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Data protection

It is not clear whether the proposed Data Protection Board is a repudiation of India's recent regulatory experience or an improvement on the present arrangement

Data protection and a regulatory crossroads

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financial regulator

China recently redesigned its financial regulatory architecture, clarifying which agency will do what. It is time for India to revisit this issue

Learning from China's regulatory redesign

independent directors, board, management

Chart

Just as in private companies, it is crucial for government agencies and regulatory authorities to have a majority of independent directors on their boards

Independent boards for all agencies

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Recent issue of a direction by the Ministry of Power to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission does not augur well for either regulatory autonomy or for the longer-term development of sector

Directing regulation!

Sebi, Securities and Exchange Board of India

The three-plus decades of Sebi's existence offer important lessons for public policy and security market reforms

Sebi at age 31. Or is it 35?

Banks, Bank collapse, financial crisis

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the swift intervention by the US authorities hold lessons for India - to complete the unfinished policy agenda on handling failed financial firms

Bank runs and resolutions

Illustration: Binay Sinha

The argument that a country can be an active participant in global trade but avoid financial globalisation is fundamentally faulty

In defence of financial globalisation

Globalisation, G20, IT Industry

The Presidency of G20 should be used by India to argue for globalisation and a rules-based global economic order

Guru of globalisation

inflation

In tune with global thinking, India created a monetary policy committee to target inflation. Six years later, it's time to strengthen its accountability

Inflation and agency accountability

Market Infrastructure Institutions, Sebi

Market infrastructure institutions are being turned into de facto PSUs. Have we failed to find the right balance in their operations?

The regulatory puzzle of MIIs

Pharma sector, Pharmacy, Pharma regulation

The regulators of wealth in India are empowered and autonomous, unlike the regulators of wellness, leading to very different outcomes in the two sectors

Regulation of wellness vs wealth offers a contrasting picture

The Union government needs to step in and lead the next round of pension reforms, which are now in danger of unravelling

Fresh urgency on pension reforms

Independent and continued evaluation of statutory regulatory agencies is necessary and important for feedback to regulators and Parliament

The complex world of regulators

In a constitutional democracy, the RBI is bound by the law to focus on its core mandate

Central banks and the rule of law

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All India Services were to be all India in character for a purpose. Any dilution of this central tenet should worry policymakers

The provincialisation of All India Services

illustration

Transforming property registration to unlock economic growth the way the NGDRS has done holds promise for similar cooperation in other areas

One nation one software

Separation of public debt management from monetary policy is necessary for resolving conflict between two competing policy objectives

Dealing with RBI's policy dilemma

Dynamic markets call for periodic reform of regulatory agencies-notwithstanding their reluctance to keep pace with developments

Political economy of regulatory reform

Financial regulation is about striking the right balance between enabling innovation and ensuring customer protection

Crypto-assets: To ban or not to ban?

RBI's recent actions against auditors highlight the need for role clarity as well as coordination among regulators

Who is my regulator?

Statutory regulatory authorities need autonomy in staffing their organisations with specialists who have integrity and knowledge

Human resources & regulatory autonomy

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MSMEs

Now is the time for digital forensics to rise from obscurity and claim its place of prominence in the digital domain

digital locker

Digital tools are crucial for expanding their reach and unleashing growth

The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Tamil Nadu government and its minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on a plea seeking an FIR against him for his "eradicate Sanatan Dharma" remark.
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi issued notices on a plea filed by B Jagannath seeking an FIR against the Tamil Nadu minister on grounds that the remarks are akin to hate speech and that the top court had in similar matters passed several directions, including registration of FIR.
Senior advocate Dama Seshadri Naidu, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that the minister allegedly asked school students to say that this religion is not good and that the other religion is good.
"This court has taken note of similar matters where individuals make such a statement against another's faith but in this case it is a minister making the statement. Here it is a state, which is telling the school students that so and so religion is wrong," Naidu said.
The bench asked Naidu what wa

Udhayanidhi Stalin

The Manipur government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has filed a status report on the issue of recovery of arms from "all sources" in the ethnic violence-hit state.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that the report has been filed on the issue and it is for the judges only.
He informed the bench, also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, about another short affidavit in the matter.
Mehta told the bench that the affidavit says "whatever issues are being debated here are already been brought to the notice of the (apex court-appointed) committee" and the panel is considering them.
The top court had earlier appointed a judges committee, headed by Justice (retd) Gita Mittal, to oversee relief and rehabilitation of victims of ethnic violence in the state.
Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for the petitioners' side, told the bench that bodies of two women, who were gang-raped and killed in May in Manipur, have not 

Supreme Court, Manipur violence

"The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam is not an ordinary law; this is a proclamation of the New India's democratic commitment. This is an evidence of the Modi's guarantee of women-led development" he said

The ruling party has absolute majority and firm faith in over-centralisation, writes Pranab Bardhan

voting

Filmmakers will have to invest in understanding the changing tastes of moviegoers, in multiplexes and single screens, in order to improve their chances of success

Cinema hall, Kashmir, South Kashmir

Jawan's box office performance shows that more Indians and non-Indians are now watching our films on more screens than ever before

Jawan movie

While posing a complex challenge, slums also offer a unique opportunity for morally and economically imperative urban development

Heatmap

K P Krishnan