National Conference on State Competition in the Indian Economy,
held on March 14-15, 2007 in New Delhi.


Programme of the Conference

Dated: 14-03-2007
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1. Inaugural Address Shri Prem Chand Gupta, Hon'ble Minister of Company Affairs, Govt. of India
2. "Competition Assessment" by Augustine Peter, Economic Adviser (CCI).
3. Remarks by Roger Nellist, DFID, London.
4. A Competition Assessment Framework by John Preston, DFID, London.
5. State of Competition in the Indian Manufacturing Sector by T.A.Bhavani, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi.
6. State of Competition in India's Pesticides and Cement Manufacturing Industries by Manoj Pant, Jawahar Lal Nehru Iniversity, New Delhi
7. Cartels and Other Anticompetitive Agreements by Udai Mehta, CUTS International, Jaipur and Sanjay Pandey, National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur.
8. State Policies Affecting Competition in the Passenger Road Transportation Sector by R. Venkatesan and Simrit Kaur, NCAER.
9. Competition Issues in the Road Goods Transport Industry in India, With Special Reference to the Mumbai Metropolitian Region by S. Sriraman, Mumbai University and Anand Venkatesh, Institute of Rural Management, Anand.

Dated: 15-03-2007
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1. Competition Issues in the Food Grains Distribution Sector in Eastern India by B.N. Verma and Pyare Lal.
2. Competition Issues in the Telecommunications Sector by Subashish Gupta, IIM, Bangalore.
3. Competition Issues in the energy sector in India: Electricity, Coal, Oil, and Gas Sectors by S.K. Sarkar, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
4. Competition Issues in Bilateral Trade Treaties by Sanghamitra Sahu, ICRIER.
5. Guidelines on Compliance with Competition Law by Enterprises by S.K. Dixit, Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI).
6. Interface Between Competition Authority and Sectoral Regulators by Rahul Singh, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore.
7. List of Participants