The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Don't control prices by fiat
It may be tempting for New Delhi to re-impose controls to contain commodity prices. But nothing could be more damaging. More

CORPORATE

PERSPECTIVE
Corporate reputation
Compared to corporate governance, corporate reputation has taken the back seat, though the latter is a more sophisticated framework. If many companies or groups are household names, it is because of the reputation built up over the years by hard ... More

ECONOMY

Displacement, the dilemma of development
Very seldom does change benefit everyone. There are usually some winners and some losers. Putting in place a credible democratic institutional structure to look after the rehabilitation and resettlement process is the need of the hour. More

FOREIGN TRADE

New mantras of regional economic co-operation
India has drawn up an ambitious agenda for negotiating trade and economic cooperation agreements from countries in the Far East to those in the European Union and Latin America. More

IPR

Data exclusivity vs patent: The myths and the realities
Data exclusivity must not be confused with patent. For a patent grant, an innovation has to fulfill the three criteria of "novelty", "inventive step" and "capable of industrial application". Following patent grant, the entire knowledge associated wit h innovation comes into public domain, unlike in the case of DE. More

SOCIAL WELFARE

Needed, affirmative action not reservation
The Government should emphasise affirmative action and not reservations in education and private sector employment. Government educational institutions must be upgraded to attract good students and teachers. The private sector must create facilities to train SCs/STs to gain competencies, and jobs by their own merit, says BHANOJI RAO. More

RETAILING

The right attitude
The prospective opening up of the retail sector to Foreign Direct Investments is a Damocles sword that continues to hang over Indian industry though the Government has often allayed the fears repeatedly ... More

LETTERS

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