The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 09, 2006

EDITORIAL
Now for reforms next phase
Having set the ground rules and a time frame, the Prime Minister must spread the consensus in New Delhi for systemic reforms. More

FOREIGN TRADE
EU-India summit: Seeking free trade in Helsinki
Hopefully, EU-India free trade will aim for genuine, least-restrictive liberalisation through comprehensive coverage, strong transparency disciplines and liberal rules of origin. More

POWER
Kirit Parikh Report on Energy Policy: Inadequate focus on alternatives
While the Report lacks a sense of urgency on the development of alternative energy sources, such as bio-diesel and ethanol, it is nevertheless to be commended for the number of new initiatives suggested, says S. VENKITARAMANAN. More

HUMAN RESOURCES
India's journey towards differentiation
Clearly, differentiation is here to stay. It is on top of the agenda of leaders in both traditional and modern businesses. What remains is its execution in as painless a manner as possible. This second part on the complex subject of differentiation o f talent deals with the problems in India. As the going gets tough, organisations are forced to practise differentiation, albeit with mixed results. More

OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS
Building global Indian companies
Signs are emerging that Indian companies taken together will soon be investing abroad sums large enough to stand respectable comparison to the foreign capital inflow. This is something quite unprecedented for Indian managers, who have been for ... More

INTERVIEW
`Originating freight loading will receive a big boost'
The prospects for increased cement and steel movement are bright as several hydro-electricity projects are due to come up in the region. — MR A. K. SANWALKA, GENERAL MANAGER, NORTH-EAST FRONTIER RAILWAY More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Aspects of corrupt behaviour
Indian businessmen are learning the ropes of playing the international game as fast as their competitors from Brazil, Russia and China. In relative terms, it would be foolish for a country like India to allow competitors to get what they want in the global market through the use of every means at their disposal, whether above board or under the table. The so-called BRIC countries are leaving no stone unturned to forge ahead in the highly competitive world. More

The impolitic stand at Singapore
The problem of international assistance provided to needy countries being used, not to ameliorate the conditions of the poor, but "to line the pockets and bank accounts of the corrupt and the powerful" (to quote ... More

LETTERS

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