The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 27, 2006

THE ADC SWITCH
The long-awaited changes to the Access Deficit Charge regime have finally come through, after nearly a year of intense debate, since the last major alteration in this subsidy. The switch from a per minute call-by-call formula to a revenue share ... More

BUDGET

For Chidambaram's balancing act
The challenge is to get resources flowing through reform policies that do not raise the hackles of the Left or the Opposition even while ensuring growth with equity. More

Mysteries of Budget-making
While Budget analysts concentrate mainly on the tax proposals, they would do well to linger a while on other aspects, such as the composition of resources raised, including extra budgetary resources of PSUs. Indeed, given the months of meticulous pre paration that go into Budget-making, the general neglect of the proposals by Parliamentarians and the lack of serious discussion on them is shocking, says S. Venkitaramanan More

Looking beyond the Budget
India has made enormous progress in the last 15 years, but there is a lot of ground to be covered in areas of infrastructure and investment. More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

Justice thwarted
The acquittal of all the accused in the Jessica Lal murder case has sent shock waves round the country. While the outrage is understandable, the court has perforce to go by the evidence placed before it, and even if there is the slightest doubt ... More

ECONOMY

On rising trend
If the economy is to keep up with other countries in a deregulated milieu, it has to adopt the interest cycle of the global economy, which seems to be moving up. More

INFRASTRUCTURE

SEZ exports and MNCs — Seeking a privileged enclave
A lot more companies may get into BPO operations to justify their existence in SEZs while enjoying all the tax benefits. More

MANAGEMENT

The pain of delegating
Among the skills they do not teach you at a B school, one of the more important ones is the art of delegating the power to take risky decisions, which involve making a judgment to someone thousands of miles away. In some large multinational ... More

LETTERS

Rail Budget

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