Opinion

Next-Gen GST and India's next phase of growth

Next-Gen GST aims to simplify compliance, support businesses and strengthen revenues as India seeks to build a more resilient economy and achieve Viksit Bharat

New Fema rules bring small service exporters into the reporting net

On October 1, the RBI updated a Master Direction consolidating various reports/ forms required to be submitted under Fema

Doctors held liable for ignoring case history

The National Commission observed that despite the patient's history of cancer, the doctors had treated her for seven months for a lumbar problem without checking for malignant growth

Public policies against the public interest

Irdai seeks tighter controls on insurers' costs and commissions

Rethinking rural cooperatives

It is high time we had vibrant self-governed, responsible grassroots financial institutions

Price for the future

Anthropic's IPO will be a test case

Policy response

Compelling reasons for an increase in the repo rate

Global focus turns to IMF's 2027 SDR review

Driven by economic growth, trade linkages and digital payment networks, India is strategically positioning the rupee for inclusion in the IMF's SDR basket

Rate hike? Yes, but how long is the cycle?

We need to watch how entrenched inflation is and how demand-led growth is

Hard state under Gandhian cover

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed no such notions

Best of BS Opinion: What Chinese archives reveal about the 1962 war

Today's opinions examine a possible diplomatic opening before the 1962 India-China war, fears of an AI investment bubble, India's use of hard power and the evolving US-China relationship

The birth of the G2?

Xi's US state visit signals that, for Mr Trump at least, the G2 age has begun

The familiar 'this time is different'

If Anthropic gets the target valuation it wants, Anthropic and SpaceX together will be worth almost as much as the entire South Korean stock market

What Chinese archives reveal about the 1962 war

How India and China came close to avoiding a war before domestic politics got in the way

Don't blame El Niño alone

This year's southwest monsoon has ended with a 13% deficit over the long-period average, and India is still bracing for the full impact of a 'super', or 'Godzilla', El Niño

Best of Business Standard Opinion: CAFE III norms do not meet transition needs

From tighter vehicle-efficiency norms and India's peak-power challenge to complaint analytics, and frontier AI safeguards, today's opinions examine regulation, resilience and institutional learning

When complaints become insights

The next chapter in grievance redress is to ensure one customer's experience prevents the same problem for the next

Ahimsa against extinction

India cannot be a bystander to superintelligence

Beyond generation

India needs a more flexible power system

CAFE III: Hastening slowly

The norms do not accelerate the needed transition