Regulatory Reform & Innovation

Burden on businesses: Regulatory fragmentation increases cost of compliance

While fragmentation is a particular problem, the four Labour Codes illustrate why consolidation on paper may not automatically mean simplification in practice

Biz compliances major friction point for firms, stakeholders tell panel

A parliamentary panel has flagged India's heavy compliance burden, saying overlapping rules and approvals continue to raise business costs despite deregulation efforts

Best of BS Opinion: Reviving 1991 reform spirit vital for India's growth

Today's Best of BS Opinion examines lessons from the 1991 reforms, safeguards for offline UPI, enterprise digital infrastructure, state capacity and the costs of children growing up online

'Permitted unless prohibited': NITI Aayog's next-gen reforms guidebook

Govt looking to clear regulatory 'cholesterol': Gauba

Mint Road: Charting a transformation path for finance and business in 2025

The year 2025 laid the foundation for tectonic shifts in financial and business domains, like a move to open up M&As to bank financing

Best of BS Opinion: Regulatory, factor-market reforms key to India's growth

Today's Best of BS Opinion looks at insurance FDI liberalisation, the railways' subsidy model, regulatory bottlenecks hurting investment, shifting FDI flows, and new ideas shaping US politics.

Innovation falters when regulation doesn't lead tech but follows it

The advent of new technologies - gene-editing, artificial intelligence, block-chain, to name just a few - are revolutionising human-technology interaction