The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 29, 2006

TRADE WITH CAUTION
Subtle and not-so-subtle attempts to crack the lucrative Indian market open for American farm goods should come as no surprise. More

BUDGET

Can mere outlays make a difference?
The Finance Minister has chosen the popular but ineffective means to fund social sector spends. In the battle between marketplace and government there has been no real winner in Budget 2006. More

FOREX

Full Convertibility: Mundell and impossible trinity
Critics claim that full convertibility or capital mobility and freely floating exchange rates are inimical to India's interests. They refer to Britain's crisis in 1992 and the Asia's in 1997 to buttress their criticism. But G. RAMACHANDRAN says tha t the critics are wrong on three counts, and calls on Nobel laureate Robert Mundell's theory to back his claim. More

POLICY

A life of rules and queues
When Rev Father Jacob came back to India in 2000 after a posting from Detroit, one concern was his son's school admission (yes, non-Catholic priests do marry). But in Mumbai, schools are aplenty and the boy got ... More

POLITICS

Because absolute power corrupts absolutely
"The premise behind the separation of powers is that when a single person or group has a large amount of power, they can become dangerous to citizens." More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Employability
Public discourse nowadays is turning from employment to employability. At a recent function to mark the release of Skill Mapping Study undertaken by the Tamil Nadu chapter of the Confederation of Indian ... More

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

Big issues in ERP for small units
SMEs need rapid transformation in their thinking for ERP implementation. Promoters need to lay more emphasis on data transparency, distributed knowledge repository from proprietor-centric operations and regulatory agency reporting. More

INTERVIEW

`Businessmen coming back to Bihar'
"Policies have been put in place to facilitate investments. We have new policies for sugar, entertainment... Until you have policies, you can't implement anything... " More

LETTERS

Emulate London

Nehru's address

Sacrifice by politicians?

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