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December 2008

CASE - A Monthly update on Business,Economics, Policy News &Articles NCAER Library

CASE-Current Awareness Service

CONTENT

Subjects: Page No.Agriculture 3Air Transport 3Banking 3Capital Market 6Commodities 7Consumer Goods Industry 7Corporate Sector 7Cotton 7Economy 8Edible Oil Industry 16Employment 16Energy 17Environment 17Household Economy 18Human Resources 18Industry 19Inflation 20Information andCommunication Technology

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Infrastructure 21Insurance 21Investments 21Labour 22Monetary Economics 22Patents 22Petroleum Industry 23Pharmaceutical Industry 23Port Transport 23Poverty 23Power 24Public Distribution System 24Public Finance 24Real Estate 24Rubber Industry 25Small Scale Industry 25

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Subsidy 26Sugar Industry 26Taxation 26Telecommunication 27Textile Industry 27Tourism 27Trade 27

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AGRICULTURE

1 Area under wheat declines marginally. Business Line, December 20, 2008 p.15.

/Area Shown/Rabi Crops/

2 GM crops and their opponents (Ed). Business Line, December 26 2008 p.8.

/Genetically Modified Crops/

3 Joshi, Sharad. Time to revise the MSP formula. Business Line, December 17, 2008 p.9.

/Agricultural Prices/Minimum Support Price/

4 Kapoor, Rana. Seeding inclusive farm growth. Business Line, December 13, 2008 p.8.

/Agricultural Growth/Agricultural Policy/Inclusive Growth/

5 Modi, Ajay. Govt may run out of space for storing procured grains. Business Standard, December 15, 2008 p.2.

/Foodgrain Procurement/Foodgrain Storage/

6 Sud, Surinder. Food prices defy govt efforts: FAO. Business Standard, December 22, 2008 p.2.

/Foodgrain Prices/

7 Supporting agriculture (Ed). Business Line, December 5, 2008 p.8.

/Agricultural Growth/Agricultural Production/Agricultural Prices/

8 Swallow subsidy (Ed). , December 18, 2008 p.9.

/Food Subsidy/Minimum Support Price/Foodgrain Procurement/ Public Distribution System/

AIR TRANSPORT

9 Suresh, S.. Which is better for airports?. Business Line, December 12, 2008 p.8.

/Airport Privatisation/Airport Infrastructure/

BANKING

10 Batra, Vibha. Can the state talk down interest rates ?. The Economic Times, December 24, 2008 p.14.

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/Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/

11 Bhagwati, Jaimini. Common sense is not that common. Business Standard, December 19, 2008 p.9.

/Monetary Policy/Exchange Rate Policy/

12 Bhalla, Surjit S.. Financial prices: Getting facts right-I. Business Standard, December 27, 2008 p.15.

/Financial Crisis/Financial Regulation/

13 Bhusnurmath, Mythili. Monetary easing may not be a panacea. The Economic Times, December 30, 2008 p.13.


14 Chakravarty, Saswati. A marriage of convenience. The Economic Times, December 17, 2008 p.15.

/Microfinance/Rate of Return/

15 Dash, Soumendra K.. Can deep rate cuts revive the economy?. The Economic Times, December 29, 2008 p.12.

/Interest Rates/Monetary Policy/

16 Debroy, Bibek. G-20 somethings. The Financial Express, December 10, 2008 p.6.

/Financial System/Financial Regulation/G-20 Summit/

17 Derby, Michael S.. New era dawns for the US Fed. Business Line, December 18, 2008 p.8.

/Monetary Policy/Credit Markets/United States/

18 Gokarn, Subir. Confluence of negatives. Business Standard, December 29, 2008 p.13.

/Financial Crisis/Financial Regulation/Monetary Policy/

19 Jayaram, Shruthi. Guaranteeing away the liquidity crisis. The Financial Express, December 15, 2008 p.6.

/Financial Crisis/Liquidity/

20 Jog, Sanjay. Nabard kickstarts liquidity support scheme for coop-banks. The Financial Express, December 12, 2008 p.4.

/Liquidity/Cooperative Banks/

21 Kapur, Sudhir. Global Financial Coordinator. The Economic Times, December 6, 2008 p.12.


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22 Kar, Pratip. Of abbreviations, acronyms and financial crisis. Business Standard, December 4, 2008 p.8.

/Financial Crisis/

23 Kathuria, Rajat. Needed better, not more regulation. Business Line, December 24, 2008 p.9.


24 Kauttuman, Paul. Don't waste the crisis. The Financial Express, December 4, 2008 p.6.


25 Krishna, Srivatsa. The logic of casino capitalism. The Economic Times, December 4, 2008 p.14.

/Financial Crisis/Financial System/Financial Regulation/

26 Krugman, Paul. The Madoff economy. Business Standard, December 20, 2008 p.14.

/Financial System/Financial Regulation/United States/

27 Naren, S.. Can deep rate cuts revive the economy?. The Economic Times, December 29, 2008 p.12.


28 Nocera, Joe. How India avoided a crisis. Business Line, December 23, 2008 p.9.


29 Raghunathan, V.. An imagined crisis of confidence. The Economic Times, December 27, 2008 p.12.

/Financial Crisis/

30 Rao, Subhada. Can the state talk down interest rates ?. The Economic Times, December 24, 2008 p.14.


31 Ravimohan, R.. Setting the ratings record straight. Business Standard, December 8, 2008 p.12.

/Credit Ratings/Rating Agencies/

32 Sabnavis, Madan. How about a global bankruptcy fund ?. Business Line, December 17, 2008 p.8.


33 Shah, Ajay. When zero is best. The Financial Express,

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December 22, 2008 p.6.


34 Shetty, Mayur. Reading signs: Like equities, interest rate cycles are impossible to time.. The Economic Times, December 31, 2008 p.13.

