The Hindu : Monday, January 12, 2004

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Monday, January 12, 2004

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Mixed benefits from FDI inflows
Despite the increase in FDI, competitiveness of Indian industry has not improved much barring a few exceptions, says Vinish Kathuria

Retail banking blues
The banking scenario in India is at the crossroads and is continuously evolving, but the progress has been remarkable over the past decade.

New vistas of economic growth
THE PROSPECTS for the Indian economy in 2003-04 and subsequent years are viewed with robust optimism as Y. V. Reddy, Reserve Bank Governor, as well as K. C. Pant, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, are confident that Gross Domestic ...

Peer-to-Peer enabled applications
THIS WEEK we will run through a few useful applications created using the Peer-to-Peer technology. We have already dealt with the concept of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology that enables a machine on the Net to connect directly with another ...

WEEK IN FINANCIAL MARKETS

Stock indices at historic highs
WITH SUSTAINED inflows from foreign institutional investors and a strong bull support in an extremely volatile market, the Sensex touched a new intra-day high of 6249.62 on Friday surpassing its previous record of 6150.59 on February 14, 2000. ...

TRIBUTE
Dastur, a legend in steel
THE NEWS of the demise of M. N. Dastur, a metallurgical engineer of worldwide repute, must have brought nostalgic memories to all those who had the privilege of knowing him since his salad days in Tata Steel. Starting life as an AI class ...

Procedure for availing benefit for disabled persons
QUESTION: There has been a substitution of the relief provision for the disabled under Section 80DD for those supporting disabled dependents and under Sec. 80U for the disabled person himself. Disability itself is now one, which is no ...