Opinion

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

MoSPI's revised CPI modernises price collection, updates weights and aligns with global standards, reshaping how inflation trends are measured and interpreted

India needs simpler, more flexible labour Codes and modernised trade unions, not a return to 29 outdated laws that hurt productivity, formalisation and competitiveness

The advent of useful new technology always leads to disruption as some functions are phased out. For example, horse breeders suffered an apocalypse when the automobile arrived

The US and Russia currently account for 90 per cent of all nuclear weapons. But there are now a total of nine nuclear-armed states, which collectively account for 12,241 warheads as of January 2025

Today's Best of BS Opinion explores India's trade deals, RBI's stance amid base-year revisions, co-operatives' regulatory dilemma, equity market challenges, and Russia's wilderness in history

The RBI's MPC held rates steady, citing improved growth and benign inflation, while announcing regulatory steps to boost credit flow and strengthen digital payment safety

The India-US interim trade framework signals a thaw in ties, tariff relief for exporters, protected farm interests, and a renewed push for reforms to make trade gains sustainable

Trade deals ease risks for Indian equities, but weak demand and stretched valuations raise questions over whether optimism-especially in smallcaps-can turn into a sustained bull run

The RBI needs to think out of the box vis-a-vis cooperative banks

The most visible reform that affects all international travellers arriving in India and a pleasant surprise is the introduction of the Baggage Rules, 2026

The industry is shifting from pandemic-era exuberance to AI-driven discipline, prioritising sustainable unit economics and robust governance over vanity metrics for long-term growth

Vamanan attributed the medical problem solely to the consumption of those dates, as this was the only "outside food" he had consumed

Some MFIs are turning into business correspondents. They are also looking for more secured loans, one of the products being loan against gold

From prosperity and human flourishing to the decline of American dominance, shifting global blocs, Bangladesh ties and disability policy, today's Opinion page maps key faultlines

Inflation risks may prove to be broader than what that explanation implies

By next weekend, Bangladesh will have an elected government. This is India's moment to reboot broken ties by moderating the 'ghuspethiya' rhetoric in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam

How the US is abandoning the openness that helped it win the Cold War

Material abundance has not broken democratic capitalism - nor has it absolved societies of the harder, older task of learning how to live well

As Washington turns inward, the world must confront what a narrowing US role means for security, alliances and the fragile order it once underwrote