The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 24, 2003

Outsourcing to offshoring, it is advantage India
OUTSOURCING by the US is assuming massive proportions. The reason is "it saves money, time and frees in-house staff to do work central to the company's core mission." What is saved? Thirty-forty per cent, estimates the ... More

EDITORIAL

Processing opportunities
A SURGE IN farm incomes this season, combined with the Centre's focus on agricultural development in the last two Budgets, has created a favourable climate for the nascent food processing industry to make a rich harvest. The economic advantages ... More

FERTILISERS

Joint venture urea project in Oman — Buyback agreement needs a fresh look
To oblige lenders, who insist on a stable revenue stream, the Government has committed to buying the entire volume of urea produced each year by the joint venture project in Oman at a pre-determined price. While this has put the project in safe terri tory, the Government seems not to have carefully evaluated the arrangement from the Indian perspective. More

POLITICS

DMK's withdrawal of Ministers — Start of the great political churn?
IT WAS like living for a long time in a rented house where neither the tenant is comfortable nor the landlord happy. So after occupying for over four years a slot in the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre, the DMK has ... More

MP's allowances
OUR MPs have done it again. On December 22, within a matter of 10 minutes, not stopping with generously expanding the scope and quantum of their perks, they gifted out of public money to all former MPs, regardless of ... More

WATER

A water war brews in Satara
Control of water resources by the government means their control by a few leaders who can continue in power. There is a temptation for these leaders to leverage water management projects electorally. Citing instances of diversion of water from one re gion to another in Maharashtra, Sharad Joshi thinks the stage is set for a water battle in the parched fields of Satara. More

LETTERS

Pension funds

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