/Interest Rates/Monetary Policy/Bond Market/

35 Subba Rao, D.. Evidence of economic activity slowing down. Business Standard, December 7, 2008 p.4.

/Economic Crisis/Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/Liquidity/

36 Tarapore, S.S.. Lasting relevance for India . Business Line, December 19, 2008 p.8.

/Interest Rates/Inflation Rate/Monetary Policy/

37 Venkitaramanan, S.. Banking on creditable lines. Business Line, December 29 2008 p.8.

/Banking Performance/

38 Venkitaramanan, S.. Lessons from the Citi bailout. Business Line, December 1, 2008 p.8.

/Financial Crisis/Liquidity/

CAPITAL MARKET

39 Barua, Abheek. Is the worst over for the markets ?. Business Standard, December 22, 2008 p.13.

/Stock Market Performance/

40 Bhat, U.R.. Message from the market. The Economic Times, December 8, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Crisis/Stock Market Performance/

41 India's top 20 business houses see 65pc value erosion in 2008. Business Standard, December 31, 2008 p.1.

/Market Capitalisation/

42 Prakash, Akash. Characteristics of a secular bear. Business Standard, December 12, 2008 p.9.

/Stock Market Performance/United States/

43 Prakash, Akash. Fed to the rescue. Business Standard, December 26, 2008 p.13.

/Financial Crisis/Monetary Policy/

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44 Prasan, Sai. After the 2008 market meltdown, major challenges ahead in 2009. The Financial Express, December 19, 2008 p.8.

/Stock Market Performance/Stock Market Regulation/

45 Venu, M.K.. Mid-cap won't be sinning for ever. The Economic Times, December 30, 2008 p.12.

/Stock Market Performance/Mid-cap Stock/

COMMODITIES

46 Chandrasekhar, C.P.;Ghosh, Jayati. Global crisis and commodity prices. Business Line, December 30, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Crisis/Commodity Prices/

CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRY

47 Singh, Harsimaran. 40 consumer goods segments post positive growth in Oct. The Economic Times, December 17, 2008 p.10.

/Industrial Growth/

CORPORATE SECTOR

48 Bhattacharya, Abhijit. Strategic meltdown. The Economic Times, December 19, 2008 p.12.

/Corporate Governance/Disclosure Norms/

49 Nayyar, Dhiraj. For the Rajus, by the Rajus. The Financial Express, December 19, 2008 p.6.

/Corporate Governance/

50 Vyas, Mahesh. Ideas of March have changed. The Financial Express, December 29, 2008 p.8.

/Corporate Performance/Monetary Policy/

COTTON

51 Srinivas, Nidhi Nath. Influencing cotton prices. The Economic Times, December 10, 2008 p.7.

/Cotton Demand/Cotton Prices/

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ECONOMY

52 Acharya, Shankar. Crisis and growth. Business Standard, December 11, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Growth/

53 Acharya, Shankar. Tottering BRICs ?. Business Standard, December 25, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/BRICs/

54 Arun, T.K.. Grounds for optimism. The Economic Times, December 18, 2008 p.14.


55 Bailout package & the 3T plus F test. The Economic Times, December 15, 2008 p.12.

/Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Stimulus/Bailout Package/

56 Barua, Abheek. Against conventional wisdom. Business Standard, December 8, 2008 p.13.

/Fiscal Deficit/Fiscal Policy/Public Expenditure/

57 Basu, Kaushik. Economics of the unexpected. The Financial Express, December 1, 2008 p.8.

/Terrorism/Economic Impact/

58 Bery, Suman. First break all the rules?. Business Standard, December 9, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Crisis/Fiscal Policy/Monetary Policy/

59 Better than expected (Ed). Business Standard, December 1, 2008 p.13.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/

60 Bhanumurthy, N.R.. Will fiscal stimulus revive growth ?. The Economic Times, December 15, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Growth/Fiscal Stimulus/Bailout Package/

61 Bhattacharjee, Subhomoy. Poor little rich countries. The Financial Express, December 17, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Developing Countries/

62 Bhattacharya, Saugata. How the Fed feeds India. The Financial Express, December 24, 2008 p.6.

/Monetary Policy/Exports Growth/Economic Growth/

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63 Bijapurkar, Rama. Problem isn't consumer demand. The Financial Express, December 10, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Consumer Demand/Liquidity/

64 Chandrasekhar, C.P.;Ghosh, Jayati. Global recession: how deep and for how long?. Business Line, December 16, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Slowdown/Economic Crisis/

65 Chaudhari, Sumitra. The comfort of being naysayers. The Economic Times, December 26, 2008 p.12.


66 Cut to 2009 (Ed). Business Line, December 23, 2008 p.8.


67 Das, Soma. Now services sector feels the heat of global meltdown. The Financial Express, December 31, 2008 p.3.

/Service Sector growth/

68 De-coupling, a theory proven wrong. The Economic Times, December 5, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Slowdown/

69 Debroy, Bibek. 2008: Looking for scapegoats. The Financial Express, December 27, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Fiscal Deficit/

70 Debroy, Bibek. Guns and butter. The Financial Express, December 8, 2008 p.8.

/Terrorism/Economic Impact/

71 Delong, J. Bradford. The road to depression. The Economic Times, December 13, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Growth/United States/

72 Desai, Meghnad. 2008: Sweetwater to saltwater. The Financial Express, December 29, 2008 p.6.

/Capitalism/Economic Policy/

73 Desai, Meghnad. Upside down. The Financial Express, December 15, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Policy/Economic Reforms/

74 Dua, Ajay. A cocktail for slowing economy. The Economic Times, December 5, 2008 p.9.

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/Economic Crisis/Economic Slowdown/Fiscal Deficit/Monetary Policy/

