The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 24, 2006

SOCIAL SECURITY
Leveraging property
Granted, children and the old need physical support and looking after. But what is appropriate for one need not be for the other. The Government has taken forward the salutary provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 prohibiting employment of ... More

EDITORIAL
Merger truths
Intense competition, high fuel prices and congested airports that impair profitability make the Air India-Indian merger imperative. More

FOREIGN TRADE
When domestic interests conflict with multilateral compulsions
India's Negotiating Strategy at WTO More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
World of Wi-Fi Web
Applications of the Internet in everyday life, whether for business, pleasure, knowledge or mere utility, have become so much a part of American culture that companies in the information technology business are vying with one another to push ... More

POLITICS
A nuanced `country manager'
That Dr Manmohan Singh has provided compelling leadership and helped put the economy on a path of high growth owes not merely to his calibre as an economic thinker and policymaker, but to another skill for which he has been given less credit than due — political management. More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
Banking by collaboration
The recent coming together in a strategic alliance of three mid-size public sector banks presages a consolidation phase in Indian banking, and endorses the fact that size does matter. More

BOOKS
Can CEOs make the business of the nation their own?
The 20 essays in India's Economy broadly cover growth, poverty and reforms; globalisation; and sectoral development, raising important issues and stressing the importance of doing vis-à-vis planning. The Rise of India describes the s ix revolutions transforming our country from poverty to prosperity, arguing that "economic development is all about extending the range of choice". D. MURALI says these are good choices to start Samvat 2063 with. More

LETTERS

Ireland model

Creamy Layer

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