Liberalisation

In a letter, philanthropist and industrialist Ratan Tata conveyed his admiration for former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's "outstanding achievement" in initiating vital economic reforms in India

Govt should not go slow on disinvestment

Balancing financial incentives with trade liberalisation is crucial for making India's manufacturing sector globally competitive

The celebrations will start on September 17, 2022, and end on September 17, 2023

Liberal ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity cannot be optimised except in small communities

What the Cairn loss reveals about the Indian state's incompetence, incapacity, and arrogance

The pathetic state of India's news media - particularly news TV - leaves it at the mercy of international media and a few Indian brands that have the capacity to cover a story like the pandemic

The swift liberalisation of China's financial market could have unintended consequences for India and the world

A historic process of deglobalisation is underway which can scuttle the growth of poor nations. Disturbingly, this shift has been met by silence or even encouragement by those who should know better

Williamson and Alesina were both economists who offered insights that India must follow over the next two decades. If it doesn't, it can resign itself to its current low-grade economic status.

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

It estimated India will grow 4.8 per cent to 5 per cent in the 2019-20 fiscal that ended on March 31

Embracing capitalism in a new avatar

Higher dynamism has helped the emergence of new firms which have challenged the old order, survey notes

I hope to wake to a breakfast I can pluck off the vegetable patch, with milk directly from a buffalo - while the rest of the family, and the world, nurses hangovers

Reviving the moribund economy must be our national priority. There's much to learn from 1991

Despite a booming global economy, our share of world exports has, in fact, declined over the past five years

Much more remains to be done to make life and living better for our urban residents. The earlier these issues are addressed, the better managed our cities will become

The real challenge facing the Indian economy now is the restructuring of public institutions and regulatory systems