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Covid impact: More women have exited formal employment in India than men

Of the more than half a million women who exited the formal workforce and did not join back, two-thirds were under 35 years of age. By comparison, only a third of men under 35 exited formal employment

India's economic recovery stumbles, setting stage for sustained low rates

A contraction in India's services sector deepened as localized curbs to control the virus spread hurt consumer demand and business activity

India's new industrial policy doomed to fail, to cost the country billions

India's haphazard foray into industrial policy is going to fail, just as "Make in India" did

Change policies to promote industry, manufacturing: Kerala finance minister

We need to promote indigenous industry and indigenous knowledge and translate them into industrial production, says Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal

Best of BS Opinion: Stock market as mirror, politics in diversity & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

BS Number Wise: How many years have we lost to coronavirus?

One measure is the change in gross domestic product (GDP). The pandemic chipped away 7.3 per cent of India's real GDP in 2020-21

Household balance sheet

Lower consumption at the bottom of the pyramid will affect growth

How the GDP magic failed

Book review of GDP: The World's Most Powerful Formula and Why it Must Change

Japan upgrades first-quarter GDP on smaller hit to domestic demand

The economy declined an annualised 3.9% in January-March, not as bad as the preliminary reading of an annualised 5.1% contraction

Monetary policy: RBI keeps rates unchanged, cuts growth forecast

Repo rate stays at 4%, stance accommodative; Central bank to buy Rs 1.2 trillion of bonds in Q2

India's market capitalisation to GDP ratio at 115%; highest since 2008

Combined m-cap of all listed firms has doubled since last March to Rs 226.5 trillion

Structural weakness

India needs to overhaul the tax system

The bull ride

Retail exuberance keeps stock markets going

Prioritising expenditure

Govt must focus on providing relief to the needy at this point

Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi on GDP, rising unemployment, vaccine shortage

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the adverse GDP and unemployment figures and raised the issue of "shortage" of drugs for treating black fungus

India must not chase dream of another V-shaped recovery in Covid carnage

Country's current strategy for demand revival is flawed as a second wave of Covid-19 infections has been more hurtful.

A virtuous cycle of entrepreneurship

According to the Credit Suisse Wealth Report 2020, after stagnating for several years, the number of millionaires in India rose rapidly in the two years before the pandemic

The blue economy

Navy can assist in developing marine resources

Second Covid-19 wave heightens downside risks to India's GDP, says S&P

The country is already facing a permanent loss of output versus its pre-pandemic path, suggesting a long-term production deficit equivalent to about 10% of GDP

Unfair charge

India is not using currency to gain unfair advantage