The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 23, 2004

EDITORIAL
Tax bail-out by India Inc
ON THE FACE of it, there is something to cheer about the Centre's gross tax revenues of Rs 252,162 crore in 2003-04. That these have exceeded the Budget Estimate for the first time since 1995-96 makes the achievement all the more creditable. ... More

FOREX
Strong rupee could be a boon
With restructured operations helping it take on competition better, India Inc is not too worried by the rupee's rise against the dollar. The stronger rupee will also make imports cheaper, attract more FDI and soften the impact of the crude price sp urt. Now is the time for the Government to use the bulging forex kitty to trigger an investment boom in the economy, suggests S. D. Naik. More

MANAGEMENT
Guru watching
SOME watch stars, some wild life, some birds, some jailbirds. I avidly watch the management gurus whose gaggle provides humankind with no end of entertainment. The concoction made out of their cerebral fermentation ... More

INTERVIEW
`Tragedy of AP is that power is centralised excessively'
After Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh is the third most-criminalised State in the country, and without the intervention of goondas, an aggrieved citizen can rarely get justice, says the Hyderabad-based Dr Jayaprakash Narayan, National ... More

LETTERS

Dabhol project

Benefits of rising rupee

Forecasting rains

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