The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 07, 2005

Reasonable prognosis
THE MID-TERM APPRAISAL of the Tenth Five Year Plan by the Planning Commission has brought out the real picture of the Indian economy. What has emerged from the elaborate exercise is that the economy has broken out of the low-growth syndrome of ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Occasional knuckle rapping
TWO auditors of the fallen Madhavpura co-operative bank have come under the wrath of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Strongest disciplinary action has been recommended in the form of "removal" ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

Business beckons Sino-Indian relations
UNTIL RECENTLY, China was a worthy rival to India not only in the political domain but also in the business arena as Beijing aggressively pushed global trade. This was a cause for concern to New Delhi, as the trade ... More

POLITICS

Hair-raising thought policing
RIGOROUS regulations, restrictions and regimentation are common attributes of any totalitarian regime. Once these are relaxed, dictatorships go down. Dictators are acutely conscious of this and are aware that any freedom granted to the people to ... More

ECONOMICS

Now for a four-in-one economic theory
ECONOMIC debates have tended to focus on the relevance and obsolescence of economic theories and their protagonists. Theories have been debunked when conditions do not support their tenets (just as the phenomenon of ... More

FINANCIAL MARKETS

Abhimanyus of the financial markets
A financial market with a million Abhimanyus, who cannot exit, is a poor showpiece for global participants. It is important to rework the financial architecture to reform the illiquid stock market and integrate domestic credit markets, evolve a singl e yield curve and enhance the capability of participants to enter and exit the market any time. Such a reworking is required before there is talk of integrating the domestic markets into the global financial system, says R. Vaidyanathan. More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Fault line in Clause 49
N. R. Moorthy opines that the intention of the legislature is not to get SEBI police company management More

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VAT implementation

Budget issues

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