Page 116 - Business Standard Editorial Comment
Trumping the IT debate
The industry needs to take US concerns on board
Concern over drug quality
Don't waste time administering price control
Fuzzy telecom policy
Govt's silence on existing loopholes is deafening
Veiled motives
Personal law cannot override civil rights in a modern state
Developing agro-hubs
Govt must do a lot of spade work to make this idea work
Going cashless
Govt has taken the right steps, but many hurdles still left
Tamil Nadu's Amma
Jayalalithaa's rule and demise have lessons for other leaders
The message from Italy
The referendum signals the rise of anti-establishment populism
Opec's final throw?
Cartel's deal shows it has lost control over the crude oil market
Potholes ahead
Govt's call to go cashless is not backed by numbers
Inadequate disclosures
The diktat to BJP MPs and MLAs should be made more robust
Shun populism
Investing more in infrastructure is better than transferring cash
CRR blow for banks
The move will hurt banks' finances and monetary transmission
Not profitable
Govt should scrap the flawed idea of an anti-profiteering body
A whole new ball game
Note ban has made rate decision the least of RBI's worries
Fix accountability
Attack on Nagrota base exposes defence weakness, again
The calm before the storm
Lower-than-expected GDP growth portends a grim year
Flawed logic
Simultaneous elections will undermine democratic accountability
Ground realities
Lowering stamp duty can help nix black money in real estate
Out of sync
On demonetisation, the Opposition has lost the plot