Development of roads: Rhetoric versus reality
The announcement by the government in October 1998 to develop two six-lane super national highways in the north-south and east-west directions covering a total distance of 7,000 km kindled hopes in the roads sector. But this project has been given a burial in the 1999-2000 budget.

Painting human face won't change truth
A Human Face for Globalisation by offering some suggestions for correctives, it further legitimises the current world order and the rules by which the game is played.

Trai goes to court
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had no choice but to appeal to the Delhi High Court. The government, or rather the DoT, has been rather clever in prescribing a proviso for migrating to revenue-sharing regime: operators must withdraw all pending court cases.

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