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Articles 421 through 481 of 481:
- Chhattisgarh Prepares To Place Itself On Industrial Map (The Financial Express, Rajeev Jayaswal, Jul 12, 2001)
Having recovered from the Balco controversy, the newly-formed state, Chhattisgarh, is now trying to aggressively market itself as an industrial hub.
- Unfair Screening (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 09, 2001)
AS WIDELY EXPECTED, the Government has thrown out the Hindujas' bid for Air India and Indian Airlines.
- The Roads To Authoritarianism (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Jul 09, 2001)
WE IN India proudly brandish our credentials to be the world's largest democracy.
- Visit To Give Old Delhi A Facelift (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 08, 2001)
AS a senior colleague commented there seems to be no dearth of media focus on racy political happenings, and with that trend the rest of the news and news-makers get pushed into the background.
- Flying Beyond Controversy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 07, 2001)
THE CABINET COMMITTEE on Disinvestment's (CCD) approval of two important agreements connected with Air India's strategic sale - the draft shareholders' agreement and the share purchase agreement - is significant in many ways.
- A Common Fight Against Reforms? (Hindu, W. R. Varada Rajan, Jul 04, 2001)
The 37th Indian Labour Conference (ILC), held on May 18 and 19, 2001, ended unceremoniously without any conclusions being drawn up because of the united resistance of all the trade unions.
- The Delhi-Agra Dialogue (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Jul 04, 2001)
WE generally hear on the television and radio as also read in newspapers, “New Delhi said... to which Islamabad reacted ...!” The other day after a fresh Indo-Pak summit was announced, I began wondering how cities really talked to each other!
- Economy: The Missing Growth Stimulus (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jul 03, 2001)
WITH continuing demand recession, decelerating industrial growth, persisting investment slowdown, the uncertain export prospects, and above all, a big decline in the overall business confidence.
- Sowing Wind, Reaping Whirlwind (Business Line, Premen Addy , Jul 03, 2001)
THE midsummer silly season and the rioting season are as one.
- The Phantom Of The Music World (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jul 01, 2001)
AND so Rajesh kept returning to the Music Globe outlet to meet up again with the 'neele khamoshiyan' girl.
- Suspended In Time (Pioneer, Upendra Sarup, Jun 29, 2001)
The time is two am, and the electricity department has just exercised its prerogative to apply the third degree: Loadshedding.
- Buffalo Balco (Times of India, S. K. Mehta, Jun 29, 2001)
ONCE upon a time, two farmers named Arun and Ajit lived in a small farm in the state of Chattisgarh.
- Tears And Tactics Of Divestment (Pioneer, C.M. Kulshreshtha, Jun 21, 2001)
The Balco drama is at last over, or so it would seem.
- The Phantom Of The Music World (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jun 21, 2001)
AND so Rajesh kept returning to the Music Globe outlet to meet up again with the 'neele khamoshiyan' girl.
- What The Tiwari Congress Needs To Know About Reforms (The Economic Times, Abheek Barman, Jun 20, 2001)
AJIT Jogi came to power in Chhattisgarh with a clang, shutting down the aluminium plant of Balco at Korba which had been privatised by the government in New Delhi.
- Spoken Like A Leader (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 19, 2001)
Congress espouses responsible behaviour.
- Not Why But How (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 16, 2001)
ALL TOO often, the question of Air-India and Indian Airlines disinvestment is framed in the wrong terms.
- Senseless Vendetta (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2001)
Some politicians in Tamil Nadu habitually play foul with the law of the land.
- The Phantom Of The Music World (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jun 14, 2001)
AND so Rajesh kept returning to the Music Globe outlet to meet up again with the 'neele khamoshiyan' girl.
- Tears And Tactics Of Divestment (Pioneer, C.M. Kulshreshtha, Jun 14, 2001)
The Balco drama is at last over, or so it would seem.
