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Food growers can be processors too

A higher level of processing would generate additional income for farmers and off-farm employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for rural people

Many roads lead to GST

The solution to many difficulties that we see today lies in a sound indirect tax system

Insurer must pay heed to surveyor's findings

The National Commission observed that failure to carry out the impossible task of closing the road couldn't be considered a failure to take reasonable precautions

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Press mute for Indian Muslims

The silence of national parties, leaders on the flogging of Muslim men in Gujarat shows how afraid 'secular' forces have become, allowing radical Muslim voices to fill the vacuum

An own goal: FIFA World Cup and human rights

The rumblings of discontent from Righteous Europe over Qatar's admittedly appalling human rights record can only be viewed as deeply disingenuous and phoney

Why Gen Z considers the full stop rude

Correctly punctuated messages are being interpreted by younger generations quite differently. The message is all that is relevant to them. Anything additional can change its interpretation

KCR's countrywide reincarnation

Opposition politics is set to take another interesting turn as Telangana Rashtra Samithi's K Chandrashekar Rao enters the national stage

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The crises we choose: Global recession, war or energy?

The pandemic has increased the global extreme poverty rate from an estimated 8.4 per cent in 2019 to 9.3 per cent in 2020. But the rich country ecosystem is noticeably silent on this

Global inflation: Aggressive monetary tightening is not inevitable

Alternatives to tightening, including global coordination, must be explored

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Macro policy for uncertain times

External storms are morphing into hurricanes. India is in a relatively better position than many other countries, but this period of heightened volatility will require agility and clarity on policy

FDI and the ordinary Indian

For India to work as a dynamic global investment destination, it must work for its ordinary people

Growing importance of employer brands

If you are a company, big or small, you have customers to appeal to. So you build your customer-facing brand

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Effective directors display the art of healthy scepticism

Independent directors add value to a company not only through their explicit knowledge and cognitive skills, but also through their experiential intuition and heuristic skills

GST's secret sauce: Tax collections continue to surge but for how long?

The 31 per cent rise in GST collections has been significantly fuelled by imports

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Do we really need the e-rupee?

Despite rapid digitalisation, the use of cash has not diminished in India. Yet the adoption of the e-rupee is not a question of if, but when