The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 30, 2006

SOCIAL SECURITY
Declining Joint Families — Looming social security crisis
With limited social-security and a large unorganised workforce, social capital — the family and community linkages — is the best safety net for the elderly in India. Only nurturing this capital can save the country from a societal crisi s, says R. VAIDYANATHAN. More

EDITORIAL
Greenfield growth
Cement players' expansion strategy will re-trigger debate on the relative merits of organic versus inorganic growth. More

ACCOUNTANCY
Book building is a two-way street
The reverse book-building mechanism has been working fairly well whereas the same cannot be said of its reverse, the book-building mechanism. More

Putting Railways' finances on track
Quick lessons to be learnt from the Railways are: Volume growth, customer-friendly measures, and use of modern technology to improve productivity. MS VIJAYALAKSHMI VISWANATHAN, FORMER FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER OF THE RAILWAYS. More

Minimising dominance of big firms
The Oxera report has opened a window of opportunity for mid-tier accounting firms in the UK. More

Accounting is a human system
Balance sheets, P&L (profit and loss) accounts, and cash-flow statements. Do you believe that these are `beyond the understanding of the normal human being'? Such a belief, though persistent, is `nonsense,' says Trevor Sykes, in his foreword to . More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Two nations, two SEZs, two tales
Where there is little in common More

POLITICS
Of saints and taints
The conviction of a member of the Council of Ministers of the UPA Government on charges of murder of his private secretary rocked the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, with the Opposition mounting a no-holds-barred attack to ... More

CARTOON
Pocket
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