75 Economy will need another booster dose next fiscal. Business Line, December 20, 2008 p.5.

/Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Stimulus/

76 Edwin, Tina. Fiscal deficit set to sharply deteriorate from now on. The Economic Times, December 2, 2008 p.9.

/Fiscal Deficit/Government Expenditure/

77 Ficci survey predicts uncertainty. Business Standard, December 29, 2008 p.2.

/Services Sector Growth/

78 Gokarn, Subir. Virtues of diversification . Business Standard, December 15, 2008 p.13.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Reforms/Diversification/

79 Hegdge, Eshwar. US recession: Prolonged and painful ?. Business Line, December 26 2008 p.8.

/Economic Slowdown/United States/

80 Isaac, T. M. Thomas. Fiscal stimulus: what about states' role?. The Economic Times, December 30, 2008 p.13.


81 It's not the money. Business Standard, December 15, 2008 p.12.


82 Kapur, Sudhir. India growth story still intact: citi. The Economic Times, December 6, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Exports Growth/Fiscal Deficit/

83 Kashelkar, Ramkrishna. When will the tide turn?. The Economic Times, December 26, 2008 p.10.

/Business Confidence Index/Economic Conditions/

84 Kaushal, Neeraj. Who will let the dollar go down ?. The Economic Times, December 23, 2008 p.14.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Reforms/Exports/Economic Growth/ Exchange Rate/Asia/

85 Kewalramani, Sunil. The 'reversing yields' conundrum. Business Standard, December 22, 2008 p.12.

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/Bond Yields/Deflation/Economic Growth/Japan/

86 Key to revival (Ed). Business Line, December 29 2008 p.8.


87 Krugman, Paul. Actions of 50 Herbert Hoovers. Business Line, December 30, 2008 p.8.

/Fiscal Policy/Government Expenditure/United States/

88 Kumar, Nagesh. Case for bold fiscal stimulus. The Economic Times, December 5, 2008 p.14.

/Public Expenditure/Fiscal Policy/Economic Slowdown/ Monetary Policy/Fiscal Stimulus/Bailout Package/

89 Kumar, Rajiv; Joseph, Mathew ;Singh, K.. The global crisis and India's growth rate. Business Standard, December 3, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/

90 Kumar, Rajiv. Will fiscal measures help revive economy. The Economic Times, December 9, 2008 p.13.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Fiscal Policy/Government Expenditure/Bailout Package/

91 Lal, Deepak. Global financial crisis II: Is protection Next?. Business Standard, December 30, 2008 p.9.

/Financial Crisis/Economic Crisis/Protection/

92 Mankiw, N. Gregory. What would Keynes have done?. Business Line, December 1, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Crisis/Monetary Policy/Fiscal Policy/

93 Mehta, Pradeep S.;Mitra, Siddhartha. Meltdown's brighter side. The Economic Times, December 12, 2008 p.14.

/Economic Slowdown/Government Expenditure/Infrastructure Development/Corruption/

94 Mehta, Sumati. A team of equals, not rivals. The Financial Express, December 17, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Global Finance/Financial Architecture/Financial System/

95 Mishra, Jaideep. Shun opacity in monetary policy. The Economic Times, December 22, 2008 p.12.


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96 Mistry, Percy S.. A post recession exit strategy - I. The Financial Express, December 5, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Financial Crisis/Government Expenditure/ Fiscal Policy/Bailout Package/

97 Mistry, Percy S.. A post recession exit strategy - II. The Financial Express, December 6, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Financial Crisis/Government Expenditure/ Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Deficit/Bailout Package/

98 Mitra, Amit. Will fiscal measures help revive economy. The Economic Times, December 9, 2008 p.13.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Fiscal Policy/Government Expenditure/Bailout Package/

99 Montek harps in another stimulus to prop up economy. The Financial Express, December 20, 2008 p.2.


100 Naik, S.D.. Too mild a stimulus to boost confidence. Business Line, December 17, 2008 p.8.


101 Nair, Dhiraj. Ten year itch: there was a crisis decade ago. The Financial Express, December 31, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Policy/Economic Reforms/

102 Narlikar, Amrita. It isn't so bad in the longer run. The Financial Express, December 13, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Policy/Global Economy/

103 Palit, Amitendu. Dragon without fire. The Financial Express, December 13, 2008 p.11.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/China/Global Economy/

104 Pant, D.K.. Is global demand slump good India?. The Economic Times, December 22, 2008 p.12.

/Prices/Demand/Economic Crisis/

105 Pant, Devendra Kumar. Will the initiative pay off?. Business Line, December 10, 2008 p.9.

/Fiscal Policy/Monetary Policy/Government Expenditure/ Economic Growth/Fiscal Stimulus/Bailout Package/

106 Parekh, Bhavesh. Navigating the downturn. The Economic Times, December 22, 2008 p.13.

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/Economic Crisis/Financial Crisis/Crisis Management/

107 Patnaik, Ila. Global economy: Unknown to known. The Financial Express, December 22, 2008 p.8.

/Risk Measurement/Currency Movement/Interest Rate/Economic Crisis/Global Economy/

108 Persaud, Avinash D.. All the way to 2018. The Financial Express, December 16, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Slowdown/Petroleum Prices/

109 Persuad, Avinash D.. Bad economics, good politics. The Financial Express, December 8, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Financial Crisis/Government Expenditure/ Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Deficit/

110 Poddar, Satya. Fiscal stimulus: what about states' role?. The Economic Times, December 30, 2008 p.13.


111 Price growth high. The Financial Express, December 20, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Growth/Interest Rates/Inflation Rate/Economic Policy/

112 Purushottam, S.. Is global demand slump good India?. The Economic Times, December 22, 2008 p.12.

/Prices/Demand/Economic Crisis/

113 Raghava, B.S.. Patchwork of a fiscal stimulus. Business Line, December 10, 2008 p.8.

/Fiscal Policy/Government Expenditure/Economic Growth/ Fiscal Stimulus/

114 Rajrishi, Singhal. Rx: Start with consumption, start small . The Economic Times, December 15, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Policy/Consumption Demand/Liquidity/

