MUST READ-3 FEB 2017

The Hindu

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Front Page / NATIONAL

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Andhra Pradesh working on system to DNA-tag convicts: State drafting legislation that will enable collection of genetic fingerprints to solve crime, track offenders.

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Editorial/OPINION

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A season to repair relations: It’s time for a comprehensive, open dialogue between India and China to promote communication and connectivity in diverse spheres and preserve the peace on our shared borders.

Neither transparent nor accountable: In the public mind, political corruption is the source of most forms of corruption.

First among allies?: The pressing urgency of post-Brexit trade agreements is forcing the British government into a closer embrace of the Trump administration despite protests.

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ECONOMY

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NPS subscribers can prematurely withdraw 25% of corpus tax-free: The National Pension System or NPS has become a more attractive option for retirement savings with Budget 2017-18 allowing its members to withdraw up to 25% of their accumulated corpus before retirement without tax.

The Triple Agenda: The budget presented yesterday marks a paradigm shift in multiple ways.

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Indian Express

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The less cash budget: Proposals add up to a series of mutually reinforcing moves to build a digital payments ecosystem.

A moment wasted: Budget makes some good moves on agriculture. But they don’t add up to reforms necessary to meet aspirations in rural India.

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Live Mint

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Union budget and the need for structural reforms: The budget has done some things right but there is a limit to what can be achieved through stroke-of-the-pen reforms.