Opinion

DMFs vs FPIs: Beyond the rhetoric on India's changing equity market

Foreign investors remain overwhelmingly concentrated in India's largest companies, while domestic fund flows are increasingly directed towards midcap and smallcap stocks

A failure to cool: Heat, smog and ignored public-health emergencies

In India, it is possible that so much more is on the ballot in every election that there is little space for issues such as public health

For SEZ 2.0 policy, shift focus from concessions to better governance

As the Centre reviews export promotion schemes, experts call for SEZ 2.0 reforms and shifting SEZ policy oversight to DGFT to better align with India's trade framework

AI's missing inclusivity: The tech revolution is amplifying gender bias

A major reason for this neglect is that women themselves are largely missing in the AI ecosystem

Rethinking quality control: The new order will not solve the problem

The original purpose of QCOs was to ensure quality standards to protect consumers, improve product quality, and keep substandard imports out of the Indian market. Over time, however, the policy expand

Beyond mfin and deposits: The next chapter for small finance banks

Small finance banks must diversify beyond microfinance and embrace digital innovation to remain relevant as customers' financial needs become more sophisticated

Steady, stable as she goes: India and the economic fallout of Gulf conflict

The Gulf conflict tested one kind of resilience; the years ahead will test others. India met the first test in good order. That is a reason for quiet confidence - and for getting on with the next

Consumer protection: Developer free to form building-wise societies

The National Commission noted that flat purchasers had given informed consent for FSI utilisation, so they could not question the additional construction later

Dollar and the diaspora: Old courtship, new script in forex strategy

NRI money can steady a wobble but it's not a substitute for durable capital inflows. We need structural changes in the bond and equity markets

Pulling Joe Sacco's book on riots is a joke on publishing, India's freedoms

Sacco's 'reporting' is incredibly granular but there are areas where he can be faulted. Don't let this undermine where his true focus is, in showing how local disputes led to riots

Best of BS Opinion: India-EU ties, Rolex, Joe Sacco, pseudoscience

Strategic partnerships, purpose-driven capitalism, free speech, and the dangers of ideology over science lead today's Opinion page

Why Rolex's ownership model offers a different view of capitalism

By staying private, Rolex SA is proud that it can remain independent and sustainable, and take long-term bets

Pseudoscience more dangerous than bad science, it can cripple societies

From Lysenkoism to the Cultural Revolution, history shows how ideology-driven pseudoscience can cripple research, suppress truth and inflict devastating human costs

Why India and Europe must deepen their partnership beyond just trade

India must not allow the negotiation process to lose momentum

A voyage to infinity and beyond: Voyager's remarkable journey continues

Gliding through "interstellar space" at about 61,000 km an hour, Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause, the boundary where the Sun's solar wind gives way to the interstellar medium, in 2012

Best of BS Opinion: Weather risks, state finances and Trump's economics

Today's opinions examine monsoon uncertainty, RBI's NBFC framework, worsening state finances, Donald Trump's economic approach and the future of modern feminism

Trump's state-led capitalism risks eroding established US institutions

The Republican Party, by contrast, has tacitly endorsed Mr Trump's thuggish capitalism, a model nothing like the rules-based market economy that conservatives used to endorse

Under strain, state finances in Kerala and TN need a new fiscal compact

On the utilisation of available resources, stress in state finances can be reflected in the extent to which states are utilising their fiscal deficit to finance the revenue deficit

Monsoon readiness: Focus must be on both immediate and long-term solutions

Reports of setbacks to the sowing of pulses such as tur, moong and urad in parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra underline the vulnerability of rainfed farming

Listing Tata Sons: RBI's directions could strengthen group's governance

Tata Sons was designated an upper-layer NBFC by the RBI in September 2022, mandating its listing within three years