115 Ramakrishnan, V.. Booster shots (Ed). Business Line, December 8, 2008 p.8.

/Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Deficit/Government Expenditure/ Economic Growth/Fiscal Stimulus/

116 Ramakrishnan, V.. Capital the key to recovery. Business Line, December 6, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Crisis/Capital Formation/Capital Productivity/ Investments/

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117 Ramesh, M.;Kamath, Vinay. We will see stabilisation only in 2010. Business Line, December 31, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Conditions/Economic Growth/

118 Rao, M. Govinda. Fiscal stimulus to revive the economy. Business Standard, December 2, 2008 p.9.

/Private Investment/Public Investment/Fiscal Policy/ Economic Growth/

119 Ready to recover (Ed). Business Line, December 2, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Crisis/Monetary Policy/Fiscal Policy/

120 Rodrik, Dani. Let developing nations rule. Business Standard, December 16, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Conditions/Global Economy/Developing Countries/

121 Roubini, Nouriel. Has global stag-deflation arrived?. Business Standard, December 17, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Crisis/Global Economy/Inflation Rate/

122 Sabnavis, Madan. A gentle push. The Financial Express, December 9, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Fiscal Policy/Government Expenditure/ Bailout Package/

123 Sachs, Jeffrey D.. A sustainable recovery. The Economic Times, December 1, 2008 p.13.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Growth/Sustainable Growth/

124 Sanyal, Siddartha. Will fiscal stimulus revive growth ?. The Economic Times, December 15, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Growth/Fiscal Stimulus/Bailout Package/

125 Seshan, A.. Will the revival package work ?. Business Line, December 20, 2008 p.8.

/Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Stimulus/Government Expenditure/

126 Shah, Ajay. Tracking the slowdown. The Financial Express, December 15, 2008 p.8.


127 Singh, Ram. Fisc can fix it. The Financial Express, December 16, 2008 p.6.

/Fiscal Policy/Government Expenditure/

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128 Srinivasan, G.. Fiscal stimulus: centre trying to effect rebound in demand. Business Line, December 16, 2008 p.9.


129 Srinivasan, G.. Mid-year review short on corrective action. Business Line, December 26 2008 p.5.

/Economic Conditions/Economic Growth/Economic Policy/

130 Stiglitz, Joseph. Triumphant return of John M. Keynes. The Economic Times, December 22, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Policy/Economic Reforms/Global Economy/

131 Stimulus and response (Ed). Business Line, December 11, 2008 p.8.

/Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Stimulus/Government Expenditure/ Economic Growth/Bailout Package/

132 Stunted growth (Ed). Business Line, December 30, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Agricultural Growth/

133 Subramanian, Arvind. From financial folly to trade troubles ?. Business Standard, December 24, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Crisis/Financial Crisis/Dollar Appreciation/ Exports/Protection/

134 Swain, Sitanshu. Changing dynamics. The Financial Express, December 15, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Growth/Interest Rates/Inflation Rate/Capital Formation/

135 Tandon, Amit. Will fiscal measures help revive economy. The Economic Times, December 9, 2008 p.13.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Fiscal Policy/Government Expenditure/

136 Tarapore, S.S.. Terrorism, meltdown and fiscal chastity. Business Line, December 5, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Crisis/Fiscal Policy/

137 The second long march. The Financial Express, December 18, 2008 p.7.

/Economic Growth/Household Income/Poverty Line/Economic Reforms/China/

138 The West in recession (Ed). Business Line, December 3, 2008

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p.8.

/Economic Crisis/Exports Demand/

139 Varadachary, S.. Stimulus for course correction. Business Line, December 27 2008 p.8.


140 Venkitaramanan, S.. Stimulus for fiscal incentives. Business Line, December 8, 2008 p.9.

/Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Deficit/Government Expenditure/ Economic Growth/Fiscal Stimulus/

141 Venkitaramanan, S.. Welcome moves but room for more. Business Line, December 15, 2008 p.8.


142 Venu, M.K.. Rural spend, housing to rescue growth. The Economic Times, December 16, 2008 p.14.

/Consumption Demand/Housing Demand/Economic Growth/

143 We are seeing irrational pessimism: Tendulkar. Business Standard, December 31, 2008 p.1.


144 Windlass, Ashwani. Contrarian cure for current contagion. The Economic Times, December 8, 2008 p.13.


145 Yashwant, Sinha. Don't let this crisis go waste. The Economic Times, December 15, 2008 p.13.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Policy/Economic Reforms/

EDIBLE OIL INDUSTRY

146 Jha, Dilip Kumar. Edible oil imports may dip 5 pc. Business Standard, December 8, 2008 p.9.

/Edible Oil Import/Edible Oil Demand/

EMPLOYMENT

147 Chandan, Malvika. Employment trends in BPO and retail. The Financial Express, December 31, 2008 p.8.

/Employment Trends/Business Process Outsourcing/Retail Industry/

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148 Das, Sudipta. NREGA gives works and it pays off too. The Financial Express, December 6, 2008 p.4.

