The Navelim civic and consumer forum (NCCF), at a meeting on Sunday, unanimously resolved to oppose the widening of the existing NH 17 to 60 metres, and has condemned the attitude of the Central government of “issuing threats of diverting the highway”. Read more »
Go for diversions, not demolitions: Protesters
October 26, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
NHAI’s realignments to reduce demolitions in Goa are not acceptable to the people who would be affected and they want NHAI to construct diversions so that their houses could be saved. Read more »
Towards a mixed economy
October 26, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Fri Sep 24 2010, the Indian Express
Economic reform begins in earnest. Some of the unemployed will be offered new government jobs, including in the police and tourism. But hundreds of thousands will be expected to fend for themselves. To help them, self-employment is to be legalised in dozens of areas, from transport to construction. The reforms will also allow many small state-owned businesses to become co-operatives, run by their employees. They will have to pay taxes, though how much has not yet been spelled out. Read more »
India’s surprising economic miracle
October 26, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Tuesday 5 October ’10. The Indian Express
The country’s state may be weak, but its private companies are strong. The Indian government recognises the need to tackle the infrastructure crisis, and is getting better at persuading private firms to stump up the capital. But the process is slow and infected with corruption. Read more »
On top of the world
October 26, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Thu Oct 14 2010, The Indian Express
Why the West’s present dominance is both recent and temporary???? Ian Morris, a polymathic Stanford University professor of classics and history, has written a remarkable book that may come to be as widely read as Paul Kennedy’s 1987 work, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Like Mr Kennedy’s epic, Mr Morris’s Why the West Rules — For Now uses history and an overarching theory to address the anxieties of the present.
The quest for growth
October 26, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Thu Oct 14 2010 The Economist Newspaper.
It may depend on structural reforms as much as prudent macroeconomic policy
The other demographic dividend
October 26, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
15 October ’10, Indian Express
Emerging markets are teeming with young entrepreneurs Read more »
India to soon achieve 9 pct growth: FM
October 26, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
India, the world’s second fastest growing major economy, has called the global investor community to participate in the growth story saying the country was poised to expand by 9 per cent. Read more »
India Inc optimistic over growth: D&B
October 26, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Corporate India is upbeat about the robust growth prospects in the current quarter, with an index measuring business optimism levels rising sharply for the October-December period. However, concerns remain over a possible rise in interest rates. Read more »
Konkan facing destructive development, says activist
October 26, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
16 OCT, 2010, The Economic Times
Can a narrow strip of land that is so rich in plant and animal life that it is recognised as a global biodiversity hotspot retain its character even after hosting 19 thermal and nuclear power plants amounting to 35,000 MW, 56 open-cast mines and 43 private ports?