Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, February 22, 2002
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OPINION EDITORIAL TRAI makes the right call THE TELECOM REGULATORY Authority of India's recommendation (reaffirmed by the Communications Minister at a public forum) to open up Internet telephony from April 1 is one more progressive step in liberalising telecom services. And as an icing, ... More PETROLEUM Specific duties on petro products -- A distortionary approach If the basic duty structure is tampered with for the petroleum sector, there could be demands from other sectors and before long, the entire tax structure would be riddled with holes. A specific duty structure for one sector alone when others are on ad valorem also introduces distortions in relative consumption as the prices vary in the market. More POLITICS Learning from America SO, the Americans are coming. Prior to September 11, our relations with Americans were starting to thaw. We were sort of edging warily towards each other, yet not fully committed. And then, after September 11, we fell deeply in love with the US. ... More RAILWAY BUDGET Railway Budget 2002-03: Will Nitish get the behemoth on track? THE Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, who is to present his third Rail Budget (he held the rail portfolio during the BJP-led coalition in 1998-2000), can ill-afford to follow the path taken by Ms Mamata Banerjee. The stormy petrel from West ... More GENDER 
Equal work, unequal payA RECENT survey in China once again reiterates a global phenomenon: Women earn much less than men, for doing the same work. It showed that in the last 10 years the income gap between Chinese men and women has widened by 7.4 per cent in the urban ... More NON-PERFORMING ASSETS Attachment of assets: Rusting value STATISTICS show that assets of over Rs 4 lakh crore, offered as securities against bank loans have been attached by courts, and are getting destroyed and to nobody's advantage. The number of loans in default is rising. The value of these attached ... More LETTERS Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
Top Stories 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 |
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