/NREGA/Employment Generation/

149 Kuttman, Paul. Distributing the downturn. The Financial Express, December 30, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Wage Cuts/Unemployment/Lay Offs/

150 Prabhu, Ghate. No free lunches even under NREGA. The Economic Times, December 18, 2008 p.14.

/NREGA/Employment Generation/

151 Sabharwal, Manish. Rethinking self-employment . The Financial Express, December 23, 2008 p.6.

/Employment Generation/Self Employment/

ENERGY

152 Bhattacharjee, C.R.. Unhealthy winds in power generation. The Financial Express, December 16, 2008 p.8.

/Wind Energy/Renewable Energy/Power Generation/

153 Kanwar, Kamlendra. Green energy needs more push. Business Line, December 26 2008 p.9.

/Renewable Energy/Solar Energy/Wind Energy/

154 Nandan, Jiwesh. Energy-efficiency labelling. The Economic Times, December 27, 2008 p.12.

/Energy Efficiency/Energy Conservation/

155 Sharma, Ashok B.. Powering the northeast region. The Financial Express, December 2, 2008 p.8.

/Rural Electrification/Renewable Energy/

ENVIRONMENT

156 Acharya, Mahua;Thapa, Bishal. Reaffirming faith in carbon. Business Standard, December 28, 2008 p.13.

/Carbon Markets/Carbon Trading/

157 Fiddling with words as the world melts. The Financial Express, December 29, 2008 p.7.

/Climate Change/Environmental Policy/

158 Mahapatra, Richard. A change we can' afford. The Financial

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Express, December 28, 2008 p.5.

/Climate Change/Drought/Water Management/

159 Mapping how corporate India is converting climate change risks into biz opportunities. The Financial Express, December 22, 2008 p.5.

/Climate Change/Clean Development Mechanism/Green Business Survey/

160 Mishra, Jaideep. Climate change: India needs a time bound policy paradigm. The Economic Times, December 18, 2008 p.8.

/Climate Change/Environmental Policy/

161 No change in climate (Ed). Business Standard, December 11, 2008 p.9.

/Climate Change/Kyoto Protocol/

162 Parikh, Jyoti. Financing climate adaptation: aid or liability?. Business Standard, December 10, 2008 p.13.

/Climate Change/Mitigation/

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY

163 Das, Kumud. Looking at domestic consumers to fuel growth . The Financial Express, December 24, 2008 p.8.

/Consumption Demand/Household Consumption/Economic Growth/

164 Mohanti, Tushar K.. Economic downturn to affect household consumption pattern. The Economic Times, December 31, 2008 p.8.

/Consumption Expenditure/Household Consumption/

165 When the golden eggs run out. The Financial Express, December 8, 2008 p.6.

/Household Income/Household Savings/Household Investment/

HUMAN RESOURCES

166 Kumar, P. Vinod. Slowdown effect: Govt service is a nice term again. The Financial Express, December 16, 2008 p.4.

/Economic Crisis/Job Security/

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INDUSTRY

167 Amusa, Malena K.;Sharma, Shantanu Nandan. Waiting for booster package. The Economic Times, December 21, 2008 p.8.

/Special Economic Zones/SEZ Policy/Economic Policy/

168 Arun, M.G.. A minor to the past, a beacon for the future. The Financial Express, December 31, 2008 p.8.

/Industrial Performance/Aviation Industry/Automotive Industry/Cement Industry/

169 Below zero (Ed). Business Standard, December 15, 2008 p.13.

/Industrial Production/Industrial Growth/

170 Bhuyan, Rituparna. SEZs to miss export targets. Business Standard, December 26, 2008 p.3.

/Special Economic Zones/Exports/

171 Core sector awaits further incentives. The Financial Express, December 12, 2008 p.1.

/Industrial Policy/Industrial Growth/

172 Manufacturing hurts IIP: cut prices to revive consumption (Ed). The Economic Times, December 13, 2008 p.12.

/Industrial Production/Industrial Growth/Industrial Demand/

173 Mehra, Vivek. The country's zone of contention. The Financial Express, December 2, 2008 p.8.

/Special Economic Zones/Employment Generation/

174 Negative show: industrial output contracts in october. Business Line, December 13, 2008 p.1.


175 Sabnavis, Madan. Tracing patterns in industrial growth. Business Standard, December 29, 2008 p.12.

/Industrial Growth/Industrial Production/

176 Slowdown to continue in manufacturing: survey. Business Standard, December 10, 2008 p.2.


177 Vyas, Mahesh. The Inc is not dry. The Financial Express, December 18, 2008 p.6.

/Industrial Performance/Manufacturing Sector/

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178 What to stimulate (Ed). The Financial Express, December 13, 2008 p.6.

/Industrial Growth/

INFLATION

179 Chand, Ramesh. Is food inflation a cause for concern?. The Economic Times, December 3, 2008 p.12.

/Inflation Rate/Foodgrain Prices/

180 Inflation 6.61, likely to reach 2. The Financial Express, December 27, 2008 p.3.

/Inflation Rate/

181 Mittal, Surabhi. Is food inflation a cause for concern?. The Economic Times, December 3, 2008 p.12.

/Inflation Rate/Foodgrain Prices/

182 Tuteja, Usha. Protect poor from food inflation. The Economic Times, December 31, 2008 p.12.

/Food Inflation/Inflation Rate/Foodgrain Prices/

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

183 Agarwal, Surabhi. Meltdown and the spiral effect. The Financial Express, December 4, 2008 p.8.

/Software Exports/Corporate Performance/

184 Ram, Sudhakar. Impact of the crisis on the Indian IT industry. The Economic Times, December 1, 2008 p.13.

/Software Industry/

185 Ray, Rupsa. IT caught in slowdown web. The Financial Express, December 4, 2008 p.4.

/Software Exports/Corporate Performance/

186 Ray, Rupsa. Slowdown hits server segment, growth comes down after Oct. The Financial Express, December 22, 2008 p.4.

/Computer Hardware Sales/

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INFRASTRUCTURE

187 Chatterjee, Vinayak. A separate reality. Business Standard, December 15, 2008 p.12.

/Infrastructure Development/Infrastructure Expenditure/

INSURANCE

188 Barking up the wrong tree (Ed). The Economic Times, December 24, 2008 p.14.

/Insurance Reforms/Foreign Investment/

189 By FDI, for the poor (Ed). The Financial Express, December 24, 2008 p.6.

/Insurance Reforms/Foreign Investment/

190 One for the image (Ed). Business Line, December 24, 2008 p.8.

/Insurance Reforms/

INVESTMENTS

191 Despite slowdown, prospects for FDI inflows look promising. The Financial Express, December 30, 2008 p.2.

/FDI Inflows/Foreign Investment/

192 FDI flows down 26 pc in October as big cos cut output, jobs due to slowdown. The Financial Express, December 17, 2008 p.2.

