Best of BS Opinion: Questions about the LAC, freedom to choose, and more

From what India could learn from the experiences of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in the 1950s-70s about building globally competitive firms and why we must fix the economy’s backbone before we aim high for self-reliance to how prohibition of new GM crops in India has deprived local consumers of several bio-fortified — read nutrient-enriched — food products, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.

For self-reliance to be effective, the country must reduce protection and invest in exports and learning, writes Naushad Forbes, co-chairman, Forbes Marshall, past president of CII, Chairman of Centre for Technology