Editorial comments from Business Standard
Editorial comments from Business Standard
Green energy is a victim of its own success
Expectations that the government would increase the speed of strategic disinvestment or privatisation have been dashed
The new administration in Delhi will certainly have some challenges it will need to address
The RBI expects the consumer price index-based inflation rate to average 4.2 per cent in 2025-26 - assuming a normal monsoon - compared to the projection of 4.8 per cent this financial year
The two-week campaign deadline is in place to address logistical issue, which is to enable ECI personnel to track whether parties or candidates bribing voters
The use of a military aircraft was perhaps to show the seriousness of the cause and pictures of handcuffed illegal immigrants will likely please Mr Trump's core constituency
Global uncertainty demands caution on monetary policy
This announcement disrupts the fragile ceasefire and hostage-release deal of January 19, partly negotiated by Mr Trump's own envoy before he took oath as President
The most important question is this: In a country at India's income level, is it right or wise to exempt those earning ₹12 lakh a year from the income-tax net?
Although public debt has gone up across the world after the pandemic, it is in India's interests to reduce it to a more manageable level
With India facing consequences such as having its foreign assets seized as a result, government has essentially been defensive, including terminating BITs with some 75 countries between 2016 and 2021
The tariffs on Canada and Mexico are so high precisely because the President will want to sort out a favourable deal with these two neighbours as soon as possible
In terms of Budget allocation, agriculture and its allied sectors have seen a healthy jump of about 22 per cent to about Rs 1.71 trillion
Budget bets big on nuclear power but questions remain
While public capex has been retained at its elevated level, it appears that the finance ministry believes that without a more direct push to household demand, growth will subside to unacceptable level
It discussed the medium- to long-term challenges in detail, which should guide policymaking
The central bank is in the process of finalising and issuing a guidance note on scenario analysis and stress testing of climate-related risks
The language and tenor of the statements issued by both countries suggest a new cordiality five years after incursions by China along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh
There is, of course, an important national-security element to this effort. Globally, the extraction and processing of critical minerals are dominated by China
Despite improvements, Aser shows wide learning gaps