The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 05, 2002

Agriculture at crossroads
NEARLY THREE DECADES after the Green Revolution changed the country's ignominious ship-to-mouth existence, agriculture has again taken the centre-stage. This time, not to tackle frightful food shortages, but for a host of reasons no less ... More

ECONOMY

Disturbing changes in banks' asset portfolios
DEPOSITS as a ratio of GNP at current prices formed about 13 per cent in 1970-71. By 1980-81, this proportion had risen to 26.4 per cent, at a growth rate of about 7.34 per cent per annum. By 1990-91, the proportion increased further to 34.3 per ... More

Microcredit: Globalisation unlimited
IT is a two-edged sword. While it supposedly takes the rural poor into a new domain of economic freedom, it keeps the corporate sector hopeful of exploiting this freedom. It helps the formal banking system shun its prime task of extending credit ... More

TAXATION

Appropriate expectations
T. C. A. Ramanujam on changes required to make property acquisition easier More

All houses are not equal
S. Murlidharan says that the lack of an explicit definition of self-occupation tilts the law in favour of the rich More

Chipped truths

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Telecom sector: Fast forward
THE telecom scene has changed dramatically in India. The pace accelerated in the early 1990s with the introduction of value-added services and the privatisation of telecom services. The resolution of the licence fee tangle gave the sector a push, ... More

TERRORISM

The many faces of `restraint'

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Bharti to join the cellular brandwagon in Mumbai

Bank strike hits operations

RBI nod for bank credit to units in export zones

Move to boost TUFS funding in textile sector

$10-m norm for FDI in realty

Quantitative cap goes on cotton yarn export

Defence production thrown open to private sector, FDI

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

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Looking back
Dec. 23-Dec. 29
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Coal sector growth stifled by sickness

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