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Responsive regulations for resilience

Regulations are never cast in stone, evolution is essential

Best of BS Opinion: Staying watchful as the systems shift around us

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Weaponised vigilance: Baseless complaints are paralysing administrators

Former Defence Secretary calls for accountability for false complaints, warns of systemic risk-aversion in bureaucracy

Best of BS Opinion: When today's players keep blaming yesterday's script

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Sanchar Saathi mandate gone, focus must shift to solutions to fight spam

Facing political heat and tech giant resistance, DoT reverses app mandate; cybersecurity solution needs broader stakeholder consultation

Stop blaming Nehru: Real question is why India didn't change course after him

While his policies were flawed, successors deepened socialist model and failed to reform; India's delayed catch-up a collective failure

Best of BS Opinion: Policy heat, tech pushback, and strategic moves

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A defence link that lasts: India-Russia summit to test future ties

Summit may address missile buys, fighter jet co-production despite supply delays and India's diversification push

Big banks, or more agile banks? Sector ripe for disruption amid tech shift

As data, payments, and deposits shift to tech giants, regulators must rethink corporate ownership and competitive rules

Protecting revenue: GST may need further reforms to safeguard collections

Govt hikes excise on tobacco, levies pan masala cess amid tepid GST growth, raising concerns over divisible pool

India's trade crossroads: Navigating global headwinds, building resilience

The challenge is not reversal but recalibration: India must redesign its external strategy even as domestic engines stay strong

Best of BS Opinion: Turning up the music while the smoke thickens around us

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Govt needs to balance high growth with quality of life for citizens

As air quality worsens, balancing 8% GDP growth with cleaner air requires stricter enforcement and new policy focus

Unsettled designs: India's regulators, tribunals need deeper reform

Supreme Court's recent judgment continues a three-decade cycle of invalidations; a regulatory reset is overdue

How consumers perceive quality in an era where branding dominates

There was a time when brands used to proudly display quality marks like 'Agmark' and 'ISI' mark in their advertising and on their packaging

December monetary policy a close call; all eyes on RBI's communication

With inflation at a record low of 0.25% and robust GDP growth, the RBI faces a close call between supporting the economy and a weakening rupee

Quality control order rollbacks should be the start of bigger cleanups

The government defers quality control orders on steel and chemicals, signaling a shift from a protectionist trade regime that hurt downstream industries

A binding national plan is urgently needed to tackle air pollution

The key message from this 10-year study is that despite policy intervention and technological improvement, India's major cities continue to suffer major air-quality challenges

Beating expectations: Recent reforms will improve the business environment

India's GDP surged 8% in the first half, defying global headwinds, but weak nominal growth and slowing tax revenues raise fresh questions ahead of the MPC's policy review

New Labour Codes: The main challenge with Indian policy is its execution

India's new labour Codes promise sweeping reform, but weak state capacity, patchy data, and political risk may once again turn ambitious legislation into uneven, middling execution