Best of BS Opinion: Learning from the Army, priortising reforms, and more

From the qualities our social organisations can learn from the armed forces and the dangers of improper handling of corona-wastes to the reasons the government’s reactionary measures on hiking tariffs have not worked in spurring manufacturing, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.

Good policies need coherent implementation based on social consensus and luck for results, writes Shyam Ponappa. Click here to read...  

Only important reforms can push potential growth back up post Covid, writes Pranjul Bhandari, chief India economist, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) P Ltd. Read on... 

Data suggests that the economy is bottoming out, says our top edit. Click here to read...  

Medical waste treatment capacity has to be ramped up urgently, says our second edit. Read on... 

Why did India choose to sign FTAs with countries that had a comparative advantage in manufacturing instead of targeting FTAs with those where Indian manufactured goods would have a comparative advantage, asks Dhiraj Nayyar, chief economist, Vedanta. Click here to read... 

It is time to empirically study every case of disgorgement effected in India and to study what principles ought to govern the manner of computation of disgorgement, writes Somasekhar Sundaresan. Read on... 

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“We need a colossal effort, a Manhattan Project, to fight the virus, and we don’t have it.”

The editorial board of The Washington Post.