The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 12, 2007

ECONOMY
The wages of growth
It is a tightrope walk for the economic-policy technicians, demanding a high level of circumspection and reform-initiative. More

FOREX
The multibillion-dollar questions
Citing the recent thinking, both in China and India, on the best way to manage forex assets, and suggesting the adoption of a Singapore-like model to manage investments, S. VENKITARAMANAN argues that the RBI's reserves can indeed be put to better us e helping India's infrastructure grow faster than in financing the infrastructure of G-7 countries by investing in their Treasury assets. More

TAXATION
BUDGET EXPECTATIONS
Towards better tax governance
Fiscal governance needs to improve significantly to apply both moral and deterrent pressures on the sizeable segment of income earners who fail to, or under-pay, their taxes. For this, one, there must be improved transparency in the tax legislation p rocess, where Parliament actively debates the issue to bring out the real benefit to the economy. And, two, there must be accountability of the administration of taxes not collected due to evasion. More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Jobless youth, a threat to stability
A recent study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) brings out certain startling facts: Of the 1.1 billion young people aged 15-24 worldwide, one out of three is either seeking but unable to find work, ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
India Inc on a buying binge
One of the first overseas acquisitions by India Inc. in 2007 which received little or no notice was Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd's takeover of 90 per cent stake in Schoneweiss & Co. GmbH, a family-owned German forgings company with over 140 years More

LETTERS

Budget and poor

Rural banking

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