Editorial
February 12, 2012
In defence of joint ventures
The recently announced official guidelines on the formation of joint venture (JV) companies by Defence public sector undertakings (PSU) is a step in the direction of putting in place a fair and tr... »
Opinion
February 12, 2012
Markets cannot deal with nature
A former head of Deutsche Bank's Global Markets business in Mumbai makes an unlikely disparager of markets and traditional economic theory. Yet, a recognition of the narrow limits of markets is fu... »
Opinion
February 12, 2012
Celebrate this hundred!
The country is waiting for Sachin Tendulkar to get his hundredth hundred in cricket. When he gets it, there will be celebrations all around. In the meantime, a more important hundred has... »
Opinion
February 10, 2012
Food for all, but not through dole
To combat widespread poverty, the government makes available basic goods and services at prices that it feels are ‘affordable' to people below the poverty line.
Thus, it seeks to... »
Opinion
February 12, 2012
Great expectations from Facebook
Technology companies, when they make their market debut, always seem to flout traditional notions and metrics of valuation. Social networking site Facebook, which expects to raise $5 billion throug... »
Opinion
February 10, 2012
India can't say ‘cheese'
Europe is particularly proud of its local cheeses. But it doesn't stop at that. The Europeans want to be the only ones to be able to sell feta, gouda, emmental, mozzarella, and so on, glob... »
Opinion
February 10, 2012
Hullabaloo over endosulfan
When a group of 172 nations met in April last year, under the auspices of the Stockholm Convention, to take a final decision on banning endosulfan, a chemical widely used as an insecticide, an... »
Designing signposts for a road to nowhere
Trust bureaucrats to muster all the gobbledygook they are capable of to make utterly plain and simple things obtuse, obfuscatory and complicated!
If the Performance Management Division of... »
Justifying capitalism in America
The lead-up to elections is always a great source of entertainment, especially if you are not a candidate. Parties and candidates squirm as they try to explain controversial decisions and actions... »
Behind the fear of debt
Fears are being expressed in official policy circles that the country's dependence on foreign debt, as opposed to foreign investment, to finance the external deficit is increasing, leading to specific policy responses. C.P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine these fears and assess the responses. »
Rafale win leaves UK smarting
Everyone, of course, avoided being drawn into a discussion of the four-nation Eurofighter consortium's prospects for winning the $10-billion bid for 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) but there was certainly an air of cautious optimism. »
- A. Seshan
- Ashoak Upadhyay
- Alok Ray
- Ashima Goyal
- B. S. Raghavan
- Bhaskar Balakrishnan
- C. Gopinath
- C.P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh
- Chitra Narayanan
- D. Murali
- Ekalavya
- G. Chandrashekhar
- G. Parthasarathy
- Gnanasekaar T
- K. Kanagasabapathy
- Mohan Murti
- Narendar Pani
- P. V. Indiresan
- Rajiv Kumar
- Rasheeda Bhagat
- S. Murlidharan
- Sharad Joshi
- T. C. A. Srinivasa Raghavan
- Thomas K Thomas
February 12, 2012
Revenue recovery
“NPA, a multi-headed monster” (Business Line, February 10) brings up some interesting points. The prime reason for incidence of non-performing assets (NPAs) is a poor recovery mecha... »
February 9, 2012
Right responsibility
With reference to “Why the quality crisis in education” (Business Line, February 8), there is an urgent need to develop a national-level eligibility evaluation for primary school te... »
February 7, 2012
Norway's nightmare
I was surprised to read “A child's nightmare called Norway” (Business Line, February 3) on how Norway treats emigrants' children. I have been living in Norway for the past six years... »
February 5, 2012
Speeding up profit
“Postal Department applies to RBI for banking licence” (Business Line, February 2), reveals a long-overdue decision. The Postal Department, with its wide network of offices, especia... »
February 2, 2012
Portfolio management
With reference to the editorial “Mutual benefit” (Business Line, February 2), it must be pointed out that the revised threshold of Rs 25 lakh for entry into portfolio management sch... »
February 10, 2012
Apex directive
The editorial “Spectrum' trouble” (Business Line, February 9) has pointed out the challenges faced by the government in interpreting and implementing the Court's order in cancelling... »
February 8, 2012
Rupee payment to Iran
Regarding the news on the press conference of Mr Seyed Mehdi Nabizadeh, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi, on February 7, it is hereby stated that his remarks regardi... »
February 6, 2012
Debt buyback
The RBI Deputy Governor is reported to have said that “the aggregate objective of OMOs is to put in a certain amount of liquidity into the market and not help the government borrowings… Re... »
February 3, 2012
PMO's prelude
As the author has rightly put it in “Inertia and insensitivity at PMO” (Business Line, February 2), only a fractional percentage of the bureaucracy do their job seriously and the re... »
February 1, 2012
Real progress
According to the Quick Estimates of National Income released by the Central Statistical Office (CSO), the per capita income of India at the current prices (in 2010-11) is estimated at Rs 5... »
GAIL looking at medium-term imported gas contracts
OIL India announces 3:2 bonus; net up 12%
Titagarh Wagons to enter shipbuilding
Casa Grande enters Coimbatore market
NTPC may incur higher generation loss this fiscal
Air India: CBI begins probe into pay-off charges
DLF to raise Rs 6,000 cr from non-core assets sale
Manjushree Technopack to invest Rs 150 cr for setting up 2 new units
Resentment against Tangedco mounts
Peprismine — Getting the fit right
‘To cut deficit, bring excise, service tax rates to pre-crisis level'
Hospitality sector to rise, led by domestic travel
Sun Edison, Azure win rooftop contracts
Anti-dumping duty on Chinese fragrance chemical
Petrochem industry to grow 12-15% a year: Assocham
Pharma sector seeks incentives to enhance spending in R&D activities
Write the will right
Family fights over the division of assets are often the subject of movie plots and soap operas. Such disputes are an increasing occurrence in the real world too. In the last two decades, individuals have accumulated a lot of wealth ... »
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