The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 02, 2002

Steel support for banks, FIs
THE UPTURN IN the steel sector's outlook, which became pronounced in the second quarter of this fiscal, is a cause for relief not only for the steel companies, particularly those that embarked upon greenfield projects in recent years, but also ... More

ECONOMY

The slow move to discard economy
INDIAN society has grown and matured in a culture and environment of `preservation'. The people have a tradition of retaining their possessions regardless of their life, workability, usefulness and costs. The attachment is emotional. Be it old ... More

TAXATION

Vision 2020 — Sugar-coating the tax pill
Paying taxes is like taking a bitter pill. The remedy is to sugar-coat the pill. Examining how the government now collects taxes, P. V. Indiresan suggests alternatives that would not just end evasion but even have people queuing up to pay. More

MANAGEMENT

The value of an MBA
MY recent calculations show that in October this year the value of an MBA to an organisation ranged from 3.1 per cent to 19 per cent of its market capitalisation. I need to explain the precision of this puzzling statement. Veritas Software Corp. ... More

TERRORISM

Control mechanism to fight terrorism
THE US has recently embarked on the most significant reorganisation of government in nearly a century by creating a vast new Department of Homeland Security to ensure coordinated action towards strengthening intelligence, information analysis and ... More

Militancy in Kashmir — Soft policy needs a rethink
THE haste and fanfare with which the new coalition Government in Jammu and Kashmir released several terrorists and separatist leaders was bound to result in a renewed spurt of violence, as the much touted liberal policy is based on flawed logic ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

India Inc in the dock
ONE OF the favourite pastimes of corporate biggies and their flunkies in trade and industry associations is government bashing, especially in the silly season. But minutes after taking off the gloves, this crowd heads for North Block to cosy up ... More

BOOKS

Central banking in emerging economies
Dr A. Vasudevan, currently Honorary Adviser to the Reserve Bank of India, has rendered a signal service to all those interested in economic and financial development by writing a comprehensive book on Central Banking in Emerging Economies ... More

LETTERS

Packaging rules

Disinvestment process

Encroachments in Delhi

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