The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 08, 2007

ECONOMY
Are inflation figures the least trusted official statistics?
Inflation is the talk of the town, yet the government has no reliable data as the price indices either do not reflect the modern milieu or are available with too much lag to be of any real use. Citing the creation of a personal inflation calculator b y Britain, R. VAIDYANATHAN suggests that India could consider outsourcing key statistical activity to generate reliable and timely numbers. More

ACCOUNTANCY
From compliance to performance
A company's capacity to create value depends on the risks it is willing to take at the strategic and operational levels. MR RAM SARVEPALLI, PARTNER, RISK & BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, ERNST & YOUNG. More

Bright prospects for practising company secretaries
With compliance management becoming more important the number of practising company secretaries is bound to go up. More

POLITICS
Role of the Hurriyat in J&K — Is New Delhi pandering to Kashmiri separatists?
A clear message needs to be sent to the Hurriyat Conference that before it seeks high-level meetings it should interact with the Government's interlocutor for Kashmir, participate in discussions with a cross-section of political and public opinion in J&K, and that it cannot invite `political leaders' from POK and areas across the LOC. More

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Cauvery verdict

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