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RETAILING: Wholesale FDI in retail
In 2006, the Indian Government took the first step to promote organised retail in India by opening up ‘single-brand retailing’ to foreign direct investment (FDI). Accordingly, FDI up to 51 per cent is currently permitted in ...

POLITICS: India’s real problem
Victory of any kind brings euphoria in its wake. So everyone is expecting the new council of ministers to perform miracles. But it is my doleful duty to point out that where the Government of India is concerned, this is a futile ...

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: Retaining audit evidence
There is a wisecrack that a popular American cookery show host always invited the auditors of the now-extinct Enron to the show since they were good at shredding. The importance of retaining audit evidence rather than doing away with it ...

INVESTMENTS: The real safe haven assets
The US dollar is being talked down from its hitherto unassailable perch. Witness the huge selling last week by the European banks of the greenback and the distinct unease of the Chinese Government at being stuck with trillions of dollars ...

ECONOMY: Spend more to stimulate the economy
Whatever the latest growth numbers might say, the economy needs a big stimulus. The RBI Governor, Dr Duvvuri Subbarao, said at a recent briefing that “India’s economic recovery would be swift, ahead of the world”, but the ...

SECURITY: Will the Arjun tank keep rolling?
The recent ceremony in Avadi, near Chennai, when 16 Arjun Main Battle Tanks were rolled out by its manufacturer, Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF) — a part-supply for the 43rd regiment based in Rajasthan — brought cheers to those involved ...

BOOKS: Fairness search in transaction trail
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INTERVIEW: New metrics in BPOs
With the BPO (business process outsourcing) sector being one of the leading revenue-earners of our country, providing millions of job opportunities to Indians, quite naturally it is becoming one such industry where domain expertise is ...

EDITORIAL: Reforms on fast track
If the statements of key Ministers in the new Cabinet are any indication, the economy should soon experience a rush of reforms. If the Petroleum Minister, Mr Murli Deora, wasted little time after assuming office in hinting at deregulation of ...

LETTERS: Disaster waiting to happen
The recent near-collision of two aircraft at Mumbai airport, was only bound to happen. With more than 700 aircraft movements per day and a single operational runway (the other runway being utilised for taxiing) Mumbai airport is on the verge ...

LETTERS: Empowering farmers
The article “Farm sector needs right nutrients now” (Business Line, June 3) draws attention to a technology revolution that may happen in the wake of global warming signals. In fact, agriculture is the sector ...


Columnists: C Gopinath Harish Bijoor G Chandrashekhar S Murlidharan Sharad Joshi Mohan Murti S Balakrishnan Bharat Savur B S Raghavan Ganesh Challa Bhanoji Rao Swati T Banusekar Ramanujam Sridhar Ranabir Ray Choudhury Rasheeda Bhagat P.V. Indiresan P Devarajan S Muralidhar R K Raghavan B Venkatesh S Venkitaramanan




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