OPINION
EDITORIAL
Father of reforms
THE MANAGEMENT expert will style Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao as the only Prime Minister of India who thought out of the box. Indeed, starting 1991, the grand old man quickly dumped boxes of government files into the bin, and in his ...
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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Thou shalt not bear false witness
WE ARE mute witnesses to witnesses turning hostile, and truth getting baked in the process. We may never come to terms with what witnesses say at different points of time, but let that not stop us from staring the word ...
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ECONOMY
A new blueprint on subsidies
THE National Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), in general, and the first Budget of the Government by the Finance Minister Mr P. Chidambaram, in particular, dwelt on the compelling ...
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South Korea, a culture in transition
SOUTH KOREA is a country in a hurry. Having mastered engineering, it is in a hurry to learn English. The new generation could not care less about the psychological scar left by the Japanese occupation that lasted 35 ...
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TEXTILES
Textiles and clothing: India must spin a new strategy
The textile industry has not been able to undo the damage inflicted by decades of skewed Government policy and today it finds itself quite unprepared to reap the full benefits of a quota-free regime beginning January 1, 2005. Though the Budget has tr ied to provide the much-needed boost to the industry, much more needs to be done to help it overcome the problem of technological obsolescence, capitalise on scale economies and move up the value chain, says S. D. Naik.
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Outward FDI on the go
THE PRIME MINISTER, Dr Manmohan Singh, has put all his energies in further opening the country for foreign investments in banking, insurance, telecom and civil aviation. He seems to believe that `capital-scarce' India ...
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IPR
Product patents: Far from public good?
Unless New Delhi sees the priority of public health, both domestically and overseas — especially in countries with vulnerable economies — drug prices will rise dramatically and will not be within easy reach of the poor. Public health will then be the biggest casualty.
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PRIVACY
Thoughtless excess
IN HIS novel Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens made Mr Bumble say "Law is a' ass" (invariably misquoted as "an ass"). At the hands of those enforcing it, law often becomes more of a' ass, violating human rights with ...
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PEOPLE
From political sanyas to PM's chair
P. V. NARASIMHA RAO had all but taken political sanyas in the summer of 1991. A visibly tired and disappointed Rao met journalists outside the Andhra Bhavan after a function to celebrate the Telugu New Year day, Ugadi, in mid-April that ...
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