The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 05, 2006

EDITORIAL
The tipping factor
FII holdings are so large that even perceptions of their prospective behaviour can cause huge variations in equity values. More

ACCOUNTANCY
Will a cap on auditors' liability encourage complacency?
A press release of great relevance to accounting professionals is on http://europa.eu.int, the site of the European Commission (EC). `Auditors' liability: Commission publishes independent study on economic impact of current rules,' reads ... More

E-governance is but a milestone towards good governance
MCA21 has brought the Ministry of Company Affairs to the doorsteps of the professional community. — MR TANMOY CHAKRABARTY, VICE-PRESIDENT AND HEAD (GLOBAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY GROUP), TCS More

Service innovations
E-Seva is the name of a massive e-governance project of the Andhra Pradesh Government. "The most evolved model of electronic service delivery in India," notes Subhash Bhatnagar in one of the essays included in Reinventing Public Service ... More

TERRORISM
Cross-border terror — The uncomfortable questions
One has little hope that Pakistan will carry out a sincere investigation after obtaining the evidence. But more worrying is that plots hatched across the border involve Indian accomplices. More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Stop calling them unorganised
All non-company forms of organisation, particularly in the service industry are termed `unorganised.' This is ironic since they too are powerful engines of economic growth and often better organised than many a global corporation. One is not sure wh y India should persist with this colonial construct, says R. VAIDYANATHAN More

LETTERS
Combating corruption
This refers to ``A multilateral initiative to combat corruption'' (Business Line, October 3). There has been an increase in corruption in the last six decades since Independence. Corrupt practices are increasing the debt burden ... More

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