Governance
Importing a nuclear albatross?
THE Indo-US nuclear jugalbandi (duet) commenced in July 2005 with then US President George Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signing an...
Back to Roots
ON January 22 this year, when Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, visited Mahendragarh, an arid town in South Haryana where...
Tobacco: A Catch-22 situation
Annual loss of over Rs. 25,000 crore (over Rs. 19,000-crore excise duty and around Rs. 6,000-crore worth of foreign exchange) which accrue to...
Be wary of lobbyists
IN order to take the reform process—the Naya Daur (new era) initiated by Narendra Modi—to its next level, it may be imperative that...
It is the system, stupid!
THE now famous slogan, ‘It’s the economy, stupid’, is given a big chunk of the credit for the election-winning campaign of Bill Clinton...
Inspector Raj bleeds economy!
AJAY Jain and Saurabh Jain regret the day they decided to shift their textile industry from Jind (Haryana) to Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh)....
Jignesh Shah The end game begins
THE higher you go, the greater your fall. Two, there are no permanent mai-baaps to break your fall each time you land in...
Modi Governance: Quo Vadis?
THE day of Christmas (December 25) was observed as Good Governance Day to celebrate the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee....
Unlocking value for shareholders
COMPANIES must be managed in a manner so as to create maximum value for all its stakeholders. Over the past few years, several...
RE-EXAMINE, RE-ENGINEER, RE-ENHANCE
THE central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) have a vital role to play in transforming India into a world-class global manufacturing hub. But to...