The Act is completely silent on the things that really matter: teacher effort, teacher accountability and student learning outcomes.

There’s always an argument that monetary policies work with a lag. But in this case the lag appears to be too long for a developing economy.

In an interview with ET Now, MD Mallya, CMD, Bank of Baroda, talks about banking sector and RBI's policy. Excerpts:

The implementation of the Right to Education Bill, 2008, will cost the government an additional Rs 48,000 crore over four years. Better job...