The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 27, 2002

Needed plans that work
IT WOULD BE instructive to know the concrete follow-up measures taken since the last meeting of G-20 Finance Ministers and central bank governors in Ottawa in 2001. Admittedly, given the events of September 11, the focus then was on ... More

ECONOMY

In the land of contradictions
Capitalism fast replacing socialism, widening gap between rich and poor, gender bias, more jobs but not for women... All these and more make China a study in contrast, says Rasheeda Bhagat as she looks at the country-in-transition. More

Living beyond our means — Why fiscal belt-tightening is vital
With the ambitious 8 per cent GDP growth target set for the economy, the main change-agent that is the banking sector cannot be weighed down by liabilities. In this context, the central bank can ill afford to slacken its three-pronged strategy of on- site inspection, off-site surveillance and external auditing towards monitoring the health profile of individual institutions. More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Sethusamudram project — In troubled waters still
AT A press conference held recently, the Minister of State for Shipping announced that work on the long-pending Sethusamudram project would begin after 2003 with an initial investment of Rs 200-230 crore. Even as the Nagpur-based National ... More

POLITICS

Healing touch
FOLLOWING the dastardly attack by fidayeens, obviously instigated by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, on the Raghunath Temple and Shivalaya Mandir in Jammu, the leading lights of the BJP have begun turning the heat on the Chief Minister of ... More

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