The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 22, 2003

Airport privatisation
THE RECENT CABINET decision approving the broad parameters for restructuring the airports in Delhi and Mumbai through the joint venture route is perhaps the first serious move to set up world class airports at the country's political and ... More

ECONOMY

Politicians and real issues
Politicians believe that they will prosper forever by targeting outdated issues such as reservation. What they have not realised is that election gimmicks yield fruit only once. However, they are not solely to blame. Those who parade as pro-poor inte llectuals are the true culprits, says P. V. Indiresan. More

Sustaining reform, reducing poverty
SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 saw a unique seminar organised by the Madras School of Economics to discuss the World Bank's recent report on "India: Sustaining Reform, Reducing Poverty". Chaired by eminent economist Dr Raja ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Funds need to disclose unit-holders' composition
SEBI has expressed concern that certain mutual fund schemes have too few unit-holders. The capital market regulator's concern is that such plans are essentially portfolio management schemes (PMS) guised as mutual funds. ... More

TEA

A strong role for tea auctioneers
THE auction system of selling is ideally suited for tea because of the infinite varieties and grades and the scattered and often remote location of estates. The quality of teas produced by the different estates shows ... More

WTO

Cancun and its aftermath
The developed economies will not make the extra sacrifice not merely because it is not in their nature to hurt their domestic industry and farm lobbies beyond a point, but because their hackles have been raised by the success of the developing countr ies at Cancun, where the economic underdogs became bold enough to challenge the critical domestic support parameters of various kinds on which the rich continue to feed to maintain their economic pre-eminence. This is the basic message sent to the wo rld at large. More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Real software of the workplace
WORK scheduling in retail businesses can create a lot of heartburn for both the manager and the employee. The manager would like to maximise efficiency by making full use of the employees' time in deciding who will do ... More

EVENTS

Useles jaunts
IT WAS an ugly surprise for me to notice the presence of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Dr Y. V. Reddy, at a meeting of the Inter-Governmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and ... More

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