The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, March 04, 2003

Crop shift confusion
EVEN AS MR Jaswant Singh basks in the well-deserved compliments pouring in for his 2003-04 Budget, a significant aspect that rankles — and will continue to do so for some time — is his treatment of agriculture. After raising high ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Mobile telephony, the tech factor
WHILE there is so much talk about the two main mobile communication technologies — global systems for mobile communications (GSM) and code division multiple access (CDMA) — there is little awareness about their implications in India. ... More

BUDGET

Vox Populi gets an ear
We knew all along that Budget is serious business. And you have demonstrated this in full measure. No couplets, no leading people up the garden path with hollow promises. Vox Populi would like to congratulate you on your maiden Budget, and ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Urban local bodies: Pooled financing for infrastructure
A pooled financing arrangement helps urban local bodies fund viable water and sanitation projects by mobilising the capital market, reducing their effective cost of borrowings, and facilitating private sector participation. It also gives sufficient comfort for multilateral agencies to participate in local infrastructure development through fee-based activities, says N. Ramakrishnan. More

Infrastructure projects — A credit model for funding
WITH the enactment of the Securitisation Act, India is at a point where innovative structural ideas and further policy amendments may help investors, financial institutions, banks and private enterprises. First, the Government needs to tackle: ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

A weak case for decentralisation
THE case for decentralisation of governance is self-evident. The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has said the Government is willing to devolve greater powers to the panchayats. But is this likely to happen? Nobel Laureate James ... More

LETTERS

Senior citizens

Fiscal deficit

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