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EDITORIAL: Building skills
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), which is expected to commence operations from September 1, could not have been set up a day too soon. Faced with an acute skills shortage, the private sector is willing to hold 51 per cent stake ...

BANKING: Bank finance for mid-size corporates — A case for equity participation
Commercial banks, of late, have been focusing their attention increasingly on medium-sized corporate enterprises (MCEs) as a major avenue for credit deployment. The MCEs are much larger than micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) but well ...

AIRLINES: Rescuing the airline industry — What’s the government’s role?
The Indian airline industry is projected to lose $2 billion this fiscal. The airlines have been quick to blame spiralling fuel costs and have, with the support of the Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel, sought relief from the government to ...

ECONOMY: Fiscal profligacy, cause of inflation
With the wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation climbing to a 16-year high of 12.63 per cent for the week-ended August 22 from 12.4 per cent in the preceding week, there is a sense of panic in official circles. In a desperate bid to rein in ...

LETTERS: Financial inclusion
The World Bank’s latest estimates on global poverty, which say that India is home to almost one-third of the world’s poor, make disturbing reading. The finding that India has a higher proportion of its population living on less ...

LETTERS: Ailing ESI
It is time the authorities considered privatising the ailing ESI, which has failed to meet the expectations of the beneficiaries. Workers part with sizeable amounts as monthly deductions from their earnings, with employers’ contributions ...






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