Goldratt -- Why settle for just 1% of GDP?
He's goal-oriented all right. Just when you thought that he is chasing an impossible dream -- to raise the GDP of the country by one per cent in three years by implementing his `Theory of Constraints' (TOC) in Indian industry -- he scoffs at the low expectations.

Structural changes being planned in urban employment scheme -- Jatiya
Top priority is being given to effect changes, both structural and in programme content, in the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) aimed at providing gainful employment to urban employed and underemployed.

Board to stay despite NTPC buyout, Centre assures NHPC
The Government has assured National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) that its management will not be disturbed following the purchase of the Centre's stake in the company by the National Thermal Power


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