Best of BS Opinion: A petition for financial emergency, Covid-19, and more

This is a moment when the consequences of no policy can be foreseen because of the absence of any reference point. Read what extrapolated policy prescriptions are predicated on. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up

Policy interventions are good, says Sajjid Z Chinoy. But their consequences should not be forgotten

A financial emergency would be in order now because it would enable the government to cut its employees’ salaries, says A K Bhattacharya

No one bothers about the fiscal deficit or inflation now, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay. The RBI needs to break banks’ risk aversion

The IMF has given China a legitimacy it does not deserve. Vivek Moorthy explains
 

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Don’t see a recession, recovery likely from Q2 amid coronavirus outbreak

NITI Aayog, Vice-Chairman, Rajiv Kumar