Best of BS Opinion: Consistent trade policy, ESG rating conundrum & more

Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes eight years in office, significant changes to India’s economic base since he came to power may have provided a platform for growth in the coming years, the top edit says. Read it here

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Two columns focus on Environment, Social and Governance, or ESG metrics, which have become all the rage as a means of assessing corporate performance. Ajay Tyagi assesses the complexities involved in ESG assessment tools here and Amit Tandon explains here how a board can make the company ESG-ready.
 

The second edit argues that tweaks to duties focused on the plastics and steel industries to cope with the current global crisis are a symptom of an ad hoc and arbitrary trade policy detached from economic reality. Read it here 

QUOTE OF THE DAY

‘Expectation of rate hike in June, it's a no-brainer’

 

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das to CNBC