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Community-led social audit

Views:361 | Comments:2 | Author:Amita Sharma | Posted on December 30, 2010

Between the technical rigour and finality of CAG audit and people's airing of grievances, a new audit system that subscribes to, and strengthens, open government may be waiting to be born.
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MFIs: Confusion still reigns

Views:298 | Comments:1 | Author:Arvind Panagariya | Posted on December 29, 2010

Confusion continues to reign in the debate on microfinance that has unfolded following the promulgation of the Andhra ordinance, soon to be replaced by Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institutions (.. Read full story

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Easing FDI rules will enhance trade

Views:204 | Author:Satvik Varma | Posted on December 28, 2010

The year 2010 will be remembered across India for multiple reasons and notable among them is India’s newly-assumed position as a key international trading partner.
 
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Mystery behind food price spiral

Views:225 | Comments:1 | Author:Naveen P Singh | Posted on December 27, 2010

The Personal Finance Page (ET, July 27) provided an unusual full-page advice on ways to beat raging food price inflation.
 
Titled ‘A healthy diet in the time of h.. Read full story

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What 2011 might hold

Views:232 | Comments:1 | Author:Sumant Sinha | Posted on December 24, 2010

The year 2010 has been a strange one in many ways — a year that flattered to deceive and that belied the expectations and optimism with which it had started. The report card is straightforw.. Read full story

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A tale of three jubilees

Views:218 | Author:T T Ram Mohan | Posted on December 23, 2010

Three well-known institutions in the country — IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA), IIM Calcutta (IIMC) and The Economic Times (ET) — are currently celebrating their golden jubilees.
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The rupee is not too strong

Views:172 | Author:Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar | Posted on December 22, 2010

I rarely cross swords with Shankar Acharya, former chief economic adviser and one of the savviest observers of the Indian scene.
 
But I must do so on the exchange rate... Read full story

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Auctioning ICT development

Views:147 | Author:Rohit Prasad | Posted on December 21, 2010

Sixty-three years after independence, the dismal failure of government schemes has left India at 128th position in the UN Human Development Index.
 
 
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India's fetish for gold

Views:398 | Author:Chetan Ahya | Posted on December 20, 2010

After a short weak trend in 2009 due to the global credit crisis, India’s spending on gold has bounced back sharply in 2010.
 
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Steering course in post-crisis world

Views:197 | Author:Saumitra Chaudhuri | Posted on December 17, 2010

Great change is always tumultuous. For the first time in history, such deep-seated shifts in the polarity of the world is happening in a time of peace.
 
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