Page 117 - Business Standard Editorial Comment

One for the road

Mandating air-conditioned cabins in trucks is welcome

Another tax amnesty?

Proposed I-T amendments can undermine policy credibility

Lessons from Lucknow

Centre can learn how to lay a road from the UP govt

Popularity contest

App-based survey on demonetisation wasn't a good idea

Don't cut corners

Use the current delay to remove imperfections in GST

Don't revive inspector raj

Giving discretionary powers to officials is avoidable

Resolving a disagreement

Govt-SC dispute on appointments has run too long

Another talk-fest

Global climate meet in Marrakech achieves little

Out of cash

Rural distress must be addressed urgently

Lead from the front

Mr Modi should ask BJP to declare its sources of funding

Restore rule of law

Centre has a duty to restrain Punjab's defiance of SC

An accident waiting to happen

Indian Railways needs to walk the talk on safety first

A question of independence

Tatas should have treated independent directors better

Indian IT needs to reboot

Lower guidance is a pointer to a harsh reality

Fake news, real threat

Manipulating social media is easy with no downside for failure

A useful partner

India-Israel relations should be deeper and broader

Exports surge, but...

Need to remove sector-specific bottlenecks to sustain growth

Monetising the deficit

Using demonetisation to plug the fiscal gap is not without risks

Muddying the waters

World Bank's stand on Indus Water Treaty defies logic

PM's demonetisation speech should focus less on emotion, more on reason

PM's emotional intervention has not reassured the public