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2. THE US : SUB PRIME CRISIS CONTINUES TO TAKE ITS TOLL

3. THE INDO-US NUCLEAR DEAL BECOMES A FINALITY :
FRANCE TAKES A LEAD

4. THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ASEAN

5. CHANGE OF GUARDS AT THE RBI

6. INDIA-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE - THE WAY FORWARD

7. RURAL INDIA GETTING UP

8. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORTING

9. SPECIAL ARTICLES
* Micro Finance Institutional Operationals in India - Dr. D. Ashok
* Logistics : An Industry Surging Towards Growth - Dr.Krishna K. Agarwal, Vandana Sonker

10. ARTICLES OF INTEREST
* Banking Service Quality & Its Impact on Customer Satisfaction - Dr. I. Narsis
* A Closer Look into Portfolio Analysis - Dr. K.Balasubramani, Mrs. N.Kavitha
* A Study on Investors Perception towards EVA as Reporting Practice in Indian Banking Sector
- R. Satish, Dr.S.S. Rau, Dr.Radhaganesh
* FDI in India not as per her Potentials - Dinesh Mahajan
* Corporate Governance - Turn Comes Out in Banking Sector
- Dr. Manoj Jhunjhunwala, Manoj Kumar Pandey
* Systematic Vs Un-Systematic risks of Midcap Stocks & Midcap Mutual Funds-Dr. A.K. Natesan
* Microfinance and Empowerment of Rural Women - A.V.V.S. Subbalakshmi

11. SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
* National Conference on Tourism Destination Competitiveness & Sustainability
* 7th National Conference on India in the Emerging Order - Challenges and New Opportunities ]]> http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry081019-073126 Dr. M M Kothari Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:01:26 GMT http://www.economicchallenger.net/comments.php?y=08&m=10&entry=entry081019-073126 http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry080711-151359 Editorial : difficulties in finalising the nuclear deal

2. New Fertiliser Policy to cut subsidy bill

3. RBI HIKES ‘REPO RATE’ and ‘crr’ TO CHECK INFLATION

4. FUEL PRICES AND THE SUBSIDY BURDEN

5. India’s tallest dam in Arunachal Pradesh

6. CAIRN INDIA STARTS CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE

7. INDIA DOWN IN THE GLOBAL TRADE INDEX

8. Small and smarty
* Inflation at a Thirteen-year high
* Lack of Consensus on Farm Talks
* Lower sugar production expected in the crushing season ‘2007-08’

9. Bold and brief
* Bharat IV norms to be introduced for pollution control
* Air conditoners manufacturing plant to be set up in Rajasthan
* Companies may be asked to keep account of the CRS work
* India to accelerate renewable energy

10. Special articles
* Ethics and Social Responsibilities in Marketing : Some Emerging issues - Dr. K. Srinivasa Rao, Dr. P. Malyadri
* Ad-Hoc Networks : A New Era to Modern Business - P.B. Pankajavalli, K.G. Santhiya
* The Agenda for Indian Agriculture under WTO - Md. Reyazuddin
* Store Brands in Retail Industry - Mr. R. Sethumadhavan, Dr. A. Ramchandran

11. Articles of interest
* Corporate Social Responsibility in India -Dr. S. Suriyamurhti, Dr. O.T.V.Latasri, V.P.T. Dhevika
* Emerging Scenario of United States' Foreign Direct Investment in India - Dinesh Mahajan
* Private Equity in India - An Overview - Dr. K.K. Agarwal, Madhu Bhartia
* Profitability trends of selected Indian Oil Refineries - Dr. C. K. Sonara
* Evaluating competitiveness of SMEs as preferred employers -Sonal Sisodia, Dr N.S.Kothari
* Value Added Accounting : Customer Value Added in Banks - Dr. Nazir Ahmad
* Understanding the ABCD of Environmental Pollution - Dr.A.Vinayagamoorthy, T.Thirupathi
* Do shades shape the buyer preference? Dr. I. Francis G. Sekar, Sharon Edmends

12. VIT students become a preferred lot for the ‘it’ companies ]]> http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry080711-151359 Dr. M M Kothari Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:43:59 GMT http://www.economicchallenger.net/comments.php?y=08&m=07&entry=entry080711-151359 http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry080411-214334 2. THE ECONOMIC SURVEY 2007-08
3. THE RAILWAY BUDGET 2008-09
4. THE ECONOMIC BUDGET 2008-09

3. SMALL AND SMARTY
-Shopper’s Stop to Move into Tier - II and Tier - III cities
-Gold reaches an all time high
-Indian Crude Basket Rises

