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Best of BS Opinion: 2025's promise of stability, sustainability, and change

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Budget 2025-26 must prioritise defence and security over welfare schemes

India's growing external and internal threats demand urgent shifts in fiscal focus to strengthen defence, policing, and cyber capabilities

Ken-Betwa river project: Balancing development with ecological concerns

India's ambitious river-linking plan faces criticism for environmental and human costs

RBI's Financial Stability Report flags rising NPAs, global economic risks

Indian banking sector stable, but global debt and economic volatility loom large

Governance woes: Why filling govt vacancies should be India's top priority

Addressing unfilled positions in courts, police, and hospitals could boost productivity and ease citizens' lives

Best of BS Opinion: Consumption trends, food security, and bold debates

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

MAGA vs techies: Trump's H-1B dilemma exposes ideological fault lines

The H-1B visa debate pits MAGA hardliners against tech billionaires, revealing deep divisions over immigration and economic policy in Trump's incoming administration

HCES shows some reassuring trends, urging CPI and policy overhaul

Shifting household consumption patterns and evolving priorities call for updates to inflation indices and a rethink of food and subsidy policies in India

India's consumption conundrum: How not to talk about it in the year 2025

Conflicting data, fragmented markets, and outdated metrics: Here's why reframing the narrative on India's consumption is essential to address the diverse realities of 2025

India's hunger paradox: Few miss meals, but food insecurity persists

Survey reveals low hunger intensity, yet millions face undernourishment and poor food quality

Dr Manmohan Singh trusted India's trade capacity to compete at global level

He introduced a dual exchange rate mechanism in February 1992 and unified exchange rate mechanism in February 1993, effectively engineering a further devaluation of about 30 per cent

FDs vs equities: How rolling returns debunk short-term performance myths

Many investors resist rolling return analysis, preferring specific-date comparisons, which are often skewed to favour certain narratives

NITI Aayog urges reforms to ease worker housing near industrial hubs

To truly unleash the potential of India's manufacturing sector, there is a need to think of dense, large-scale housing for workers as infrastructure

2025 outlook: RBI's regulatory focus on innovation, stability, and fairness

RBI's focus on customer, compliance and collaboration will continue in 2025. It will have new initiatives balancing innovation and prudence

Manmohan Singh's legacy: 1991 reforms, rights-based laws, nuclear deal

Singh's term as Prime Minister also witnessed several landmark decisions which, in a way, were built on the foundation he laid as finance minister

Manmohan Singh: The technocrat who reshaped India's economic destiny

Manmohan Singh showed that technocrats can change nations' destinies as effectively as any populist

Modest growth raises concerns about sustainability of market rallies

Next time the GDP numbers are announced, the slowdown could be attributed to global economic weakness, rising oil prices, or another drop in domestic capex

India's economic revolution of 1991: Manmohan Singh's lasting legacy

India's financial sector, dominated by public sector banks in 1991, had been long repressed by rigid controls on interest rate

Europe braces for Trump's return: Trade, defence, and tech challenges loom

On security, a truly defence-ready Europe still looks a distant prospect even after the biggest full-scale conflict on home soil since 1945

Manmohan Singh: The uncharismatic leader who transformed India's economy

Manmohan Singh had no power base or interest in building one, yet his legacy speaks for itself