OPINION
EDITORIAL
A victory that isn't
IT IS DIFFICULT to share the official assessment that the Government has achieved a victory in the face-off with its Japanese partner Suzuki Motor over the latter's investment plans in India outside the Maruti fold. Consider the sequence of ...
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ECONOMY
Plan and economy: A directional change
While inflation remains the big worry, most other economic indicators are strong. Industry and exports have done exceedingly well. Industry is on 7-8 per cent growth path and exports are running by over 20 per cent thus boosting growth in manufacturi ng. Investment has begun to pick up to meet emerging demand while the corporate sector continues its run of rising turnover and profitability, and the stock market looks healthy.
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INSURANCE
Insurance and rural market — Cost-effective delivery system holds the key
THE insurance industry market in India was liberalised in 2000 and the first private insurance companies opened shop that November. The industry has now witnessed more than two years of private sector ...
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POLITICS
Religion versus population
SOMETIMES adverse or negative developments and the brouhaha they cause can be a blessing. One is inclined to apply this interpretation to the row generated after the release of the Census 2001 data tabulated religion ...
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TERRORISM
In a disturbed neighbourhood
While New Delhi can draw satisfaction from the dialogue process with Pakistan, it cannot turn a blind eye to the troubling developments in a volatile neighbourhood. With Nepal engulfed by Maoist insurgency, Bangladesh fast becoming a centre for Wahha bi extremism, and several Asean countries feeling the fallout of the US' actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, India has to tread carefully to control developments along its borders. For that, though, its own body politic should be free of criminalisation and corruption, says G. Parthasarathy.
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SECURITY
Unthinkable breaches
TWO egregious breaches of security that would have been unimaginable in India in respect of Rashtrapathi Bhavan or Parliament occurred in Britain within a short span of two days this month. On September 13, a protester, ...
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SPORTS
Contenders in the tender tent don't pretend to talk soft
UNLIKE soccer or rugby, cricket is often considered a gentlemen's game, where top players drink kids' beverages and talent is nurtured from a tender age. However, with more money in, and media around, tenderness is not ...
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LETTERS
FDI in services
Food production
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