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Vaccinating India: What next?

We must pull out all the stops to win the race against the virus. And trust each other to do the right thing

Reservations about quotas

They can be self-defeating in the new economic paradigm

Price controls for vaccines?

The path to reaching every small town and village runs through having no price controls

India's interventionist state: Reduce its scope, increase capability

Govt is increasingly keen to deliver even specific items like toilets, water, gas cylinders, where it can show the beneficiary immediate results. This new welfarism helps win polls but not development

A change in direction

After years of disappointing growth, the economy and the markets are poised for a breakout

PM Modi calls for increased participation of private sector in agriculture

Modi on Monday called for increased participation of the private sector in agriculture, especially in research and development

Without red tape, plans to let private sector manage surplus land can work

It took nearly 70 years for the Government of India to recognise the merits of allowing the private sector to manage surplus government land

Q3 GDP numbers: Private sector investments will pick up soon, say experts

Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) contracted by 6.48 per cent in Q4FY20. It plunged in Q1FY21 before returning to earlier levels in Q2

The 'babu' question

Appointment of bureaucrats as PSU heads is illogical

Deregulation of geospatial data sector opens a new world for private sector

The domestic availability of locally relevant maps and geospatial data is expected to bring about improved management of resources

Best of BS Opinion: PSB privatisation, vaccinating India brilliantly & more

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

Fiscal doves in India: right and wrong

The idea that fiscal prudence and welfare of the less well-off are mutually exclusive is misplaced

Vaccinating India brilliantly

The government has laid out the right protocol for the Covid vaccination drive. Now let the private sector get on with the job

Privatisation: But from which PM Modi?

Human memory is short. That alone can explain why many are deliriously happy with his latest slogans and ignore seven years of poor "doing business" climate, taxtortion, extortionate oil prices

Unlocking public assets

Govt's plan to monetise assets has rewards and risks

Best of BS Opinion: For whom Covid bell tolls, Defending pvt sector & more

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

Defending the pvt sector

Govt must strengthen the overall regulatory framework

The public sector has failed but private sector is hardly an inspiration

Though private sector now creates more jobs than public sector, the scale of operations of even the giants in Indian biz has not been big enough to alter employment dynamics the way China has managed

Culture of abusing private sector no longer acceptable: PM Modi

Modi on Wednesday stressed on the private sector's vital role in the economy and asserted that the culture of "abusing" it for votes is no longer acceptable

Budget envisages private sector participation: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

This would facilitate the private sector in areas such as power, roads, ports and airports, among others