The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 04, 2006

EDITORIAL
New roadmap for free float
The latest convertibility nostrums are more appropriate given the strong economy, the healthy forex reserves, and a well-geared financial system. More

ECONOMY
Controlling growth of disparity
In an FAQ on curbing variance, rich-poor, urban-rural, P. V. INDIRESAN suggests certain rule-based controls instead of the current ad hoc solutions that are neither transparent nor have in-built checks and balances. More

The language of economic change
There is a shift in how the media, Indian and foreign, perceives India. But some are caught in a time warp, blaming the licence-control raj of the past. They must be reminded how the government's planning process helped build an industrial base and a degree of entrepreneurship that prepared everyone for the liberation when it came. The government needs to be engaged, led, and shown a better way of achieving the same objectives, and not just criticised, and called names. More

Roadmap for efficient service delivery
World Bank's Development Policy Report More

Ministry for ZPG
India's policy-makers are continuing to exhibit a dangerous sense of complacency in respect of population explosion. This is going to dash to the ground all hopes of India making it to the big league any time ... More

WTO
WTO shackles on national policy
Ever since the WTO came into being in 1994, it has been bandied around, making a lot of sense especially to those who feel that the organisation is just another instrument through which the developed world is controlling the economic resources of th e developing economies. For the sake of a liberalised international trading regime, the policy options for developing economies have been reduced. More

MARKETING
Retaining customers and employees
The fields of HR and marketing are closer than we think, and the strategies followed also have amazing parallels. In marketing, the biggest concern is with attracting and retaining profitable customers. In people management, it is exactly the ... More

LETTERS

Vacant Govt posts

LIC's performance

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MF scheme for educational needs

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Premiums disappear for Indian robustas

Speculation yes, manipulation no

Looking back
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