Best of BS Opinion: A troubled world, GST's secret sauce, and more

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

R Gopalakrishnan: Independent directors add value to a company, not only through their explicit knowledge and cognitive skills, but also through their experiential intuition and heuristic skills.

A K Bhattacharya: The 31 per cent rise in GST collection has been significantly fuelled by imports.

The first edit, citing the report of the International Monetary Fund, says the government should demonstrate its resolve to bring down the fiscal deficit. And also find space for growth. The second edit looks at ways to reduce the plastic menace.  

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