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Decontrol sugarViews:1666 | Comments:24 | Posted on April 23, 2010With sugar prices tumbling, the time is opportune to decontrol the industry. Historically, the sugar industry has gained from so-called control. Regulating supply and determining prices, the governmen..
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IT hires non-engineersViews:1522 | Comments:31 | Posted on March 22, 2010The emerging trend among India’s largest software firms to hire more non-engineers to handle their commoditised service offerings is welcome. It signals an achievement, and a challenge. It indic..
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Arbitrary DoTViews:1493 | Comments:7 | Posted on March 11, 2010This should not happen in liberalised India. The Department of Telecom ordered S Tel, a new entrant to India’s thriving telecom market, to shut down operations. The order did not say why such a ..
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Power theftViews:1442 | Comments:30 | Posted on June 3, 2010The renewed corporate interest in power is welcome, given the huge investment backlog in the vexed sector and the routine revenue leakages. Reportedly, industrial houses like Reliance Industries an..
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Decontrol petroleum pricesViews:1342 | Comments:21 | Posted on May 3, 2010The Empowered Group of Ministers on petroleum pricing, constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, needs to go ahead and decontrol oil prices without delay. Crude oil prices are clearly on a hardeni..
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LED, kindly lightViews:1280 | Comments:36 | Posted on March 8, 2010A proposal of the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Energy Trust to set up a solid-state light emitting diode (LED) project deserves all encouragement. LEDs can slash the quantum of power used for lig..
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Justice delayed and deniedViews:1267 | Comments:51 | Posted on April 14, 2010The release of a Kashmiri accused of being involved in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast in the Capital, after the trial court declared him innocent after 14 years in jail, highlights, once again, the pl..
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Bankers need better payViews:1248 | Comments:30 | Posted on September 9, 2010RBI governor Subbarao has done well to argue for better compensation for public sector bankers. Their pay is a ridiculous fraction of what their private sector counterparts get and this is not just..
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In service of gossipViews:1229 | Comments:49 | Posted on April 5, 2010The rather sorry antics surrounding the reported tieup between tennis star Sania Mirza and former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik, if one were to look at it that way, could just be a perfect rea..
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Two reasons to cheerViews:1181 | Comments:48 | Posted on June 3, 2010Law minister Veerappa Moily has made two excellent suggestions, both of which merit serious consideration by the government. One, to set up fast-track courts to deal with litigations relating to bo..
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