Articles by T H Chowdary

Government and public policy must be fair and equitable to all enterprises irrespective of ownership and competition should be on equal terms.

In a country like India which is not yet telephone-saturated and ongoing changes in related areas are resulting in a rapidly changing profile of users, providers and their respective needs, continuous revision of the telecom policy is imperative. Given the emerging new technologies and the integrating economies there must be fairness among competitors.

The objections raised to VSNL's decision to invest in Tata TeleServices show how fragile and untenable the government's disinvestment programme is so long as politicians are not effectively stopped from interfering in the functioning of the privatised PSUs.


Dismal Balance Sheet As the fiscal year draws to a close and expectations mount over the contents of the budget for the next year, a stocktaking of what has been achieved on the promises made in the last budget is in order. Such an exercise brings little credit to the government: unkept promises, an unkempt fisc and an economy in the dumps present an uninspiring picture.

What has come to be known as the Convergence Bill, introduced in parliament in the monsoon session, is a great advance on previous enactments for setting up the TRAI and the TDSAT. There are nevertheless a number of serious flaws, omissions and undesirable provisions in the bill which need rectification. A critical analysis.