The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 29, 2004

EDITORIAL
Policing NBFCs
THE RESERVE BANK of India's proposal to non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) that they come up with an action plan to liquidate voluntarily their public deposits may have little immediate implications to either the conduct of monetary policy or ... More

POLITICS
The road ahead for BJP
IT IS back to basics for the BJP. If losing the Lok Sabha elections was the first major shock, its inability to oust the Congress-NCP regime in Maharashtra has been the last straw on the camel's back for the party which ... More

EDUCATION
Managing schools
QUICKLY learning lessons from the terrible tragedy at Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu last July when 90 young students of the Sri Krishna Primary School perished in a fire accident, both the Central and State Governments had ... More

DISINVESTMENT
Disinvestment: Will new approach pay off?
The Government's new approach that gradual dilution of government ownership through public offer is preferable to large-scale privatisation means that it will gradually shed small portions of its stake in almost every one of its 240-plus PSUs. Thus, whatever receipts accrue would be used to finance its general Budget expenses instead of adding any value to the divested unit. Will such disinvestment do any long-term good to the PSUs partially-divested but still in the grip of the Government, ask s G. Srinivasan. More

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