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After the plunge
The latest incident comes just a year after the fatal Boeing 787 Air India crash, which is yet to find a closure with no clarity on what caused the catastrophic accident in Ahmedabad just seconds afte
 "After the plunge")
The cash paradox
Regulating the issue of banknotes was one of the main reasons for the establishment of the RBI in 1935
 "The cash paradox")
Decentralise education, create jobs
India's young population can drive growth only if the government invests more in education
 "Decentralise education, create jobs")
Governing the AI elephant
AI is changing too fast for rigid, specific regulations to stay useful for long, but Sebi and RBI papers offer some guardrails for India Inc
 "Governing the AI elephant")
Women at work
Workplace creche mandate must be prioritised
 "Women at work")
Employment opportunities
India must prepare workers for changing global needs
 "Employment opportunities")
Best of BS Opinon: Policy credibility needs coherence, not action alone
Institutions build trust, these pieces show, not by doing more, but by making their actions add up
 "Best of BS Opinon: Policy credibility needs coherence, not action alone")
Incremental investment
India needs reforms on multiple fronts
 "Incremental investment")
Judging the RBI by the wrong rule
Has the RBI been biased toward tight monetary policy, or is its rate-setting framework flawed?
 "Judging the RBI by the wrong rule")
The impossible trinity, revisited
Large interventions across markets call for greater coherence in the RBI's policy framework
Parliament's democratic deficit
Disruption & hastily passed laws reflect poorly on MPs
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Best of BS Opinion: Quick fixes cannot substitute for structural reform
We see a pattern in messages across these pieces: Temporary management can buy time, but durable change needs structural reform
 "Best of BS Opinion: Quick fixes cannot substitute for structural reform")
Puzzling policy: Premature ending of FCNR (B) swap raises questions
From the turn of events, it would appear that the scheme was not adequately thought through
 "Puzzling policy: Premature ending of FCNR (B) swap raises questions")
Renewed reform push: India must speed up its growth to meet challenges
To assuage the anxieties of the youth and children, the country must broaden the avenues for gainful employment available to them and reduce the unemployment rate among graduates
 "Renewed reform push: India must speed up its growth to meet challenges")
The cost of exchange rate policy: What is the price of controlling rupee?
The path to Indian economic success begins with a full reckoning of the costs of exchange-rate management
Economics of oilseed production: Why India's import dependence persists
The genesis of the persistent rise in imports of edible oils, regardless of steady increase in indigenous production, lies in the demand growing faster than the supplies
 "Economics of oilseed production: Why India's import dependence persists")
Gen AI is rewriting how the world buys, spends as technology shapes choices
As the first cohort surrounded by AI and media from birth, Gen Alpha's tech fluency is intuitive and its consumption behaviour is different
 "Gen AI is rewriting how the world buys, spends as technology shapes choices")
Forty years on, has India allowed General Vaidya's sacrifice to fade away?
Soldiers, however senior, can't determine their destinies, and especially so in democracies
 "Forty years on, has India allowed General Vaidya's sacrifice to fade away?")
In an age of social media, founder-led brands are the new business model
Interestingly, founder-led brands follow a very different marketing formula
 "In an age of social media, founder-led brands are the new business model")
Punjab's political climate turns fluid as old alliances lose their grip
Conditions of extreme fluidity hang over Punjab as the weather cools but election fever hots up
 "Punjab's political climate turns fluid as old alliances lose their grip")