The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 02, 2005

Go for the turbocharger
THE TIMING SEEMED impeccable. Two days ago, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, exhorted the nation at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi to strive for a 10 per cent economic growth rate over the next two to three years, and appeared ... More

INSIGHT

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus
RECENTLY, the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) spent five hours debating the rate of interest payable to more than three crore subscribers. But the board could not reach a consensus on the ... More

HEALTH

Organisational health
IS IT possible to transpose to organisations the methodology of a doctor who undertakes various tests and scans to assess a person's state of health? If so, what should be the parameters for determining organisational health? Research on these ... More

PETROLEUM

Petroleum pricing: In defence of oil marketing companies
The Petroleum Minister defends the oil refining and marketing companies on the issue of their not reducing petrol and diesel prices. More

POLITICS

Why is Bihar a failed State?
A FEW years ago a senior advocate during a Supreme Court hearing, casually remarked that a particular government should not suffer from the `Bihar Syndrome'. It created a furore with several parties, organisations and ... More

WATER

Waste-water treatment: A community experiment
CLEAN water is as important as clean air for human life and other forms of life. Recent weeks saw widespread water-logging due to the rains in Tamil Nadu and other parts of the country. There have also been problems of flooded sewerage ... More

INTERVIEW

`India needs to take GCFI as seriously as GDP' — Mr Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Ventures Pvt Ltd.
The country needs to invest at least 7 per cent of its GDP in infrastructure, which at current levels works out to Rs 200,000 crore a year. It is clearly not investing enough in infrastructure but, sadder still, says Mr Vinayak Chatterjee, ... More

MARKETING

Why MNCs need to create products for India, in India
The operation of subsidiaries based in emerging markets and conducting research targeted at domestic consumers offer MNCs radically new big-win opportunities, as they will be defining a new segment, and growing it in the absence of competitors. Polic y-makers, industry leaders and academic institutes need to work jointly to create and disseminate a list of "dream innovations" that will inspire young scientists to solve important problems, says Prashant Sarin. More

LETTERS

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Indian banking system

Target growth rate

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