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R Srinivasan

ARTICLES BY R SRINIVASAN

Many startups are spending heavily to build markets and acquire customers, but the strategy doesn't always deliver. (Image: Pixabay)

Buy, build, fail? The startup growth trap

3 min read . 03 Dec 2025

Makers of hybrid cars such as Toyota and Maruti Suzuki want prices lowered. But companies like Tata Motors and Mahindra, which have made big bets on pure EVs, have opposed this. (File Photo)

India’s EV subsidy debate misses the point

3 min read . 28 Nov 2025

While Airtel is offering a year’s free subscription to the Pro model of Perplexity AI, Jio is offering a package comprising 18 months of free subscription. (AI-generated image)

Airtel and Jio’s AI push offers big promise—and bigger risks

3 min read . 06 Nov 2025

A fixed-price model would restore predictability for budget travellers and the poor, while still allowing for gradual fare hikes. (AI-generated image for representative purposes)

Dynamic pricing is everywhere—from air tickets to train seats. Should it be?

3 min read . 19 Oct 2025

The draft Kerala Right to Public Service Bill, 2024, approved by the state cabinet last month, marks another attempt at rights-based legislation. (AI-generated image for representative purposes)

Kerala’s push for faster public services sounds good—but will it work?

3 min read . 17 Oct 2025

Air India Flight 171 crashed on 12 June after both its engines mysteriously shut down, killing 241 people on board and another 19 on the ground. (HT_PRINT)

Air India's B787 safety woes: DGCA's response fails to inspire confidence

4 min read . 10 Oct 2025

By bundling the alternative route with the new project, the government hopes to make BOT tenders more attractive. (Mint)

NHAI's plan to let highway builders toll parallel routes is unfair to commuters

3 min read . 03 Oct 2025

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the 56th GST Council meeting. Eight opposition-ruled states have urged the Centre to set up a group of ministers (GoM) to assess revenue losses arising from the GST rationalization. (PTI)

GST reform needs more than rate cuts. The ball is in the states' court

3 min read . 09 Sept 2025

Relief could be targeted at vulnerable export hubs like Tiruppur’s garment belt, Moradabad’s brassware industry and Surat’s gem and jewellery hub. (AFP)

Why US tariffs could sink Indian MSMEs—and hit microfinance

2 min read . 02 Sept 2025

US President Donald Trump has signalled that the US government's Intel stake acquisition is the start of a new engagement with private sector enterprise. (Reuters)

What India can learn from Trump’s Intel playbook

4 min read . 27 Aug 2025

The net gain could shrink to around 5% over the medium term, well under the headline number of 18% relief, show industry estimates.

Scrapping GST on insurance: Remedy worse than disease?

3 min read . 24 Aug 2025

'If my counterpart in another state is giving large tracts of land for free, it doesn’t mean I need to do that too,' Kharge said in a recent interview. Photo: PTI

Karnataka IT minister says govt must stop using land to lure firms. He's right.

4 min read . 06 Aug 2025

A truck hangs loosely as the Gambhira bridge on the Mahisagar river, connecting Vadodara and Anand, collapsed in Gujarat earlier this month. (ANI Video Grab)

India’s crumbling infra is crisis of accountability as much as quality

4 min read . 25 Jul 2025

The Sigachi disaster claimed the lives of 44 workers and critically injured 33 more, with eight officially listed as “missing”. (Image: HT)

Sigachi disaster: The blast must jolt pharma regulators out of their slumber

4 min read . 19 Jul 2025

The govt is selling a whopping 5.2 million tonnes of rice from its food security buffer stock this year to ethanol manufacturers at a subsidised ₹22.50 per kg.

Why India should not divert its food security rice stocks to ethanol

4 min read . 12 Jul 2025

Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone in San Francisco on 9 January, 2007. Photo: Reuters

To change the world, India Inc must stop hoarding cash and take more risks

4 min read . 10 Jul 2025

Mumbai’s suburban railway system is an essential but deadly lifeline for the city’s working class. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

What Mumbai’s railway commuter deaths say about India's development dreams

4 min read . 14 Jun 2025

Private banks reported the most fraud cases in 2024–25, mainly in digital payments, where amounts involved were smaller and total losses lower. (Image: Pixabay)

Banking on trust, losing billions: India’s fraud epidemic needs urgent answers

3 min read . 03 Jun 2025

Ola, Uber and Rapido have introduced an ‘advance tip’ system, nudging users to pay a little extra upfront to increase their chances of get a ride quickly.

‘Advance tipping’ on ride-hailing apps is just a symptom of lax law enforcement

4 min read . 24 May 2025

A study by cybersecurity firm McAfee found that Indians receive an average of 18 scam messages a day..

Telcos need to walk the talk on fighting fraud and spam

3 min read . 21 May 2025