The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 17, 2003

Economy on song sans policy notes
WHILE GRANTING THE point that election time finds political parties hard-selling their good deeds, the Finance Ministry's claim that the economy will grow at 7 per cent plus this year cannot be brushed aside either. The Mid-year Review by the ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TRAI shows the track ahead
UNIFIED Licensing is now a reality in the Indian telecom sector even if in a limited sense. While full convergence is becoming a reality in many countries, it may take some time for it to happen in India. The Telecom ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Cleaning versus cleanability
In several ways and at a comparatively small cost, it is possible to make cities cleanable, and even cleansed of crime. However, whether a city actually gets cleaned or not — the cleanabilty — depends on political will, says P. V. Ind iresan. More

FOREX

Chinks in Dr Reddy's armour?
Containing the appreciation of the rupee is of the highest priority, lest the crisis of the late 1980s visits us again. But rather than resort to desperate remedies, our forex abundance must be used to speed up technological investments and strengthe n infrastructure. One trusts Dr Reddy will unravel the knotty problem, devising a policy that will spare us the unpleasant consequences of our own affluence. More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Questionable practices in US mutual funds
IN THE last wave of scandals to hit Corporate America, we saw the top management of companies such as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom exposed on account of their financial irregularities. New legislation was introduced to ... More

WTO

Improper use of WTO safeguards rules
The dispute between the US and eight other WTO members is an illustration of a case where a country rushes to protect its domestic manufacturers of steel products from competitive imports, in the process erroneously using WTO regulations governing th e adoption of safeguard measures vis-à-vis imports. More

LABOUR REFORMS

China's labour reforms
THE demand for a comprehensive second look at the labour scenario in India has been gaining in intensity in recent years. Associations of chambers of commerce and industry, as also foreign investors, have been urging it ... More

LETTERS

Stamp paper scam

Telecom tangle

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