The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 29, 2003

VAT blues
THAT THE STATES collectively are not as yet ready to move towards a full- fledged value added tax system by June 1 was suspected all along considering the legislative and operational issues that needed to be sorted out. Now there is official ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

VSAT solutions for rural telephony — Waiting to connect
Given the conventional wisdom and experience that rural telephony is uneconomical, VSAT-based solutions hold promise in transforming the rural communications landscape. More

ECONOMY

RBI Report on Currency and Finance — Fragility of growth base revealed
The RBI Report on Currency and Finance (2001-02) has shaken the eulogists of reforms out of their self-induced stupor. The fragility of the growth base of the economy stands exposed. GDP growth has slowed down, agricultural growth is stagnating and the savings rate has decelerated. State activism is of the utmost importance to accelerate growth in the second phase of reforms, says N. A. Mujumdar. More

POLITICS

BJP, Congress getting into battle mode
The Assembly polls due at year-end in Chhatisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan — traditionally bipolar States where the Congress(I) and the BJP are the chief rivals — may alter political equations and dictate the future course of the NDA itself. More

NATURAL CALAMITIES

Dear Mr PM...
DECLARE a war on drought! The India Meteorological Department has forecast a below-normal monsoon (60 per cent probability). It is bad news. One is reminded of the successive droughts of 1961 and 1962. We have 60 days to act. What are we going ... More

LETTERS

Creative accounting

`Suit vs proceedings'

SARS preparedness

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