a strike by 73,000 workers against the largest automobile company in the us was called off 48 hours after the workers had begun picketing. The first nationwide strike in 37 years against General Motors (gm) ended with with a workers' union reaching a deal with the autocompany. The strike was …
The standing committee on agriculture has submitted a report to parliament. On the issue of jurisdiction, it recommends that a ministry responsible for looking after the interests of the food processing industry cannot administer the food safety law. "Several organisations that appeared before the committee suggested that the ministry of …
Why did the capital investment subsidy fail? We need policies that cater to the local, small entrepreneur but the capital investment subsidy does not help them at all. These entrepreneurs cannot really afford the term loans, which have interest rates as high as 17-18 per cent. No subsidy has been …
RECENTLY, I was in Mao, the first town across the Manipur border - and a picturesque hill village south of Kohima in Nagaland. At the highway hotel we were told that the last bus had just left, and now there was no way of getting to Imphal till the day …
