The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 12, 2005

Summit's hits and misses
THE SIXTH INDIA-European Union summit must be seen against the backdrop of the fifth meet held at The Hague last year, where the process of the "strategic partnership" was set in motion. Now, the New Delhi summit has fleshed out the process, with ... More

ECONOMY

Denmark's success formula: No fairy tale
ON THE 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, my wife and I drove over to the quaint island of Fiona in Denmark, where Odense is located. It was here that the famous story-teller was born. We had always wondered ... More

SMALL SAVINGS

The household sector: Super-savers, not star-shoppers
An economic climate that favours the concept `spending beyond means', creating an environment that pampers the consumer, should have resulted in a drastic reduction in household savings. But the last decade's savings figures show that Indian househol ds have proved otherwise. More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS

Pitching for fiscal prudence
The RBI's latest Annual Report yields a wealth of data and is rich in analyses. It stresses that maintaining macroeconomic and financial stability would depend critically on policies relating to oil prices, diversification of agriculture and improve ment in urban infrastructure. But, says S. Venkitaramanan, its strictures on the Government's lack of fiscal prudence are all-too-mild. More

RBI's difficult prescription for economy
Even as it implies the criticality of the current upsurge being nurtured to realise the full industrial growth potential, the RBI annual report makes no bones about infrastructure bottlenecks. Here the subdued performance of the infrastructure sector , especially that of crude and petroleum refinery products, is an issue of concern. More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

Beefing up regulators
THE Consumer Unity and Trust Society, based in Jaipur, has been in the forefront of efforts by means of well-documented studies and purposefully organised workshops to evolve policies and measures bearing on the process of liberalisation, demands ... More

LETTERS

Fuelling the oil crisis

Disaster wave

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