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Privatise employment exchanges
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Friday, June 25, 2010 |
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The Government employment exchanges in India are a big failure when you compare it even to mid-run private placement agencies. Moreover, these exchanges spend huge amounts of money on placements.The state should go in for privatization of employment exchanges, writes Shyamal Majumdar in Business Standard. |
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The Problem with Indian Railways
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Monday, May 24, 2010 |
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Two people were killed in a stampede at New Delhi railway station. Indian railway has no idea on how to deal with success. A growth in demand would lead to surpluses, and increased supply. Moreover, it will attract competition. Unfortunately, things don't work that way in the case of railways.The case of mobile phones must be an example for everyone to see. Within years, competition drove down prices and raised the quality of service, writes Mohit Satyanand in Yahoo News.
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Privatizing ABC Stores: To Your Health!
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Sunday, May 23, 2010 |
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If it's true that privatizing alcohol-distribution operations will cause greater health and social problems, then states shouldn't be blinded by their desperation for revenue to go this route. If these worries are baseless, however, then privatization is a win-win: State governments get more revenue and consumers get more convenient and less-costly access to the alcoholic beverages of their choice,writes Donald Boudreaux and Julia Williams in Richmond Times Dispatch.
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Privatisation for people
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Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
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The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) controversy raises issues that are no doubt important. But as one reads about them, one is reminded of an apocryphal quote, ascribed to various people, including Indira Gandhi. “It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice.” Consider what’s been reported about DIAL’s meeting with Planning Commission, writes Bibek Debroy in Financial Express. |
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India's PPP juggernaut
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Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
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The Planning Commission estimates that PPP will account for 30% of the estimated $1.5 trillion infrastructure investment required in the 11th and 12th Plans, or about Rs 600 crore per day, each day, for the next decade or more. While agreeing that the state must cede to market forces in some areas, most of us can't see a total capitulation of the state. The cautionary note is especially relevant for India. After all, we have experience with the largest PPP initiative in history. It was called the British East India Company, writes Ramesh Ramanathan in the Mint |
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New Nagpur airport: Should it fly, or be grounded before takeoff
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Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
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Nagpur hub airport: how coercive land acquisition and hype lead to an illusory project, needless displacement. The state government is acquiring land from villages compulsorily, at a fraction of its market value. The thousands of families affected would not mind losing their land and livelihoods for Nagpur's development if properly compensated, but not for a bogus project which doesn't even need their land, writes Prabhu Ghate in the Mint |
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Privatisation in Nepal: Myths and Reality
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
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Nepal’s government is right to selling off airlines, banks, sugar mills, etc. First, it will lead to massive continuing savings for the government. If these savings are combined with the sale proceeds and are used to retire the country’s debt, then government’s interest expenses will also be reduced. The most common comment refrain is that the ‘family silver is being given away.’ The reality is the opposite. Assets yielding little or no return are being sold. Public enterprises (PEs) provide abysmal service and their losses are a burden on the taxpayers, writes Rakesh Wadhwa in The Boss |
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