BUSINESS
Creating jobs for migrant workers back home is a welcome move
BUSINESS
Interest during moratorium: Banks’ imperative vs court’s sentiment
The position of the Indian regulator is that while repayment during moratorium is postponed, the interest clock keeps ticking
BUSINESS
Boycotts and joining global supply chains don’t go together
India’s business leaders, enthused by the government’s decision to open up sectors stretching from coal mining to space to atomic energy, should simply go forward and invest.
BUSINESS
Listen to Rajiv Bajaj carefully
BUSINESS
Forget Swadeshi, be efficient
Atmanirbharta, or self-reliance, comes from manufacturing efficiency so that import competition can be met head on and bested.
BUSINESS
The government is poorly served by its senior law officer
The willingness of the government to listen, learn and go forward will earn it appreciation.
POLITICS
India China border tensions will likely ease
China is out to signal that Covid-19 has not weakened it and no attempt must be made to take advantage of a perceived chink in its armour
ECONOMY
Hard times for startups only temporary
Two sectors which have, in fact, improved their prospects as a result of the pandemic and lockdown are healthcare and edtech
MARKETS
A huge step forward in agriculture
These reforms will not only professionalise the entire value chain but also allow the farmer to access both capital and technology to modernise farming.
ECONOMY
Why oversell schemes which can stand on their own feet
Perhaps the most glaring omission is immediate measures on a war footing needed to get off the highways migrant workers still walking back home
POLICY
The politics behind the drastic changes in labour laws
To do away with the laws altogether amounts to throwing the baby out with the bathwater
