The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 02, 2003

Outsourcing for development
UNCTAD's E-Commerce and Development Report 2003 uses India's experience to argue that the growing market for IT services and business process outsourcing offers poor countries a new development opportunity. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the rather disparate evidence on the size, pace of growth and nature of this market to assess this argument. More

EDITORIAL

Scaling up time for India Inc
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT mid-sized companies are scaling up investment plans and hence resorting to increased bank borrowing only confirms what was suspected for some time now: That the Indian industry sees improved business prospects for the near ... More

POLITICS

Tempestuous winter session ahead
With election results coming in and such issues as the Judev tape episode and the stamp-paper scam on hand, the winter session of Parliament may see much polemics and politicking rather than democratic discussion and deliberations. The fate over 50 Bills, many of them crucial to taking forward the economic reforms, hangs in the balance. R. C. Rajamani on the session ahead. More

WTO

WTO General Council meeting — Pragmatism should dictate approach
As the EU has spelt out its stance and offered some flexibility in the issues figuring in the modalities for negotiations of the Doha Development Agenda, India too should adopt a pragmatic "give and take" stance to gain in numerous negotiations that are likely to be resumed. More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Why super scams
THE latest mega stamp paper scam is estimated about Rs 30, 000 crore. The magnitude apart, the spread, ingenuity, the way in which it was carried out are all baffling. But Indians have tolerance in abundance and poverty ... More

LETTERS

India-EU summit

Diesel adulteration

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