The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 28, 2008

FARM CREDIT
Loan waiver and agricultural investment
Public investments in agriculture are declining, and the annual increment to gross capital formation is now lower than in the early 1980s. This trend is the same across all States in India, not just the poorer ones. Unfortunately, the agricultural lo an waiver can hardly be used to create these investments. More

EDITORIAL
Uphill road
The Tatas, apart from having got a foothold in the luxury car market, can profit from JLR’s experience in car-making for over six decades. More

FOREIGN TRADE
Free trade agreements — Who gains, who loses
India had signed free trade agreements with Sri Lanka, Thailand and Singapore in the recent past. But rupee appreciation and high customs duty seem to have nullified the benefits these agreements could bring India. More

FINANCIAL MARKETS
Time to get back India’s Sovereign Wealth Fund
Adequate steps must be taken to open up the closed vaults of the tax havens to get our money back. The amount involved can be at least ten times our current GDP and can be used to write off the loans of all marginal farmers. This is the real sovereig n wealth of our country belonging to billions of poor and weak people, argues R.VAIDYANATHAN. More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Tata had better slow down
My mind was buffeted by mixed feelings when I read all the raving write-ups on the latest acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) by Tata Motors from Ford Motor Company for $2.3 billion in cash. The price to be paid, subject to government ... More

INTERVIEW
A tightening jobs market is a powerful engine for poverty reduction
India needs urban jobs and for this it will need to transfer some land from agriculture. The reallocation of land should provide generous compensation for those who are displaced. More

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