Opinion

Best of BS Opinion: Brics' New Delhi Declaration needs follow-up from India

From the bank strike and prohibition debate to WTO reform, infrastructure risk-sharing and the history of data, today's opinions examine policy choices, institutional design and their consequences

Shaping the infra risk guarantee fund

Announced in this year's Budget, the initiative requires intervention on six fronts to become even more impactful

Brics and beyond

The New Delhi Declaration is impressive but requires immediate follow-up action from India on its trade policies and WTO reform

Plan for everyone

Trai's direction will increase teledensity

Keep banks open

Rotation of staff can be considered

UPI's 10th birthday party

All marketers know that offering something 'free' can act as a customer magnet. This has fascinated behavioural economists

State of informal economy

District estimates reveal high concentration

Imperfect providence

India needs a more open retirement-saving framework

The 'missing middle' in India's exports

Rupee depreciation finds a new ally

All about political capital

A fee on UPI transactions is economically logical, but it reflects the govt's evolving approach to one of its key political constituencies

Best of BS Opinion: Constraints can help sharpen strategy

Constraints force priorities, expose weak assumptions and reward systems that learn to work within limits rather than pretend those limits do not exist

Let's not fritter away UPI gains

The benefits of keeping it free far outweigh the costs

SpaceX, space economy, and India

Space is one of the few technology-intensive arenas where India is relevant. It offers a playbook for other sectors

Thin power buffer

The country needs a more flexible and resilient system

A new growth strategy

India must plan for a changing global economic environment

Best of BS Opinion: Power is not the same as control

Leverage is rarely absolute. Markets adjust, institutions push back, capabilities matter, and pressure can produce resistance instead of compliance

Exim Matters: Russian oil, American tariffs and Indian exporters

Exporters have adapted to tariffs and geopolitical disruptions, but thinner margins and fresh US levies could make resilience harder to sustain

Nobody legislates back phone booths

India built the best digital payment rails with a regulator that set the architecture before the volume arrived, and the physical rails deserve the same

Manufacturing: No skills, no scale

Many companies, especially in the engineering sector, have their own skill-development programmes. But these are too small to make a national impact

The world's most unpredictable variable

The Strait of Hormuz isn't the only thing that will keep oil prices volatile