Best of BS Opinion: Why the govt must step in to help telecom companies

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Our edits and columns explain the danger in rejecting data that doesn’t help government narrative; the need to help struggling telecom companies, and why India should join the RCEP. 

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea raising doubts over their future because of huge losses, piling debt and pending AGR dues means that the government has to step in fast. The road ahead for the telecom industry hinges on a potential relief from the government, says our first edit.

The government’s decision to scrap the National Statistical Office's (NSO) consumer expenditure survey—the findings of which Business Standard