- The Phantom Of The Music World (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jun 13, 2001)
AND so Rajesh kept returning to the Music Globe outlet to meet up again with the 'neele khamoshiyan' girl.
- Sell-Off Drift (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 11, 2001)
IT IS A long path to disinvestment no doubt. But in India, it is also tortuous, uncertain, and most times leading nowhere.
- Sail At High Tide (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 06, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT'S decision to shelve the strategic sale route to disinvestments in Shipping Corporation of India in favour of public offer of equity makes sense.
- Lessons From Balco For Future Disinvestments (The Financial Express, Aruna Bagchee, Jun 06, 2001)
AS the dust settles on the Balco deal, one can try to glean whether there are any lessons to be learnt for future programmes of divestment.
- Dabhol Power Project: What Next (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jun 04, 2001)
ENOUGH HAS been said about the past. Whatever the blunders committed by the political parties, the fact remains that the Dabhol power project has not gone away.
- Turbulence Ahead (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2001)
CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS concerning the country's international airline, Air India (AI), are disquieting.
- A Seven-Point Strategy For Growth (Business Line, S.S. Bhandare, Jun 01, 2001)
GIVEN the present sense of widespread despondency, the political leadership will now have to display considerable alertness and sagacity to resuscitate the economy.
- Rough Sailing Ahead (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 31, 2001)
THE STEEL Authority of India's financial results for 2000-01 suggest that the company is well on its way to recovery. Even in the face of a sharp decline in domestic and international price of steel, the company has managed to reduce its net loss by over
- Marketing 2g Reforms (The Economic Times, Vikram S Mehta, May 26, 2001)
IT IS now almost a decade since the phrase `economic reforms’ entered the official vocabulary.
- Reform Needs Leadership, Consensus Will Follow (The Financial Express, Montek singh Ahluwalia, May 25, 2001)
Joining the Union ministry of finance as an economic advisor in 1980 after a decade at the World Bank, Montek Singh Ahluwalia soon moved to the centre stage of policy making.
- No Rate Cut Without Fiscal Responsibility (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2001)
After a decade of economic reforms, the fiscal deficit is back to being 10 per cent of GDP. This is the combined figure for centre and states.
- Bleak House (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, May 18, 2001)
WHEN TEHELKA’S exposure of all-pervasive corruption in arms purchases rocked the nation in March.
- Stealing The Thunder (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 17, 2001)
l IF imitation is the best form of flattery, guess who has just been flattered by Coca Cola India.
- What Ails Privatisation In India? (The Economic Times, V. Ranganathan, May 16, 2001)
THE VERY word privatisation seems to scare people. In Sri Lanka they coined the word "peopilisation" and in China they call it "strategic adjustment of the lay out of the state sector".
- The Wages Of Vendetta (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 15, 2001)
The clock strikes thirteen for the NDA.
- From Jogi To The Hindujas (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 14, 2001)
IT DID NOT end the way it began. The Balco issue showcased itself as a big political tug-of-war, rarely witnessed between a State Government and the Centre on an economic reform programme.
- The Balco Question (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 13, 2001)
The Balco case has taken a new twist, with the spotlight now on the issue of leasing of tribal land to industries.
- Life's Little Games (Times of India, Mala Kumar, May 13, 2001)
YOU know you're old when your kids start giving you advice - generously, continuously and acerbically. After a hard day's professional and family work, I think of relaxing.
- A Happy Ending (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 11, 2001)
Now get on with divestment and an exit policy.
- Learning From The Balco Misadventure Dialogue And Divestment (Indian Express, Vibha Pingle, May 11, 2001)
Driving through Chhattisgarh some years back, I was struck by its lush landscape.
- All’s Well That Ends Well (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 10, 2001)
AT A time when uncertainty hangs over the future of Enron, raising doubts about the prospect of foreign investment, it is a matter of considerable relief that the dispute in Balco has been satisfactorily resolved.
