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Articles 33321 through 33420 of 35809:
- Congress Turncoats (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2003)
The Congress Party is tickled pink at the prospect of playing gatekeeper to the disinvestment process. Tuesday’s Supreme Court verdict, ruling that the government would require to get parliamentary approval for disinvesting oil majors HPCL/BPCL, has in...
- China And India — A Study In Contrast: Perspectives In Economic Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 18, 2003)
While the contrasts between the two countries are stark, it may be too early to write off India as a "lumbering giant" which has lost the race to the "Crouching Tiger". India's stable financial system and the better-organised legal machinery may still ...
- Israel Eye In Space On Indian Shoulder (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Sep 18, 2003)
Who said terror is the only common ground between New Delhi and Tel Aviv? Both sides are joining hands—in space.
- Cas: Lack Of Regulatory Framework (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Sep 18, 2003)
THE Conditional Access System (CAS) issue has become murkier, requiring immediate damage control by the Government. The Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Mr Vijay Singh, had to rush to Chennai to soothe ruffled
- Digitising The World Of Hunger (Deccan Herald, Shib Shankar Dasgupta, Sep 17, 2003)
Digitising the world has to be viewed on moral and ethical basis also, apart from the business angle
- Service Delivery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 17, 2003)
THE recently published review by the India Office of the World Bank on the course and content of the reforms process in India with particular reference to the achievement of the objective of reducing poverty is not exactly earth-shaking in its findings
- Rbi's Annual Report 2002-03: Positive Outlook Blurred By Concerns (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 16, 2003)
Despite the pervading optimism and positive outlook for 2003-04, the RBI Report highlights the medium-term issues and concerns. The growth rate of the economy envisaged under the Tenth Plan period is beyond reach going by the current economic parameters.
- Fiscal Deficit And Investment Pay-Off (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2003)
THE IMF recently concluded its annual consultations on the Indian economy. Its press release said that the "Executive Directors viewed the recent resilience of the Indian economy as testimony to the benefits of the reforms undertaken since the early 1990s
- Why Silicon Valley Needs To Reinvent Itself (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Sep 16, 2003)
It has become clear that the knowledge sector is no longer immune to job losses.
- World Investment Report 2003 — Internal Governance Matters A Great Deal (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 15, 2003)
THE World Investment Report 2003 carries forward the rich traditions of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) in surveying the progress of investment by transnational corporations in various countries. It notes the increasing role...
- Monsoon Session: Dry In Business (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Sep 15, 2003)
EXPECTED to do a great deal of legislative business, the just-concluded monsoon session of Parliament will be best remembered for the no-confidence motion against the BJP-led NDA Government that fell through, as expected. The Congress, which sponsored the
- Us Stocks Are Fully Priced, But Who Cares? (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Sep 15, 2003)
Though economic activity has gathered momentum in the US, the Federal budget deficit has reached record levels and looks set to rise further. Deficit spending makes bondholders nervous. However, its effect on the equity market is different. The ultra-easy
- Manager-Broker Nexus Must Be Curbed (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Sep 15, 2003)
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) concern that some portfolio managers may have an arms-length relationship with stockbrokers needs to be promptly addressed. The capital market regulator should take steps to prevent such a nexus; for its
- Raining On The Economy (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Sep 14, 2003)
Finance Minister Jasw-ant Singh has broken his vow of silence to claim that there is a ‘feel good’ factor sweeping the country. That’s wonderful, I said to myself, but I checked myself to ask ‘Who feels good?’.
- Burdened By Debt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2003)
RAMACHANDRA SHIVAPPA Halgali (Banakar) was a 40-year-old ryot from Gangapur village in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district. He had the responsibility of managing the entire agricultural operations of the family ever since his elder brother died ...
- Axing The Axis (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 13, 2003)
Indo-Israeli sweet-somethings, timed to rhyme with 9/11 commemorations, were abruptly cut off by the suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. But the US and British media had drawn their conclusions.
- Divestment As A Sweetheart Deal (Indian Express, Sitaram Yechury, Sep 13, 2003)
Perils of an economic model that posits rapid growth as fundamentally incompatible with democracy
- Dealing With Debt (Hindu, Tony Smith, Sep 13, 2003)
Argentina has got away with a less-than-stringent deal on its debt burden with the International Monetary Fund; and Brazil looks to follow suit.
