The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 16, 2002

Economy pushed to back seat
TWO CONCLAVES ARE behind us, but not the reverberations. In a politically surcharged atmosphere, economics cannot but play second fiddle. This is exactly what the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, did at the BJP's Goa meet. One can hardly ... More

ECONOMY

Tilting Tamil Nadu towards prosperity
THE TAMIL NADU Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, has set a grand, but achievable, goal for the state's administration under her leadership. The Chief Minister has expressed the determination to so govern Tamil Nadu as to transform it into India's ... More

Optimising social sector expenditure
IT IS well established that human capital — health and education — is the key to growth, consequently requiring more expenditure on the social sectors. But there is a crucial difference between public and private expenditures. Public ... More

EXIM POLICY

Exim Policy: Will it deliver?
The latest Exim Policy is focussed mainly on policies directed towards increasing exports, and suggests that the Government has more or less stopped worrying about the impact of import penetration on the productive sectors of the economy. In this edi tion of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh assess the latest Exim Policy and consider whether it is likely to meet its declared objectives. More

NBFCS

DCA volte-face on nidhi regulation
STRANGE are the ways of the Department of Company Affairs (DCA) if one were to consider the action and quick retraction vis-à-vis the regulation of nidhi companies. Consequent to the failure of a host of nidhis, a nine-member expert ... More

LETTERS

Duty-free Bangladeshi products

Mounting NPAs

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`Mahajan effect' speeds up village telephony

`India second largest market for VC funding'

Kotak Mahindra to merge four arms with itself

SCI asked to put investment decisions on back-burner

Hind Lever sales dip 10 pc, net rises 26 pc in Q1

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
Apr. 7-Apr. 13
Move to decentralise food procurement -- Third revolution on farm front?

FDI: Hi China, excuse me India