BS Opinion

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

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

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

Travel survey underlines public-transport shortage

Indian IT firms are prepared for the change

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

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

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

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

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

Models of macro management are being tested

Govt must act to contain BoP pressure

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

Every question being raised about the ECI must be reviewed

After process reforms, GST needs road map to shed exclusions

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

Opportunities are opening up in energy-intensive sectors

While satellite connectivity makes headlines, agentic AI is quietly transforming telecom into intelligent, self-healing networks

Multiple headwinds make the turbulence Mr Modi is battling as he steps into his 26th year in public office. This has brought the three-point Modi proposition under the greatest pressure since 2014

The story of the man who makes you open a dictionary before breakfast is a masterclass in accidental differentiation