- Globalisation Is A Sell-Out, Mr Shourie (Indian Express, Sitaram Yechury, Sep 12, 2003)
First in a two-part series that refutes the perception of world trade helping the common Indian
- The Dabhol Award (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2003)
IT SHOULD OCCASION no surprise that the arbitrators to the dispute between the two consortium partners in the Dabhol power project and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which underwrote their investment risk in the project, have found favour
- Towards A More Equitable System (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Sep 12, 2003)
At Cancun, India should try to obtain commensurate benefits against whatever concessions it may give
- Lowering Risk, Trade-For-Trade (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Sep 12, 2003)
THE shifting of select stocks to the trade-for-trade segment by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) augurs well for the market. The measure is likely to curb circular trading in these stocks. The usefulness of this ...
- India Without A Clue At Cancun (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Sep 11, 2003)
India has thus far made only feeble attempts to get an opportunity for professionals and semi-skilled to work anywhere in the world without visa harassment.
- Tamp Lines Loosened (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
Most economy-watchers will see the granting of autonomy to major port trusts in the matter of fixing rates a cloud with a silver lining.
- Cancun: Tentative And On Tenterhooks (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 11, 2003)
The WTO Fifth Ministerial aims to set a framework for putting the Doha trade talks back on track.
- Confronting The Heavyweights (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Sep 11, 2003)
India, with relatively stronger fundamentals and macro-economic parameters, appears to be armed-to-the-teeth to canvas its own case and those of other developing nations at Cancun.
- The Story Of Two Sayyeds (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Sep 11, 2003)
The community doesn’t heed the call of the grand old man of Aligarh anymore
- Food Standards And Market Access — Time For A New Engagement (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
The cola controversy in terms of the trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation appears well timed.
- Senior Executive Must Be Jack Of All Trades, Master Of Few (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Sep 11, 2003)
Senior executives play a vital and significant role in the upper echelons of management.
- Free-Trade Tune Opens Wto, Jaitley To Give His Pitch Today (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 11, 2003)
With protesters being kept at bay, the Fifth Ministerial Conference of Trade Ministers under the World Trade Organisation began at the beach resort of Cancun in Mexico today.
- For A Few Silvers More (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Sep 11, 2003)
The revision in sitting fees payable to directors for attendance at board meetings is discriminatory, says N. R. Moorthy
- Jaitley’s Brief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2003)
At Cancun, he must remember Kanpur. Because, ultimately, there’s no escape from reform
- Who Will Oversee Idbi? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2003)
FROM PURELY A technical standpoint, the Centre's proposal to confer, through legislative action, a banking licence on the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) is perfectly valid. After all, the Reserve Bank of India is a creation of the legislature
- Wto And Agriculture - Make Fair Costs The Basis Of Trade (Business Line, Ruddar Datt , Sep 10, 2003)
While the developed countries want unhindered access to the markets of developing countries, they go to great lengths to support their farmers. To share the benefits of globalisation equitably, developed countries must effect reductions in tariffs and sub
- Fractals And The Future Of Organisations (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Sep 10, 2003)
Fractal patterns, which repeat themselves on an ever-larger scale, are widely present in natural phenomena. If nature employs fractal structures in building much of the physical universe, is a similar structure being unconsciously employed in the ...
- Friendship Occupies All The Territory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 10, 2003)
Stepping out of its decades-old lakshman rekha with Israel, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today set the tone for a red carpet welcome for its Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, emphasising bonds in defence, agriculture and in the fight against terrorism that both
- Towards A Cancun Harvest (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Sep 09, 2003)
What suggestions do we have for our negotiators at Cancun? It is not enough to prepare the terrain in terms of the arguments used by our interlocutors in trade policy discussions — particularly since most arguments made in academic debates in India, apart
- Russia's Economic Rebound (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Sep 09, 2003)
Russia badly needs diversification to sustain high growth rates if there is a dramatic fall in oil prices once oil from Iraq hits the market.
- Should Banks Trade In Shares? (Business Line, R. Viswanathan , Sep 09, 2003)
Trading in shares by banks is close to speculation or gambling and the risks could, thus, be enormous. This calls for deeper scrutiny both by banks and the RBI, besides SEBI, lest the economy is visited yet again by another scam, with huge losses for the
- Ppf Is Still Relevant (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2003)
IT IS DIFFICULT to see how the public provident fund has lost it relevance, as the former UTI chairman, Mr S. A. Dave, the author of the official report on old age social security, argued recently. Setting aside a portion of current incomes to provide for
- Rbi Annual Report 2002-03: Credible And Creditable (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 08, 2003)
DR BIMAL Jalan, the RBI Governor who just relinquished charge last week, and his institution have dominated the news in the last few days, mainly because of the commendable achievements of the central bank under his tutelage. Compliments to Dr Jalan's
- Wto Gridlock Likely To Remain (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 08, 2003)
The Cancun ministerial is unlikely to produce major agreements on significant new liberalisation
- Blossoming Of India-Asean Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2003)
THE INDIA-ASEAN Business Summit was perhaps the right forum for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to articulate his views on forging closer ties with the Southeast Asian nations. Relations with the regional grouping have been cemented and ...
