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Tuesday, April 22, 2003
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Ringing it right
IN MARKED CONTRAST to the general perception that public sector enterprises do not thrive in a competitive milieu, the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam has not only demonstrated a capacity to respond effectively to competitive pressures but also ... More

ECONOMY


Two strikes, one lesson
It was widely recognised in India and elsewhere that the strikes by the US and its allies against Iraq were aimed at securing the interests of the US and, therefore, of its citizens. As for the ongoing truckers' strike, the state must review all poli cies that add to the costs of customers but do not yield profits to truckers and taxes to the state, and show that it cares about securing its interests in the global marketplace, says G. Ramachandran. More

PETROLEUM


April 24 OPEC meeting — Price band and Iraq supplies
What worries OPEC-watchers is how the oil cartel would respond to Iraq, post-Saddam Hussein. Vast supplies could flood the global oil market once Iraq resumes crude production. For economies like India, the situation is unenviable as their dependence on imported oil is huge with domestic production at best stagnant.. More

POLITICS


Politics of vendetta?
AS PARLIAMENT resumed work on Monday, after a series of holidays, the Lok Sabha saw major parties deploring what they called the politics of revenge being pursued by the UP Government against Samajwadi Party and its leaders, and demanding a code ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES


Why is farm employment generation falling?
Both the latest Census and the NSS editions suggest that the rate of employment generation in agriculture has slowed down dramatically. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the State-level evidence for one possible explanation of this trend. More

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