COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Civil service reform
THE recent happenings in the UK have led to a general sense of dissatisfaction with the calibre and quality of the civil service, ascribed to the erosion of the age-old canons of anonymity, neutrality, impartiality and ...
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ON THE MOVE
Railways strikes black gold
THE monsoon is on but there has not been any let up in loading of wagons of the Indian Railways. If anything, the average daily loading so far this year has been higher than last year. Take, for example, the average ...
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Equities seen rising amid volatility
On balance, the market is back to basics - the economic and corporate fundamentals. The outlook for the third and fourth quarters is tentatively taking shape.
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Balanced funds - Losing their balance?
THE asset management industry in India does not talk about balanced funds these days with the same enthusiasm as it used to till recently. These funds, by definition, marry the best of debt and equity, their portfolios comprising both asset ...
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ADR WATCH
Indian counters end on subdued note
THE US markets and the Indian markets witnessed divergent trends with the former declining on account of some disappointing from US Inc. But the gain at the domestic markets did not help Indian counters end positions, as the followed the US ...
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VISION 2020
Govt finances: Divide to multiply
The monsoon has been unkind. The demands of coalition partners are heavy. The Government needs all the help it can get to reduce the yawning deficit. Decentralisation of finance management will help both by amplifying incomes and by improving the eff iciency of utilisation, says P. V. Indiresan.
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ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
Horrors that history can sober us with
THERE are many mails that have come in response to the previous piece `If only banging our heads can make us saner...', which was about our ineptitude in handling calamities such as the one that struck in Kumbakonam. While many suggestions may ...
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RANDOM WALK
Suicidal matters
THE gruesome suicide of 22-year-old Rajani S. Anand has shaken the conscience of Kerala. A student in computer engineering at the College of Engineering, Adoor, run by the Institute of Human Resource Development in Electronics, she took her life ...
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MARK TO MARKET
A future for derivatives
THE SEBI decision to relax norms for introducing stocks in the derivatives segment is encouraging. Equally noteworthy is the measure to delink margin requirement from open interest position limits. But these norms are ...
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AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Resolving the crisis in traffic management
IT IS said that over 200 vehicles are being registered daily in Bangalore city. For anyone who has sat for hours in a vehicle trying to get through Airport Road or Dairy Circle, the future must seem like a nightmare. ...
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