Banking and Finance
2001: Banks floating in sea of liquidity
THE PERIOD from 1970-71 to 2000-01 has witnessed interest rates offered on deposits by banks rise and fall.

Corporate
Difficult sail for India Inc
PERFORMANCE-WISE, it has been a forgettable year for the Indian corporate sector. The growth in industrial production looks set to slip for the second year running.

Editorial
Steel up the ore policy
IT IS TO be hoped that New Delhi will formalise fresh policy directions for mining and export of iron ore well before the WTO norms that envisage lifting of quantitative restrictions on its external trading come into effect, from 2003.

Education
Cure for an ailing education system?
RARELY do Parliamentary Committees take up issues of genuine public interest that also exert a crucial bearing on posterity, though the country's judiciary has been active in espousing public causes.

Politics
Twice bitten, never shy?
THE saying, `once bitten, twice shy', probably, excludes politicians, who, despite being repeatedly proven wrong, still pursue their selfish goals at the cost of national interest.

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