The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 19, 2003

Let them soar too
THE GOVERNMENT DOES not seem to be clear as to whether it must allow the private sector a larger role in civil aviation. Earlier this year, citing national security concerns, the Centre ordered that from July 1 only government companies carry out ... More

ECONOMY

Asian Development Outlook 2003 — Success of the Chinese model
THE Asian Development Bank's publication Asian Development Outlook 2003 has, as usual, forecast the growth trends of the various economies of Asia. Its special feature is the discussion on `Competitiveness in Developing Asia' — a ... More

Empowering every vote
Giving people as many votes as contestants and allowing them to indicate the acceptability or otherwise of each, alienation of any group leads to a double penalty for the candidates: Not only are their votes lost, an equal number of favourable votes, obtained from one's own supporters, are negated. That way, opposition votes are no longer nullified. They become potent. P. V. Indiresan lists the benefits of such a reform of electoral process. More

POLITICS

Reversing the effect of sanctions
Calling sanctions a valuable tool `between words and war', a recent report released by the University of Uppsala in Sweden argues that their targets need to be clear and limited so that civilians are spared the punishment. More

LABOUR REFORMS

Equality in the workplace
IN RECENT times, the fate of the Women's Representation Bill has shown very clearly indeed that, in India at least, in the field of politics, gender discrimination is not only rampant but is also encouraged and protected by powerful political ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Long overdue reforms
THERE has been an endless stream of reports on variations of the theme of corporate governance from all directions. Whether this is to be taken as a sign of reassurance or regression is uncertain, especially in the absence of any precise way ... More

PEOPLE

Greenspan — central banker of the world
INTERNATIONAL financial markets and central banks all over the world were electrified by the news that Dr Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the US' Federal Reserve System, had agreed to serve in that capacity for a fifth term at the request of the ... More

LETTERS

Smart card

Tax collection

Coconut sector

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