The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, January 31, 2002

Turbid policy
FAR FROM RATIONALISING or simplifying, the Government has confounded the already confusing situation in the vegetable oil sector by introducing a tariff rate quota (TRQ) for select oils and announcing eligibility norms for the concessional ... More

AGRICULTURE

Western cow vs Third World farmer
IT IS a strange world. For all we know, it is also an unequal world. The glaring inequality is not only confined to the ever-widening gulf between the rich and poor, between the elite and the masses and between the people and the powers that be. ... More

ECONOMY

India-US: A long-term perspective
NEVER since India became independent has there been such an intensive engagement with the US as during the last two months. Following visits by the Foreign Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, and the National Security Adviser, Mr Brajesh Mishra, a spate ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Stocks in, techniques out
U. Pancras on inventory management techniques in practice More

No nonsense
IN A recent public statement, the SEC Chairman, Mr Harvey L. Pitt, makes a valiant case for improving the disclosure and financial reporting system that "is still the best in the world". On that, there could be differences, but not on the ... More

TERRORISM

State of Union address: Bush casts a spell
IF ANYONE had the slightest lingering doubts about the telling transformation of the US President, Mr. George W. Bush, from the butt of lampoons during the Presidential campaign in 2000 to the universally acknowledged stature of a leader of the ... More

LETTERS

Management practice

Import duty reduction

Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in

Infosys forays into testing space

VSNL cuts annual rental for bandwidth lease

Re loses 12 paise

SBI net goes up three-fold in Q3

Treasury operations sparkle for banks

Western cow vs Third World farmer

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64