Liberalisation
 "Panel Discussion: Quarter of a Century Since Liberalisation: What Next? | BFSI Insight Summit 2024")
'Every Indian owes you a debt': Ratan Tata's letter to former PM goes viral
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
 "'Every Indian owes you a debt': Ratan Tata's letter to former PM goes viral")
Shifting targets
Govt should not go slow on disinvestment
 "Shifting targets")
Perspectives on industrial policy
Balancing financial incentives with trade liberalisation is crucial for making India's manufacturing sector globally competitive
 "Perspectives on industrial policy")
Hyderabad to commemorate 75 years of liberation with year-long celebrations
The celebrations will start on September 17, 2022, and end on September 17, 2023
 "Hyderabad to commemorate 75 years of liberation with year-long celebrations")
Why liberalism is withering on the vine
Liberal ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity cannot be optimised except in small communities
 "Why liberalism is withering on the vine")
Four fatal failures
What the Cairn loss reveals about the Indian state's incompetence, incapacity, and arrogance
 "Four fatal failures")
The search for news media
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
China's pursuit of global finance
The swift liberalisation of China's financial market could have unintended consequences for India and the world
 "China's pursuit of global finance")
Are intellectuals killing convergence?
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
 "Are intellectuals killing convergence?")
Modi, Williamson and Alesina
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.
 "Modi, Williamson and Alesina")
Best of BS Opinion: The PM-CM-DM structure, trade liberalisation, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
 "Best of BS Opinion: The PM-CM-DM structure, trade liberalisation, and more")
Covid-19: World Bank sees FY21 India growth at 1.5-2.8%, slowest since 1991
It estimated India will grow 4.8 per cent to 5 per cent in the 2019-20 fiscal that ended on March 31
 "Covid-19: World Bank sees FY21 India growth at 1.5-2.8%, slowest since 1991")
30 years later, Economic Survey lays down the ground for Liberalisation 2.0
Embracing capitalism in a new avatar
 "30 years later, Economic Survey lays down the ground for Liberalisation 2.0")
Companies' Sensex tenure pared by 80% post liberalisation: Economic Survey
Higher dynamism has helped the emergence of new firms which have challenged the old order, survey notes
 "Companies' Sensex tenure pared by 80% post liberalisation: Economic Survey")
How I'll spend my New Year's Eve
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 animal spirits
Reviving the moribund economy must be our national priority. There's much to learn from 1991
 "Reviving animal spirits")
The calculus of liberalisation
Despite a booming global economy, our share of world exports has, in fact, declined over the past five years
 "The calculus of liberalisation")
M Ramachandran: Urban reform in the liberalisation era
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
Nitin Desai: Beyond liberalisation
The real challenge facing the Indian economy now is the restructuring of public institutions and regulatory systems
