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This paper analyses the Iron and Steel Industry in India post 1991 reforms. The approach is completely statistical as I use the ASI and CMIE data to explain the development of this sector. I also analyse company wise data and report the major players and their performance over the years.

Iron and Steel, 1991, Pig Iron, SAIL

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This paper deals with the interlinkages between religious beliefs and practices and the economic growth and development of a particular country or region. In the paper I have reviewed some empirical work carried out in the recent times to explain the relationship between religion and growth. I have also tried to present Adam Smith's view on the subject and how it could be understood in the present context. The paper ends with a case study of the state of Gujarat in India, which shows the relationship between religious riots and economic growth.

Religion, Economics of Religion, Religion and Growth, Gujarat, Riots, Weber

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This paper seeks to analyse the policy framework governing competition and competitiveness in the era of globalization, liberalization and increasing deregulation of policy governing capital, and enterprises. Set in the context of the current set up, where 'efficiency' is the key word, and being competitive is a key objective for most enterprises of all economies, this paper seeks to analyse the need and relevance of having a competition policy, its benefits, the existing ambiguities in policy, and the necessary amendments which need to be made, so as to arm the economy and the government with a competent institutional mechanism to tackle the emerging challenges of an increasing restriction-less world, and its implications for developing countries like India, specifying the challenges and needs of these countries. Our paper discusses the parameters and factors affecting competitiveness and those discussed in Competition Policy. This paper aims at linking the above-mentioned analyses of competition policy in a broader context. It talks about its effects on competitiveness and growth of developing countries, with an incorporation of the ongoing WTO negotiations. The benefits and the potential harm cause by the adaptation of the 'developed country' competition policies in developing countries at different stages of economic and institutional development is also discussed. Also analysed is the behavior of large international corporations in the current wave of financial consolidation and its potential effects on competition and welfare.

Competitiveness, Competition Policy, Competition Act