/Investment Policy/Foreign Investment/FDI Inflows/

193 Jayaram, Shruthi. Questions about sovereign wealth funds: The biggest problem is their lack of accountability . The Financial Express, December 26, 2008 p.6.

/Sovereign Wealth Fund/

194 RBI plans to revise reporting procedure for FDIs. The Financial Express, December 20, 2008 p.2.

/Investment Policy/Foreign Investment/

195 Risk of slowing investment: bring down barriers to FDI (Ed). The Economic Times, December 1, 2008 p.12.

/Foreign Investment/Investment Policy/

196 Varma, Satvik. PE investments in times of fear. The

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Economic Times, December 19, 2008 p.12.

/Private Investment/Equity Investment/Private Equity/

LABOUR

197 India faces huge manpower crunch: Study. Business Standard, December 29, 2008 p.2.

/Workforce/Manpower Shortage/

MONETARY ECONOMICS

198 Chandrasekhar, C.P.;Ghosh, Jayati. Foreign reserves and the rupee. Business Line, December 2, 2008 p.9.

/Foreign Exchange Reserves/

199 Dhar, Biswajit. Does India face balance of payments crisis ?. The Economic Times, December 16, 2008 p.15.

/Current Account Deficit/Capital Inflows/Balance of Payments/

200 Kumar, Nagesh. Does India face balance of payments crisis ?. The Economic Times, December 16, 2008 p.15.


201 Pan, Indranil. Appreciate or deappreciate. The Financial Express, December 29, 2008 p.6.

/Currency Market/Volatility/

202 Poddar, Tushar. Does India face balance of payments crisis ?. The Economic Times, December 16, 2008 p.15.


203 Sebi to consider more players in forex futures . Business Standard, December 20, 2008 p.7.

/Foreign Exchange Market/Currency Futures/

PATENTS

204 Parthasarthi, Ashok. A totally infeasible Instrumentality ?. Business Standard, December 23, 2008 p.9.

/Intellectual Property Rights/IP Bill/

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PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

205 Bose, Kunal. Crude shock: viability of biodiesel units come under scrutiny. Business Standard, December 1, 2008 p.9.

/Biofuels Production/Biodiesel/

206 Mitra, Soumya Kanti. Looking fir ready-to-run locomotives. The Financial Express, December 3, 2008 p.8.

/Petroleum Demand/Petroleum Consumption/

207 Oil prices in short and long term (Ed). The Financial Express, December 23, 2008 p.6.

/Petroleum Prices/

208 Palit, Amitendu. Oil is now well. The Financial Express, December 27, 2008 p.6.

/Petroleum Prices/Petroleum Exploration/

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

209 Shetty, Sujay J.. Moving up the value chain: pharma outsourcing in Asia. The Financial Express, December 17, 2008 p.8.

/Pharmaceutical Outsourcing/Business Process Outsourcing/

PORT TRANSPORT

210 Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria. Benefits of port liberalisation. Business Standard, December 11, 2008 p.8.

/Port Privatisation/

POVERTY

211 Nair, K.P. Prabhakaran. Hunger: The poor man's terror. Business Line, December 17, 2008 p.8.

/Poverty reduction/Hunger/

212 Sachs, Jeffrey D.. Good news in bad times. The Economic Times, December 29, 2008 p.12.

/Poverty Reduction/Millennium Development Goals/

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POWER

213 Nandan, Jiwesh. Balancing the transmission tariff structure. The Financial Express, December 2, 2008 p.8.

/Power Transmission/Transmission Tariff/

214 Singh, Sudheer Pal.. Power deficit for November rises to 14.3. Business Standard, December 26, 2008 p.3.

/Power Demand/Power Shortage/

PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

215 Nair, K.P. Prabhakaran. The food procurement muddle. Business Line, December 31, 2008 p.8.

/Foodgrain Procurement/Foodgrain Prices/

PUBLIC FINANCE

216 Shivkumar, C.;Srinivas, A.. Bias against public spending. Business Line, December 12, 2008 p.9.

/Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Stimulus/Government Expenditure/ Fiscal Deficit/

217 Singh, Ram. Fiscal states. The Financial Express, December 31, 2008 p.6.

/Fiscal Conditions/Fiscal Policy/Fiscal Deficit/State Finances/

REAL ESTATE

218 Bhardwaj, Anil. Freeze loan repayment for now. The Financial Express, December 12, 2008 p.8.

/Housing Loan/

219 Chatterjee, Kakoly;Verma, Sunny. 17 months on, Residex fails to house real data. The Financial Express, December 16, 2008 p.4.

/Housing Price Index/Housing Demand/

220 Kapoor, Ajay Veer. Price cuts before realty bailout?. The Economic Times, December 12, 2008 p.14.

/Real Estate Prices/Fiscal Stimulus/

221 Kumar, Akshaya. Will the housing package help stimulate demand?. Business Standard, December 17, 2008 p.8.

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/Housing Policy/Housing Loan/Interest Rates/

222 Ramu, Ravi. Will the housing package help stimulate demand?. Business Standard, December 17, 2008 p.8.

/Housing Policy/Housing Loan/Interest Rates/

223 Reviving interest (Ed). Business Line, December 17, 2008 p.8.

/Housing Loan/Interest Rates/

224 Shelter from slowdown (Ed). The Financial Express, December 10, 2008 p.6.

/Housing Demand/Housing Facility/Housing Policy/

225 Singh, Parveen Kumar. Home prices, demand & funding form a vicious circle. The Financial Express, December 13, 2008 p.4.

