Business Standard Editorial Comment

Neet determines admission to roughly 120,000 MBBS (bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery) seats, with over 2 million students competing for them

It is worth recognising that the global business environment has changed over the past few years, and a country like India has to improve its business environment more proactively

Higher fuel prices and limited gas availability are affecting economic activities, which could result in lower overall tax collection and add further pressure on the Budget

In many private schools, children struggle with reading comprehension and arithmetic despite parents paying higher fees in the hope of better outcomes

For many countries around the world, including India, the possibility of Section 301 tariffs is even more concerning than the arbitrary IEEPA levies the President introduced last year

If the government allows prices to adjust swiftly in response to the changed supply situation, then people will automatically follow suit

The focus on MSMEs has not translated into meaningful capital formation, which sustains industrial growth and employment

In a fast-changing global environment, India needs a coherent strategy and a set of reforms to attract investment and meaningfully increase manufacturing output

Ms Banerjee's contention is that the election has not been conducted fairly and that central forces were misused to capture booths and influence the outcome

The government has supported Vi in many ways so that the sector does not slip into a duopoly

India's push for ease of doing business over the past decade, particularly the 98-point action plan launched in 2015 by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and the World Bank,

Given the credit guarantee, banks will be less reluctant to lend, particularly to MSMEs

Over the years, the government has made significant intervention in institutionalising the appointment processes. But of late, action seems to have lagged

GalaxEye claims it has signed distribution partnerships across over 20 countries, even before full commissioning

While India's high mobile penetration provides strong foundations for a nationwide alert system, connectivity is uneven, particularly in remote and rural regions, device compatibility varies widely

The most humbling lessons of anti-incumbency, however, came from West Bengal, where the BJP finally fulfilled its ambition of ousting Mamata Banerjee's TMC after the latter's 15 years in power

India's local innovation capacity remains uneven, particularly outside major urban centres. Data systems are fragmented, raising challenges for interoperability and trust

Given that the shortage of gas has affected economic activities, tax collection too will be impacted

India's ISP proposal broadly aligns with these international practices, particularly in its reliance on administrative data and value-based indicators

One clear message from the West Asia conflict is the need to build buffers of key inputs, and this should not be limited to oil and gas