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ECONOMY: The inflation debate
The news is that the index of industrial production (IIP) has registered a decline to 5.4 per cent for the latest period compared to 8.4 per cent for the corresponding period of last year. The decline is inevitable considering that the monetary ...

EDITORIAL: Expensive gift
Even though the Prime Minster’s top-up of the sixth Pay Commission award for central government employees has yet to be notified, it is clear that the Cabinet approval for the substantial pay hike that comes ten years after the last one ...

ECONOMY: Different approaches
August 8, 2008 may not only be remembered for the spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. It will also be remembered for the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates that helped the dollar stage its biggest rally in recent ...

MANAGEMENT: Flush out the bureaucratic mindset
A friend had just visited the corporation office in his locality in an Indian city to ask that his water meter be replaced as it was defective. The clerk looked at the application and noted that it was not complete. “You have to provide the ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Visits to bring down walls
I am writing this article in Pakistan where I have met thoughtful experts and have enjoyed unexpected hospitality from utter strangers. It is always interesting to see how others see us and how they see themselves, particularly when their and our ...

ECONOMY: Where are we headed?
We have just entered our 62nd year of Independence from British rule, and it is perhaps one of those occasions which comes around periodically when it is time to take stock of what has been achieved and to think about where we are headed. To some ...

ECONOMY: Economic downturn
The normal tendency of economic players during periods of economic downturn is to slide into a mood of despondency. Their mood is tinged with fatalism if they have to grapple with an external or internal environment that is apparently out of ...

LETTERS: Need for disclosure
I read with interest the edit page piece titled “The worrisome imbalance” by Mr S. Venkitaramanan (Business Line, August 11). In a section of his article, writing in defence of Reliance Industries, Mr ...






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