Market rally
The new millennium has been warmly welcomed by the stock markets. The surge is due to the huge liquidity build-up in the system.

Interest reform
What is astonishing about Reserve Bank data on loan defaults is not the names of defaulters or firms that have slipped up in debt-servicing, but the spurt in banks' NPAs in a single year.

Tax parameters governing voluntary retirement plans
What are the taxation parameters for the treatment of amounts paid under voluntary retirement schemes (VRS) under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961?

Legacy banks and Internet -- Race for customer-base
We continue our discussion of the strategic options available to banks to embrace the Internet. We have posited that the Internet presents a unique opportunity to, at once, reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction.

Challenges for urea and QR-free regime
Consequent to the recent ruling of Dispute Settlement Panel (DSP) of WTO, India will have to dismantle all quantitative restrictions (QRs) on imports by 2001.