Best of BS Opinion: Beyond $400 billion, food processing potential & more

Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day

The current export boom has enabled India to attain the $400 billion target for the current fiscal year, a significant achievement when set against near-stagnant levels of the past decade. But the factors driving this boom – high commodity prices and post-pandemic recovery in demand – are unlikely to last, pointing to an urgent need for constructive policy support to create a sustainable export sector, the top edit points out. Read it here

In other views:

Vir Sanghvi explains why defeating Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in 2024 will be a tough ask. Read it here

Atanu Biswas wonders at the lengths the West is going to culturally boycott Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Read it here

The second edit argues for ramping infrastructure for the food processing industry which has emerged as a larger employer than the textiles sector. Read it here

QUOTE OF THE DAY

 

“Our policy is very much guided by our belief that the international order must respect territorial integrity and sovereignty of states…”
 

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar responding to a question on the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Parliament