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TUTORIAL
What is APM dismantling all about?
Would the price of petrol, diesel, LPG, kerosene shoot up? Or will these be cheaper? Check out......
So what is the Exim Policy all about?
What role does the Exim Policy play alongside the Union Budget? How relevant is it? Read on…
MARKET REPORT
Sensex sheds 12 points after dull trading
Selling pressure in new and old economy stocks drags the market lower after a steady opening.
DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading strategy for April 8, 2002
Sensex, Satyam, Wipro, L&T, M&M… check out what you can do on Monday.
COLUMN
Infrastructure issues and the information gap
'Should we allow infrastructure projects to be scuttled due to an absence of information leading to ill-considered protests?' asks Sucheta Dalal.
Enabling infrastructure development, AP style
The entire country must learn from Andhra Pradesh's AP IDEA 2001, a statute that has helped clear core projects with speed, clarity and transparency, says Sucheta Dalal.
THE BUDGET & GOVT POLICIES
Union Budget 2002-2003: Complete Coverage
Exim Policy 2002-03: Complete coverage
Economic Survey 2001-02: Complete coverage
Rail Budget 2002-03: Complete coverage
The Credit Policy: Complete coverage
STOCK TALK
'Market has become sector specific'
'Market seems a little sluggish. Leadership will be in IT-enabled and PSU Stocks,' says Ramesh Shrichand Damani.
FEATURE
Electronic cheque transfer may soon be a reality
Cheques could now be transferred electronically, with the computer reading handwritten cheques at high speeds and accuracy.
Life is beautiful for those who cashed out of banking service
The voluntary retirement scheme has changed Indian banking as PSU banks march towards higher profits. And those who opted for VRS are a happy lot today.
Analog Devices-IIT Madras launch finishing school for engineers
The Analog Devices-IIT Madras DSP Learning Centre intends to bridge the gap between the needs of the industry and the university curricula, and to churn out better-prepared engineers.
SPECIAL
Slowdown, job freeze hit IIM graduates too
IIM graduates find out that a gloomy economic outlook has either made firms keep away from campuses or offer lower salaries...
Why some Indian states have grown faster than the others?
Jeffrey D Sachs, Nirupam Bajpai and Ananthi Ramiah study why Kerala's economic performance has been mediocre, while Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have shown relatively faster growth.
INTERVIEW
'It's a Budget of missed opportunity'
While Sinha did pay some attention to agriculture and the reforms process, more radical measures were necessary, says Dr M S Swaminathan an eminent agriculture scientist.
'Budgets have lost their credibility'
'No one is ever pulled up for not implementing the promises made in the Budgets,' says Subodh Bhargav, former president, CII.
'It is a positive Budget'
"I think people have not understood what the finance minister wants to do. The cost of production of a lot of companies will reduce now," says Rahul Bajaj, chairman, Bajaj Auto.
'The Budget needs to lose its relevance'
'Once policies are set and taxes are rationalized, the Budget should not have mystique that it has today,' says Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha.
'Aid has made us a nation of beggars'
'I have always believed in trade, not aid. Development aid should come down to zero. India must behave like a self-confident economy which believes in trade,' says Jairam Ramesh.
SLIDE SHOW
Sinha's Budget 'disappoints' India Inc
2001: THE YEAR THAT WAS..
What the year 2001 was like for India Inc
Marred by the stocks scam and Sept 11 terrorist attacks, economic reforms took a backseat in 2001 making prospects of recovery more difficult...
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In Focus
The UTI Crisis
Capital Market Crisis
Options Guide
Interview
Sami Zoghbi on Indian tourism
Cyrus Nallaseth on US immigration
Earlier interviews
Columns
- Sucheta Dalal on
Star-NDTV to part ways?
- R C Murthy on
the Budget 2002-03
Special
- 'How we built Infosys
from scratch'
- IT industry woes
- Firms withdraw job
offers; students panic
- Berkshire weekend
- K V Kamath and ICICI
- The Simputer!
- Salary hikes slashed
- Impact of WTO
- Kerala tourism
- Oil sector boils over
- IIM placements
- More...Tutorials
- Union Budget
- Exim Policy
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