- Settle Ayodhya Before Vhp Gets Into Act: Rss (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 08, 2003)
Encouraged by the Archaeological Survey of India report on the excavations carried out at the Ayodhya site, the entire RSS leadership, led by Sarsanghchalak K S Sudarshan, met Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today and urged him to resolve the temple ...
- Dream Job? (Indian Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Sep 07, 2003)
Jalan was open and quick. Also revamped the image of RBI from being bureaucratic to techno-savvy. Now, Reddy has his work cut out
- To Kill A Starving Life (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 07, 2003)
Ali is a pavement vendor. He and his family wake at dawn every morning to cook massive amounts of idli-sambhar, dosas and poori-bhaji which he then transports in spotlessly clean steel containers to Marine Drive to sell. It is his only way of feeding his
- Can Democrats Take The War To Bush? (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 07, 2003)
The Democrats could make a contest of the U.S. Presidential elections
- Positive Effects Of The Current Rally (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Sep 05, 2003)
A DEBATE is still raging as to whether the current market rally is an asset price bubble. Whatever the outcome of the debate, the positive secondary effects of the current rally are too important to be ignored. A continual increase in asset prices could
- World Investment Report 2003 — A Note Of Caution To Developing Countries (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 05, 2003)
AHEAD of the Fifth World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial, scheduled to start in Cancun (Mexico) on September 10, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has cautioned the developing world against investment issues being pushed into the
- Professional Education And The S.C. (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Sep 05, 2003)
The Constitution Bench judgment in the Islamic Academy case creates a potentially enormous quota without working out the economics of its implementation.
- World Bank Pulls Up The Rich On Agriculture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 05, 2003)
The report urges that, if the world's poor are to be benefited in any meaningful way, the Doha Round must result in a reduction in farm protection all around the world.
- Homework We Need To Do Before We Begin Flying (Indian Express, AIR COMMODORE ( RETD ) JASJIT SINGH, Sep 04, 2003)
The Cabinet Committee on Security’s decision to acquire the AJT finally opens the door to a crucial capability that the Indian Air Force has been seeking for more than two decades, and which it hasn’t had for three. But while the door has been opened, the
- Ceo Salaries — Don't Bank On Peanut-Monkey Logic (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Sep 04, 2003)
THE RECENT advertisement by the Government for a chief executive officer for the proposed IDBI-converted bank promised "market-linked compensation'' for the CEO and this has raised a furore among public sector banks (PSBs) and financial institutions.
- Make Industrial Sector The Engine Of Growth (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 04, 2003)
With the business environment for the industrial sector turning favourable, it is the right time to initiate measures to make this sector an engine of growth and to raise its share in GDP. The thrust of the growth strategy should be more public and ...
- Measuring Bank Efficiency: Productivity Versus Profitability (Business Line, V. Pitre, Sep 03, 2003)
"... the driving force in the path ahead will be the immense capabilities that we possess in terms of human resource. In the years to come the `human bias' is likely to get stronger and the quality of human resource would become the cutting edge of ...
- France's Heat Wave (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 02, 2003)
How is it possible that in a country that boasts of one of the most advanced healthcare systems in the world, over 10,000 people are allowed to die in a matter of days
- Dr Jalan On Exchange Rate, Reserves - India's Currency Model Best For Asia (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 02, 2003)
EXCHANGE rates have always excited controversy. Indeed, one of the most politically explosive economic episodes in India's history concerned the devaluation of the rupee in 1966. The ruling party was sharply divided, with the anti-devaluationists led by
- Tasks Before Dr Reddy At Rbi (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 02, 2003)
DR Y. Venugopal Reddy is taking over as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). I had an opportunity to work with him during the tumultuous days of the Gulf Crisis in the early 1990s. He was then Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. He and I
- 'Centre Is Indifferent Towards Us. They Come Here Only When There's A Blast' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 01, 2003)
Days after the twin blasts ripped through Mumbai city, Maharashtra CM Sushilkumar Shinde spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, at the Gateway of India, one of the sites where the tragedy had struck. Excerpts from the interview ...
- A Bridge Too Misunderstood (Indian Express, Jayaraj Sivan, Sep 01, 2003)
Sri Lanka believes the proposed land bridge connecting the Rameswaram coast in India and Talaimannar in Sri Lanka is a much misunderstood project. While the project has been sought to be shot down on various grounds by Tamil Nadu politicians from Chief
- Newsreel: 31.08.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh has a new CM. Newer then Mayawati. Another political farce plays itself out in India’s most populous state installing Samajwadi Mulayam Singh Yadav as the new Chief Minister.
