Liberalisation

Wave of liberalisation sweeps banking industry as RBI eases rules

But not too many will be surprised if RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra plays the Santa Claus in December, bringing an early Christmas

Art and science of central banking: RBI governors since 1991 reforms

While the liberalisation led to higher economic growth, it didn't leave the subsequent governors without any challenges

Trade policy reforms urged as India, US eye deal before tariff deadline

India should consider broader trade liberalisation

Panel Discussion: Quarter of a Century Since Liberalisation: What Next? | BFSI Insight Summit 2024

Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit brings together thought leaders from India’s financial landscape, including regulators, leading banks, NBFCs, mutual funds, and insurance companies.

'Every Indian owes you a debt': Ratan Tata's letter to former PM goes viral

In a letter, philanthropist and industrialist Ratan Tata conveyed his admiration for former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's "outstanding achievement" in initiating vital economic reforms in India

Shifting targets

Govt should not go slow on disinvestment

Perspectives on industrial policy

Balancing financial incentives with trade liberalisation is crucial for making India's manufacturing sector globally competitive

Hyderabad to commemorate 75 years of liberation with year-long celebrations

The celebrations will start on September 17, 2022, and end on September 17, 2023

Why liberalism is withering on the vine

Liberal ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity cannot be optimised except in small communities

Four fatal failures

What the Cairn loss reveals about the Indian state's incompetence, incapacity, and arrogance

The search for news media

The pathetic state of India's news media - particularly news TV - leaves it at the mercy of international media and a few Indian brands that have the capacity to cover a story like the pandemic

China's pursuit of global finance

The swift liberalisation of China's financial market could have unintended consequences for India and the world

Are intellectuals killing convergence?

A historic process of deglobalisation is underway which can scuttle the growth of poor nations. Disturbingly, this shift has been met by silence or even encouragement by those who should know better

Modi, Williamson and Alesina

Williamson and Alesina were both economists who offered insights that India must follow over the next two decades. If it doesn't, it can resign itself to its current low-grade economic status.

Best of BS Opinion: The PM-CM-DM structure, trade liberalisation, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Covid-19: World Bank sees FY21 India growth at 1.5-2.8%, slowest since 1991

It estimated India will grow 4.8 per cent to 5 per cent in the 2019-20 fiscal that ended on March 31

30 years later, Economic Survey lays down the ground for Liberalisation 2.0

Embracing capitalism in a new avatar

Companies' Sensex tenure pared by 80% post liberalisation: Economic Survey

Higher dynamism has helped the emergence of new firms which have challenged the old order, survey notes

How I'll spend my New Year's Eve

I hope to wake to a breakfast I can pluck off the vegetable patch, with milk directly from a buffalo - while the rest of the family, and the world, nurses hangovers

Reviving animal spirits

Reviving the moribund economy must be our national priority. There's much to learn from 1991