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How
not to find a chairman |
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A not-so-secret committee appointed
by the government is searching for suitable candidates to head
the Securities and Exchange Board of India with little success. |
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Raising
a stink |
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Fertiliser manufacturers are
up in arms against the government. With sound reason. The government,
vide a notification dated March 22, had allowed fertiliser manufacturers
to export urea produced by utilising capacity in excess of 100
per cent. |
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PRO
BONO PUBLICO: S S Tarapore
Savers are a neglected lot |
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On April 19, 2001 the Indian
government constituted an Expert committee to review the system
of administered interest rates and other related issues with
deputy Reserve Bank of India governor, Dr Y V Reddy as chairman. |
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SIXTH
SENSE: Murali Gopalan
Why India takes pride in its chaos |
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At the recent Tokyo Motor
Show, I got chatting with a representative of a top Japanese
car manufacturer which has a significant presence in India. |
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EAVESDROPPER:
Sharp tongue, sharp brain |
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Heightened security
in offices around the world has become a norm after the September
11 attacks in New York and Washington. Especially so in media
houses following a series of Anthrax exposures/cases at US news
networks. |
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Time
to drive out Satans from the temples of modern India |
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When you buy petrol, you think
you are paying for the cost of fuel and taxes levied by an elected
government. However, what you do not realise is that you are
also contributing directly towards the furniture of ministers/secretaries,
their food and liquor bills, travel and other expenses including
‘entertainment’. |
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Innovative
sales can face-lift the economy |
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Reserve Bank Governor Bimal
Jalan has given us a multi-pronged monetary package. If it were
only reducing the cash reserve ratio, borrowing costs would
have come in the way; but the bank rate has also been reduced
and none can complain on any imbalance in the package. |
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BETWEEN
THE LINES: Kuldip Nayar
The long journey from Joi Bangla to Zia’s Bangla |
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Even if history repeats itself,
it is nowhere so true as in Bangladesh. One of the two women,
Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, alternately come to head
the country and indulge in the same rhetoric, make the same
promises and weave the same dreams. |
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VIEWPOINT:
Amit K Vyas
Illegal allotment of shares: Some questions on CLB’s order
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In a recent order by the Company
Law Board (CLB), a company ‘A’ had lent an amount of money to
company ‘B’ which company ‘B’ subsequently neglected to repay.
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INTERVIEW:
Sabyasachi Mitra
Pakistan says debt relief will give fiscal space |
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Pakistan is seeking
to convert bilateral debt owed to Paris Club creditors to easier
terms and stretch it out over a longer period to provide the
economy with some breathing room, its finance minister said
on Tuesday. |
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