The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Building urban infrastructure
THERE IS COMPELLING logic to support the Centre's proposal to launch a National Urban Renewal Mission (NURM) to upgrade and modernise urban infrastructure all over the country. With an estimated expenditure component of approximately Rs 1,26,786 ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

PILs beyond the sugar coat
AFTER the MMS scandal that hit the mobile phones, we now have the apex court frowning upon unsolicited calls. Thus, in response to a public interest litigation, or PIL, filed by Harsh Pathak, the court has issued ... More

POLITICS

FDI cap raised in telecom — The quake in the coalition
Right from the formation of the Government, there has been mishandling on both sides of what might be termed `cohabitation' between the UPA and the Left. The Government's decision to give its formal imprimatur to the last Budget's promise of raising the FDI limit in the telecom sector has once again let the cat among the pigeons, says B. S. Raghavan. More

BANKING

Business process re-engineering: A tool to further banks' strategic goals
ORGANISATIONAL development is a continuous process. But the pace of change has increased manifold. In a volatile global world, organisations enhance competitive advantage through business process re-engineering (BPR) by ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Farm policy — a twisted tale
THE United Progressive Alliance (UPA), as the National Common Minimum Programme states categorically, stands for economic reforms with a human face, whatever it means. Economic reforms aim at allocation of resources as ... More

SECURITY

Rewarding STF
THE grievance expressed in the Legislative Assembly by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, about the Centre's rejection of the State Government's recommendations in regard to some senior police officers ... More

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