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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 16647:
- Throwing Light On Prosperity (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Oct 24, 2003)
If India has to rediscover the magic of investments in public infrastructure, it has to generate revenue surpluses. But this can happen only if the government is sensitive to the needs of the private sector, the principal source of savings and taxes
- Time For A Wake-Up Call (Hindu, S. Akbar Zaidi, Oct 23, 2003)
Pakistan has been left behind, in terms of economic growth, by other SAARC countries and particularly by India.
- Cancun: India's Stand Must Be Guarded (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 23, 2003)
THE WTO, it is hoped, has learnt some useful lessons from the recent failure of negotiations at Cancun It should begin the work of restructuring the organisation to make the consultative process more open, and to engender a spirit of give and take between
- Asian Economic Integration: Pathway To Security And Prosperity (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 23, 2003)
The obsession with Pakistan has distorted the conduct of India's foreign policy. This has not allowed the country to emerge as a constructive partner with Asean and SAARC, and other regional powers such as China, Japan and South Korea. The Prime Minister'
- India-Thailand Fta: Who Is The Real Gainer? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 23, 2003)
Thailand is one-tenth the size of India. While the goal of any FTA is market enlargement and improvement of the investment environment, how can India gain from Thailand which competes with it?
- Possessed By None (Indian Express, K K Khullar, Oct 23, 2003)
Baba Farid, the first poet of Punjabi
- Georgian Mystery (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 23, 2003)
Something’s cooking in defence minister and NDA convenor George Fernandes’ pot. But apart from dropping hints calculated to whet appetites, he’s not letting anyone in on his secret.
- A Map To Save The Metro, But... (Indian Express, Yogi Aggarwal, Oct 22, 2003)
Ever since Mumbai began its slow decline in the mid-70s, a number of plans have been formulated to save the city from further decay. One of the first such was the Ajit Kelkar Committee, set up under the managing director of the Taj group of hotels in 1982
- A New Asian Economic Integration (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 22, 2003)
India's compulsions of integrating with Asean have assumed a new urgency with the recent failure of the WTO Ministerial at Cancun and the threat issued by the US of bypassing WTO for bilateral trading arrangements. Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee pushing the idea
- The General In The Jig-Saw (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Oct 22, 2003)
To further Indo-US ties, we need to first understand Pak-US ties
- Canada Calling (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 22, 2003)
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien arrives in New Delhi later this week and so what if he’s perceived as a sort of lame duck back home. With Chretien promising to retire in February, a succession race within his Liberal Party has Finance Minister Paul
- Why Is This A Very Happy Diwali? Top Answer Is Reforms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
There’s something deeper to the optimism than the rain god, write Advisor to Finance Minister Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah, Consultant, Dept of Economic Affairs
- Following The (Business Line, George Ninan, Oct 22, 2003)
IN Patrick O'Brian's nautical yarn, the Mauritius Command, fourth in the Aubrey-Maturin series, our heroes set off to take Mauritius thereby making the Indian Ocean safe for the English East India Company. The Mauritius influence on the Indian economy app
- Forging An Alliance (Hindu, Tony Smith, Oct 22, 2003)
Argentina and Brazil were determined to maintain the alliance of developing countries and to continue pressing for more equitable trade for farmers.
- Neoliberalism, Investment And Growth In Latin America (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 21, 2003)
The recent experience of most economies in Latin America contradicts the argument that neoliberal market-oriented policies are necessary for increasing investment and growth, even if they may have harmful effects on distribution and social sectors. In thi
- India Opens Pursestrings For Rs 50 Cr More To Iraq (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Oct 21, 2003)
India is set to put in an additional $10 million (around Rs 50 crore) for reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Iraq. The announcement will be made at the donors’ conference in Madrid this week. With this, India’s contribution in post-war Iraq will b
- Stemming The Dollar Tide (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
IF THE RESERVE Bank of India is for stemming dollar inflows, it should have done away with the interest rate differential between Non-Resident (External) Rupee deposits and Libor (London inter-bank offered rate). It could have gone bolder by fixing the in
- Iraq: No Material Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
THE UNITED STATES has agreed to alter the profile of its unjust occupation of Iraq under the pressure of overall circumstances. A new resolution, 1511 (2003), `unanimously' adopted by the United Nations Security Council on October 16, emphasises ...
