Economy : Nizamabad Collector says empowerment is possible only through education - “Focus should be on women’s literacy”

India’s decided that public-private partnerships will fuel growth.Without similar investment in regulatory capacity, that’s backfiring - The PPP nation 

Economy : The present retirement age of 60 years is disadvantageous to officers belongingto the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as they generally join government service later than other officers - Fixed tenure, a way forward on promotions

The gloom appears to be overdone as only some segments are going through a rough patch - The myth of ad slowdown

The latest battleground for the world’s biggest tech companies is one of its oldest forms of data: maps - How Google Earth Changed the World

Expediting environmental, particularly forest, clearances would more than double coal production and, along with the delayed infrastructure projects, take us to double-digit growth; this requires a new national consensus on the dynamic interaction between nature and society - Infrastructure and Nature

Economy : India’s coal sector is governed by opaque rules that promote discretion and graft - Coalgate’s Main Lesson

ITsAP submits report to IT Minister to make Andhra Pradesh a leader in the IT and ITeS sectors - Industry body prepares route map to develop IT sector

The government must remove the subsidy on diesel, LPG and kerosene, and protect the poor from the impact through cash transfers - Fuelling a manageable price rise

Cancelling all coal blocks is not the way out the mess.Power generating stations with captive mines should be made to sell electricity at regulation tariffs - Mining a Solution

Universities provide discount coupons, assistant ship that can be brought to good use in the current economic slowdown - Save while studying abroad

Express their desire to withdraw case against AICTE over new rules - B-schools seek compromise

In both Europe and the US, standard macroeconomic policies have done little to end the recession - This recovery is different

State-owned banks may be sitting on a powder-keg of inadequately provisioned loans - The hidden truth to PSB profitability

Novartis wants to patent its cancer drug, Glivec, in India while critics say that the company is simply ‘evergreening’ it. The outcome of the case will have huge ramifications - Drugstore cowboy: Will India keep Novartis at bay?

A SNAPSHOT OF PE ACTIVITY & DEALS - STATISTICS

Economy : The US presidential campaign must recognise that Indian companies are heavily invested in America - A Growing Stake

Socio Economy : There can be no two opinions about the need to augment the potential for innovation of Indians working in every sphere - The Mess in Education

Agriculture : Farmers can make their own mixture and use it as and when required for controlling infestation in coconut. Given below are some simple steps for making the mixture - Bordeaux mixture to control coconut infestations

For the last 25 years government farms are running at a loss - Planting trees can help farmers tide over financial loss