The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 04, 2005

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme — Remedy worse than the disease?
THE UNITED PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE (UPA) Government has fulfilled one of its commitments in the National Common Minimum Programme. The Bill on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) seeking to provide guaranteed employment to one ... More

Is outsourcing the cause of job loss in the US?
The fear that outsourcing to India will eat into wages and result in huge lay-offs in the US is unwarranted. Stopping outsourcing is not the solution for job losses in the US. More

EDITORIAL

Not by MSP alone
IN WHAT HAS by now become a somewhat ritualistic exercise every season, the Centre has announced an upward revision in the minimum support price (MSP) for rabi (summer harvest) foodgrains (wheat, barley, gram and lentil) and oilseeds ... More

AUTOMOBILES

Perspectives from Frankfurt — Global auto industry in introspection mode
While the Frankfurt Auto Show had its share of style, glamour and concepts, the palpable feeling was one of uncertainty and soul-searching, says V. Sumantran. More

PETROLEUM

Why India needs Iranian gas
New Delhi backing Brussels in the IAEA vote against Teheran could jeopardise the supply of gas by Iran to India. This India can ill afford because the gas would come at a very good price that New Delhi may not get elsewhere. Also, there is the questi on of energy security, for though many agencies have reported making finds in the Bay of Bengal, gas may not make landfall before 2008. Hopefully, Iran will give satisfactory clarifications, obviating the need for a final voting at the IAEA, and fre e India from its dilemma, says S. Narayan. More

TEXTILES

Chinese textile exports — Threat versus opportunity for EU
JANUARY 1, 2005 saw the dawn of a new era in the textile export sector, with the expiry of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and the abolition of all quotas. It heralded unrestricted access to the European, American and Canadian markets for ... More

MANAGEMENT

JOTTINGS
Voice of the customer
SEPTEMBER marks India's traditional busy season for launching new products and variants, as already seen in cars and motor-cycles and personal products. Amazingly, it is a throw-back to ancient times, because in an agrarian economy, post-harvest ... More

BANKING

Why small banks are still not passé
CONSOLIDATION is the hot issue in Indian banking now. The Finance Minister points out that the imperatives of globalisation and the competition that it will bring in call for the emergence of mega-financial institutions which can take on the ... More

LETTERS

Development of Kerala

M&M's gesture

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