- Npas: Not A Complete Write-Off (Business Line, T. S. Viswanathan, Oct 21, 2003)
MUCH has been written about the banking sector's non-performing assets. A fair estimate from the banking sector reveals that around Rs 75,000 crore — or the equivalent of around $16 billion — of debt could be bad and doubtful.
- Ltte And Muslims (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 21, 2003)
At the heart of the problem is the LTTE's view of itself as the absolute ruler of the north-east.
- Watering Down A Water Plan (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 21, 2003)
The watershed development movement in India gathered steam in the mid-eighties. In the beginning, the nation used canal-based irrigation as its major salvation.
- Doing Business In Rich And Poor Countries (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 20, 2003)
Businessmen around the world face — and complain about — the different policy regimes, especially when it comes to questions of starting a business. But doing business in poor countries, which score poorly in regulation, credit delivery and infrastructure
- Labour Reforms (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
ONE SUSPECTS THAT the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was only indulging in a bit of diplomatic double-speak when he spoke of the need to bring in changes to the labour laws so that they become instruments "for speedy employment generation in all
- Hr Department: A New Agenda (Business Line, S. Sudarshan, Oct 20, 2003)
THE HISTORY of the human resource (HR) departments in India has been reactive rather than pro-active. The HR department has always looked outside for recognition.
- The Raison D'etre Of Stock Splits (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Oct 20, 2003)
THE proposal for a 10-for-one stock split by TVS Motors brings to the fore the stock market reaction to such corporate decisions. Empirical evidence suggests that stock splits generate excess returns following the announcement.
- No Screen Savers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
Before formulating responses to party workers’ e-mails, Congress must strive for coherence
- Business Corruption And Individual Values (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 20, 2003)
THE survey results on corruption released annually by Transparency International generate the usual comments on which countries have improved their ranking and which have not. The perception of corruption is now so widespread that the organisation's 2002
- ‘my Dream: To Bring Civil Aviation From The Maharaja To The Common Man’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 20, 2003)
If you came to this airport while travelling abroad — and you wouldn’t have been a VIP — what are the things that would make you mad
- October Revolution, 2003 (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Oct 19, 2003)
How many in this century remember V I Lenin? Lenin believed and declared that two ‘E’s were imperative for the building of a modern and a mighty state — Education and Electricity. He was absolutely right. Though communism collapsed by the end of the last
- News Reel 12.10.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
India's most-wanted becomes the world’s wanted as the United States blacklists fugitive Mumbai underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. In a huge embarrassment to Pakistan, the US Department of Treasury lists his location as Karachi and publicises his Pakistan Pass
- Forex Kitty Swelling: Touches $90 Bn (Indian Express, Reuters, Oct 19, 2003)
India’s foreign exchange reserves surged to a record $90.35 billion, thanks to heavy central bank intervention in the currency market.
- An Insidious Campaign (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Oct 19, 2003)
From being confined to isolated backward pockets of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, the naxalites have spread their network across several States
- Welcome, And Come Via Mauritius (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 18, 2003)
The message is loud and clear. India has come of age as a destination for international investments and it will not be squeamish any longer about a sharp practice called treaty shopping. In a judgment delivered last week, the Supreme Court blew away the c
- Fighting To Keep What Is Theirs (Hindu, Larry Rohter, Oct 18, 2003)
The Bolivian Government's plans to export natural gas have run up against widespread anti-globalisation protests.
- Ram Versus Rajya (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 18, 2003)
It’s poll time in two weeks, will the BJP trust its wisdom or succumb to instinct
- Ssis In New Economic Environment (Deccan Herald, M Prahladachar , Oct 17, 2003)
It has become a ritual to preface any discussion on the small-scale industry (SSI) sector in India with encomiums showered on its significant contribution to industrial production, employment generation and exports.
- India Inc, Getting Lean And Nimble (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 17, 2003)
No longer is VRS a bad word. As much as it has made corporates, banks and PSUs leaner and nimbler, it has also enriched the retirees. And, contrary to the perception that VRS means job erosion, it has made for continuous job enrichment. A Business. . .