/Real Estate Prices/Housing Demand/

226 Verma, Sanjay. Price cuts before realty bailout?. The Economic Times, December 12, 2008 p.14.

/Real Estate Prices/Fiscal Stimulus/

RUBBER INDUSTRY

227 Bose, Kunal. Tough supply side mgmt must for rubber revival. Business Standard, December 22, 2008 p.8.

/Rubber Demand/Rubber Supply/

SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY

228 Edwin, Tina. SME cluster programme being redrawn with UNIDO help. The Economic Times, December 15, 2008 p.10.

/Small Scale Industry Policy/Industrial Clusters/SMEs/

229 Narendranath, K.G.. SMEs need a sub-target in priority lending. The Economic Times, December 12, 2008 p.14.

/Small Scale Industry Policy/Credit Availability/SMEs/

230 Narendranath, K.G.. Why should govt fear steel imports ?. The Economic Times, December 19, 2008 p.12.

/Small Scale Industry Policy/Credit Availability/SMEs/

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SUBSIDY

231 Sud, Surinder. Food subsidy may devour record Rs 50,000 crore this fiscal. Business Standard, December 15, 2008 p.1.

/Food Subsidy/Foodgrain Prices/

SUGAR INDUSTRY

232 Pant, Devendra Kumar. Better truths on sugar (Ed). Business Line, December 12, 2008 p.8.

/Sugar Prices/Sugar Demand/Sugar Policy/

233 Sud, Surinder. Cane and able. Business Standard, December 30, 2008 p.8.

/Sugarcane Prices/

TAXATION

234 Advance tax Q3 mop up down 22. The Financial Express, December 27, 2008 p.3.

/Tax Collection/Direct Tax/

235 Advance tax receipt at Rs 45,400 crore till December 15. The Financial Express, December 18, 2008 p.3.

/Tax Collection/Direct Tax/

236 Direct taxes, with a difference. The Economic Times, December 26, 2008 p.12.

/Tax Incentives/Tax Collection/Tax Policy/

237 Excise duty receipts drop in 15 pc in Nov. Business Line, December 17, 2008 p.5.

/Tax Collection/Excise Duty/

238 Hariharan, Mahalakshmi. Key deficit indicators dip in H1. The Financial Express, December 13, 2008 p.2.

/Tax Policy/Mergers and Acquisitions/

239 Indirect tax collection fall 15 pc. The Financial Express, December 17, 2008 p.2.

/Tax Collection/Indirect Tax/

240 Reddy, Tax. Dialing into tax trouble. The Financial Express, December 11, 2008 p.6.

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/Tax Policy/Mergers and Acquisitions/

241 Srivastava, Manasvi. The long and winding road to a comprehensive GST for India. The Economic Times, December 2, 2008 p.9.

/Goods and Services Tax/Taxation Policy/

TELECOMMUNICATION

242 Philip, Joji Thomas. USOF: a resource for what?. The Economic Times, December 30, 2008 p.13.

/Universal Service Obligation Fund/Telecommunication Facility/

243 Ponappa, Shyam. The coming 3G auction blunder. Business Standard, December 4, 2008 p.8.

/Spectrum Allocation/3G services/Telecommunication Policy/

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

244 Textile sector seeks more relief. The Financial Express, December 11, 2008 p.4.

/Textile Demand/Textile Exports/

TOURISM

245 Dua, Ajay. Give a booster dose to tourism industry. The Economic Times, December 22, 2008 p.9.

/Tourism Policy/Tourism Growth/

TRADE

246 Arun, S.. Plan for big-bang FTAs bites dust. The Financial Express, December 3, 2008 p.3.

/Free Trade Agreement/Multilateral Trade Agreement/

247 Chaudhary, Ranabir Ray. Respite for the WTO . Business Line, December 15, 2008 p.8.

/WTO/Doha Meet/Trade Negotiations/

248 Das, Abhijit. Searching for a silverlining. The Economic Times, December 30, 2008 p.12.

/Competitiveness/Export Competitiveness/

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249 Export chill opens refinance window. The Financial Express, December 12, 2008 p.1.

