Should lending rates of microfinance institutions (MFIs) — often 28-36 % — be capped? Some folk think so. Officials in Andhra Pradesh once closed down MFIs for usury, but the RBI came to the rescue, declaring there could be no […]
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After his passionate defence of displaced tribals in Orissa, analysts have started talking about Rahul Gandhi\’s left turn. Whoa! Rahul is more pragmatic opportunist than left-wing ideologue. Remember Indira Gandhi\’s left turn in 1969? Supposedly for Garibi Hatao, she nationalized
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After his passionate defence of displaced tribals in Orissa, analysts have started talking about Rahul Gandhi\’s left turn. Whoa! Rahul is more pragmatic opportunist than left-wing ideologue. Remember Indira Gandhi\’s left turn in 1969? Supposedly for Garibi Hatao, she nationalized
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To project jobs, Ohio Governor Strickland has banned outsourcing by companies getting state government funds. This has raised a storm of protest in India, but it\’s a storm in a tea cup. Our IT exports to the US federal and
Global tenders for govt procurement, please Read More »
DATE AND TIME September 8, 2010 12 – 2 PM EDT LOCATION 1st floor/Wintergarden FEATURING Featuring the editor and chief author Ejaz Ghani, Economic Advisor, South Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank; with comments by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Research Fellow, Center
The Service Revolution in South Asia (Oxford University Press, 2010) Read More »
Activists demanding food as a fundamental right view the state as saviour, unperturbed by pervasive state failure in sector after sector. The public distribution system (PDS) is a public scandal. Activists say if only all states create as good a
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Politicians and activists constantly propose new rights — the right to work, to education, and now to food. The word \”rights\” is being twisted to mean entitlements, and there is a big difference. Rights are freedoms from oppression by the
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Politicians and activists constantly propose new rights — the right to work, to education, and now to food. The word \”rights\” is being twisted to mean entitlements, and there is a big difference. Rights are freedoms from oppression by the
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Dear Anil Agarwal, The Indian media are agog you are set to overtake Mukesh Ambani as India\’s biggest corporate promoter. You have made a massive $9.6 billion bid for 60% of Cairn India, which produces oil in Rajasthan and few
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Pakistan is suffering its greatest human tragedy since Partition. The floodwaters of the Indus are an incredible 20 miles wide, sweeping away entire towns, villages and farms. Over 20 million people have been displaced, far more than the nine million
Aid flooded Pak by withdrawing Army Read More »
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