OPINION
EDITORIAL
BPO trade-offs
THE US TRADE Representative, Mr Robert Zoellick's statements in New Delhi on the business process outsourcing issue have, expectedly, raised a storm of protest, but there is another side to the picture which, if ignored, could project a distorted ...
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ECONOMY
The inflation issue again
Once a major concern of most economists and policy-makers, inflation has received indifferent attention in recent years because the rate has been low. But robust models must be generated to help evolve policies so that the inflation rate corresponds to that prevailing in major trading partner countries. This is necessary to secure India's international competitiveness and advance financial integration, says A. Vasudevan.
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ACCOUNTANCY
A sudden spurt of action
Mohan R. Lavi on what the changes to the Accounting Standards Preface imply
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The transposition bypass
IT IS a common practice, and in fact a desirable one, that investors hold securities in joint names. This is more prevalent among equity shareholders. The Companies Act, 1956 recognises the concept of joint holding so ...
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Time for a decent burial
N. R. Sridharan and R. Balasubramaniam on the countdown for defunct companies to get struck off the Register
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Will the bully give back toffees or just wrappers?
LONG after sending its views to the Department of Company Affairs, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has posted on the Web site its `preliminary response' to the CA (Amendment) Bill, 2003. It is a sob ...
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EDUCATION
Why fee-cut at IIM is bad
When the need of the hour is to make enhanced provisions for basic and primary education, it is ironic that the Centre is keen on subsidising higher education.
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RAILWAYS
Getting Railways on track
THE leviathan Indian Railways has become too unwieldy to keep pace with the dramatic changes happening in the economy. With too much of centralisation in its policymaking and administration, its response to the change ...
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BOOKS
Should gatekeepers be shown the door?
BIRD flu is not the only infectious disease around. Scandals are infectious too — such as deceit and risk that corrupted the financial markets. And in Infectious Greed, Frank Partnoy discusses how big ...
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LETTERS
Development finance
Doha Round
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