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End the `transfer' market
IT IS JUST as well that Mr Gingee Ramachandran opted to put in his papers as Minister of State for Finance at the Centre. Even by the most liberal norms of probity in public affairs, it would have been difficult to justify his continuance in the ... More

ECONOMY


Discourses on development
THE Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics in Bangalore has been a useful exercise in airing various points of view on what comprises `development' and how best India can attain a respectable rate of economic growth. Such ... More

FOREX


Forex reserves and the falling dollar
The RBI should take steps to allay concerns about holding India's reserves in US dollars. It should state that it has put in place suitable policies to ensure that the reserves are suitably hedged against the potential fall of the greenback — i f, indeed, such hedges are feasible and affordable. More

The curious thing about exchange rates
MY FAVOURITE anonymous quote about India goes like this: Whatever one says about India the opposite is equally true. Interestingly, it applies with equal force to something vastly different such as exchange rates! Yes, whatever exchange rate ... More

INTERVIEW


`Islamic parties want peace with India' — Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, Senator and Vice-President, Jamaat-e-Islami
Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, Senator and Vice-President of the Jamaat-e-Islami, did his M.Com from Lucknow before the Partition, and believed then that the newly-carved country would live in peace with its neighbour. After 56 years of enmity, he told ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP


Entrepreneurship: A new dimension
ENTREPRENEURSHIP is one of those elusive concepts, comprising diverse features all of which it is difficult to embody in a single, crisp definition. The US National Commission on Entrepreneurhsip has had a go at it as "the way the economy takes ... More

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