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A great personality, committed to nation-building

"Shri Ashok Singhal Ji nurtured institutions and movements through persistence and hard work"

Bucket strategy deployed in retirement needs a refill rule

What happens after you start spending the safe bucket? If it is meant to hold two years of expenses, it has to be refilled from time to time

A tipping point in Indian energy

There will be a nonlinear adjustment in India's shift to renewables

Data centres need a green growth plan

As public pushback over power and water use mounts, data centres must embed sustainability into their design and operations to sustain the global AI boom responsibly

Modi and the third-year trough

On the positive side, politically, Mr Modi has no internal challenge. His party, allies, and the Cabinet are cohesive

GDP: A different take

Mumbai generates more data daily than New Delhi. Yet have you ever heard Sensex closing being revised?

India's best D2C brand has a beard

Forget Mamaearth and Boat, the most loyal and repeat customers in India belong to a man who tells you to close your eyes and breathe

Smoke and mirrors

Storm clouds are gathering for Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy as the BJP gains ground in Hyderabad

Don't hang the ECI just yet

Before deciding that the Election Commission of India has been unfair to the Opposition, we need to enable it to work efficiently and transparently

Why the RBI may need to move in October

A rate increase would restore some real monetary restraint as inflation expectations rise and growth remains strong

A better way to fund UPI

UPI's costs could be shared more widely without distorting the incentives to use digital payments

Shaping the infra risk guarantee fund

Announced in this year's Budget, the initiative requires intervention on six fronts to become even more impactful

Brics and beyond

The New Delhi Declaration is impressive but requires immediate follow-up action from India on its trade policies and WTO reform

UPI's 10th birthday party

All marketers know that offering something 'free' can act as a customer magnet. This has fascinated behavioural economists

State of informal economy

District estimates reveal high concentration

Imperfect providence

India needs a more open retirement-saving framework

The 'missing middle' in India's exports

Rupee depreciation finds a new ally

All about political capital

A fee on UPI transactions is economically logical, but it reflects the govt's evolving approach to one of its key political constituencies

Best of BS Opinion: Constraints can help sharpen strategy

Constraints force priorities, expose weak assumptions and reward systems that learn to work within limits rather than pretend those limits do not exist

Let's not fritter away UPI gains

The benefits of keeping it free far outweigh the costs