The BIS nannies the world's central banks, which are now scurrying around with pots and pans and plastic cups to save the sinking ship. 


T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: The financial crisis and the central banks

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The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), the government agency responsible for keeping track of how the economy is performing, goes through five phases of estimating how much Indias GDP amounts to

Fine-tuning GDP

It is reported that, in Maharashtra, the last six months have seen no fewer than seven officers belonging to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) leave the service to join the private sector, at

Attrition in government

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) thespian, Arcot N Veerasamy, has efficiently echoed thalaivar (leader) Karunanidhi's thoughts, be it in his comments on judges, or issuing fiats to MRF to lift its

The steel anchor

Disputed Demands Indian tax authorities have an ill-repute for making high pitched assessments and also for collecting excessive tax by coercive means.

Some pre-Budget thoughts

Where there has been a suppression of fact, acceptance of a marine insurance policy by an officer of the insurance company would not be binding on it, the Supreme Court held last week in the judgment,

Claim not binding on insurance company upon suppression of facts

Creating effective water harvesting solutions help farmers sow crops throughout the year, reduce migration and raise per capita income. 


HUL greens barren village

Pearl Tiwari, assistant vice president, CSR, Ambuja Cement, says the company does not believe in creating parallel development structures.

`We don`t adopt villages, we partner them`

A television set that can be viewed from all the four sides, a fishing rod that gives off an alarm when a fish bites the bait, a bullock cart with brakes and a cycle made of wood! These are not figments of somebody&#39;s imagination.

Scouting for grassroots innovation

Temporary workers who approach the Supreme Court find its attitude has changed in recent years.


M J Antony: Cross currents in labour decisions

While the government routinely cites the great fiscal turnaround that has been made, at both the Centre and in the states, the IMF begs to differ. Its latest report, after its Article IV consultation,

Sunil Jain: Not so fast, Mr Chidambaram

The National Sample Survey Organisation, which is responsible for collecting data on household expenditure and employment patterns, has published a summary of the findings of its 62nd Round survey,

Not a pretty picture

The blanket ban on the trade and movement of chickens, ducks and eggs in West Bengal, though intended to curb the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu infection, is unlikely to achieve the

Not the right strategy

The highly vexatious experience of those who use the new expressway between Delhi and Gurgaon brings to the fore some important issues. First and foremost is the basic issue of assessing traffic

NHAI hai, hai ...

After five quarters of expansion, industrial growth is now below the long-term trend, and that means there's room to cut interest rates, say Manoranjan Pattanayak and Vidya Mahambare

Industry performing below potential

This Budget is about finding a balance between political objectives and economic uncertainties. 


Subir Gokarn: Budget balance

Can accountants be replaced by a computer program which has all the accounting standards fed into it and which is directly connected to a firms management information system? 


Put focus on building capabilities

A blanket exemption in Customs can promote export without having too many complications that plague many of the export promotion schemes that crowd the columns of policy books. There is every

A suggestion to promote exports

From cutting interest rates to preserve the current investment cycle to finding ways to fix and augment the education systems capacity, the government has its hands more than full. 


R Ravimohan: Budget imperatives

Hariyali Kisan Bazaars are helping transform rural India by providing all manner of services to farmers.


Surinder Sud: Promoting hariyali

For former executive chairman of Matrix Laboratories, Nimmagadda Prasad, social entrepreneurship means making profits while contributing something to the society. And that is what he wants to do. He

Matrix founder turns social entrepreneur

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