{"product_id":"the-world-economy-copy","title":"Two Score and Ten","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"display\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yourdiv\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"display_right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"rt_products\" class=\"pad10 overflow\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRarely does a civil servant have such a wide variety of assignments over a period of fifty years, that include key posts offered, after retirement, by four different Prime Ministers. Even more rare is  to find an officer who has acted so independently and come out unscathed. This is the story of G.V. Ramakrishna, who held some of the sensitive and high profile jobs in the last twenty years of his service.\u003cspan\u003eWell known as the redoubtable Chairman of SEBI, he was a crusader for protecting the interests of the small investor. He took strong measures to ban badla.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the first Chairman of the Disinvestment Commission he charted the road map for successful disinvestments. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was the only one to have successfully thwarted Quattrochi in his efforts to grab a major project.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout his career G.V. Ramakrishna has upheld the best traditions of his service and has been acknowledged as the role model for others. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book G V Ramakrishna talks about :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe scam of 1992, the HBJ pipeline, the Enron imbroglio, the Oman Gas pipeline, disinvestment issues, relations between politicians and civil servants, corruption, coalition governments and hung parliaments and much more ....\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraise for this book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Ramakrishna provides a first hand account of how Gov-ernment functioned at high levels  in the States and at the Centre. The subtle methods of utilising Government institutions for unconstitutional, political and bureaucratic ends, have been brought out with modesty and sensitivity. “Intellectual Treat...”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Week\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author(s) \/ Editor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG.V.  Ramakrishna\u003c\/strong\u003e (b. 1930) started his career as a biochemist with the Rockefeller Foundation doing research in Haematology in the Bowring Hospital in Bangalore, his home town. He opted for the civil service and joined the IAS in 1952.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe did his quota of service in the state of Andhra Pradesh for nearly 13 years, ending up as Chief Secretary in 1983. At the Centre he held positions at every level, ranging from Under Secretary to Secretary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly in his career he went to Harvard University for his MPA (Master in Public Administration) that included a business policy course at the Business School. He studied Economics under Galbraith, Ed Mason and other notable economists of the late fifties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his diplomatic assignments, he was minister of econo-mic affairs at the Embassy in Washington in 1972 and was later India’s Ambassador to the European Economic Community (European Union) in 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his varied career he worked for ten years with the Finance Ministry. He also worked in the Ministries of Industry, Steel, Coal and Petroleum. He was Adviser in the Planning Commission in 1981 and Member in 1994. He was the first Chairman of SEBI and also of the Disinvestment Commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents in Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of photographs \/ illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e1.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEarly Days\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFinance Ministry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e3.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWashington\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e4.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHyderabad\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e5.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIndustry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e6.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCoal and Energy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e7.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAndhra Pradesh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e8.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePetroleum Ministry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e9.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTamil Nadu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e10.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBrussels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e11.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSEBI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e12.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePlanning Commission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e13.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDisinvestment Commission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e14.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eConstruction Industry Development Counsil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e15.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eArticles \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eI.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\"Why Not Kill the Cow?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eII.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Solution to the Problem of Hung Parliaments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIII.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA Tale of Two Friends\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIV.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Civil Servant in a Deregulated Economy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eV.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eScheme for Woman's Welfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eVI.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Truth about CNG\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eVII.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew Dimensions in Disinvestment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eVIII.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Zero Sum Game\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eName Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 78.3752px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.6006%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 47.9553%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eAF Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.6006%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 47.9553%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e2004\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.6006%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eNumber of 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