/Trade Policy/Exports/Exports Credit/

250 Karmakar, Suparna. Dwindling global trade. Business Line, December 5, 2008 p.9.

/Exports/

251 Keeping Doha going (Ed). Business Line, December 9, 2008 p.8.

/WTO/Trade Negotiations/Doha Meet/

252 Mishra, Jaideep. Staggering tariff reduction, suitably. The Economic Times, December 25, 2008 p.14.

/Trade Policy/Tariff Reduction/WTO/

253 Mitra, Soumya Kanti. Pushing up India-Russia trade to $ 10 billion. The Financial Express, December 10, 2008 p.8.

/India-Russia Trade/Bilateral Trade/

254 Nair, M.D.. Slim chance of early conclusion. Business Line, December 18, 2008 p.8.


255 Narendranath, K.G.. Be cherry of India-EU pact. The Economic Times, December 2, 2008 p.9.

/Free Trade Agreement/India-EU Trade/Trade Negotiations/

256 Not talking trade: Doha too limiting trade (Ed). The Financial Express, December 23, 2008 p.6.


257 Pal, Parthapratim. How useful north-south RTAs?. The Financial Express, December 10, 2008 p.8.

/Regional Trade Agreement/WTO/

258 Pant, Manoj. Global recession and the future of trade. The Economic Times, December 12, 2008 p.14.

/Economic Slowdown/WTO/NAMA/International Trade/

259 Rao, M. Govinda. New BoP phase (ed). Business Standard, December 3, 2008 p.9.

/Exports/

260 The changing profile of BRIC exports. The Financial Express, December 10, 2008 p.8.

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/Exports/BRIC Countries/

261 WTO on hold (Ed). Business Line, December 19, 2008 p.8.


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AUTHOR INDEX

Acharya, Mahua 156

Acharya, Shankar 52, 53

Agarwal, Surabhi 183

Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria 210

Amusa, Malena K. 167

Arun, M.G. 168

Arun, S. 246

Arun, T.K. 54

Barua, Abheek 39, 56

Basu, Kaushik 57

Batra, Vibha 10

Bery, Suman 58

Bhagwati, Jaimini 11

Bhalla, Surjit S. 12

Bhanumurthy, N.R. 60

Bhardwaj, Anil 218

Bhat, U.R. 40

Bhattacharjee, C.R. 152

Bhattacharjee, Subhomoy 61

Bhattacharya, Abhijit 48

Bhattacharya, Saugata 62

Bhusnurmath, Mythili 13

Bhuyan, Rituparna 170

Bijapurkar, Rama 63

Bose, Kunal 205, 227

Chakravarty, Saswati 14

Chand, Ramesh 179

Chandan, Malvika 147

Chandrasekhar, C.P. 46, 64, 198

Chatterjee, Kakoly 219

Chatterjee, Vinayak 187

Chaudhari, Sumitra 65

Chaudhary, Ranabir Ray 247

Das, Abhijit 248

Das, Kumud 163

Das, Soma 67

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Das, Sudipta 148

Dash, Soumendra K. 15

Debroy, Bibek 16, 69, 70

Delong, J. Bradford 71

Derby, Michael S. 17

Desai, Meghnad 72, 73

Dhar, Biswajit 199

Dua, Ajay 74, 245

Edwin, Tina 76, 228

Ghosh, Jayati 46, 64, 198

Gokarn, Subir 18, 78

Hariharan, Mahalakshmi 238

Hegdge, Eshwar 79

Isaac, T. M. Thomas 80

Jayaram, Shruthi 19, 193

Jha, Dilip Kumar 146

Jog, Sanjay 20

Joseph, Mathew 89

Joshi, Sharad 3

Kamath, Vinay 117

Kanwar, Kamlendra 153

Kapoor, Ajay Veer 220

Kapoor, Rana 4

Kapur, Sudhir 21, 82

Kar, Pratip 22

Karmakar, Suparna 250

Kashelkar, Ramkrishna 83

Kathuria, Rajat 23

Kaushal, Neeraj 84

Kauttuman, Paul 24

Kewalramani, Sunil 85

Krishna, Srivatsa 25

Krugman, Paul 26, 87

Kumar, Akshaya 221

Kumar, Nagesh 88, 200

Kumar, P. Vinod 166

Kumar, Rajiv 89, 90

Kuttman, Paul 149

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Lal, Deepak 91

Mahapatra, Richard 158

Mankiw, N. Gregory 92

Mehra, Vivek 173

Mehta, Pradeep S. 93

Mehta, Sumati 94

Mishra, Jaideep 95, 160, 252

Mistry, Percy S. 96, 97

Mitra, Amit 98

Mitra, Siddhartha 93

Mitra, Soumya Kanti 206, 253

Mittal, Surabhi 181

Modi, Ajay 5

Mohanti, Tushar K. 164

Naik, S.D. 100

Nair, Dhiraj 101

Nair, K.P. Prabhakaran 211, 215

Nair, M.D. 254

Nandan, Jiwesh 154, 213

Naren, S. 27

Narendranath, K.G. 229, 230, 255

Narlikar, Amrita 102

Nayyar, Dhiraj 49

Nocera, Joe 28

Pal, Parthapratim 257

Palit, Amitendu 103, 208

Pan, Indranil 201

Pant, D.K. 104

Pant, Devendra Kumar 105, 232

Pant, Manoj 258

Parekh, Bhavesh 106

Parikh, Jyoti 162

Parthasarthi, Ashok 204

Patnaik, Ila 107

Persaud, Avinash D. 108

Persuad, Avinash D. 109

Philip, Joji Thomas 242

Poddar, Satya 110

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Poddar, Tushar 202

Ponappa, Shyam 243

Prabhu, Ghate 150

Prakash, Akash 42, 43

Prasan, Sai 44

Purushottam, S. 112

Raghava, B.S. 113

Raghunathan, V. 29

Rajrishi, Singhal 114

Ram, Sudhakar 184

Ramakrishnan, V. 115, 116

Ramesh, M. 117

Ramu, Ravi 222

Rao, M. Govinda 118, 259

Rao, Subhada 30

Ravimohan, R. 31

Ray, Rupsa 185, 186

Reddy, Tax 240

Rodrik, Dani 120

Roubini, Nouriel 121

Sabharwal, Manish 151

Sabnavis, Madan 32, 122, 175

Sachs, Jeffrey D. 123, 212

Sanyal, Siddartha 124

Seshan, A. 125

Shah, Ajay 33, 126

Sharma, Ashok B. 155

Sharma, Shantanu Nandan 167

Shetty, Mayur 34

Shetty, Sujay J. 209

Shivkumar, C. 216

Singh, Harsimaran 47

Singh, K. 89

Singh, Parveen Kumar 225

Singh, Ram 127, 217

Singh, Sudheer Pal. 214

Srinivas, A. 216

Srinivas, Nidhi Nath 51

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Srinivasan, G. 128, 129

Srivastava, Manasvi 241

Stiglitz, Joseph 130

Subba Rao, D. 35

Subramanian, Arvind 133

Sud, Surinder 6, 231, 233

Suresh, S. 9

Swain, Sitanshu 134

Tandon, Amit 135

Tarapore, S.S. 36, 136

Thapa, Bishal

156

Tuteja, Usha 182

Varadachary, S. 139

Varma, Satvik 196

Venkitaramanan, S. 37, 38, 140, 141

Venu, M.K. 45, 142

Verma, Sanjay 226

Verma, Sunny 219

Vyas, Mahesh 50, 177

Windlass, Ashwani 144

Yashwant, Sinha 145

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