The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 07, 2005

Gold futures: Jewel in a portfolio
BUDGET 2005-06 has proposed the introduction of gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Gold has always been an attractive investment because it has a weak relationship with equity. It is highly likely that fund-houses will ... More

EDITORIAL

Banking on Basel-II
WITH THE RESERVE Bank of India issuing draft guidelines, the stage is set for banks to migrate to a new risk-management regime under the Basel-II norms. The deadline is March 31, 2007 and for one year before that banks are expected to do a ... More

INSIGHT

Waning loyalty
LOYALTY was at one time a highly prized value. At the household level, it was well-recognised as the cementing force of families. The joint family system was nothing if not based on a network of enduring loyalties. Not ... More

BUDGET

The great jugglery act
LIKE a trapeze artist in a circus, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had to reconcile diverse and sometimes conflicting needs such as pushing reforms to their logical end and even while conforming to an election ... More

Budget's investment focus can propel economy
The Budget is multi-dimensional, as far as over-all impact is concerned, and has given top priority to development and growth of the rural sector. More

The politics of Budget-making
For long the Budget has generally been a populist sell-out. The country has suffered because political fortunes in India have had little or nothing to do either with fiscal prudence or economic progress. Either due to the immaturity of the electorate , or because the poor feel that development is of little use to them, the popular mandate has steadily drifted into irresponsible hands, says P. V. Indiresan, discussing some of the proposals. More

ECONOMY

Twelfth Finance Commission's report — Right emphasis on fiscal deficit and growth
THE Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) under Dr C. Rangarajan's Chairmanship has submitted its recommendations to the Government . They have been accepted and incorporated in the latest Union Budget. While building on the ... More

WORK LIFE

Nap time at the workplace
I PROMISED the salesperson behind the counter in the jewellery shop on Mada Street near the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Chennai that I would be back the next morning to buy the item I was interested in. As I was leaving, I ... More

LETTERS

Transaction tax issues

FBT concerns

A corrective measure

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