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Hot button issue: How the scale of climate challenge is increasing

The World Meteorological Organization has said that 2024 was globally the warmest on record, exceeding the Paris Agreement threshold

Next steps in fiscal management: Road map needed for debt, deficit targets

The Central government debt is projected to decline from 58.1 per cent of GDP in 2023-24 to 56.8 per cent in 2024-25

Three wishes for 2025: Tech innovation, reforms, and idea-driven politics

Industry must invest in technology and international sales, economic policy must focus on structural change and productivity, and politics on ideas

India's economic challenges in 2025: Reforms key to sustained growth

To achieve Viksit Bharat, India must tackle slowing growth and global headwinds

Best of BS Opinion: Fiscal dilemmas, digital divides, and strategy

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India's $30 trillion dream: Digital economy and rural telecom hold the key

Viksit Bharat by 2047 requires bridging rural telecom gaps and boosting digital growth

Economics of cash transfers: Balancing welfare, productivity, state budgets

Increasing popularity needs to be debated

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

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Conflicting data, fragmented markets, and outdated metrics: Here's why reframing the narrative on India's consumption is essential to address the diverse realities of 2025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

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

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