The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Feting the NRI
FOR THE THIRD year in a row, non-resident Indians (NRIs) were feted at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas jamboree, this time in Hyderabad, with all the unctuousness that marks occasions like this. It is one thing to honour NRIs who have made a name for ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The mobile revolution: Global scale is critical
FROM the 1910s to the mid-1990s, the United States dominated the mobile business. It was the delay in the commercialisation of the cellular technology — from 1947 to 1983 - that opened the window of opportunity to mobile challengers in ... More

ECONOMY

National Population Policy — When will it start ticking?
ON THE second day of the New Year and the first working day in 2006, the highest court of the land issued a notice to all States and Union Territories asking them to indicate the action taken by them in implementing the National Population Policy ... More

POWER

Draft Report on Integrated Energy Policy — Holistic look at the different scenarios
The Planning Commission's Draft Report on Integrated Energy Policy takes the broad approach of recommending an enabling environment for optimal energy supply, such that the relative economics of alternatives are left to the combination of technology and prices, and choices are left to the economic decision takers. But it is silent about the investments needed to develop the required massive infrastructure and there are limitations to the strategies suggested. The worry is that it is less a polic y document than one expressing hope, says S. Narayan. More

MANAGEMENT

Bosses can be wrong too!
A NOTED Mumbai-based HR Management Consultant quotes a couple of tongue-in-cheek `rules' for people working in formal organisations on how to manage their bosses. While Rule One states that the boss is always right, Rule Two applies to those ... More

BANKING

Mutual banking — An emerging tool in retail banking
FEE-BASED income through hybrid product and service offerings has already emerged as a profitable business model in the retail bankscape, and mutual fund (MF) distribution has become a fashion statement among all banks. With the projected growth ... More

LETTERS

Industrialising agriculture

Aid for trade

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