Virtual digital assets: Lessons from global trends in regulation
By engaging with responsible Virtual Asset Service Providers, policymakers can better inform their regulatory strategies, creating a framework that mitigates risks while fostering innovation and compliance
Ailing plantation sector needs a holistic approach, not piecemeal fixes
The plantation sector ends up falling off the budgetary radar partly due to the multiplicity of departments and ministries having a say over its fate
Use financial inclusion to reduce inequality and speed up growth
G20 deliberations identified three policy pillars with priority themes aimed at achieving inclusion
Use digital public infrastructure to serve people’s needs
Other countries keen to learn from India’s DPI success should envision uses well beyond its basic promises
Our economic recovery from the pandemic has been fairly steady
Covid damage to the labour market has been a bigger concern than the hit to India’s capital stock since the middle of 2020
An arid August
India's high temperatures and lack of rainfall could lead to crop damage and food inflation, putting pressure on the Reserve Bank and hurting farmer incomes.
RBI’s e-rupee could use UPI for a reformist leap
While UPI is in the spotlight for good reason, its link-up with India’s CBDC is more exciting for what it may soon come to enable in terms of a banking sector rehaul aimed at efficiency
In-person teaching has value if it’s led by values
The bigotry of teachers in recent news has revived a debate over in-person classes versus online modules. As education goes hybrid, expect the premium on human values to go up
Our employment trends call for deep thought on job-stealing AI
We have not created enough jobs to leverage our youth bulge while job elimination is getting easier
A dire Kota scenario calls for out-of-the-box solutions
It’s a problem of seat scarcity that we could address via a lottery after a basic test of competence
Indian economic prospects may require a more realistic analysis
India’s economy is growing fast but the country stares at a welter of worries that’ll weigh against Panglossian projections
Look out circulars – a pressing need for a look-over
Given the far-reaching implications of issuance of LoCs, one would ordinarily expect that these would be used only in exceptional circumstances
Smallcaps are Spiking. What’s Your Plan?
Fundamentally solid smallcap stocks that are still attractively priced are the ones to own. The other kind are the ones to avoid
Chandrayaan success: A blueprint for turning India into aircraft manufacturing hub
It is time India looked to leveraging its massive domestic civil aviation market
GDP estimates suggest Nirmala Sitharaman has a difficult year ahead
The government’s capex push over the past two years is yet to show up meaningfully in investments or consumption growth