Opinion

RBI MPC meet: Amid inflation, growth concerns, rate hike can wait for now

Inflation will rise in the second half of the year. Growth, too, will falter. It's time to explore other options

Improving health outcomes: Survey suggests the need for a holistic approach

NFHS-6 shows gains in child nutrition and healthcare access, but rising obesity and diabetes underscore the need for a more comprehensive public health strategy

Insurer must prove pre-existing ailment before denying insurance claim

The complainant pointed out that the insurer had produced no medical record to substantiate the claim that diabetes was pre-existing

Governance questions: HDFC Bank must emphatically address all concerns

HDFC Bank must address governance concerns transparently after reports of irregular payments linked to bulk deposits, while the RBI should clarify its oversight role

Mini crisis, self-inflicted: Policy missteps leave the rupee under pressure

India's forex stress reflects delayed reforms, weak capital inflows and a widening current-account deficit, underscoring the need to attract long-term investment

Reimagining microfinance: Current model works, but at a modest growth rate

India's microfinance model has reached its limits; sustainable growth now requires a shift towards meso-finance, stronger savings buffers, and less reliance on group lending.

New bad loan provision measures will tell banks apart under ECL regime

RBI's ECL regime will shift the focus from recognising bad loans to predicting them, making risk management a key differentiator for banks

Best of BS Opinion: Quad relevance, fuel pricing, and a Cockroach Party

From the implications of warming US-China ties and the future of the Quad to fuel-pricing reforms, SpaceX governance and youth discontent, here are today's key opinion pieces

Rubio's visit executes a good repair job for India and Asian Quad allies

The broad agenda of India-US cooperation has been reaffirmed, but emerging US-China bonhomie raises questions over the future of Quad

The stars have acquired a user interface: When AI meets astrology

As AI enters astrology apps and predictions, technology is becoming a new interface for humanity's oldest questions about uncertainty and the future

Cockroach Janata Party: Indian youth turn political anger into viral satire

The CJP manifesto offers an unstructured opinion poll on what concerns young people most

Founder supremacy is eroding the discipline of corporate governance

It's not an accident that Apple's Steve Jobs, maybe the greatest of all high-tech founders and CEOs, had no need to shelter behind bespoke extra protections

It's time for India to bite the bullet on fuel price liberalisation

There is no alternative but to give the correct pricing signal to the market and consumers. Appeals and calls for conservation won't work

Best of BS Opinion: Water stress, IIP reforms, and the Quad's quandary

Today's BS Opinion examines India's deepening water stress, the revised IIP framework, Middle East-linked growth risks, the Quad's evolving strategy, and a review of The Liver Doctor

Quad's pivot to Indo-Pacific geoeconomics faces a credibility test

Cooperation in areas like Open Radio Access Network (RAN), digital supply chain resilience, artificial intelligence, next-generation agriculture, and food security is also deepening its focus on geoec

Measuring change: New IIP broadens scope of coverage, but needs better data

Advanced economies increasingly use dynamic industrial measurement systems, which regularly update weightings and production patterns

India's investment slowdown is a fallout of deeper structural shifts

Taken together, the Indian economy requires some mechanism for stimulating private investment in the real economy

Deepening water stress across urban, rural centres calls for urgent reforms

Water availability must become a core criterion in selecting industrial sites, urban planning, and agricultural incentives

Best of BS Opinion: IBC@10, consumer 'value logic', Big Tech's feudalism

BS Opinion today examines the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code at 10, decentralisation challenges, evolving consumer behaviour, and the decline in Big Tech platform quality

Rescue, recovery, and reform: IBC's first decade has changed credit culture

The most visible achievement of the IBC has been the market-led resolution of corporate distress