- Are Balanced Funds Value Enhancing? (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Oct 17, 2003)
Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund proposes to launch a new scheme, Kotak Income Plus,
- Farm Sector Woes (Hindu, Bhanu Pratap Singh , Oct 17, 2003)
The decline in agricultural growth and increase in rural poverty have been due to the long persisting government indifference towards the farm sector.
- Wealth: Agriculture Plus Services (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Oct 16, 2003)
Rachel Carson, in her landmark book Silent Spring, has stated that the power of an idea can be greater than political power. In the economic development of a country, there are two factors at work:
- Licensed To Crawl (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 16, 2003)
Telecom sector — where tech change is the fastest— remains the last bastion of the licensing regime
- Put Development On Top Of The Agenda (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 16, 2003)
In this crucial second half of the fiscal, with Assembly elections round the corner and a comfortable enough macro-economic situation, the Government should shed its obsessive concern with disinvestment and the 8 per cent economic growth target and turn,
- Messy Grain Management (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
THE MESS THAT foodgrains management has become needs to be sorted out quickly. In just about one year, the grain inventory is down by exactly half — from 55.4 million tonnes in September 2002 to 27.8 million tonnes last month.
- Engineering A Makeover For Gujarat (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Oct 16, 2003)
FOR the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, the last couple of months have been all about re-engineering, restructuring and reinventing the business outlook of his State.
- Biotechnology: Hope & Hype (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
IN SOME WAYS, biotechnology is nothing new. Breeding domestic animals and cultivable crops were prerequisites for civilisation. Less essentially perhaps, early societies discovered fermentation and alcoholic beverages. But modern biotechnology ...
- The Ltte And The `Kp Factor' (Hindu, Iqbal Athas, Oct 15, 2003)
The LTTE has made it unequivocally clear that the future of the ceasefire will depend on Colombo's response to its counter-proposals.
- 1992 Mandir Poster Boy Gets His Face Read The Night Before (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Oct 15, 2003)
Just hours away, the VHP rally is the talk of Lucknow. But in No. 2 Mall Avenue, barely 7 km from tomorrow’s rally venue, a man flits in and out of the living room, studiously avoiding all talk on the VHP. It’s the last thing Kalyan Singh wants to discuss
- Political Earthquake (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2003)
FROM body building to body politic? Well, that is the nature of the dramatic transition the former fitness buff and the current hero of action-cum-adventure packed movies, Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger has made in California by replacing the State's Governor .
- Message From The East (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2003)
The India-Thailand free trade agreement is part of a wider good neighbour policy
- That Sinking Feeling (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Oct 15, 2003)
During the 1990s I spent much of my time focusing on economic crises around the world — in particular, on currency crises like those that struck south-east Asia in 1997 and Argentina in 2001. The timing of such crises is hard to predict. But there are war
- Breaking Free From Industrial Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 15, 2003)
WHAT are the real costs of food? When we buy a kg of rice or wheat, have we at any time wondered what its real cost could be against what we pay in the shop? We only are concerned about the `market' price of food, and not what it costs to produce.
- `One Country, Two Systems' Formula Under Test (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Oct 15, 2003)
AS IF to test the tenacity of its unique "one country, two systems" paradigm, Hong Kong has been constantly buffeted by challenges — economic, political and social ever since its reunification with China in July 1997.
- Hindutva Rate Of Growth (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Oct 14, 2003)
There is hype and hypocrisy in economic projections
- Party Pooper Vhp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
If BJP’s anniversary do is overshadowed by Ayodhya, it has only itself to blame
- Boost To India-Thailand Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
BUT FOR THE 1997 economic meltdown, Thailand might have emerged as the leading Asian Tiger among the Southeast Asian countries. Its economy was growing at a robust eight per cent of GDP. The country has now recovered from the problem, though the ...
- Oil Smoothens A Dynasty's Rule (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Oct 14, 2003)
The big game in the Caucasus is bound to gain momentum after the presidential elections in Azerbaijan where both Russia and the U.S. have decided dynastic succession is the best option.
- Corporate Credit Portfolio — Baking Assets On The Fire Of Securitisation (Business Line, Venkat Ramaswami, Oct 14, 2003)
The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SRFESI) was definitely a strong indication that the corridors in New Delhi were waking up to calls from Wall Street. It is time for the wake-up signal to b
- Mercy Or Murder? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2003)
In France the medical profession has been calling for some legal framework for the widely practised act of euthanasia.
