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Dreaming big: A budget for <i>viksit</i> investors This Union budget, it's time to focus on nurturing a new class of investors. By blending incentives with strategic regulations, we can pave the way for a financial revolution. Let's dream big for a Viksit Bharat and its savvy investors.

Pivoting from a cyclical response to the structural reform agenda With cyclical policy space constrained, India’s focus should be on continued structural reform to trigger a private capex cycle.

Mint Quick Edit | Sebi's proposal of a hybrid asset class is worthy To plug a yawning market gap between the risk-return profile of mutual funds (MFs) and that of portfolio management services (PMS), Sebi has proposed a new asset class. The lack of a midway option has led many investors to...

Bank fraud allegations must never be levelled lightly But RBI’s revised directions to banks on fraud risk management, issued in response to a judicial ruling on defaulters needing to be heard out as a principle of justice, will make it difficult for dodgy borrowers to make specious arguments in...

AI will transform the world in ways we can’t yet imagine The era of machines is finally upon us and it’s about far more than chatbots. Generative artificial intelligence technology is ushering in a period of hyperchange that will make past transformations look trivial.

A school's culture matters more for its success than we think Relationships and teamwork among teachers significantly impacts how well students perform. In some cases, staff members are lifelong mentors, but this, alas, isn’t typical across the country.

Is India's consumption slowdown a blip or structural problem to crack? It could be a transient phenomenon but may also signal deeper issues in need of policy attention beyond the reach of the annual budget.

Climate irony: Clean hydropower faces a dry patch A reduction in clean energy output is a worry as the world strives to quit fossil fuels. While climate change may be reducing the availability of fresh water on which electricity generating dams feed, making pump projects look more useful, it’s...

Women’s right to bodily autonomy: Japan needs to think again To have babies or not? Individual free choice must prevail even if a country’s policymakers are keen to raise its birth rate and reverse a population decline for the sake of its economy.

MTNL is broke. But that’s not its biggest problem. The defunct state-run telecom firm informed the stock exchanges last week that it wouldn’t be able to pay interest due on a ₹2,480-crore loan. But that effectively meant telling the world that the government of India was either unable or...

Mint Quick Edit | Karnataka quota bill: Unsound and unfair The state cabinet approved a bill that would reserve jobs for locals in the private sector. Faced with an uproar from industry, the state put it on pause. Such intervention is bad economics, but it’s best opposed on legal grounds for...

Byju's startup lesson: Don’t get carried away with winner-takes-all dreams Think and Learn’s insolvency case offers a cautionary tale for tech startups keen on explosive expansion on the back of fabled ‘network effects’—which could prove tantalizing but elusive, as the rise and fall of Byju...

Nvidia's graphic processing units have set off a gold rush of the AI age This company’s GPUs have seen such a frenzy of demand that the firm is now among the world’s most valuable, with Big Tech majors like Microsoft and Meta snapping them up. Strategic GPU reserves are being held by businesses...

Global minimum tax: Will India’s budget offer a Pillar Two roadmap? Multinational enterprises await the Union budget in anticipation of India unveiling its approach to the adoption of this ‘Pillar Two’ global tax aimed at fair corporate taxation across the globe. Countries are fast adopting this...

Modi vibes well with Trump. But India may not be ready for a second Trump presidential term Donald Trump's potential US presidency could reshape global politics and economics, impacting India significantly. His proposed tariffs may reduce Indian exports, while immigration restrictions could...

Tax reforms: India’s agricultural income exemption needs a rejig We should restrict companies from claiming this benefit meant for farmers as it’s clear that even multinational and public sector enterprises have found it useful. Also, removing anyone’s farm income above a certain level from the...

Peter Thiel’s ‘doping games’ and the rise of superhumans Is a drug-aided sports contest okay? Are we staring at a slippery slope of ethics? Is eugenics back? The techno-optimist view that science and technology can ‘enhance’ human life is a contemporary resurgence of a theory that humans can...

Delays, crowds and chaos: No escape even on a getaway Long after ‘revenge travel’ became a cliché, travel is rebounding this year to reclaim pre-pandemic levels. This is good news for the tourism industry but maybe not for travellers.

Samsung strike has lessons for AI-focused Big Tech As GenAI technology increasingly threatens to upend entire industries and sow labour unrest, firms creating this turbulence have the responsibility to work with unions and give workers a seat at the table.

Scope for investment: Emerging markets could spring right back to global favour While attractive valuations and strong balance sheets provide a floor to the asset class, the investment case for EMs will likely grow stronger with easing of interest rates up ahead. All EMs aren't alike, of course...