Best of BS Opinion: Dealing with Sri Lanka, difficulty in spending & more

Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day

As states and the Centre prepare next year’s budgets, for a change the focus has shifted from the availability of fiscal space to the ability to spend productively. Neelkanth Mishra outlines the problems for the states in their struggles to spend. Read it here

In other views:

Vinayak Chatterjee charts out the “nine key desirables” that are expected to turbo-charge the infrastructure sector. Read it here

The top edit explains why India should lead assistance to Sri Lanka, which is facing a debt crisis and is turning to China for help. Read it here

The second edit examines how Apple, the tech titan that touched market capitalisation of $3 trillion last week, has succeeded by being a consistent outlier. Read it here

QUOTE OF THE DAY

‘Please record the awkward moment when you tell [Djokovic’s parents] you’ve spent most of your career campaigning to have people from Eastern Europe deported’

 

Andy Murray tweets to UKIP’s Nigel Farage on supporting Djokovic’s visa application