UPI booster RBI’s plan to initiate UPI on feature phones to wean retail payments away from cash is good
Damage control The repeal of farm laws was a disaster, but the process can be kept alive at the State level
Dealing with Omicron India should counter the new Covid strain with a mix of caution, preparation and sobriety
Depositors bailed-in RBI’s draft resolution plan for PMC Bank is transparent but unfair on retail depositors
Insolvency IBC Rules: Resolution for individuals IBC rules for individual debtors need to kick in, so that their capital is freed for other uses
Special concessions The Centre is setting a poor example by seeking exemption from open offers on divestment deals
Cleaning up markets The Viswanathan panel’s suggestions will make the securities market laws watertight
Shadow over renewables Capacity addition was slower last year which is partly a reflection of falling demand and policy changes in wind and solar
Interesting calibration The RBI seeks to address the needs of retail and non-retail investors in interest rate derivatives
Land of contradictions On India’s 70th Republic Day, squalor and backwardness stand out, amidst affluence
Beyond slogans India must step up procurement of indigenously made arms to give defence manufacturing a ‘Make in India’ fillip
Right call The TDSAT has done well to stay the telecom regulator’s order on the definition of significant market power in the telecom sector
Karnataka’s importance The Assembly elections could set the tone all the way to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls
Half-way house SEBI has cherry-picked the Kotak panel’s recommendations, and the efficacy of the new laws will need to be tested in practice
Fighting fake news A collaborative approach addressing both the technology and social sides is needed
For smoother resolution The Insolvency Committee has addressed many contentious issues plaguing resolution process
Less than interesting The first bi-monthly monetary policy for 2018-19 was a largely desultory exercise
Indians matter Facebook needs to be more transparent about how data of its Indian users have been used or misused
Sugar games The Centre should adopt the Rangarajan panel’s recommendations and link FRP for sugarcane to realisations from sugar and by-products
Commonwealth 2.0 As the only major multinational alliance without China, it is in India’s interest to ensure that the Commonwealth partnership works
Adapting to change India’s IT bellwethers have proved themselves adaptable to change, but they can no longer be prodigious job-creators
Reckless move The Opposition’s impeachment move against the CJI is not well-founded and sets a dangerous precedent
Rupee rumbles The rupee has come under pressure in recent weeks. But the RBI should not intervene in the market except to smooth volatility
Wuhan watershed The Modi-Xi summit is truly a landmark moment but it may be too much to expect anything extraordinary from the informal talks
Unhealthy trend The ongoing tussle between the judiciary and the executive doesn’t augur well for our democracy
Chips Ahoy! The EV race looks set to be a high voltage thriller with brands that have no history of car-making entering the fray. Will access to cells and chips b
Chip shortage: Buyers go for new Creta variants with lesser features Buyers opt for the Creta models with lower number of semiconductors to avoid the long waiting period
Alt energy How dirty coal power is taking a beating Coal is certainly on its way out with 326 GW of coal-fired power plants scrapped since 2015, and no announcements of new plants
4 things to do after filing your tax returns Are you sitting back relaxed, having beaten the December 31 deadline to file income tax returns? Wait, there’s more to do!
Index Outlook: Will Sensex and Nifty 50 see a strong turnaround? Inability to break the crucial resistances keeps alive the broader bearish view
Auroville: An utopian search for a better world Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit
Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century
Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up