- Trains, Buses Diverted To Keep Out Kar Sevaks (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Oct 13, 2003)
As the Sabarmati Express pulled in at the Ayodhya railway station this evening, very few got off. And not a single one from S-6, the infamous Godhra coach. In the near empty coach, a passenger said police in Jhansi forced people off the train. He was not
- Getting Back On The Growth Path (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 13, 2003)
What the developed world needs to do is to "coordinate" monetary policy, which will bring about stability in capital flows and an orderly realignment in exchange rates but only if it is "combined with coordinated fiscal expansion".
- Industrial Policy Options — Going Beyond Mere Reforms (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 13, 2003)
I RECENTLY came across a seminal contribution to the ongoing debate on economic reforms in India, written by a bright economist, Dr R. Nagaraj of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research.
- New World Disorder (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Oct 13, 2003)
It’s 30 years since oil prices soared and monetarism triumphed - and there could be more upheaval to come
- New World Disorder (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Oct 13, 2003)
It’s 30 years since oil prices soared and monetarism triumphed - and there could be more upheaval to come
- ‘we Made Mistakes Like Discouraging Private Sector, We Are Changing Now’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 13, 2003)
You are the only Marxist ruler, if I could call you so, in the whole world. Isn’t it so, and an elected one at that, barring the small government in Tripura
- After The Battle In Iraq .... Is The War On Asian Currencies Right? (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 13, 2003)
Given the US focus on Asian currencies, if the yen strength persists, the risk of a currency war rises, with pressure on China to do something. The Bank of Japan would be forced into aggressive intervention. Central banks would race to destroy the value o
- Presidential Shuttle (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 12, 2003)
It's not just the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister who are bitten by the travel bug. President Abdul J. Kalam is also constantly on the move, shuttling between Delhi and other parts of the country
- The Shia-Sunni Equation (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
THE EXIT of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime has set off a power struggle among Iraq's two main Muslim sects. The Shias, who form the single largest community in Iraq and constitute 62 per cent of the population, are the chief contenders.
- A Land Under Siege (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
Signs of anger at the American occupation are visible all over Baghdad.
- Balloons In The Bourses (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
What has helped shore up market enthusiasm are growth projections of over 7 per cent
- Enlightenment, Buddha Style (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 11, 2003)
If India’s east is to emerge at all, Kolkata and West Bengal must be the engine
- In-The-Black Friday: Infy Leads The Way (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
Sensex at 39-month high; Infosys set to tap China market
- The Asean Tango (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2003)
INDIA AND THE Association of South-East Asian Nations have come closer than ever before with the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, participating in the Bali summit of Asean where India enjoyed partner status along with China, Japan and South Korea.
- A Neighbour’S Paranoia (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Oct 10, 2003)
Pakistan’s search for parity with India is leading it up a blind alley
- Books And Papers Redefined (Business Line, S. Kannan, Oct 09, 2003)
On the company law provisions relating to accounts and audit on the anvil
- India And Asean (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
THE SECOND INDIA-ASEAN summit in Bali has provided the much-needed thrust and framework for taking the partnership forward. Two broad agreements, for Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and combating terrorism, have been signed. India has also ...
- High On Fii (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
BY FUNNELLING OVER $4 billion into the Indian markets this year, foreign institutional investors have sent strong signals about their positive perception of the Indian economy. It is true this flow has come when the rupee has appreciated by nearly 6 per..
- Arnie Swaggers In (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
Does the Californian result symbolise the best of democracy? Or the worst?
- Towards A Post-Democratic Age? (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 08, 2003)
It would be stretching logic to pretend that the proliferation of delegation is synonymous with democracy itself.
- Visa Vicissitudes (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2003)
THE SCALING DOWN by the United States of the annual H1B visa cap from 1,95,000 to 65,000 with effect from October 1 may not leave India's software industry unduly perturbed in the near term. No doubt, the apex software association, Nasscom, will feel ...
- `Strength Of Indo-British Ties Lies In People-To-People Link' (Business Line, Vinay Kamath, Oct 08, 2003)
SIR ROB YOUNG, British High Commissioner to India since January 1999, returns to the UK after four tumultuous years when powerful events gripped the world stage. As he says, the last few months of his assignment have been spent in defending his government
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