
Tuesday, May 18, 1999
Future of telecom
Five years after the National Telecom Policy (NTP) was announced, the government found it necessary to get the Task Force on Information Technology to draft a new NTP 1999.
Moderate optimism
Industrial growth in 1998-99 at 3.8 per cent has been lower than expected. Recovery after October 1998 was not sustained; growth rate of manufacturing rose smartly in November, but fluctuated and fell to a dismal 2.84% in March 1999.
Management of overseas loans and speculative capital flows
One of the forms of foreign capital flows relates to loans and credit denominated in foreign currencies.
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