The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, November 01, 2005

India calling
THE WIDELY HELD view that foreign direct investments (FDI) may be slow in flowing into the telecom sector, given the regulatory bottlenecks was turned on its head last week. The UK-based Vodafone plc's dramatic call on India through the ... More

AGRICULTURE

Cotton/sugarcane: The pricing conundrum in Maharashtra
Apropos the report by G. Chandrashekhar, "No case for cotton and sugarcane price hike" (Business Line, October 25), I wish to make the following comments: Cotton: I agree with the author that the growers should not be made to ... More

ECONOMY

Core incompetence?
A country's competitiveness depends on its `core competencies', which are decided by such factors as high productivity, labour availability (both in quantity and quality), efficient infrastructure, low transaction cost, business friendly regulatory a nd institutional framework, strong enforcement and so on. India appears to suffer from core incompetence. More

POWER

Cross-holding between NTPC and BHEL — A solution to many problems
PERHAPS all is not lost for the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, stymied from raising Rs 2,000 crore through the disinvestment in BHEL because of political compulsions. There is another option. NTPC and BHEL may buy into each other's stock, ... More

WTO

Education and GATS — What India has to offer
India's offer to WTO members in the area of higher education refers to the position taken by it on the limitations on market access under four modes. The problem, however, is not with GATS, since it is India that decides what to offer or not in terms of free and restricted imports. More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Labour laws, unions and BPOs
If the BPO sector is covered by the labour laws, it follows that disputes which arise in the sector should be settled under the relevant industrial disputes legislation. As with employees in other industrial sectors, BPO employees too have an inalien able right to collective bargaining with managements. Ranabir Ray Choudhury throws light on the nature and structure of employment in the BPO industry, call centres, in particular. More

LETTERS

Food adulteration

Poor service

FDI in telecom

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