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RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS: The RBI: Down memory lane
In the recent period, there have been two books on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on behind the scene chronicles from an individual’s vantage point. First is Reminiscences of a Central Banker by V. G. Pendharkar . The ...

OUTSOURCING: Differentiation mantra for KPOs
The knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) industry is at the cusp of momentous changes. The turmoil in global financial markets and the proven concept of research offshoring may bring substantial rewards and a greater role for the industry as ...

TERRORISM: Blowing hot cold on Pakistan
What precisely is the policy of the new US Administration towards Pakistan? If it is to make Pakistan put in its best efforts, commensurate with all the build-up and aid it has received from the US, to root out terrorism in every shape and form, ...

PSU: When PSUs become personal fiefdoms
While it is trendy to criticise the public sector for its lackadaisical style of functioning, there is not a day when its major stakeholders — political masters and bureaucrats — do not inveigle their pound of flesh from these ...

EDITORIAL: Fertiliser folly
The Centre’s latest move to provide sops to fertiliser companies producing urea to switch to natural gas hardly helps clear the clutter over the issue of fertiliser pricing and subsidy. The new policy of providing for a ‘special ...

MANAGEMENT: Change management
Eight years ago, at the watershed of the two centuries, business organisations across the globe faced a new environment, which was a far cry from the world of regulated domestic economy that was characteristic of the last century. ...

FOREIGN TRADE: Protectionism creeping back
It is widely feared that globalisation has become a victim of economic implosion caused by the current crisis. While a complete reversal is unlikely, a gradual erosion of its principals of multilateralism and open economic borders – that ...

LETTERS: Rural sector and connectivity
This has reference to the article “Running out of charge in rural India” (Business Line, February 11), which makes the important point that cellular phone companies are not able to sustain their expansion because ...

Columnists: C Gopinath Harish Bijoor G Chandrashekhar S Murlidharan Sharad Joshi Mohan Murti S Balakrishnan Bharat Savur B S Raghavan Ganesh Challa Bhanoji Rao Swati T Banusekar Ramanujam Sridhar Ranabir Ray Choudhury Rasheeda Bhagat P.V. Indiresan P Devarajan S Muralidhar R K Raghavan B Venkatesh S Venkitaramanan




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