The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 19, 2003

US foreign policy — Is there an India tilt?
There has been a sea-change in the US foreign policy approach to India since the Nixon-Kissinger days. If Washington sees India as a vibrant democracy, pursuing accelerated economic growth, it views Pakistan as a problem child; it cannot afford to al low an Islamic country with nuclear weapons to become dysfunctional. In its engagement with the US, India should move away from the Pakistan motif to a larger strategic vision for Asia, says G. Parthasarathy. More

OUTSOURCING

Outsourcing to India — No other option for the US
The products of American companies will be more expensive if outsourcing is prohibited. More

EDITORIAL

Tea troubles
THE TEA BOARD'S recent announcement that exports in calendar 2003 were likely to be lower by 16.7 per cent, at around 165 million kg against last year's 198 million kg, is a matter of serious concern for the industry mainly because it restricts ... More

ECONOMY

If China can, why can't India?
CHINA's economic success is stunning the world as it understands how to move with the times. It is the world's most competitive nation anddesires to modernise rapidly by attracting more foreign investment. However, ... More

MANAGEMENT

Leaders all
THE rapidly emerging knowledge society has thrown many of the old management nostrums into a flux, if not into disarray. The old style of management and decision-making is fast becoming anachronistic, unable to cope ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Challenges in rural credit — RBI Advisory Committee must sow the right seeds
The financial sector reforms without social and rural sensitivity would only aggravate the complexities of agrarian sector reforms, which are yet to take shape. It is thus hoped that the Advisory Committee, being constituted by the RBI, will be a Hig h-Powered one suggest innovative measures with a definite roadmap to meet the emerging challenges in rural credit. More

LETTERS

Food industry

Agricultural reforms

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