Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, August 08, 2008 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio |
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OPINION BANKING: Is financial inclusion the recipe for poverty alleviation? On February 29, 2006, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, introduced a new term into the economic lexicon of policymaking. Noting the findings of the NSS 59th Round (2003) that of the total number of cultivator households only 27 per cent ... FINANCIAL MARKETS: Impact of transaction tax on financial markets The National Stock Exchange (NSE) is the uncrowned king of the stock market, its rival, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) trailing by a huge margin, with no other competitor visible on the horizon. But some recent data relating to Nifty volumes on ... ENVIRONMENT: Carbon emissions market: A bubble in the boom? A fundamental change appears to be under way in the world of carbon trading which could see the industry take off in a big way. Globally, companies have fixed emissions limits imposed on them and can offset their excesses by buying allowances in ... EDITORIAL: Food for thought The sharp rise in foodgrains oftake under the public distribution system (PDS) since 2002-03 may not necessarily mean that the poor have benefited from cheap supplies in a time of rising prices. According to a study of the PDS conducted by the ... AGRICULTURE: Eco-friendly farming The recently released ‘International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development’ (IAASTD) report has been rejected by the US, Canada and Australia as “anti-science”. The IAASTD is ... LETTERS: Economy and statistics The statistics given by Dr Arvind Virmani in his interview (Business Line, August 7) regarding the status of Indian economy beggars belief. He has stated that inflation is on account of rising edible oil, mineral oils and ...
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