Regulatory Reform & Innovation

India needs fewer and simpler regulations

Updated On: 07 Sep 2026 | 9:44 PM IST

While fragmentation is a particular problem, the four Labour Codes illustrate why consolidation on paper may not automatically mean simplification in practice

Updated On: 12 Aug 2026 | 10:45 PM IST

A parliamentary panel has flagged India's heavy compliance burden, saying overlapping rules and approvals continue to raise business costs despite deregulation efforts

Updated On: 09 Aug 2026 | 6:46 PM IST

Today's Best of BS Opinion examines lessons from the 1991 reforms, safeguards for offline UPI, enterprise digital infrastructure, state capacity and the costs of children growing up online

Updated On: 24 Jul 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Govt looking to clear regulatory 'cholesterol': Gauba

Updated On: 12 May 2026 | 11:27 PM IST

The year 2025 laid the foundation for tectonic shifts in financial and business domains, like a move to open up M&As to bank financing

Updated On: 28 Dec 2025 | 9:53 PM IST

Today's Best of BS Opinion looks at insurance FDI liberalisation, the railways' subsidy model, regulatory bottlenecks hurting investment, shifting FDI flows, and new ideas shaping US politics.

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 6:15 AM IST

The advent of new technologies - gene-editing, artificial intelligence, block-chain, to name just a few - are revolutionising human-technology interaction

Updated On: 12 Mar 2018 | 5:57 AM IST