Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, May 06, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, May 06, 2005 |
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OPINION EDITORIAL Not wholly creditable THE RELIEF OVER the scrapping of the 10 per cent cap on voting rights in private banks quickly ebbs at the prospect of the 10 per cent discretionary limit imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on equity purchases in private banks. In a manner, the ... More COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES A bad show MR Justice S. N. Phukan is hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. He certainly comes down a notch or two in public esteem going by the statement made in the Rajya Sabha by the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee. Most surprisingly, ... More ECONOMY Afghanistan: Challenges abound AFGHANISTAN was liberated in November 2001 from the clutches of the Taliban, which had totally dehumanised the people, particularly women, with its absurd diktats. Yet, there has been no salvation as the country is still grappling with a ... More FOREIGN TRADE 
Business defines Sino-Indian relationsUNTIL RECENTLY, China was a worthy rival to India, not only in the political domain but also in the business arena, as Beijing aggressively pushed global trade. This was a cause for concern to New Delhi, as the trade pattern of the two countries ... More HEALTH 
How AIDS saps the economyHIV/AIDS is estimated to have affected 5 million persons in India. What are the economic consequences of the disease? First is the loss precious human resource in terms of manhours lost, loss of productivity and higher health cost to the ... More POLITICS Giving people a right to information FIFTY years after the country gained Independence, India's citizens can confidently hope to secure access to information under the domain of public administration. The United Progressive Alliance Government took this first significant step by ... More TAXATION 
What is the optimum rate of tax?A flat tax revolution is now sweeping Central and Eastern Europe. Disgusted with the oppression and unnecessary trouble that people suffer at the hands of the tax collector, these countries have taken to the flat or proportional tax as a way out to s ecure a simplified system free from the arbitrariness of the progressive tax code with its built-in deductions, exemptions and tax breaks, says T. C. A. Ramanujam. More FINANCIAL MARKETS Problems in the capitalist market The immense growth in the global financial market in the past decade-and-a-half, intended to increase stability, could in fact do the opposite. More LETTERS Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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