Also, when I was studying the outsourcing industry, Vivek Paul (formerly of Wipro) was pretty effusive in his praise of the gov't there. He told me: "When we went to Calcutta, we met with the chief minister. West Bengal is the only state to declare IT an "essential service" alongside the fire brigade and police, which outlaws strikes in a place where there are a lot strikes." (Other states have done so as well to forestall strikes in IT-related industries but the point is that they've been proactive). The president of GE Capital said the state's incentive package was the "best of the breed in the country and was "significantly more competitive than that offered by other states...In fact we have not been able to keep pace with that of your government."
So, a lot of forces at play, but this may be one of the reasons for the decline.
Shehzad
Shehzad Nadeem Department of Sociology City University of New York, Lehman College http://shehzadnadeem.wordpress.com/
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:00 PM, // ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:
> On May 13, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13374646
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> > Comments?
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> Old news, isn’t it? The big drubbing happened a few years ago. I posted
> comments from a politically active Marxist friend from W.B at that time. Not
> sure I have anything more valuable to add.
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> —ravi
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