BUSINESS
Being part of global supply chains and atmanirbhar go hand in hand
To remain globally competitive you should always procure stuff from wherever it is most competitively available
POLITICS
BJP should make Bengal’s industrial decline the focus of its state election campaign
The BJP’s capitalist ideology could be the catalyst for the industrial revival of West Bengal
BUSINESS
Government must rope in private sector for COVID vaccination
India can become a role model in how to vaccinate people with speed and safety
BUSINESS
West Bengal elections | Trinamool falls behind in news headlines race
In the entire pre-election public discourse, there is no mention of who can provide the better administration which will be able to take forward economic development by improving the state’s poor work culture
POLITICS
The dilemma that Twitter and social media pose for democracies
Freedom of expression is the life blood of democracies, but hate speech and incitement to violence need to be firmly disallowed
POLITICS
Why police reforms never took off
A 2019 report by Common Cause found that a third of policemen had experienced political pressure while investigating a crime and two thirds felt that the cost of incurring the wrath of the political masters was transfer
POLITICS
India cries out for judicial reforms
Commercial disputes often take an inordinately long time to get settled. In particular, India fares extremely poorly in contract enforcement
BUSINESS
Budget 2021 opts for investment, not consumption, boost
Food subsidy is projected to go down sharply from the current levels
BUSINESS
To aid economic recovery and tax mop-up, don’t raise levies on fuels
During 2014-15 to 2019-20, central earnings through excise duties and cess on fuel have nearly doubled, going up by 94 per cent, and the states’ earnings on the same account has gone up by 38 per cent
BUSINESS
To get rid of RRBs, hand them over to SFBs
Regional rural banks perform an essential service, but are loss making and a drain on the exchequer
POLITICS
BJP and Mamata raise sky high the stakes in West Bengal
The admission of defectors in senior positions has upset BJP leaders who have built up the party
BUSINESS
Bad bank idea, like a bad penny, keeps cropping up
It is important to remember that a bad bank is an idea that is to be used only to tide over a problem confronted in an exceptional period, as global experience has shown
BUSINESS
Supreme Court wades into farmers agitation, draws flak from both sides
In the eyes of many, the initial reaction of farmers not to go before the committee will make them appear intransigent
BUSINESS
Assam microfinance crisis revalidates first principles
Microfinance institutions serve as a key instrument in removing income poverty and laying low cost foundations for improving human development indicators
BUSINESS
In developing vaccines, let science win over flag waving
India seems to be going down the path of Russia and China, in the lack of transparency about vaccine approval
BUSINESS
Farmers’ agitation cloud over agriculture which began the year well
The farmers fail to understand that, at the end of the day, farming will become more efficient, their incomes will rise, consumer prices will become more predictable and farm trade will greatly benefit
BUSINESS
British legacy in decline in former second city of the empire
The outgoing managing committee of the haloed Calcutta Club parked nearly two crores of the provident fund monies in IL&FS, DHFL and Yes Bank
BUSINESS
An adverse healthcare scene got worse during 2020
India’s life expectancy and infant mortality rate is worse than that for China, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
BUSINESS
Future of hugely ambitious railways national plan is wide open
The aim is to increase not just the Indian Railways' share of the total freight offered in the country, but also increase the total footprint of the railways in the economy
BUSINESS
Global focus on India’s healthcare deficit
The reputed medical journal Lancet and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute of Harvard University are setting up a citizens’ commission which will seek to chalk out a new path to revive Indian healthcare and enable universal health coverage
BUSINESS
Wistron workers' violence can lead to learning wrong lessons
The violence at Wistron, if it signals the beginning of another round of industrial unrest, could have serious consequences for the government's Make in India policy
BUSINESS
Pawan Goenka is right. India must seize the slim window of opportunity to revive manufacturing
The vast majority of actions needed to remove the drawbacks of the Indian system, which take away from the ease of doing business, require Centre-state cooperation
BUSINESS
Listen to Supreme Court comments on economic value of trees
Till now, the forest department has evaluated trees mainly on the basis of their timber value. But as knowledge about the positive impact of trees on the environment has grown in recent decades, the cost benefit analysis has changed
BUSINESS
A section of farmers wants to cling on to a system that has outlived its utility
Today’s national needs are different and the system needs to change. The crux of the farmers’ objection to the new policy is that it will end his life of risk-free farming
