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Tuesday, December 03, 2002
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Unfounded fears
IT IS SURPRISING that the Andhra Pradesh Government decision to develop a minor port at Gangavaram in private partnership should have stirred up a hornet's nest. For, the decision has not come a day soon. For the past few years, there have been ... More

ENVIRONMENT


Carbon credit
GROWING concern about the biosphere and increasing awareness of the need for pollution control have given rise to the concept of `carbon credit'. The system is simple. Companies that are involved in any activity which helps reduce the carbon ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE


Infrastructure financing in India — Alternatives and associated problems
SEVERAL research studies and various committees and commissions appointed by the Government have estimated the investment requirement for financing the ever-increasing demand for infrastructure services. There is little doubt that the ... More

LABOUR REFORMS


Report of National Commission on Labour — Inconsistencies weaken the safety net
THE National Commission on Labour has made certain important and path-breaking recommendations in the context of the review of labour laws. A few important points from the report are given below: The Commission recommends a specific provision ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


Banking on commercial banks
Policy-makers must realise that the growth of the PSBs is as important as the development of the capital market. The policy discrimination against the PSBs and in favour of the capital market must end. The thrust of the RBI policy should be to evolv e a network of PSBs, micro-credit institutions, cooperatives, NGOs, and self-help groups to strengthen the credit support to the decentralised sector, says N. A. Mujumdar. More

INTERVIEW


`China will be the market of tomorrow' — Mr M. Arunachalam, Chairman, Indian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
While China is forging ahead through rapid economic reforms and privatisation, our present advantages such as IT and English language capability, will not remain so for long, says the Chairman of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, ... More

SICK UNITS


Industrial sickness and conflicting pills
The passage of the Securitisation Bill and the Companies (Amendment ) Bill 2000 is no doubt monumental, given the pendency rate. But they also embody the lack of clarity on as basic an issue as the government's approach to sickness. More

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