The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 17, 2003

On a new flight path
BY ALL ACCOUNTS it was not a well-debated plan, but the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, apparently trusted his guts and donned the cloak of a visionary, when he announced at Bali, Indonesia, an `open-skies policy' for the 10 members of ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Are balanced funds value enhancing?
KOTAK Mahindra Mutual Fund proposes to launch a new scheme, Kotak Income Plus, which will invest in stocks and bonds. This brings to question the importance of balanced funds (refers to all funds that invest in stocks ... More

POLITICS

In the cradle of anarchy
"THE CIA is now talking of 9000 terrorists penetrating the country... The Americans have turned Iraq into a battlefield for international terrorism against the forces of the free world... we didn't ... More

Stop the rot
FAR from India evolving into a casteless society, assertion of caste and community identities is becoming more and more aggressive, to the point of promoting internecine violence and vitiating orderly governance. ... More

MANPOWER

India Inc, getting lean and nimble
No longer is VRS a bad word. As much as it has made corporates, banks and PSUs leaner and nimbler, it has also enriched the retirees. And, contrary to the perception that VRS means job erosion, it has made for continuous job enrichment. A Business Line study on the dynamics of VRS. More

WTO

Cancun failure is nobody's gain
India, on the threshold of sustained economic growth, will be affected by the stalemate at Cancun. Also, it is neither a part of any significant trade bloc that governs bilateral trade or party to multilateral agreements. The latter, though slow in f inalisation, opens up the avenues to large volumes of business. More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Prosecution for cheque bouncing — Where does the nominee director stand?
THERE is a debate over whether a nominee director enjoys full immunity under the newly enacted provisions of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act. In a prosecution under Section 141(l) of the NI Act, the crucial test ... More

LETTERS

Divestment worries

Electricity sector

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