Essay on “Privatisation of Public Sector in India” Fifteen years after Margaret Thatcher put PSES in 15 major public industries on the block, their service has declined the quality and safety, tariffs have risen sky-high, and their management remains indifferent, if not crisis-ridden. Privatisation is now seen by many sensible Britons as a big mistake, indeed a monumental error. British Airways, long tom-tommed as privatisation’s greatest success story, is in dire...

Essay on “New Trend in India’s Foreign Trade” At the third ministerial meeting of WTO held at SETTLE, we were aware of the fact that the trade policy in not just about economic policy but is also foreign policy as well as an act of national security policy. Many years ago, in 1971 to be precise, a distinguished US economist and strategic policy analyst, Thomas C Schelling, made the following submission...

Essay on “Information Technology for Education” Information Technology has amply exhibited its potential to revitalise and revolutionise the educational process in developing countries such as India. It has the means to provide a basic infrastructure for an efficient and meaningful consortium of Indian engineering universities. Building up the extensive database for access to electronic documents on demand from all the universities and industries can provide information networks for home learners and...

Essay on “Cyber Crime” Alvin Toffler in his book “Power-ship” has pointed out that in the knowledge society which is neo-emerging, information will be of the greatest value. Today’s a company’s future lies not in its tangible assets but in the “intellectual capital of the business”, And intellectual capital in most businesses today is kept in computers which, as a result, have become the target as well as the instrument for...

Essay on “National Missile Defence and India”  When governments adopt a particular course of action, rationalisation and justifications offered by them and their acolytes must be separated from the more accurate and deeper analysis of why such a course has been adopted. This is particularly vital when considering the US decision to go ahead with its National Missile Defence (NMD) plans, as well as the Indian Government’s decision to be reluctant...

Essay on – If There Were No Electricity Or Life Without Electricity Electricity is the greatest blessing for mankind. We can- not think of a world without it. We have become used to the comforts provided by it. Most of our domestic needs are dependent on electricity such as bulbs, fans, heaters, washing machines, water pumps, and so on. Frequent power cuts and blackouts have given us an experience of life...

Essay on – The Importance of Electricity Or The Uses of Electricity Science has provided us with many inventions. Scientists work hard to invent new means and ways of providing us with innumerable comforts in life. The most important among them is electricity and various electrical appliances. Electricity has changed our lives immensely. Can you imagine a life without electricity? No, no one can. At home, electricity runs fans and lightens...

Essay on – Science in Everyday Life Science has helped mankind in innumerable ways. The scientific inventions have brought about many changes in our lives. The civilizations of the world have progressed by leaps and bounds. It has helped us in countless ways to make our everyday life comfortable. For traveling or transportation we have many types of vehicles. We need not walk on foot or travel by slow-moving bullock carts....