OPINION
OUTSOURCING
Outsourcing, nationalism and globalisation
OUTSOURCING implies obtaining goods or services by contract from an outside source. Firms resort to outsourcing within the country as well. Producers of cars do not produce all the parts within the firm, but may ...
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EDITORIAL
Wrong call on tariff plans
NO DOUBT THE plethora of tariff plans offered by service providers, particularly mobile operators, makes it hard for telephone users to make an informed choice. Yet, the proposal of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to set a cap on the ...
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FOREIGN TRADE
Getting closer to Thailand
IT IS a matter of time before the Free Trade Agreement with Thailand goes live. At present, the discussions are on about `rules of origin', to define how much value addition should be made to a product in each country ...
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Regional integration and Vajpayee years
After trying Curzonian "Great Games" in its neighbourhood, instead of focusing on building strong regional and economic ties cooperation in South and South-East Asia, New Delhi signed a framework agreement to establish SAFTA that was an achievement i t can be proud of. Its policy of liberalisation and free trade should also serve the country well in the long-term, says G. Parthasarathy.
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POLITICS
General Elections: More questions than answers
EVEN before the start of real campaigning for the general elections, it has been personality and not issue-based, so far. The Indian political scene today is different from the 1970s and 1980s, when the Congress(I) ...
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"Flawed democracy"?
THE US State Department has had the temerity, in a 71-page report on human rights, to call India, a "flawed democracy" for reasons of violence during elections, allegations of corruption influencing court decisions, ...
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INTERVIEW
`We want peace but on an equal footing' — Mr Muhammed Hussein Mehanti, Muttahida Majlise Ama member of Pakistan Parliament
India should not think that because of its big size and big weaponry, it can dictate to Pakistan. That is not acceptable. And that holds true for the US too. There cannot be hegemony of one power.
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LETTERS
Living with plastics
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