OPINION
EDITORIAL
PM's open invitation
THE ECONOMIC HIGH point of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US was his request to American corporate heads gathered at the New York Stock Exchange to invest $150 billion in the next few years in infrastructure projects in ...
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AIRLINES
Airports can be a high-flying business
AFTER much debate, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has floated tenders for 49 per cent stake in the Mumbai and Delhi airports, and given the green signal for the Rs 1,300-crore Bangalore airport project. Privatisation ...
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ECONOMY
Risks faced by the global economy
DOOMSAYERS abound in the world of the dismal science of economics. Recently, there have been many economists forecasting that the end of the world is nigh. Not all of them are credible. However, we have to listen ...
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A study in contrast — Punjab and Bihar
Being better off does not make a State better, especially when it just means getting more than others from the Centre. Probably, the best measure of how well a State is being administered is to look at its debt-service ratio. Punjab is no better than Bihar in this regard.
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China's growth model slows Asia's rise
The biggest drawback of China's growth model on the rest of Asia is the perpetuation of the export dependent approach. It has postponed Asia's nascent search for an indigenous or domestic demand-led growth model. China has condemned East Asia to s tatus quo. To that extent, it prevents or delays the emergence of Asia as a global economic locomotive, says V. Anantha Nageswaran.
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POLITICS
Left in a huff
THIS piece is not about the merits or otherwise of formal induction of personnel of foreign agencies and consultancy organisations as members of the review committees of the Planning Commission. I have already argued ...
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LETTERS
Price rise
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