The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 17, 2008

OPINION

ECONOMY: Poverty of resolute action
The ten commandments announced by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, in recent times have pressed the much-needed refresh button for market-driven reform agenda. The primacy of public ...

FIXED DEPOSITS: A case for higher deposit insurance
The world financial market is facing one of the worst crises since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The $700-billion bailout, which some analysts are calling “cash-for-trash”, has barely calmed the international financial market, ...

EDITORIAL: Another dose
One aspect of the current liquidity crunch that ought to be clear is that it may not remain just a liquidity crunch. Like its counterpart in the West, it may evolve into a systemic crisis of confidence that could substantially slow down ...

ECONOMY: Sikkim’s happy economy
In the backdrop of the majestic Mount Kanchandzonga, flanked by 22 snow-capped peaks of the Himalayan range, nestles the amazingly beautiful Sikkim State. Virgin forest, hundreds of springs, waterfalls, and rivers, rich handicraft ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Industrial projects: Easing land acquisition pains
Of late, India has been seeing intensive activity in the emerging Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and industrial parks. Close to half a million hectares are being acquired for SEZs and other commercial projects. Such a magnitude of land acquisition ...

LETTERS: Liquidity crisis
Apropos the article “Financial crisis: What India needs to do” (Business Line, October 15, 2008), the crises faced by western banks are different from that of Indian ...