The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 29, 2007

BUDGET
Budget: A welcome paradigm shift
Torn between inflation disturbances and its inevitable political fallout, the Finance Minister has chosen, rightly, to move away from the traditional corporate-friendly postures and focus on hitherto less emphasised areas such as agriculture, infrast ructure and social sector. Now, the key is delivery, say D. SAMBANDHAN and M. RAMACHANDRAN. More

CORPORATE
The quarterly conundrum
While quarterly earnings announcements are useful in monitoring the performance of the companies, the media and the analysts need not play up the event. More

FOREIGN TRADE
Rise of China and India — Resetting the terms of world trade
China and India have changed the world trade pattern. While China dominates the goods trade, India plays a pivotal role in services. More

GENERAL INSURANCE
Mediclaim: A premium trouble
Unlike LIC premium and other payments under Section 80C, medi-claim premium should be paid out of taxable income only to claim the benefit of deduction. More

INTERVIEW
Weird turns in a wireless deal
Last week, the FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board) deferred a decision on Vodafone's proposal to acquire Hutch-Essar. Vodafone, the UK-based mobile giant, wants to buy a controlling stake in Hutch-Essar for over $11 billion, and the FIPB ... More

RAILWAYS
Garib Rath syndrome
The other day my college-going son made me look sheepish by asking me whether we are really so poor so as to book our return ticket from Chennai to New Delhi by Garib Rath, the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad's new mascot, which he hopes, would ... More

BOOKS
SEZs in a flux
As a topic, SEZ (Special Economic Zone) has turned out to be a knotty issue. The Chinese model has `land'ed itself in trouble closer home. So much so, the Commerce Ministry is hurriedly considering changes to the SEZ Rules in the aftermath of ... More

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SSIs and SEZs

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