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Forget self-driving cars: Think of how else technology could ride to the rescue of urban India's streets

New Delhi, March 20 -- A straw poll might show there exists a field of technology in which we Indians actually find it hard to be optimistic: self-driving vehicles. Satellite-guided traffic is a tech ... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | HDFC Bank chair's abrupt exit: Three facts could reassure its stakeholders

New Delhi, March 20 -- After HDFC Bank chairman Atanu Chakraborty resigned in an abrupt move that the board led by his interim replacement Keki Mistry was reportedly baffled by, stakeholder attention ... Read More


The puzzle of IDBI Bank's stalled privatization: Just what exactly is holding this sell-off back?

New Delhi, March 19 -- It is unfortunate that India's government has decided to call off the privatization of IDBI Bank for now, as reports indicate. The disappointment is that this decision was repor... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Seat pricing rules: Is this intervention in India's aviation market justified?

New Delhi, March 19 -- Ideally, the government should restrict its role in any sector to framing the policy under which all players must do business and leave pricing and other strategic decisions to ... Read More


Fertilizer reform: India must seize this moment to replace its subsidy regime with a high-yield policy

New Delhi, March 18 -- On 7 January, Mint made a case for reforming India's highly inefficient regime of fertilizer production, pricing and distribution, and for switching over from product subsidizat... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Pakistan's hospital air-strike? Its Afghan operation is only worsening tensions

New Delhi, March 18 -- Even as the US-Israel war on Iran has put the world on edge, another flare-up closer home is threatening regional stability. As Kabul has reported, at least 400 people were kill... Read More


Energy security versus myopia: India's LPG scarcity highlights the need for robust central planning

New Delhi, March 17 -- The nationwide shortage of cooking gas over the past week should abate soon, given that import supplies are on their way to Indian shores even as domestic refiners have been ask... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | What RBI must be tracking as flickers of inflation arise and a war rages on

New Delhi, March 17 -- India's recent run of subdued inflation may be staring at an end. Data released on Monday showed wholesale inflation hitting an 11-month high of 2.1% from a year earlier in Febr... Read More


Think ahead: Beyond an economic stabilization fund, India must tackle its energy vulnerability

New Delhi, March 16 -- The government's Rs.57,300 crore economic stabilization fund has come at the right time, allowing its fiscal math to adjust to sudden geopolitical headwinds and supply chain dis... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Rigidity is risky: Pin the crisis of LPG and oil on inflexible market and military forces

New Delhi, March 16 -- Given the distinction that India makes between essential and discretionary spending, the Centre's use of the Essential Commodities Act to regulate LPG supply was no surprise. Ho... Read More