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Trade With Neighbour
Bilateral trade between Pakistan and India almost doubled to cross the $1-billion mark last year. The $400-million increase in the year ending March 2006 was attributed to the launch of a South Asian Free Trade Area Agreement (SAFTA) and the opening of rail and road links. A look at the growth prospects between the two countries.

BRIC Vs The Rest
The BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations should surpass current world leaders in the next few decades if they do not let politics prevail over economic issues. Experts caution that despite the vigorous growth, BRIC countries are vulnerable to losing direct foreign investment due to excessive government control and lack of clear rules for the private sector.
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The Best Companies
To Work For In India: 2006

Work on the sixth edition of one of India's most referred to surveys gets underway.

Infosys' Nandan Nilekani: Will his company retain the top slot?

Mr. CEO, how good is your company as an employer, what do your employees think of their work place, and just how robust are your hr systems? If you've never had the chance to have these questions answered-or would rather have a third-party corroborate or refute findings of your in-house satisfaction studies-then this is your chance. The most anticipated survey in employment satisfaction has just been kicked off. To be precise, work on the sixth edition of the BT-Mercer-TNS survey of the Best Companies to Work for In India 2006 has got underway. Human resource consulting firm Mercer is our knowledge partner, bringing in the methodology and analytical skills, and TNS India, our interface with companies. So what do we do? We, of course, bring you the story behind the scores, which determine the rankings.

Should you participate and, if yes, how? For answer to the second question, see box below. As for the first one, consider how the survey is conducted: While the data is collected, tabulated and collated by TNS, Mercer doesn't interact with the companies and isn't even told their names until the analysis is over. That way, the survey ensures no biases creep in.

TOP 10 (2005 RANKINGS)
1 INFOSYS 2 SASKEN 3 GENPACT 4 HCL COMNET 5 NTPC		6 HSBC 7 SAPIENT 8 COVANSYS 9 HDFC BANK 10 MINDTREE CONSULTING

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
» Participation in this survey is open to any company that operates in India, irrespective of its ownership. » Participating companies must have been in existence in India for a minimum of four years, and must employ at least 200 management/executive-level personnel in India. » To participate in the study, companies should log on to http://survey.tns-global.co.in/BestCompanies2006/Home.htm and register online. Additionally, as part of the registration process, participating companies should download the registration form (available on the web site), print it on the company letterhead and fax or courier the completed form to the following address: Ms Indrani Raychaudhuri, Research Co-ordinator TNS India; CICD Tower Institutional Area, Hauz Khas New Delhi 110 016 E-mail: Indrani.Raychaudhuri@tns-global.com Fax: 011-5256 6677 » Participating companies will be required to nominate a point person for the study who will be the study coordinator from the company's side. » Participating companies will have to share information regarding their people practices, provide employee details from which a sample will be administered a questionnaire, and should be willing to throw themselves open to a physical audit by the survey partners. » The last date for companies to register is July 31, 2006. » By participating in the survey, companies are signaling their willingness to be part of the special issue Business Today plans to bring out on the Best Companies to Work for In India. » The Business Today, Mercer Human Resource Consulting and TNS teams are committed to maintaining the absolute confidentiality of the study participants. » At no stage will the names of the participating companies be released to any third party. The names of those companies that are recognised as The Best Companies to Work for in India will be publicly released.

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