Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Thursday
Two recent working papers published by the Bretton Woods organisations — the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund — have weighed in on the debate surrounding India’s record on poverty reduction.
In this context, our lead editorial notes that until authoritative, transparent and professional government data is once again the order of the day, any claims about poverty reduction will remain pure speculation. Read here
In other views:
All India Services were to be all India in character for a purpose. Any dilution of this central tenet should worry policymakers, writes K P Krishnan. Read here
Amit Kapoor and Bibek Debroy argue that as a companion to development, it is pertinent to closely watch the pace of urbanisation in India as it will only lead to the creation of sustainable pathways and pro-growth knowledge production. Read here
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