RBI must clean up regulations governing home loans

Insecure housing

Business Standard

Government playing politics with Western Ghats ecosystem

Ruining the irreplaceable

Congress' poll promises face questions of credibility

Show the maths

The bad news on water is known to experts, but not perhaps to most Indians. By some estimates, India will become water scarce in just about five years, and be a massive 50 per cent short on water in another 10. The country, therefore, needs to find better ways to use water. Is India Inc, in particular, thinking about this problem? The Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organisation, has released a report that builds a business case for corporate water disclosure in India. Last year, it released a questionnaire that was responded to by 29 Indian companies, including Larsen & Toubro, ITC, Nirma and Tata Chemicals.The preliminary finding of the report is that Indian companies underestimate the water-related risks they face. An adverse development like a local disruption or a wider drought can impact their supply chain, have regulators on their back and affect their reputation among customers, suppliers and investors. India already relies heavily on rainwater; the water risk has m

Come clean on water

Routine decisions need not be sent to Election Commission

Another paralysis

No getting away from strict enforcement of antibiotic control

Resistance and regulation

Election campaigns should feature more policy discussion

Politics without policy

Microsoft moves on from Windows XP, leaving ATMs at risk

Time to upgrade

Transition pangs or posturing for post-poll scenarios?

Behind the grumbling

His greatest virtue was that he was no hypocrite

Khushwant Singh's legacy

Stable climate crucial for manufacturing growth

Lockout in Bangalore

An accelerating taper

Indian Oil's share sale sans reform is bad news

Sham disinvestment

Jail time without speedy trial is no justice

In custody

Govt should release and discuss Henderson Brooks report

Talking about 1962

CBI errs in publicising preliminary inquiries

A squawking parrot

Will Vladimir Putin be satisfied with the Crimea?

Holding his fire

Persistent inflation challenges foundations of policy framework

Monetary policy dilemma

Better, but only just

At Maruti Suzuki, minority shareholders force a climbdown

A rare victory

Why 2014 is the year of celebrity candidates

Famous faces everywhere

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