The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 10, 2005

Funding infrastructure
ANY LIST OF hurdles to the country's economic growth is sure to have poor infrastructure at the top. This is especially true of the transport sector. If ports are to be de-congested, proper roads laid and the large but rickety rail network ... More

BUDGET

Budget: No change in gear or direction
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's Budget was clear-cut, given the current state of the economy. It has used fiscal incentives to sustain growth in production and consumption and Plan allocation to ensure equity and fair distribution to ``brin g the greatest good to the greatest number''. More

ECONOMY

How to create a new tomorrow
AN OFT-ASKED question about Indians is: In spite of having such rich heritage, an abundance of natural resources and intellectual minds, why we are unable to make a difference to the world economy? Going by the ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Thou shalt not do what's not permitted
IN the Disciplinary Section of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the telephone never stops ringing. More so, these days, after somebody told a court that CAs need authorisation from the Institute for writing articles in ... More

POLITICS

Resolving disputes
THE sequence of `thesis-antithesis-synthesis', somewhat cyclical, is what characterises the progress of history, according to Hegel. This came in handy for Marx while expounding the view that the state would ultimately ... More

NBFCS

NBFCs — creditable but unrecognised role
In a large country like India with substantial service sector activity, it is important that the role played by NBFCs in credit provision is recognised. They have an extensive network and credibility among their constituents, both borrowers and lende rs. In fact, for the unorganised sector they are the source of finance. But they are being given the short-shrift, says R. Vaidyanathan. More

LETTERS

`Incredible India'

A raw deal

Budget proposals

Correction

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