The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 02, 2002

The UTI bail-out
THE GOVERNMENT'S REITERATION of the UTI's obligations on assured return schemes should be of comfort to the large body of investors. With the NAVs of most assured return schemes well below the face value of Rs 10 per unit, the Government ... More

ECONOMY

India's mangled privatisation
Opposition to privatisation has raised its ugly head again. The disinvestment programme needs the urgent support of all right-thinking members of the NDA, particularly of the Prime Minister and his deputy. Whether they will find their voices rests on the political calculations that define policy-making, says V. Anantha-Nageswaran. More

Creditable progress on external debt
IT WAS in 1993 that India started presenting a Status Report on external debt. The latest Status Report, which keeps up the standard of excellence, is a clear record of India's able management on the external front. The various "debt ... More

IMF views on expected lines
THE views of the IMF's Executive Board on the Indian economy, which have just been released though they have been with the authorities in Delhi for quite some time, are along expected lines. In a nutshell, the state of affairs in the Indian ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

UTI bail-out — Yet another delusion?
THE celebrated economist, John Kenneth Galbraith, once wrote that there could be few fields of human endeavour in which history counts for so little as in the world of finance. In his book "A short history of financial euphoria'', ... More

POLITICS

Electoral reforms: Missed opportunities
CRIMINALISATION and corruption are the bane of Indian politics. But, whenever steps are initiated to end the two scourges, political parties unite to thwart the efforts. This is, perhaps, why as many as 700 legislators, including 40 MPs with ... More

LIFESTYLE

Everlasting puzzle of godpersons

CONVERGENCE

Technology: Substitute or complement?
WITH the rapid advances in information, communications and convergence technology, it has been often prognosticated that we would, in future, live in a spaceless world. It is easy to see how the merging of computers and telecommunications ... More

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