The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 18, 2002

Sow seeds of diversification
AFTER TWO YEARS of poor or negative growth in agriculture, this year's farm performance is as welcome a relief as water for parched land. With an all-time high foodgrains output of 211 million tonnes and significant rebound in commercial crops ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Enronitis and the antidote
Pratap Ravindran on the shake-up in global accounting standards in the wake of the Enron epidemic More

Pecking order shuffled
S. Murlidharan on the first-mover advantage in recovery proceedings More

Out cost
THE main problem with costies is that they take their accounts too seriously. About two years ago, a cost accountant hired a law firm to pursue the "irregularities in the annual accounts of the institute" up the DCA alley. The auditors, Gupta & ... More

STEEL

Steel in the melting pot
The US appears to be the worst hit in the current turmoil in world steel. But in invoking remedial measures, it is caught in the ideological trap of free trade versus state intervention. More

EXIM POLICY

Welcome initiatives but no big leap
THE thrust of the new five-year Exim Policy unveiled by the Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr. Murasoli Maran, is on Special Economic Zones (SEZs), agriculture sector and industrial clusters. There are also incentive packages for some specific ... More

LIFESTYLE

Waiting with Poirot
IT IS usual for us to walk into the dining hall of a guesthouse, eat, and leave without a thought. We pay scant attention to the floor pattern, the furniture, the carpet, the electronic mosquito repeller's violet-white neon glow, the pictures on ... More

LETTERS

Pension reforms

Polluting exercise?

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