Category Archives: economy

Kothapally and Raj Samadhiyala

Posted on April 3, 2007 by indra

To come out of the mental agony created after reading the lead article-‘The elephant must remember’ of the Outlook’s special edition on the ‘state of the nation’ about ‘the other India’, I tried to dig deep and found some stories … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Stay on 27% Reservation for OBC- Some Questions

Posted on March 31, 2007 by indra

The media is agog with this unexpected Supreme Court’s stay on the implementation of the government’s decision to reserve 27% seats for Other Backward Classes, more popularly called OBCs in central educational institutions, including top schools like IITs, IIMs, and … Continue reading →

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Three Women, Three Ways of Livelihoods

Posted on March 24, 2007 by indra

Today I shall like to tell the stories in brief of three individuals: Lal Muni, Kiran, and Sarvatia. The common link between them is that all the three are from near around Patna. You are to draw your own conclusions … Continue reading →

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Can Organised-Retail Sector Control Inflation?

Posted on March 9, 2007 by indra

All these days, I had been writing about how the organized retail enterprises, particularly the one of bigger business houses such as Reliance and Bharati or MNCs such as Wal-Mart will improve the things for the both- the producers as … Continue reading →

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Indian Power Shortage A Management Matter

Posted on February 21, 2007 by indra

Around 56% rural households and 12% urban households still do not have access to electricity. The power ministry has a plan to provide power to all by 2012. Has it something to do with the lack of generation capacity created … Continue reading →

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Mobile Phones, Prosperity and India

Posted on February 18, 2007 by indra

Many years ago, one evening I was waiting for an advocate in his residence in Salt Lake City, Kolkata. Suddenly, his young daughter came in the room and started talking on phone. She continued talking even after her father came … Continue reading →

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FM’s Budget Again- A Humble Submission

Posted on February 17, 2007 by indra

I have been wondering over my fanatic excitement with the FM’s budget speeches in February every year. Many a times, I left my serious work and came home to listen to the speech and the reactions of the experts. Dr. … Continue reading →

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Automotive Mission Plan 2006-2016- Some Salient Points

Posted on February 7, 2007 by indra

The Ministry of Heavy Industry of India has come out with its ‘Automotive Mission Plan’ 2006-2016. India intends to emerge as the destination of choice in the world for design and manufacture of automobiles and auto components with output reaching … Continue reading →

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Economist, Newsweek, and India

Posted on February 4, 2007 by indra

‘The Economist’- North American Edition of Feb 3, 2007 has a cover with- ‘India overheats’ and a special report- India on fire. It also carries a story in Asia section-‘India’s ricksawa- Colonial yokes are not bad for all’. As such … Continue reading →

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Retail Sector Meet The Aspirations of India?

Posted on February 1, 2007 by indra

As reported Reliance Industries has started the retail spree. And as it’s other projects and enterprises, the business is going to be bold and big. It opened nine retail outlets in the NCR last week. By the year-end, the number … Continue reading →

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