OPINION
EDITORIAL
Private sector in nuclear power
WITH AN INSTALLED capacity of 2,770 megawatts (MW), nuclear power in India accounts for just about 3 per cent of the total installed power generating capacity. That is evidently small, but it pales into insignificance when compared to what ...
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CORPORATE
Billion could be confusing
Since our unit of measure is now billion and more of the same, we better come to terms with the same before shaking hands with those in the billionaire club.
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ECONOMY
Data issues: Who said they hardly matter?
Instances where data needs are not met are many and serious. This reflects the limited appreciation of the information requirements of economists and policy-makers alike. There is a need for a statutory Statistical Commission with sufficient powers to consult, and enforce discipline on information collection, dissemination and transparency practices, says A. Vasudevan.
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ACCOUNTANCY
Healthy lack of risk appetite
Mohan R. Lavi on a new benchmark on internal control and risk management
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Switches in the statutes
Trigger levels in legislation need to be meaningful and compliance friendly, says N. R. Moorthy
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Paper-mad accountants
THE headline "`Paperholic' accountants prefer rubber stamps to e-billing" in AccountingWeb seems far respectable than what one may find in Powergen's site, More
Cons in the fine-print of credit advertising
THE Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the UK is probing the operation of credit advertising, according to a report in Accountancy. There have been many complaints about how personal finance products are advertised, ...
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POLITICS
Introspection time for the BJP
IN Hindi there is an adage that goes something like this: Subah ka bhoola jab sham ko ghar lotey to woh bhoola nahi rehta (A misdirected person quits home in the morning only to return in the evening having ...
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BOOKS
A certification to add to your CA degree, as a new project
THIS is about an exam you might not have heard of: PMP, short for Project Management Professional. The study guide PMP, by Joseph Phillips, and published by Tata McGraw-Hill (www.tatamcgrawhill.com) ...
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LETTERS
The VAT juggernaut
Options for investors
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