4. WORLD FOCUS
- Fear of Recession gripping the US Economy

5. SPECIAL ARTICLES
- Foreign Direct Investment and the Indian Economic Scenario
- Dr. A. Ramachandran, N.Kavitha, N.Krishna Veni
- Retailing in India : A New Paradigm for Economic Growth - Prof. S. Solamalai
-Sugar Industry and Ethanol - L.Sathees Kumar, Dr. V. Selvaraj

6. ARTICLES OF INTEREST
- Impact of Retail Giants on Retail Trade - S.Dharmaraj
- Non-Performing Assets in Public Sector Banks - A Study- Prof. B.D. Awasthi, Rahul Singh
- Cross Border Transactions - Transfer Pricing - A Change in Paradigm in Indian Income Tax Act 1961 - Dr. G. Velmurugan
- Need Based Training - Need of the Hour - Ms. R. Subashini ]]> http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry080411-214334 Dr. M M Kothari Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:13:34 GMT http://www.economicchallenger.net/comments.php?y=08&m=04&entry=entry080411-214334 http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry080122-071801 A WORD OF CAUTION ON RISING FOOD PRICES AND CLIMATIC CHANGES

2. LEADING INDIAN CORPORATE HOUSES IN INDIA -
Dr. S. Suryamurthi, Dr. O.T.V. Latasri, Ms. VPT Dhevika 04

3. WHERE IS SHE SAFE AND HER STATUS OF FAMILY? - Arun Kumar Tripathi 10
3. SMALL AND SMARTY
* New road map to fight Climate Change 14
* Rajasthan unveils new IT & ITES Policy 18
* Rajasthan to be self-reliant in Power 20
* Deepening detach between Stock Market and Economy - A. Pandu 23

4. WORLD FOCUS
* Emulate China and promote Neem aggressively 25

5. BOLD AND BRIEF
* 24% investment cap removed on SSIs 26
* Non-Tariff Barriers : Major hurdle in textile exports 27
* Indian Patent Office goes global 29
* ‘One Person Company’ form must get legal sanction in India 30
* 10% Ethanol - doped fuel is being envisaged in India 32
* World Bank loan to Bihar for Development 33
* Bihar agricultural land not to be given to SEZ 34
6. SPECIAL ARTICLES
* Performance and potentials of economy of Bihar during Globalisation-Mahesh Chandra Prasad 35
* Telecom Reforms in India - Amarjit Singh 43
* Indian Textile Scenario in the 21st Century - N. Kavitha, Dr.A.Ramachandran, N.Krishna Veni 51

7. ARTICLES OF INTEREST
* Cosmetic Tourism - L.Shankari, Dr. A.Vinayagamurthy 56
* Organized Retailing : Vista and Intricacy -Dr. Amit K. Agrawal, Mrs. Jagrati Agrawal 60
* Global Economy-An Overview - Dr.K.Prabakkar Rajkumar 62

8. MICRO STUDIES
* Spending pattern on Cosmetic Products in rural areas : A case study
- Dr. B. Suresh Lal, N.V. Sreeranga Prasad, G. Kavitha 64
* Unemployment and its consequences in Haryana - Bijender Kumar 68

9. A Report on National Conference on Significance of Social Marketing in India 73
at VIT Business School, VIT University, Vellore.

10. Fifth National Conference on Emerging Dimensions in Financial Sector - Challenges Ahead 75

11. Indicators ]]> http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry080122-071801 Dr. M M Kothari Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:48:01 GMT http://www.economicchallenger.net/comments.php?y=08&m=01&entry=entry080122-071801 http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry071103-100848
2. INDIA RIDING THE NUCLEAR BUS ? 04

3. INDIAN AVIATION INDUSTRY CONSUMER CONCERN - Prof. S. Unnikrishnan, Prof. S. Verma 06

4. SMALL AND SMARTY
* Corporate rural farming to boost rural sector 09
* India to raise the strategic crude reserve size 11
* India’s exports show a rising trend 12
* India’s prospects for producing Bio-Diesel 13
* GDP growth above expectations 15

5. WORLD FOCUS
* China embraces Interest rate hikes 18
* Economic growth slows down in the U.S. 19
* The US trying to come out of the Subprime Mess 20

