On 06/08/07, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2) Lack of competition (of good service providers)
Or in other words, monopolies. The government has been largely ineffective in controlling monopolies in India - probably because in most industries, the biggest players are government-owned at the moment (Telecom - BSNL, Banking - SBI, Insurance - LIC etc.). The "watchdog" organisations setup by the government to protect the consumers' interests are largely ineffectual probably because of this conflict of interest - hence even smaller players tend to treat the consumer as an unavoidable nuisance. Binand
