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Wide ranging, creative policy reforms needed to counter US trade shock

Wide ranging policy reforms are needed to counter American trade shock

Best of BS Opinion: India's test in trade, democracy, and diplomacy

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

India's Act East policy needs deeper economic integration with Asean

India's Act East policy needs fresh momentum through deeper economic integration with Asean

India should continue with its flexible inflation targeting framework

Continuing with the FIT framework will ensure policy certainty in these uncertain times

Weaponising morality: New Bill threatens to upend legal principles

The 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill inverts legal principles

Tariff trials: India needs to diversify markets, increase competitiveness

Since the US accounts for nearly one-fifth of India's exports, the consequences for exporters are severe

Food for Gaza: India has a role to play as a compassionate power

By the IPC's estimates, half a million people, or a quarter of the Palestinian population in Gaza, is suffering from famine

A reasonable request: RBI should allow Indian banks to finance M&As

Restrictions on bank finance for M&As have had some perverse and unintended consequences.

Turning crop waste into rural gold: Biomass co-firing needs policy push

India generates over 500 million tonnes of agricultural residues annually.

A relook at providing free foodgrain: Reforming PMGKAY for the future

The proportion of ineligible beneficiaries under PMGKAY is slightly lower at the national level. India has at present 192 million ration cards issued to households

Why are FPIs selling? Zero net inflows persist despite geopolitical risks

Many investors have lost faith in the EM asset class, cut exposure, and India has been a funding source, given its relative outperformance

Best of BS Opinion: India's Sisyphean climb towards free speech and growth

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

Unlocking India's mass market potential needs creative policy push

Strengthening domestic consumption needs creative policies encouraging new economy business models that can develop and deepen India's mass markets comprising small consumers and small suppliers

Dangerous provisions: Stop misuse of sedition, defamation against media

The only remedy to this sort of overreach by those who should know better lies through court action and legal reform

Maverick diplomacy: The US ambassador's appointment is problematic

Though Mr Gor has not been known to articulate views on trade, he is unlikely to deviate from Mr Trump's position once he shifts into the Roosevelt House

GST reform: Turning crisis into opportunity for India's growth story

The finance ministry is clear in its message that the reforms would be comprehensive, going beyond rate rationalisation. The question is how the government should go about it

Best of BS Opinion: The RBI's current policy framework has worked well

Today's Opinion Page looks at the RBI's recent discussion paper on inflation targeting, OpenAI's plans for India, the role of institutions in growth, and the recent GST rate cuts boost to growth

The $4.8 bn surge in India's insurance broking amid sector transformation

Despite being one of the fastest growing insurance markets in the world, India only has 735 licensed brokers, significantly lower than developed markets. Of these, the top 36 drive close to 85%

A week of hopes, anxieties and expectations ahead for exporters

President Donald Trump surprised India earlier this month by imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Indian goods entering the US, in addition to the 25 per cent reciprocal tariffs

Policy models will need to evolve as OpenAI, others make their India play

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has argued that this is, in some sense, a test launch into its second-largest market, and it will roll out similar plans worldwide