The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 28, 2002

Why has mutuality been ignored?
IF THERE is one important, all-pervasive shortcoming in the Economic Survey 2001-02, it is that it does not state what the Government will do to make the Parliament's economic decisions work in favour of the people. It does not say where waste ... More

EDITORIAL

Will Budget bear out Survey?
OVER THE YEARS New Delhi has done none proud by being more emphatic in the Economic Surveys than in the Budgets. Had the Budgets even approximated the ambitious pretences of the Surveys, the economy would not have been the ... More

BUDGET

Budget 2002-03: A view from the gallery
THE Budget lobby has fallen into a familiar pattern. Come September, and all those vying for a place in the sun take it upon themselves to write India's economic destiny. There are intensive consultations and meetings to evolve a consensus in ... More

Why not a flat personal tax?
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, will present the Budget on February 28 after consultations with various groups and has a few committee reports before him with recommendations. One of the important recommendations of more than one panel ... More

ECONOMY

Reading between the debts
HOW much in debt is India in? The trends in external assistance and debt profile in India throw up a rather erratic picture. Though external indebtedness has improved considerably since the 1990s, there is vast scope for better monitoring and a ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Budget blues
YOU could be one of the many who woke up late today, squinting to check whether a friendly goblin had wiped Feb 28 off the face of the calendar. Perhaps such things happen in fairy tales. But lesser mortals have to face the stark reality of ... More

More loyal than the king
"WHAT was the auditor doing?" This is the common refrain among plebeians outraged by corporate shenanigans as well as by sleaze in the world of high finance. Can or should an auditor blow the whistle? Well, as far as an auditor is concerned, ... More

Fruits of mismanagement
TURN IN losses and get rewarded. Sounds unreasonable? But this is reality, thanks to the joint efforts of the Department of Company Affairs and the Company Law Board (CLB). The Central Government, through Notification No. GSR 36(E) of January 16, ... More

PETROLEUM

Oil industry deregulation -- Will the private sector be enticed?
THE oil sector is all stirred up. IBP has been divested and that of HPCL and BPCL are in the pipeline, complete deregulation of both pricing and marketing rights by April is almost a certainty, and the liberalisation in oil refining should push ... More

INVESTOR PROTECTION

Investor clinics
THE Institute of Company Secretaries of India has come up with the idea of setting up investor clinics to educate investors. This follows the Government's decision to set up an Investor Education & Protection Fund (IE&P fund). The accumulated ... More

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