The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 05, 2003

A package for BSNL
THE FINANCIAL RELIEF granted by the Government to Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is best described as a compromise solution. Around end-May, the Centre appeared disinclined to granting any special relief to BSNL for the social obligation imposed on ... More

ECONOMY

World Investment Report 2003 — A note of caution to developing countries
AHEAD of the Fifth World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial, scheduled to start in Cancun (Mexico) on September 10, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has cautioned the developing world against ... More

POLITICS

CMs as CEOs
IT WAS the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, who first thought of calling himself the Chief Executive Officer of the State some years ago. He was obviously keen to incorporate in the State ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Positive effects of the current rally
A DEBATE is still raging as to whether the current market rally is an asset price bubble. Whatever the outcome of the debate, the positive secondary effects of the current rally are too important to be ignored. A ... More

WTO

WTO ministerial — Beat developed countries at their own game
India's strategy at Cancun should be to get increased market access by beating the developed countries at their own game. To start with, Indian negotiators should force the latter to drastically cut their present high levels of trade-distorting subs idies and import tariffs, says Uttam Gupta. More

World Bank pulls up the rich on agriculture
The report urges that, if the world's poor are to be benefited in any meaningful way, the Doha Round must result in a reduction in farm protection all around the world. More

LETTERS

Concurrent audit

Cola row

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