OPINION
EDITORIAL
Power of populism
COMPETITION, BY COMMON wisdom, benefits consumers. It offers choice and, more important, pushes down prices. Competitive populism goes a step further. It does not offer consumers a choice, but definitely pushes down prices. That too when the ...
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CORPORATE
Redefining corporate responsibility
WE are confronting an extraordinary situation in the 21st century. Never before in the history of the world was the safety of so many in so much jeopardy as now. Never before have so many people acquired so much ...
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ECONOMY
Fighting the battle against poverty
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh has stated that his Government would adopt policies that are "pro-growth, pro-investment and pro-employment" and that the overriding priority will be "to do everything needed to wage the battle against poverty". The task before the new Prime Minister is daunting because there is the danger of the economy losing the growth momentum if there is a significant slowdown in the ongoing reform process, says S. D. Naik.
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ENVIRONMENT
Sustainable development — Role in enhancing economic growth
Economic change invariably produces socio-economic upheavals in transition economies with resultant stresses necessitating compensation to the affected individuals and reversing damage to the ecology. Thus, environmental concerns need to be dovetaile d into development planning to promote balanced development at national, regional, sectoral and project levels.
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FOREIGN TRADE
Impact of rupee appreciation — I-T sops for exporters unwarranted
A recent Ficci study says that the majority of exporters are complaining about the pressure on margins caused by the appreciating rupee. All these years they have lived within the cocoon of interest rate subsidies and income-tax concessions, helped b y a depreciating rupee. It is time they thought about cost-cutting and productivity improvement as ways to tackle the fall in margins.
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POLITICS
New look Lok Sabha
THE 14th Lok Sabha has a refreshingly new look which may even have a beneficial impact on the quantum and quality of its business. Mr Somnath Chatterji, the veteran Parliamentarian, is the best choice for the post of ...
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RADIO/TV
CAS: Switched off, what next?
The culprit is not CAS per se, but the way the Government went about implementing it.
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STOCK MARKETS
Indexing the corporate sustainability
THE Sensex has, in recent days, been the subject of considerable critical comment by the Left which believes that far too much significance is being accorded to its gyrations by the media and, therefore, by the ...
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