Opinion

Improved closing auction

Sebi should aim to increase participation

Best of Opinion: Trade-offs should be made visible, not wished away

Today's editorials and columns examine the trade-offs shaping India's economic policies, from China trade and poverty reduction to rupee management and the hidden costs of clean energy

Confronting economic trade-offs

Market-driven prices and tax reforms can support monetary policy and attract foreign capital

RBI's rupee fix: What is it solving?

As the central bank announces a new set of bold regulatory measure, this question is worth asking

Sustaining progress

India needs to create jobs to further reduce poverty

Dropping barriers

New Delhi must find ways to prise open China's markets

Best of Business Standard Opinion: What sits outside the frame also exists

What makes these risks dangerous is not only their existence, but the ease with which institutions can ignore them when they are difficult to measure, explain or fit into established categories

Let the people hedge

Recent measures have gone beyond merely curbing speculation in the foreign-exchange market policy rules 

RBI supplements financial muscle with regulatory heft

Measures to curb dollar demand have strengthened the rupee, but raise costs for importers and leave the durability of the recovery uncertain

Fragmented rules, missing incentives hold back India's green finance growth

A unified green taxonomy, standardised legal documentation, and tangible economic incentives are urgently needed

AT-1 bonds: The bigger lessons

The Supreme Court's ruling on Yes Bank's AT-1 bond write-off raises concerns over RBI oversight, financial product mis-selling and the limitations of disclosure-based regulation.

Building natural wealth

Environmental accounts can inform policy decisions

Waiving double standards

Mr Trump discovers merits of national interest

King Canute and the sea waves

Let the rupee find its own level but allow that to happen in a calibrated way

Consumer Protection: Don't risk renewal by handing cheque to agent

The Supreme Court held that an agent had neither express nor implied authority to receive premiums on the insurer's behalf, and hence upheld the repudiation of claims

12 questions for Rahul

What will Rahul Gandhi do differently from Modi/BJP if elected? Here's a list of a dozen short questions

Best of Opinion: India must bring its brightest minds home, like China did

Today's columns examine India's failure to use its skilled diaspora, succession challenges in family businesses, Rahul Gandhi's political strategy, and resistance to resource-intensive data centres

Bringing India's best and brightest home

China's development experience offers lessons on how India can draw on the expertise of its professionals abroad to become a front-ranking tech power

Succession planning in family-owned companies

Family-owned businesses face a critical succession challenge: Balancing inherited ownership with merit-based leadership. Brazil's JBS offers lessons in grooming heirs and professional management.

Of bots, watts, and water

Growing opposition to data centres in the US and Europe could create opportunities for India, but high power and water consumption, limited job creation and local resistance pose significant risks.