OPINION
EDITORIAL
Going direct
The plan to give the fertiliser subsidy straight to farmers can be win-win for all stakeholders.
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BUDGET
Budget takes pointers from Economic Survey
The `Economic Survey for 2006-07' is a remarkably transparent document that brings into the open critical economic issues facing the country, such as the overheating debate, inclusiveness of growth and leveraging the demographic dividend. Deriving st rength from the Survey, the Budget comes out strongly in favour of incentivising investments, especially in agriculture, and the social sector, with a vital emphasis on health-care. Deriving strength from the Survey, the Budget comes out strong ly in favour of incentivising investments, especially in agriculture, the social sector and health-care.
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In the name of the aam aadmi
The Finance Minister has indicated that his principal concern has not been to hasten the growth process but to redistribute the results of the growth that has already taken place. This is where all the talk about the aam aadmi comes in.
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CORPORATE
Kleptocracy in corporate world
There have been heated debates over CEO compensation over the years. Some justify that it must bear a relation to the performance of the organisation they lead, but without any sense of a limit, this has led to gross over-compensation.
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ECONOMY
WHACKONOMICS
What is inflation and what causes it?
The inflation rate (WPI) for the week ended February 3 was 6.73 percent, the highest in two years. This gave rise to a lot of talk about why the rate was going up. The RBI increased the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 50 basis points and had ...
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Plug the biggest hole in the Budget
Using the angler's parlance, the one that gets away year after year in the country's Budget is what has come to be categorised as non-Plan expenditure. Important items such as Defence, subsidies, interest, ...
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BANKING
Time for venture banking
By opening a branch in Dharavi, the nationalised bank may unlock immense economic opportunities. For even without a formal backing, Asia's biggest slum produces a billion dollars worth of goods and services every year. With some push, such business-s avvy persons can provide a boost to the economy even faster than legitimate businesses can. But this goes beyond conventional banking to venture funding, says P. V. INDIRESAN.
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PEOPLE
The Tata wheel comes full circle
The picture of Jim Leng, group Chairman of Corus Steel, garlanding the statue of Jumsetji Nusserwanjee Tata on the founder's day at Jamshedpur, brought to mind an irony that has escaped comment from most. For, the acquisition means that the wheel ...
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