The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 07, 2002

Another accounting, accountability scandal
ANYONE, even remotely interested in the business world, is by now familiar with all the accounting gimmickry that so-called world class US companies like Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing, Tyco and so on have indulged in. The malfeasance has ... More

EDITORIAL

Depreciating incentive
FOR THE CORPORATE sector, investing in ecologically sustainable practices has become just that bit less attractive. This follows a change this year in the depreciation policy under income-tax law for pollution control equipment, energy saving ... More

ECONOMY

Vision 2020 — Power of positive thinking
India can prosper. But first our leaders must concede that past policies have brought ruin. Accept that drastic change is necessary. And, look for novel solutions, if necessary even by borrowing. We can progress even faster than those from whom we bo rrow solutions. Realisation must come that optimism and the will to change are the eye-pieces of vision, says P. V. Indiresan. More

World Economic Outlook — September 2002: Strong on trade and financial linkages
The IMF's World Economic Outlook is an eagerly-awaited document, although it does not often say anything new. While the WEO is strong on linkages between trade and financial integration and advocacy in trade liberalisation, it is weak on suggestions for restructuring global finance. More

HEALTH

AIDS and the development paradigm in India
IMAGINE India free of poverty. A country where quality of life guarantees human dignity. A country where everyone exercises basic human rights. A country where all children will live to their fullest potential. That is the dream the World Bank ... More

POLITICS

Pre-emption or predation?

DISINVESTMENT

Disinvestment and the FDI debate
THE debate on disinvestment of PSUs continues, the only beneficiaries of which are the stock-market players who, not surprisingly, are on their toes to make a killing on the market with every twist and turn of the battle within the Government on ... More

FINANCIAL MARKETS

The cons of IDRs
AT THE fag end of 1997, an Informal Group on the Primary Market, headed by the then Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), Dr Shankar N. Acharya, had recommended some steps for reviving the moribund primary market. One of the recommendations made by the ... More

LETTERS

Disinvestment

Cauvery muddle

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