The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Decoding the India Inc. boom
INDIA INC IS once again abuzz with news of surging profits and sales. Ever since the watershed of 1991, Indian business has seen at least three cycles of euphoria followed by depression, the most stressful being the 1998-2001 period. Despite past ... More

AGRICULTURE

New `knowledge' and the farming community
How farmers get access to knowledge and information about new and existing technologies can be critical in determining the viability of cultivation. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh consider t he results of a recent NSS survey on farmers' access to modern technology. More

ECONOMY

New hope on German, French horizon
GERMANY, the world's third largest economy, is today one of the slowest growing economies. It, however, remains Europe's largest "locomotive economy" with a Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) of $2.362 trillion. Though the ... More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS

`Sin' tax: Damned if you do, damned if you don't
SHOULD cigarette smoking be banned because it is injurious to health? Must we close down liquor shops because alcohol, if consumed in excess, is deleterious to our physical constitution? Should we spend less on petrol ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

FDI needs micro-micro reforms
Foreign Direct Investment enters a country only if it is competitive so that foreign firms can benefit from its presence. On the other hand, FDI is also expected to enhance a country's competitiveness. Reform of grassroots bureaucratic processes is o ne of the most important steps to be taken to make India competitive, says Sumit K. Majumdar. More

IPOS

Primary capital: Mega issues, macro concerns
THE capital market surpassed all the past peaks in resource mobilisation in 2004-05 with an achievement of Rs 28,000 crore, a growth of 21.4 per cent over 2003-04. This performance was accompanied by the excellent ... More

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