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Tuesday, January 28, 2003
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Back on the block
BETTER LATE THAN never. The Government's clearance for the sale of its equity in Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum, stuck for about a year, came significantly on Republic Day — an occasion when business takes the back seat. The high ... More

ECONOMY


The green barrier to free trade
As the March 31 deadline for completing the "modalities" stage of the proposed new round of negotiations on global agricultural trade nears, hopes of an agreement are increasingly waning. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the factors and the players constraining the realisation of such an agreement. More

Say no to NRI money
THE non-resident Indians owe a debt to their country of origin. The correct way for them to repay this debt would be to spread the message of India in their host countries. The NRIs in America have two ways to repay their debt to the motherland. ... More

FOREIGN TRADE


Proliferation of regional trade agreements — Implications for multilateral regime
The proliferation of regional trade agreements worldwide implies that India cannot remain segregated for long. For its trade prospects to improve, it has to step up its regional focus and launch pacts that include countries with which it has strong t ies at diplomatic and political levels. More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


Moving up the IT value chain
The post-9/11 drop in spending by US firms and growing competition in the sector have forced IT companies to rethink strategies. IT firms have no option but to provide such higher value-added services as consulting, product development, R&D, and end- to-end turnkey solutions, says V. Ranganathan. More

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