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Planning in the air
THE CONCEPT OF the government laying down a road map for the economy to achieve a pre-set rate of growth might have lost quite a bit of its relevance in the liberalising atmosphere of the 1990s. Even so, the approval of a Plan document, ... More

ECONOMY


US: Following Japan into deflation?
IS THE US following Japan into a deflation? It would seem so. The US Federal Reserve Board has cut the interest rate from about six per cent to less than two per cent, but the economy is not responding. The Fed has argued in a much-publicised ... More

Old questions, new answers
FORMAL studies of `humanities', as against physical sciences, commence with a discussion on whether the subject under study (economics, philosophy, management, etc.) is a science or an art. Often, students are told that these subjects can claim ... More

ENVIRONMENT


Little noise about noise pollution
NOISE pollution, unlike air, water, land/soil pollution, is not taken seriously in our country. It appears that control of noise pollution remains a domain of the developed West. It is due to our sheer ignorance about the hazards of noise ... More

POLITICS


Inter-State water issues — Towards a perennial solution
It is time for the policy-makers to think of a permanent solution to inter-State water problems.The only tangible solution lies in creating the required infrastructure to divert the surplus waters available in one part of the country to the deficit a reas. The Constitution Review Committee must make a strong recommendation to transfer the subject of river waters to the Central list, says S. Gurumurthi. More

MANAGEMENT


Why CEOs need mentors
MENTORING is a process of enabling and supporting — sometimes triggering — a major change in the life and work of a person. It has been defined by a management writer as "off-line help by one person to another in making significant ... More

TERRORISM


Costs of urban terrorism
THE first anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre (WTC) is just past, and it may be appropriate to recall the significant costs the tragedy will have on urban public finances, urban services and governance on any city centre ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


Business ethics: Precept easier than practice
BUSINESS ethics is now being debated with renewed vigour following corporate scandals such as those of Enron and Tyco. "Americans are asking whether any of their companies can be trusted", writes Patience Wheatcroft, Business Editor of The ... More

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