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Getting finance onside for climate

The climate crisis demands enormous economic and societal changes

Key priorities for employment policy

Measures that generate income for the poor are more important than tweaking the applicability threshold for labour laws

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The liquidity conundrum

Only credit growth can help banks to get out of this liquidity drag. That can happen when growth is secured (and not through loan melas). But if it takes longer, risk of higher inflation becomes real

Time to bury Mudra 'loan mela'

The loan mela called Mudra was a populist and political move to give away money

A precarious pragmatism

Without the road map that an economic ideology provides, govt's search for practical ways out of specific problems has led it to appear erratic and inconsistent

Repair, not replace, vehicle under warranty

The National Commission observed there was no evidence to establish an inherent manufacturing defect, so the State Commission was justified in not ordering a refund

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Financing India's green future

'Green investments must therefore compete with brown (non-green) investments to find large markets and generate attractive returns', says the author

Protecting consumers, the heart of finance

Competitive markets in financial services are the best bulwark against consumer fraud in the long run. In the medium term, omnibus and dedicated legislation could be the answer

Time to reassess monetary policy positions

Although the pandemic is unlikely to end immediately, its impact on economic activity would slowly wane

Indian treasures at home and abroad

Historically significant sites, artefacts and papers in India and the UK should be made accessible to wider audiences

Best of BS Opinion: E-governance mess, growth path India must take & more

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The growth path India must take

'The need of the hour is the building up of macro-financial, fiscal, and external buffers', said the authors

Not by stealth, but through subtle signals

Redefining Make in India and the public sector policy are signs of a new approach to reforms

Women need a better deal

The literature, say the authors, has focused on supply-side constraints that prevent women from entering the labour markets

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A johnny-come-lately in the sky

Many businesses are set up in downturns and often the best deals are struck in troubled times

Telcos need three more bold decisions

Users and service providers are swimming against the tide even after the abolition of retro tax

Since 1600, the world has changed in the first quarter of every century

It's reboot time for the world: almost as if someone has set a timing device that sets off epochal changes in the West.