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| June 29, 2004 |
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The old order changes
There might be some grand schemes or a broad road map for the introduction of the value added tax regime. But the real action may be missing. For that, you might as well wait till February 28, 2005.
Why there should be job reservation
As a general rule, the disadvantaged always bring a greater determination to succeed than the rest, says R Jagannathan.
How to get the competitive edge
Lean manufacturing and technology will add teeth to Indian firms.
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| June 28, 2004 |
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The great spectrum chase
The US, being a very late entrant into the cellular business is the only other country that allows use of the 1900 band for WiLL-CDMA, and it has now come up with an altogether new frequency band for 3G services!
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| June 26, 2004 |
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Getting educated!
The parents must think out-of-the-box to guide their children towards exploring some new options.
Let them eat snakes
Who needs the CMP's education cess? CMP spends most to educate least, says Surjit S Bhalla
An Indian C-Span?
At the moment TV coverage of Parliament is confined mostly to question hour
Sci-fi realities
Will we live in a Bluetooth world without wires or will we live in a world where "hotspots" make connectivity effortless
Pharma power
The pharma industry possesses a competitive advantage in a large, scientifically-trained population, prepared to work for relative pittances, says Devangshu Datta.
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| June 23, 2004 |
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Ministers, biggest threat to PSU autonomy
If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to realise his dream of creating a strong public sector, he must strengthen the managements of the PSUs and free them from the clutches of his ministers and the babus.
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| June 22, 2004 |
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Budget? No time for miracles
Chidambaram should not be judged on one Budget alone, as is generally the norm. More so, since this can be called a half-Budget, leaving little room for the new finance minister to usher in dramatic changes.
Bad ideas vs good men
Economic governance over the next few months should be a fascinating battle between good men and bad ideas, a battle which will yield winners and losers.
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| June 21, 2004 |
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Dealing with NPAs
Sadly, the RBI which has defaults data on all firms, large and small, for over five decades, refuses to part with it, though this would make default-risk modelling a far more robust exercise.
The great agricultural imbalance
Enhanced credit will not remove the farm sector's central rigidities.
Reagan, CMP and privatisation
The Left alliance's views on divestment are confused.
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| June 19, 2004 |
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A cut and paste Budget will do just fine
Mr Chidambaram only needed to add a few knobs and bells to Mr Jaswant's Singh's interim budget speech to turn it into a soul-stirring peroration, comparable to some of the greats of the past.
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| June 16, 2004 |
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Cutting deficits
The FM should be looking at fiscal consolidation and not Keynesian policies, says Ila Patnaik
Encore please, Mr Chidambaram
All that Mr Chidambaram needs to do is apply the same 1997 formula of impeccable reformist action and obligatory rhetoric
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| June 15, 2004 |
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Cess for education
Effective expenditure must accompany revenue mobilisation, says Kirit S Parikh.
Market-driven secularism
Warts and all, the market for power and the power of the market are together taking India towards a solid,reasonably secular future.
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| June 11, 2004 |
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The Left's contribution
Left has enlarged the definition of public goods in India by creating, if you will, a class of quasi-public goods such as electricity, water for irrigation, transport and so on.
The return of gobbledygook
Much of the current anxiety in the stock markets revolves around the doctrine of "constructive ambiguity" that the United Progressive Alliance government finds imperative to follow.
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| June 10, 2004 |
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Why India needs a high-impact Budget
A poor Budget will also short-circuit the economy through its impact on corporate and consumer confidence, any hit to confidence triggering a negative economic spiral.
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| June 09, 2004 |
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No instability, nor any roll-back
International investors, large sections of domestic industry and even experts have been expressing doubts over the stability of the new government and its resolve to stay on the reforms path. It is a coalition government after all, they point out.
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| June 07, 2004 |
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Time for dedicated funds
Secure source of funding for specific programmes will serve voter interest
Making money from money
In modern economies often more money is made from the price of money than from producing real goods and services.
Forget micro-management
What the small scale sector needs more than concessions is better infrastructure.
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| June 01, 2004 |
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Not as good as gold
The time has come for Indian consumers to demand quality gold and silver jewellery. It may not be a pipe dream if one has to go by the recent news about notices being issued by the Apex Consumer Grievance Court to government bodies.
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