The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 21, 2002

Indebted directors
THE NEW GUIDELINES from the department of Company Affairs on loans and other financial accommodation to directors are welcome for the spirit of stakeholder protection that underlies them, but they do not quite address the core issue of ... More

ECONOMY

Budget should focus on investment
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, will be presenting his fifth consecutive Budget against the backdrop of the persisting economic slowdown, a major setback on the export front, continuing demand recession and a worsening employment ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Oversight, out of sight
THE propensity of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), as also that of the other self-regulatory organisations (SROs) in the country, to import square wheels from other countries, especially the US, has been the focus of ... More

Foothold in the boardroom
GRASIM picks up 10 per cent of the shares of L&T and a couple of days later takes the two seats in the board hitherto kept warm by the Ambanis. One does not know whether admission of two nominees in fact reflects in the boardroom, the ... More

Old wine
A FRIEND e-mails to inform me about the winning entries for Washington Post's `Style Invitational, 2001'. The contest invites readers to "take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter and supply ... More

POLITICS

Unilateralism running amok -- Stop US before it wreaks havoc
FOREIGN offices round the world are abuzz with speculation as to who put in the State of the Union Address of the US President, Mr George W.Bush, to the US Congress the graphic phrase "axis of evil'' clubbing together Iran, Iraq and North Korea. ... More

DISINVESTMENT

IBP divestment: Whose money is it anyway?
THE Disinvestment Minister, Mr Arun Shourie's decision to sell management control in VSNL and IBP as part of the divestment programme is a step in the right direction. It will give the economy the momentum for growth and development and send the ... More

LETTERS

Kerala Govt's initiative

FM, I have surrendered!

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SEBI throws the book at Mallya, Chhabrias -- `Divest wrongfully acquired shares in Herbertsons'

TRAI's green signal for Net telephony from April

PSU general insurers chart phased revamp

Farming technology fills in for child labour

Reliance, Bharti among 5 to get letters of intent for ILD

Unilateralism running amok -- Stop US before it wreaks havoc

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
Feb. 10-Feb. 16
Delicensing dilemmas

Export strategy 2002-07 -- Faltering ambitions, missing links

ARCs: Answer to bank NPAs?

All set for the UP battle

V. Venkataswamy U/s