Opinion

Quad's pivot to Indo-Pacific geoeconomics faces a credibility test

Cooperation in areas like Open Radio Access Network (RAN), digital supply chain resilience, artificial intelligence, next-generation agriculture, and food security is also deepening its focus on geoec

Measuring change: New IIP broadens scope of coverage, but needs better data

Advanced economies increasingly use dynamic industrial measurement systems, which regularly update weightings and production patterns

India's investment slowdown is a fallout of deeper structural shifts

Taken together, the Indian economy requires some mechanism for stimulating private investment in the real economy

Deepening water stress across urban, rural centres calls for urgent reforms

Water availability must become a core criterion in selecting industrial sites, urban planning, and agricultural incentives

Best of BS Opinion: IBC@10, consumer 'value logic', Big Tech's feudalism

BS Opinion today examines the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code at 10, decentralisation challenges, evolving consumer behaviour, and the decline in Big Tech platform quality

Rescue, recovery, and reform: IBC's first decade has changed credit culture

The most visible achievement of the IBC has been the market-led resolution of corporate distress

Grand marketing strategies must give way to Consumer India's 'value logic'

Forget groupthink, grand marketing theories and macro numbers. This is the time to build strategies around consumers' own value logic

Empowering panchayats: Hyperlocal representation alone will not help

Panchayats are expected to manage digital-governance platforms such as eGramSwaraj and Gram Manchitra, while simultaneously implementing schemes related to housing, water, sanitation, and employment

IBC@10: Insolvency and bankruptcy code's administration needs improvement

The recent IBC (Amendment) Act, 2026, aims to strengthen the law and improve outcomes

Powering transition: India needs resilient electric mobility infrastructure

India had around 29,000 charging stations for the public early this calendar year, a significant improvement from the barely 5,000 a few years ago

Best of BS Opinion: Quad drift, EV push, FTA push, and consumer demand

From the Quad's strategic uncertainty and India's EV transition to trade reform challenges and AI's impact on education, today's BS Opinion examines key global and domestic shifts

Wealth erosion likely as India's consumer economy heads into perfect storm

With household budgets under strain from rising prices, coupled with slow income growth due to a decelerating economy, the consumer goods sector is bracing for a demand slowdown

India needs to design policies that will raise FTA utilisation rates

High tariffs and complex compliance requirements continue to deter free-trade agreement utilisation

Shifting US geopolitical priorities are affecting Quad's relevance

The war in West Asia has added to the Quad nations' concerns.

India's policy mix needs a rethink on capital flows and rupee stability

One root cause of rupee weakness is distortions that deter capital flows

Not BoP but structural: Why India's medium-term real growth prospects dim

The concluding part of a series explores why India's medium-term real growth prospects are less robust than what the headline GDP numbers indicate

Best of BS Opinion: Renewable energy can make India resilient to oil shocks

From oil shocks and rupee pressure to SpaceX's mega IPO and India's jobs challenge, here are the key takeaways from today's BS Opinion page

A wrong tool for the rupee and serious side effects on growth prospects

A stable rupee also lowers the currency-risk premium FPIs demand, reducing both required returns and inflation risk

Time to stop slipping on oil: Renewable energy can shield India from shocks

For, every oil price spurt so far has led to an economic crisis that, in turn, has provoked political change

Parks and recreation: Govt land should be deployed to expand green spaces

In legal terms, the government is within its rights to reclaim or cancel leases granted in perpetuity