Nobel for shocks

Models of macro management are being tested

Defending the rupee

Govt must act to contain BoP pressure

Best of Opinion: Feedback ignored may return as friction, mistrust, failure

Healthy systems do not just impose, regulate or command. They also listen, learn and adjust before feedback becomes breakdown

Four reforms to enhance trust in insurance sector

From commission-free insurance plans to fee-only advisers and public complaint records, four reforms could improve transparency, curb mis-selling and help policyholders make informed choices

A democratic debate

Every question being raised about the ECI must be reviewed

From enforcement to trust

After process reforms, GST needs road map to shed exclusions

Himalayan blunders and beyond

There is no getting away from the historical responsibility of the richest and most developed countries for this loss of lives