KARNIK ON CONVERGENCE

IN Law and Policy | 10/04/2002

any body to try and provide a standardised definition of these dynamic, evolving facets of our diverse and plural society

any body to try and provide a standardised definition of these dynamic, evolving facets of our diverse and plural society.

6) The composition of the commission is important if it is to create the right climate. The secretary general of the commission will be a key person. The Commission should be free to recruit the best Secretary general it can find for the task. Such a person in all probability is unlikely to be from the government. The present draft however provides for a government officer of the rank of a secretary. This requirement should be dropped.
The core of the Commission should be people from industry. The government mindset is to say, "how do I stop these people," instead of saying "how do I promote this industry".

7) Whole time members of the commission should at least partly be bright professionals in the 40 to 50 years age group. But the draft stipulates that members who demit office cannot take up any commercial employment for a period of two years. Such a clause will ensure that the commission will only have retired persons as members.

Need for Regulation

Why does an industry which has shown considerable dynamism in the last five or six years now need regulation? Karnik gives three solid reasons.
· Because major investment is still holding off, unwilling to risk investing in an scenario where the

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