- Shower Power (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
Ample rains and a consequent rise in agricultural output have set the economy on the growth path after three unremarkable years.
- First, Liberalise The Attitude (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 31, 2003)
The item was tucked away in the inside pages. We have yet another committee and the ever-willing Mr N K Singh will now advise the Government of India or, to be precise, the Ministry of Power on how to overcome the reluctance of private investors to ...
- Queue, Sera, Sera (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 29, 2003)
It was while waiting at the Moscow airport some years back that realisation dawned. India, like Russia, has experienced its own economic revolution, even if ours has been less dramatic and more gradual. The serpentine queue at the Moscow immigration ...
- Strategy For India At Cancun (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Aug 29, 2003)
New Delhi's objective at the Cancun WTO ministerial should be to strive for an outcome that will help India obtain greater market access, and benefit from its export potential and greater participation in international trade
- Rational In Private, Wasteful In Public (Business Line, A. V. Ram Mohan, Aug 29, 2003)
WATER is scarce in Chennai, right? Wrong, if you observe the number of water tankers dripping and spilling their precious cargo throughout their routes. Petrol and fuel are expensive and dwindling resources, right? Wrong if you go by the number of vehicle
- After The No-Trust Move (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Aug 29, 2003)
There is a potential for closer cooperation among the Opposition parties within Parliament and for coordination outside.
- Non-Proliferation Problems (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Aug 29, 2003)
Given the policies the U.S. is pursuing unilaterally, the world will have to prepare itself to face a highly unstable nuclear future.
- Danger From Elbowing Out American Workers (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 29, 2003)
IN A context in which legislatures of some States in the US have sought to ban offshore outsourcing and engagement of non-American workers and immigrants, it is not surprising that the suicide at California of an employee of the Bank of America following
- Political Factors And Indo-Pak Trade (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Aug 29, 2003)
Pakistan definitely stands to gain from free trade with India but political considerations will not allow it
- Bureaucracy: Flaw Is In System, Not Workers (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Aug 29, 2003)
THE government may be the biggest industry in the world, but the statement, "I am from the government and here to help you" is still considered a bad joke. Increasingly, the people do not think that the government knows how to help or is bothered...
- Optimism At Rbi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
THE SMILE IS back on Mint Street with the Reserve Bank of India certain of real GDP growth this year "significantly exceeding" the first estimate of 6 per cent in April. Credit goes to good rains heralding a sharp rise in farm output which tagged on to a
- Good News From Rbi: Growth Is Set To Grow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2003)
There's good news for India Inc and stockmarkets: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has turned bullish about the economy. Upgrading the growth prospects for this year, the central bank said the 6 per cent growth forecast in real gross domestic product (GDP)
- Thinking Big With Sri Lanka (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 28, 2003)
When he calls on us to "think regionally rather than nationally," Ranil Wickremesinghe is bucking the trend in a region that has become a prisoner of debilitating ultra-nationalism.
- Cancun: Heavy Mantle On Jaitley (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 28, 2003)
At Cancun where WTO Trade Ministers meet to take stock of the headway made in the Doha Development Agenda, the Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, faces a heavy responsibility in taking forward the achievements of his predecessor, Mr Murasoli Maran, who
- Miracle Called Atal, Illusion Named Sonia (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Aug 27, 2003)
The country replied to the Sonia Gandhi piloted opposition no-confidence motion many hours before the vote in the Lok Sabha.
- Pak, Give Us Our Most Wanted, Says Advani (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
: The morning after, the death toll at 53, the crumpled metal of a taxi at Mumbadevi and the Gateway of India hosted two very important visitors.
- The Hindu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
THE HINDU, FOUNDED on September 20, 1878, is the oldest surviving major newspaper of Indian nationalism, by which we mean the great socio-political movement that won freedom for India from colonial bondage and helped consolidate the gains ...
- Services Exports: Opportunities And Barriers (Business Line, H. A. C. Prasad, Aug 27, 2003)
THE services sector is a very important one for India. Commercial services account for some 25 per cent of India's total exports. If labour services are included, the percentage will be higher. In 2002-03, for the first time India had a positive balance
- Mumbai, Shaken But Not Broken (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 27, 2003)
By targeting Mumbai, the country's financial capital, the terrorists hoped to strike at the heart of the nation. But the megapolis' resilience and vibrancy saw it back in action the very next day. The Maharashtra Government owes it to the Mumbaikars to
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