The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Gearing for the next leap
THE GLOBAL SOFTWARE services landscape is changing at a frenetic pace. With offshoring to low-cost locations gaining widespread acceptance among global clientele, India's inherent strengths in talent, business environment and operational ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

Keeping vexatious litigants at bay
INDIA has been hailed as a vibrant democracy with an active judiciary in place to arbitrate altercations on substantive issues of law. Yet, in a country our size, the litigious tendency of the population is borne out by ... More

SSI

Demand-side constraints in SSI credit
SUPPLY-SIDE constraints affecting credit to small-scale industries (SSIs) have been extensively deliberated by various expert committees. However, of late, besides supply-side impediments, demand-side constraints too ... More

MANAGEMENT

Defining culture
INDIAN economy is becoming globalised and over the past few years, organisations have been forced to re-examine basic assumptions about how they operate. The forces of globalisation, deregulation and increasing segmentation of markets have led to ... More

EDUCATION

Elementary education — Go for single programme, decentralise
Five-and-a-half decades after the passing of the Constitution, there are still some 8-10 million children out of school and the dropout rates are still quite high. The several Central schemes aimed at achieving full enrolment and retention have achie ved a considerable degree of success but the transaction costs need to be minimised. Bhanoji Rao suggests two initiatives that could be considered in the Eleventh Plan to streamline the schemes. More

BANKING

No-frills account — Instrument to combat credit rationing
Credit rationing denotes a situation where a large section of loan applicants do not get the loans they seek. This has serious implications for a developing economy like India. The proposed no-frills account is a win-win opportunity for banks to cate r to such a segment and attract profitable customers as part of their unsecured campaign. More

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