The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 14, 2008

OPINION

FOREIGN TRADE: Indo-Japan ties: Future perfect?
The Japanese have time and again proved that they are hard bargainers. They move with calibrated caution on foreign policy and revel in wearing down those who negotiate with them until they substantially achieve what ...

BANKING: Bank on operational efficiency
During the past few years, banks and NBFCs have been among the fastest growing sectors in the country. However, under the current economic scenario, financial services companies that rapidly expanded operations and increased fixed costs ...

INTERVIEW: Negative growth in intermediate and basic goods was least expected
Dr Pronab Sen is the Chief Statistician of India, who oversees the functioning of official data collection agencies such as the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO). In an interview with ...

RADIO/TV: Popularising community radio
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EDITORIAL: Gas and more from Qatar
West Asia is important to India, as it is to the rest of the world, because of its role as the planet’s oil and gas supplier. It is from this perspective that the recent visit of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to Oman and Qatar ...

LETTERS: Leave salary
As per Section 10 (10AA) of the Income-Tax Act, cash equivalent of leave salary received at the time of retirement, whether on superannuation or otherwise, is wholly exempt in the case of Central or State Government employees. However, for ...

LETTERS: Fuel prices
The Central Government volte face on revisiting fuel prices in the wake of a substantial reduction in crude oil prices over the last few months is on expected lines. The reasons attributed by the Government for ...

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