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Deepening water stress across urban, rural centres calls for urgent reforms

Water availability must become a core criterion in selecting industrial sites, urban planning, and agricultural incentives

Rescue, recovery, and reform: IBC's first decade has changed credit culture

The most visible achievement of the IBC has been the market-led resolution of corporate distress

Grand marketing strategies must give way to Consumer India's 'value logic'

Forget groupthink, grand marketing theories and macro numbers. This is the time to build strategies around consumers' own value logic

Empowering panchayats: Hyperlocal representation alone will not help

Panchayats are expected to manage digital-governance platforms such as eGramSwaraj and Gram Manchitra, while simultaneously implementing schemes related to housing, water, sanitation, and employment

IBC@10: Insolvency and bankruptcy code's administration needs improvement

The recent IBC (Amendment) Act, 2026, aims to strengthen the law and improve outcomes

Best of BS Opinion: Renewable energy can make India resilient to oil shocks

From oil shocks and rupee pressure to SpaceX's mega IPO and India's jobs challenge, here are the key takeaways from today's BS Opinion page

A wrong tool for the rupee and serious side effects on growth prospects

A stable rupee also lowers the currency-risk premium FPIs demand, reducing both required returns and inflation risk

Time to stop slipping on oil: Renewable energy can shield India from shocks

For, every oil price spurt so far has led to an economic crisis that, in turn, has provoked political change

Parks and recreation: Govt land should be deployed to expand green spaces

In legal terms, the government is within its rights to reclaim or cancel leases granted in perpetuity

Eyes in the sky: SpaceX is aiming to make history on Wall Street

SpaceX has set aside provisions of over $500 million for potential legal liabilities as it fights a long list of cases

Best of BS Opinion: RBI's surplus transfer will not ease fiscal pressure

Hello and welcome to BS Opinion, a wrap of editorials and columns on today's Opinion page.

More women seeking biz loans but two-thirds remain outside formal system

More Indian women are seeking business and retail loans, but nearly two-thirds still remain outside the formal credit system

A big push in economics: Special times call for special initiatives

The last time the domestic private sector achieved a one-year gain of net fixed assets above 20 per cent in nominal terms was 2009-10

Revenue channels: RBI's surplus transfer will not ease fiscal pressure

The crisis in West Asia and the resultant surge in prices of crude oil have significantly complicated the overall Budget arithmetic

Power planning: India's surging energy demand needs better preparation

Every year, summers have arrived earlier and temperatures have scaled new peaks

Spirulina: A natural healthy food, billions of years old, gains traction

Spirulina can, indeed, prove a boon for a country like India where malnutrition, especially protein deficiency (anaemia), is rampant

Transport snags at Mundra, Nhava Sheva expose weak links in logistics chain

Cargo disruptions at Nhava Sheva and Mundra expose how driver shortages, fuel scarcity and landside bottlenecks threaten India's trade logistics

This time is no different if you have a financial plan and discipline

Amid market fears and economic uncertainty, disciplined asset allocation and long-term financial planning remain investors' strongest safeguards

Best of BS Opinion: Reforms will deliver 10x, A 'balanced' CM and more

From reform over austerity to 1973 echoes and brands chasing tattoo culture, today's BS Opinion tracks power and identity

Reforms will deliver 10 times the savings from austerity measures

Indians prefer saving over spending. But for this to happen naturally, it requires more than calls to save fuel or work from home