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FDI and policy planning
THE REPORT OF the Steering Committee of the Planning Commission on the policy regime for regulating foreign investments is significant not so much for the enhancement of limits on foreign ownership in select sectors such as banking or petroleum ... More

ECONOMY


Have we stopped thinking long-term?
Autonomous investment, signifying investments unaffected by current courses of rate of growth of consumption and by interest rates, is vital to an economy. But even now the economy has not been insulated from sudden and unexpected political shocks an d disturbances. In this context, investment efforts can hardly benefit the long future. More

  • Endless differentiation

    TAXATION


    Let the lower rate prevail
    T. C. A. Ramanujam on a recent High Court decision which has resolved a rate conflict between the DTAA and the I-T Act More

    Why tar-brush the trusts?
    While trusts need monitoring, subjecting them to undue hardship for routine procedures is not welcome, says R. Anand More

    Unsolicited but hopefully not unrequited
    S. Murlidharan pens an open letter to the Finance Minister More

    WATER MANAGEMENT


  • What makes you mad at dams?

    BUSINESS MODELS


    `Modelling' for business excellence
    TOM PETER'S and Robert Waterman's pioneering book, In Search of Excellence, published in 1982 saw the emergence of the concept of organisational excellence as a central feature of management literature. For the first time, their ... More

    RAILWAYS


    Living with rail mishaps
    IN A country as large as ours, and with a railway network as extensive as that of the Indian Railways, it is not surprising that there are regular accidents, some being attended by the deaths of scores of unsuspecting travellers. Indeed, it may ... More

    ECONOMIC OFFENCES


    Checking the explosion of corporate fraud
    Financial scams have exploded in India and abroad. While the Indian corporate world has been afflicted by such scams continuously from the days of Harshad Mehta to Tata-A. F. Ferguson now, the American scene appears to be much worse. T. C. A. Rama nujam examines the recent Indian and international trends in dealing with financial frauds and suggests how the proposed Serious Frauds Office should work for effective results. More
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  • Top Stories
    Gujarat HC approves RIL-RPL merger


    Telecom operators' capex put at Rs 1,30,000 cr

    Much at stake for Govt in IFCI bail-out

    Fertiliser trade counts on rabi revival to offset setback

    Insulin prices hiked; TB drugs to cost less

    Textile, plantation sectors drag export growth — Modest growth in gem, jewellery, petro goods

    In Depth
    Gender Justice
    Simple Economics
    Small Investor
    Looking back
    Sep. 1-Sep. 7
    Creditable progress on external debt

    The oil link — Why Bush wants to attack Iraq

    Women in India: A status report

    RBI Annual Report for 2002-02 — Stressing the need for social vision

    Railway bifurcation: Zones of contention


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