The number of positions?ministerial, professional, managerial or civil service?is always very few compared to the multitude of aspirants. But once…
Civil aviation minister Praful Patel recently mentioned the possibility of stock grants or options for empl-oyees of Air-India and Indian…
The benefits that government bestows on tiny, small and medium enterprises, the informal sector, the farmers, women, the aged and…
Some trade union federations in India have targeted ICT and BPO companies for special protection and unionisation by end-2006. While…
The draft report titled India?s Water Economy from the World Bank is indeed timely, as it might draw attention from…
Standard & Poor?s has recently announced that it is getting out of the business of rating on corporate governance in…
A major concern in framing disaster management policies and their implementation has been ?moral hazard,? the term economists use to…
We all know how tight-fisted and clever some of the developed countries have been in their contributions and management of…
As the Prime Minister recently observed, the world probably looks to India as a laboratory for democracy. India had also…
Do outside directors reduce the value of a firm? There has been some puzzling evidence from US academic circles that…
Management has been in great fashion for several decades and created a ?neo-aristocracy?, at least till about the mid-80s. Disturbing…
Many Indians wonder why our country looks so small on the map. We erase the discomfort quickly by accepting the…
The decision for a second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) has drawn adverse comment from many, that it may divert attention…
ILO?s 1997 World Labour Report commented ominously that the ?trade union movement has fallen on hard times.? The slide continued,…
Sebi has done well in merely postponing the deadline for compliance with Clause 49 of the listing agreement. It must…
Parliament has done well in amending the Constitution and limiting the number of ministers to 15% of its total strength.…
Environmentalists have been propagating green investments and consumer bodies are advocating ethical buying. Now, religious leaders are calling for sanctimonious…
The army has just announced the first patent obtained ? for Windy, a fast attack vehicle that has low silhouette…
