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Business Standard Editorial Comment
The Business Standard Editorial Comment lays out the paper's insights and position on issues that are important to various segments, from policymakers to corporates to analysts, even political leaders. These appear in the form of editorials on the newspaper's Opinion page, and online under the Opinion segment. These opinion pieces truly embody the newspaper's 'Insight Out' brand positioning.
The Business Standard Editorial Comment lays out the paper's insights and position on issues that are important to various segments, from policymakers to corporates to analysts, even political leaders. These appear in the form of editorials on the newspaper's Opinion page, and online under the Opinion segment. These opinion pieces truly embody the newspaper's 'Insight Out' brand positioning.
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Strong medicine
A new cure should not make health care suffer more
Act fast on RCEP: India-Asean trade growth has been underwhelming
India's achievement in terms of growing trade relations with Asean has been underwhelming
Verifying credible news
Facebook's idea of user surveys is fraught with risks
World Bank needs to restore the credibility of 'ease of doing biz' rankings
Two researchers from the Centre for Global Development (CGDev) have shown how changes in the methodology may have negatively portrayed Chile when it was ruled by the socialist president, Michelle Bach
The threat of cryptos: Unregulated, new asset class can disrupt economy
Cryptocurrencies have gained so much traction in the past year that many governments have been forced to review these instruments.
Rethink contract farming: Making it happen doesn't require a new law
The real danger is that the involvement of the law enforcement bureaucracy at every stage, as envisaged in the Centre's model Bill, might actually prove counterproductive
Towards simplification: Ease of paying GST is a long-pending reform
The GST, which has been in the works for years, should ideally have been better designed when it was launched, and that would have enabled a smoother transition
Engineering gender equity: A quota for women in IITs is unlikely to work
The bigger doubt is whether this "quota system" will further the cause of female engineers in any meaningful way
Runway cleared for Air India
The govt did well in ignoring the parliamentary panel's views
Another step forward
Liberalisation of FDI norms augurs well for the economy
Cushioning the blow
Taxation regime for capital gains from equities needs a relook
Don't shoot the messenger
UIDAI must review its security set-up
Sweet timing
The sugar industry is ripe for reform
Why bonds do not address key issues in electoral funding
Transparent disclosure is vital in an emerging democracy where crony capitalism has haunted policy-making for decades
Flexibility on bankruptcy
Govt deserves credit for insolvency code changes
What after identification?
Endgame in Assam's citizen-identification exercise unclear
No shortcut to reform
Legalising fixed-term employment is not enough
Wrong way
The e-way bill can mar GST's promise
A clear shift
US Fed rate hike reflects an uptrend in the global economy
A matter of faith
An important ruling strengthens women's rights