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Telecom set to be cash cow for government -
Times of India
The government couldn't have asked for a better deal from the telecom sector, especially at a time when its fiscal condition is under stress. While telecom companies are crying foul over the expected high burden due to Trai's proposal to peg the floor price for fresh spectrum auctions at 10 times the cost at which they got licences during A Raja's term, the finance ministry is not complaining.
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Manhole ahead -
Lola Nayar, Outlook India
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Silicon Valley’s start-up machine -
Nathaniel Rich, NYT
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Drilling deep for success -
Sunjoy Joshi, Times of India
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Reality check on land -
Yoginder K Alagh, Indian Express
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Narendra Modi cements his ties with India Inc with Mumbai talk -
Economic Times
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The interest rate-growth disconnect -
Madan Sabnavis, Financial Express
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Just export some of that grain mountain -
Tejinder Narang, Business Line
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Panchayats take first steps towards digital empowerment -
Anuja, Mint
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Current governance deficit -
Business Today
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Child malnutrition in India -
Arvind Panagariya, Times of India
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Indian agri can go places -
Salil Singhal, Business Line
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Mistry's power of one -
Brian Carvalho, Economic Times
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51% FDI in multi-brand retail OK: SC -
Dhananjay Mahapatra, Times of India
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Broadcasters-ad agencies spat over billing continues as ads stay off air -
Gaurav Laghate & Viveat Susan Pinto, Business Standard
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Coal, gas and misaligned priorities -
Jyoti Mukul, Business Standard
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India's hardware ambitions -
Shyam Ponappa, Business Standard
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The third voice -
Ajit Balakrishnan, Business Standard
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Saradha: Define the scam correctly first -
Pratip Kar, Business Standard
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Why India should reward honest, rich taxpayers -
Charan Singh, Economic Times
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CBI alleges ‘illegalities' in allocation, accuses coal min of non-cooperation -
Utkarsh Anand, Financial Express
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Dealing with digital dividend -
RRN Prasad, Indian Express
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India losing competitiveness -
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, Mint
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Rajan urges approval of insurance Bill -
Asit Ranjan Mishra, Mint
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India may grow at 6.1% this fiscal: World Bank -
Remya Nair, Mint
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Is SMS Dead? -
Rohit Bansal, Pioneer
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 There was for years an old "social contract" between politicians and business. This provided for complex rules and regulations that made it impossible to do business honestly in many fields. But it was possible to do business dishonestly, through pay-offs . Some called this "efficient corruption" : politicians took money and delivered clearances. However, the anti-corruption mood of the courts, and new fears of getting caught (like Pawan Bansal) have ended "efficient corruption" . Politicians may still take money but not deliver on clearances , what some call "inefficient corruption" that freezes investment and growth. The old social contract has broken down.
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH THE BJP seemingly decided on projecting Narendra Modi as its PM candidate and its close ally Nitish Kumar of JD(U) equally firm in his opposition to the idea, a split in the NDA alliance looks inevitable; most observers think it’s not a question of if, but when. |
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