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Best of BS Opinion: Economies after Covid-19, tough times for IT, and more

Business Standard opinion pieces for the day talk about the fiscal and other aspects of the pandemic.




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Best of BS Opinion: The Covid-19 impact, currency conundrum, and more

Covid-19 continues in different parts of the world, including India. Among other things, the pandemic has significantly affected global financial markets




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Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 outbreak, politics of messaging, and more

Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk about various aspects of the pandemic




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Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus outbreak, RBI moratorium, and more

Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up the views




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Best of BS Opinion: Unemployment rate over 23%, Covid-19 lockdown, and more

The next crisis may be a climate one. Are we preempting it? Are we ready for it? Can technology help compensate for some of the downsides of social distancing? Alokananda Chakraborty sums up.




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Best of BS Opinion: The long shadow of 2019-20, Covid-19 impact, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Govt's moves on farm marketing, Covid-19 fear, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Checking fake news, coronavirus crisis, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19, creating fiscal space for states, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Trouble for NBFCs, Covid-19 outbreak, and more

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




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Letter to BS: Sanitising tunnels in Kerala will do more harm than good

Though people welcomed these initially, many now opine that some of these are unscientific and rather than helping the public




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Best of BS Opinion: Unify the labour market, coronavirus outbreak, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus complexity, structural reforms, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Reform for next generation, economic package, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: The perils of Covid policy, normal monsoon, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces




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Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 outbreak, re-building police brand, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Global financial system, coronavirus outbreak, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Unemployment rate touches 26%, Covid-19 fear, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Beyond Covid-19 red zones, oil price crash, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: War with the virus, Jio-Facebook deal, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus outbreak, oil market collapse, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus outbreak, India's labour market, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Franklin Templeton fiasco, Covid-19 outbreak, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Unemployment rate, Covid-19 lockdown, and more

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




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Best of BS Opinion: Fiscal outlook under pressure, Covid-19 crisis and more

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




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Economic Survey projects GDP growth at 6.75%-7.5% for 2017-18

Follow up demonetisation by bringing land and real estate into the GST, suggests the survey




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Apparel & leather sectors key for job creation: Economic Survey

It has recommended reforms in labour and tax policies to make these two sectors globally competitive




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Economic Survey right in emphasising remonetisation: Assocham

Upsurge in protectionism, affecting India's exports, is a matter of concern, says Sunil Kanoria




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Budget emphasises on vocational skill development programme

Announces special scheme for leather & footwear industries for creating employment




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Govt to formulate new rules for regulating medical devices

It will amend Drugs & Cosmetics Rules to ensure availability of low-cost drugs & promote generics




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Budget reduces customs & excise duties for renewable energy sector

It proposes zero customs and excise duties on certain items related to cashless transaction devices




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Budget increases incentives to make India a global hub for electronics

Government aims to take strategic crude oil reserve capacity to 15.33 MMT with two new facilities




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Govt to set up dairy development fund with corpus of Rs 8,000 cr

Assistance of up to Rs 75 lakhs to be provided to every e-NAM (National Agricultural Market)




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Aadhaar-linked health cards is a welcome step: Dr Prathap C Reddy

Harmonisation of rules for medical devices will have a positive impact for healthcare sector




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Reduction of custom duty on petroleum is a good move: Nikunj Dhanuka

More spends on the infrastructure & agriculture will put India on the growth path in the future




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Budget aims to achieve 'sustainable energy for all' goal: Anil Chaudhry

However, this will require investments in grid management and digitisation of the grid




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There is nothing in budget to push private investments & exports: AK Anand

However, there are certain reductions in duties of components to promote domestic manufacturing




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A balanced, growth-oriented & forward-looking budget: Rohan Gupta

Some steps to cover recycling cost of end-of-life product would have helped e-waste recycling sector




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It is a pro-manufacturing budget: Samay Kohli

Niche sectors such as robotics, will benefit hugely from skill development programs




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Initiatives to promote healthcare R&D is missing in budget: Dr KM Cherian

Lagging behind in biosciences is not good for social security and strategic national security




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Budget is a step towards creating more employment avenues: Samson Khaou

Move to reduce corporate tax for MSME will boost exports & manufacturing at large




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Budget's focus on agriculture augurs well for agrochemicals: Sudhir Shetty

However, there are no significant steps for enabling access of feedstock to petrochemicals industry




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Fish farmers get a low catch in this budget: Kamlesh Gupta

While agriculture got allocations of Rs 13,741 cr, fisheries & aquaculture received only Rs 401 cr




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Polymer industry to gain from strategic crude oil reserves: Ajay Durrani

Budget's proposal to reduce basic customs duty on LNG to provide respite to petrochemicals sector




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Budget gives an impetus to infrastructure sector: Nand Kishore

Reduction in corporate tax rates for MSME to give a boost to medium and small companies




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Budget falls short of electronic product makers' expectations

Domestic industry says it encourages imports with all duties such as BCD, CVD, etc being waived off




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Agriculture is the most significant beneficiary of budget: Ankur Aggarwal

Steps to encourage implementation of technology & its tools in Indian agriculture are positive




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Budget will have a positive impact on robotics industry: Pradeep David

Investment in electronics sector will trigger an inspection & assembly related market for robots




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Tax cut for MSMEs is a welcome gesture: Deepak Chiripal

Abolition of FIPB to ease flow of FDI is a good move which will speed up the process




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Thrust on infrastructure good for adhesives, coating sectors: Shilip Kumar

Budget's fiscal consolidation efforts will lead to stable economic growth of the country