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Column: What 7.2% means for 2010-11

At 7.2%, the advanced estimate of real GDP growth in 2009-10 looks respectable. The last quarterly estimates are still for Q2. With 6.1% in Q1 and an unexpected 7.9% in Q2, 7.5% for....

Column: It’s Greek to the rating agencies

The Greek economy is on its beam ends. The current crisis started, or more appropriately, the economic woes of Greece got attention when Dubai said in November that it was going...

Column: Are tax cuts better than deficit spending?

The Keynesian school of economics dominated the debate during the period of crisis but Keynesian spending can be dangerous since it produces imbalanced budgets.

FE Editorial: Voluntary curbs

Nothing has infuriated public opinion in the West, through the financial crisis and after it, more than the huge bonuses given....

Letters to the editor

The proposal to raise the gratuity cap from the current Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh is overdue since the salaries have radically increased.

Report card

The impact of exceptions from tariff-cutting formulae in the Doha negotiations has been a major source of uncertainty and conflict. Some widely used rules of thumb for their selection...

Letters to the editor

India still has a long way to go in order to scale new heights on the industry front. Though India has vast economic potential, it has not fared really well in productivity.

Recall Route

The study analyses and finds that the impact of tax devolution to the states had a more equalising impact than that of distribution of grants.

FE Editorial: A good quarter

Company results for the quarter ended December 2009 perhaps mark the turning point for India Inc after the period of slowdown.

Column: Despite the government?

The prospects for reformist legislation being passed in Parliament in the Budget session look bleak. Some officials believe that the UPA will do nothing to upset trade unions and...

Column: US-China get tense over trade, yuan

Almost two decades since the Cold War got relegated to history, the spectre of a sharp rift between the two largest world powers is reviving notions of a split world afresh.

Column: Creating a climate of credibility

As climategate, glaciergate, amazongate and a general outbreak of scepticism batter the IPCC, reactions can be slotted into two big clusters.

FE Editorial: What happened to the Fund?

For a while, during the meetings of the G-20 in the peak of the crisis, it seemed that there would be genuine international coordination to reduce systemic risk in the world economy.

The conclusion of the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement needs to be expedited to tap the huge potential that exists, since both bilateral trade and investment are below potential considering the economic size of the two countries.

Letters To The Editor

The government proposes to amend the gratuity Act to increase the limit of gratuity entitlement from Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh with a view to align the gratuity limit with that for government employees.

FE Editorial : Sticky on prices

The government seems to be in discussion mode on the tricky issue of food inflation. After a meeting with the Congress Working Committee on Friday, the PM will meet all chief ministers today to thrash out a way to curb food prices.

Column : Obama ups ante, or does China?

Over the past few weeks, the relationship between the US and China has been heating up. The US recently approved a $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan, and President Obama is planning to meet the Dalai Lama later this month.

Column : Speed bumps may slow auto down

The Indian automotive industry is ascending again and the confidence the industry is exhibiting through its sales volumes speaks a lot for the journey that it has undertaken since last year.

Column : What Parikh can’t do for government

It may sound uncharitable to say that the Kirit Parikh Committee Report on Pricing of Petroleum Products is quite banal and lacks novelty. But we have had the Rangarajan and Chaturvedi Committee Reports in the past that spoke on similar lines.

FE Editorial : Pain of debt

The continued fragility of the global economic recovery was once again brought into sharp focus by adverse events in a number of small European economies in the second half of this week.

BSNL and Raja come full circle

The recent fracas over the 93 million line tender of the BSNL, which has been reported in detail by this newspaper, once again brings out that all is not well in the manner in which the communications and IT minister A Raja has been running the high-profile and significant department of telecommunications.

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Column: What 7.2% means for 2010-11

Column: It’s Greek to the rating agencies

Column: Are tax cuts better than deficit spending?

FE Editorial: Voluntary curbs

Letters to the editor

Report card

Letters to the editor

Recall Route

FE Editorial: A good quarter

Column: Despite the government?

Column: US-China get tense over trade, yuan

Column: Creating a climate of credibility

FE Editorial: What happened to the Fund?

Report Card

Letters To The Editor

FE Editorial : Sticky on prices

Column : Obama ups ante, or does China?

Column : Speed bumps may slow auto down

Column : What Parikh can’t do for government

FE Editorial : Pain of debt

BSNL and Raja come full circle