- Yours Conversely (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 10, 2001)
LETTERS from MPs to Union ministers on various allegations against specific corporate groups are routine. But here was a rather unusual letter.
- Serious Problems Ahead For The Country (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, May 09, 2001)
The stalemate in Parliament and the chaotic scenes witnessed were unprecedented. The refusal of the NDA government to accept a JPC on the Tehelka scam or refer it to the CBI and the unwillingness of the Congress party to be content with the judicial inqui
- Wheat As Reject Maal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 09, 2001)
The Union Food Ministry received a nasty blow when Iraq rejected a consignment of 35,000 tonnes of wheat.
- White Is White, Black Is Black -- And The Twain Shall Never Meet? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 07, 2001)
CINCINNATI, an important city of Ohio in the US, and the eighth most segregated in the country, was recently rocked by three days of arson and violence following the shooting of an unarmed black youth of 17.
- Burden Of The Psus (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2001)
OF all the fields where well-thought policy is yet to enter, disinvestment is about the biggest and the most vexatious.
- Political Will For Reform (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, May 05, 2001)
GOOD economics means bad politics and vice versa in our country today. The Railway budget for the year 2001-2002 was seen as an example of ``good politics is bad economics’’ syndrome.
- A Catch-22 Situation (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 05, 2001)
New problems in PSU divestment.
- Landing An Opportunity (The Financial Express, Sunil Jain, May 03, 2001)
Time to tackle the land-grab theory of disinvestment?
- A Second Chance? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 03, 2001)
THE SUPREME Court has given a chance to the Chhattisgarh government, unions of Balco and the new management to resolve the crisis over privatisation of the aluminium maker.
- Buffalo Balco (Times of India, S. K. Mehta, May 02, 2001)
ONCE upon a time, two farmers named Arun and Ajit lived in a small farm in the state of Chattisgarh. They owned a couple of buffaloes for their sustenance. A time came when the elder brother's daughter was to get married and he needed money.
- Psu And Usp (Business Line, K. Ramesh, May 01, 2001)
UNIQUE Sale positioning (USP) is not only the general marketing technique meant for competing products, but, applies equally to sale of equity in public sector undertakings (PSUs).
- Economic Reforms In China: Lessons For India? (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Apr 27, 2001)
THE IMPORTANCE of China in world trade today is remarkable for a country which in 1980 was only marginally involved in world trade and which, even today, has no developed system of macro-economic controls.
- Sebi Throws A Monkey Wrench Into Privatisation Plans (The Economic Times, T.T.Ram Mohan, Apr 26, 2001)
MAKE no mistake about it, Sebi’s order barring three firms — BPL, Videocon and Sterlite Industries — from accessing the capital market for varying periods has thrown a monkey wrench into the government’s privatisation programme.
- Why Strategic Sale Is The Better Option (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Apr 26, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT’S recent divestment of 51 per cent of its equity stake in BALCO through a strategic sale to Sterlite industries has come in for much criticism.
- Roadblocks And A Hazy Map (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 26, 2001)
Disinvestment seems to have run into heavy weather.
- The Blistering Goodness Of Courtney (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 26, 2001)
Aggression is supposed to be the prime requisite of a good fast bowler.
- Disinvestment Blues (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 22, 2001)
Disinvestment appears to be the Achilles heel of the Vajpayee Government. Hardly has the Opposition heat died over the disinvestment of government equity in Balco, the Government has been facing criticism from within the Sangh Parivar.
- Impasse In Parliament (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Apr 20, 2001)
THERE IS an impasse in Parliament. The Tehelka exposure revealed rampant corruption in defence deals. The trail spread in many different directions.
- A Hollow Threat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2001)
IT is a family fight, one branch of the Sangh Parivar taking on the more powerful one in a public show of pique.
- Suddenly Rich? (The Economic Times, Sushil Mehra, Apr 11, 2001)
AJIT Jogi’s attempt to derail Balco’s disinvestment is a classic case of `fence eating the crop’.
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