The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 14, 2005

Investing, SRI style
The socially responsible investing style is more to do with an individual's ethical values. In essence, it is an investment style that weaves philosophical issues into the portfolio construction process. More

EDITORIAL

Action in the pipeline
MUCH INTEREST HAS been generated by the Union Cabinet authorising the Petroleum Ministry last week to negotiate with Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar to lay transnational pipelines for import of natural gas. The authorisation is a clear ... More

ECONOMY

The challenge before the PM
According to the report under Article IV Consultations between the International Monetary Fund and India, which has just been released by the IMF, the state of the Indian economy has never been as promising as it is now. As the Fund's directors see i t, "the present favourable economic environment provides a good opportunity for India to make a bold push towards achieving its reform agenda". Consequently, they have urged the authorities to forge a "political consensus" for such a decisive move. T his is the challenge that is staring the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in the face. More

A guest at the G(7) in London — And India's role in the unfolding Asian Century
INDIA has finally made it to the august group of G(7) — the group of rich industrialised nations which controls the monetary policies of the world. The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, was invited to ... More

FINANCIAL POLICY

Fear not the Fed
Financial markets do not have to fear the Fed. Mr Alan Greenspan has decided that the process of reversal of the US current account deficit is well under way and that there is no need to do anything drastic. Therefore, he has reduced the likelihood o f policy-induced economic slowdown to reduce imports and the current account deficit significantly. Mr Greenspan will not rock the boat, says V. Anantha Nageswaran More

INTERVIEW

`Banks will need Rs 30,000 cr more as capital' — Mr Balaji Swaminathan, Head-Corporate, ICICI Bank
The biggest issue for a bank is capital. If Corporate India decides to spend Rs 300,000 crore, banks are going to need Rs 30,000-40,000 crore of additional capital. More

BOOKS

Blue ocean strategy
MANAGEMENT field brims with new ideas. It has to, otherwise it will not be accepted as a credible pursuit. Also, the constant intellectual churning that goes on questions old assumptions and concepts, and throws up new ... More

LETTERS

Towards a tripolar economy

Inflation target

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