The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 21, 2002

Junked!
A DYSPEPTIC STANDARD and Poor's has cursed the Indian economy to junk status. But the curse will not work as the Indian economy with low inflation, an annual 4-5 per cent GDP growth and $63 billions in reserves can beat it. Mr John Chambers, the ... More

ECONOMY

Long-term investment — Negative trend in the proportions
In a developing country, long-term net capital formation or net long-term investment is the most important factor in projecting growth rate trends. Also, when long-term projects are completed, there is plenty of new scope for short-term, directly pro fit-yielding projects. But the powers-that-be and the planners have, it seems, ceased to worry about the long term, says P. R. Brahmananda. More

POLITICS

Oh, Kolkata!
THE Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, has been prescient enough to pass judgment on the city of Kolkata. Treading in the footsteps of his illustrious political colleague, the late Rajiv Gandhi, who once described the city as a "dying" one, ... More

POWER

Power reforms: Shed populism for success
RECENTLY, Mr Suresh Prabhu, the man whose name had virtually become synonymous with reforms in the power sector, had to resign as Union Minister of Power. Does this mean a setback to the reforms as perceived in some quarters? Before we seek an ... More

TAXATION

Earn as you pay
With the Department paying a healthy rate of interest on tax refunds, is there an untapped investment avenue, asks T. C. A. Ramanujam More

No need to be colour-blind
Mohan R. Lavi on a recent judicial observation about colourable devices in tax More

Bayonets in the bush
S. Murlidharan on how a CBDT amendment has suddenly hit coffee growers More

Spikes in the easy chair
R. Anand on the travails of pensioners More

Why hurry to own
Ownership of property is not essential for claiming capital gains benefit, says T. N. Pandey More

Sell tax loss and raise cash

MANAGEMENT

Where the head is held high
CEO salaries have been drawing undue attention, especially those of the failed companies. While on one side there are the bleeding corporates, on the other, there are the fatly paid helmsmen. And as investors stand on the kerb clutching shares ... More

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