The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Animal planet
A STUDY of man's association with animals is fascinating. Once he knew docile animals from ferocious predators, he must have started attempts at domesticating some, even training them for specific tasks. With time the muscle power of animals ... More

EDITORIAL

Don't build on tax-breaks
ONE CANNOT REALLY blame the expert group that has come up with the Draft National Housing Policy 2005 for recommending a concessional rate of taxation of rental incomes as a measure to boost the stock of residential units in the country. It has ... More

ECONOMY

Human Development Index — Conundrum of rising income, growing poverty
Successive governments have stressed reforms with a human face but the country's report card on human development indicates that the policies have failed to improve the living conditions of the poor. Worse, the growth post-reforms has been characteri sed by a further widening of inter-State disparities and the growing urban-rural divide. The disparities are in respect of both per capita income and social indicators, says S. D. Naik. More

FOREIGN TRADE

India and Japan — Needed, greater economic engagement
A comprehensive economic engagement between India and Japan is vital. Trade needs to stepped up, and infrastructure problems and bureaucratic delays have to be addressed urgently to make India an attractive investment destination. More

FOREX

Why developing countries court dollar assets
In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh consider the nature of developing country capital flows and analyse why investing in US dollar assets has become such a favoured channel for financial resources t hat could be used instead to increase economic growth in the developing world. More

MANAGEMENT

Redefining management in the knowledge era
THE definition of management — that it represents a role separate and disparate from that of the workers, that it is a system focused on functions such as planning, organising, monitoring, and controlling — ... More

LETTERS

President's speech

Independent directors

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