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Tuesday, September 17, 2002
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Landing rights for FDI
WITH THE PLANNING Commission group making recommendations on FDI, attention has shifted to the civil aviation sector, the basic issue being whether foreign investors should be allowed to hold more than 50 per cent of the equity in Air-India and ... More

ECONOMY


Creating a globally competitive India
India is like the elephant — lumbering and slow to start. If the country is to grow at the pace it wants, it must become competitive, especially vis-à-vis China, with which it is most often compared. Rishikesha T. Krishnan loo ks at how the country can be made competitive, going beyond the various studies on this aspect by various agencies. More

POWER


Energy conversion from fundamental forces
ACROSS the globe for the past fifty years, theoretical physicists have been engaged in getting a unified picture of the nature by mathematical modelling and experimental verification. They are grappling to synthesise what they call the four ... More

TERRORISM


R&D to combat terrorism
THE likelihood of traditional wars has been overshadowed by the proliferation of terrorist activities. Most countries are now equipping themselves with technologies to combat terrorism. Proliferation of nuclear weapons and the presence of dirty ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT


FDI in retailing: India as a supermarket
EVEN 50 years after Independence, policy-makers continue to be xenophobic. Fears of foreign imperialism have not yet receded and continue to be a barrier for the entry of foreign enterprises. Since 1991, a number of breakthroughs were made in ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES


Give HR the tech edge
HUMAN capital is the heartbeat of any organisation, and people management processes work as the pacemaker to keep the pulsation rhythmic, giving quality life to the organisation. A KPMG survey of almost 1,000 US-based firms found that a small ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES


The economics of corruption
Corrupt officials distort public sector choices to generate large rents for themselves and to produce inefficient and inequitable public policies. The Government produces too many wrong kind of projects and overspends even on projects that are fundam entally sound. More

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