6. BOLD AND BRIEF
* Himachal Pradesh : Awarding hydel projects contracts on most favourable terms 24
* Volkswagen launches its first car in India 26
* Enhancing Cruise Tourism in Kochi 27
* Inflation Lowest at 3.23 per cent 29
* Slowdown in the industrial growth in July, 2007 30
* Amendment to the Competition Act 32
* Fed cuts interest rate by 50 basis points 34
7. SPECIAL ARTICLES
* The Outsourcing Story : Myths & Realities-Dr. Krishna Kumar Agarwal, Meenakshi A. Singh 36
* India's Recent Economic Performance and Future Prospects - Dr. (Mrs.) Martina R. Noronha 43
* Human Resource Management and strategies in the retail sector 47
- Prof. Akhilesh Chandra Pandey, Dr. S.P. Kala
* Issues and Challenges in the Rural Marketing - Dr. A. Selvaraj 52
8. ARTICLES OF INTEREST
* Indian Banking:Managing Emerging Challenges In The Present Era - Dr. R.K. Uppal, Rimpi Kaur 57
* Sugar Industry Need of the Hour - Mr. L. Satheeskumar, Dr. V. Selvaraj 61
* VAT: Revenue impact and usages in Tamil Nadu - Dr.K.Prabakkar Rajkumar 64
* Is the women really empowered in india? - Mrs. Poonam Aroa 66
* Biomass in Rural India - C. Sivamurguan, Dr. V. Anbumani 68  The Sri Lankan village company model - Dr. Amit Kumar Agrawal 72

9. BIG SUCCESS BUT LARGE GAPS IN INDIAN ‘IT’ INDUSTRY 74
10. SENSEX AND NIFTY SCALE NEW PEAKS 76
11. INDICATORS 77
]]> http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry071103-100848 Dr. M M Kothari Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:38:48 GMT http://www.economicchallenger.net/comments.php?y=07&m=11&entry=entry071103-100848 http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry070719-193916 Editorial : Organised retailing : allow more players

Iran-Pakistan-india gas pipeline nearing finalisation of the deal

small and smarty
* The negative impact of the rising rupee
* Big retailers should not harm small vendors
* more sezs approved with conditionalities
* White goods market is increasing fast
* ‘it’ enabled rural service centres

World focus
* Japan achieves 3.3% growth in gdp
* G-4 talks on Doha round fail
* Economic growth slows down in the u.s.
* Philippines achieves high gdp growth

bold and brief
* How India is adding to Global Warming
* India achieves high gdp
* Rajasthan to become a power surplus state by 2008

Special articles :
* Retail Industry in India - A Review : Dr. K. Maruthamuthu, K. Krishna Kumar, M. Vasan
* Recent advances in Mutual Funds - An Overview of Online Mutual Funds- Dr.A. Jayakumar, C. Nagalakshmi
* Economic and Social Implications of Special Economic Zones - Dr. Lakhvir Singh Gill
* Manufacturing Sector in India-Competitiveness and the Challenges Ahead - Prerna Jain, Pragati Jain

articles of interest
* Technology Innovation through Knowledge Management : The manifesto to Indian Companies - P. Thirumoorthi, J. Senthil Velmurugan
* IPO Grading - Some Issues - Pankaj Ahlawat
* A cursory look to Insurance Business in India
- Dr. A. Vinayagamoorthy, T. Thirupathi, C. Madhesh
* Health Insurance in India - Dr. Rachel Nancy Phillip, Mrs. P.B. Banu Devi
* Performance of Small Scale Industries in Recent Years
- Dr. (Mrs) Pushpalatha A., Miss G. Priya
* Spiritual Quotient - Dr. Tripti Barthwal

Micro studies
* Value Added Accounting - Empirical Validity and Applications in Banks -Dr. Nazir Ahmed Gilkar
* Training & Development in Vasavadatta Cement Unit, Sedam-Dr. B. Vijaya, Renuka S. Ratho ]]> http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry070719-193916 Dr. M M Kothari Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:09:16 GMT http://www.economicchallenger.net/comments.php?y=07&m=07&entry=entry070719-193916 http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry070502-181441 Editorial : end of india’s nuclear isolation augurs well
2. INDIA RETAIL : A BIG STORY

3. economy in limelight
* ECONOMIC SURVEY 2006-07
* union Budget : 2007-08
* RAILWAY BUDGET 2007-08

4. small and smarty
* Retail sector should be granted industry status
* Semi-Conductor Policy Announced
* Car Manufacturing by M&M in JV with Renault & Nissan
5. World focus
* Intel’s Semiconductor manufacturing unit in China
* Japan cloaks Gdp growth at 5.5%

6. bold and brief
* Volkswagen setting up car manufacturing plant in Pune
* Hyundai to set up lcv plant at Pune
* Indian Railways to join ‘Trans Asian Railways’
7. Special articles :
* FDI in Retail Trade In India - Dr.R.Ganesan
* FDI in Retail Business - New Opportunities - Dr.Valsamma Antony

8. articles of interest
* Taking Banking Services to the Common Man - Financial Inclusion - Dr.Firdos T. Shroff
* Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India - Mr. Madhavanand
* Knowledge Management in Service Sector - Dr. Krishna Kumar Agarwal, Meenakshi A. Singh
* Indian Automobile Sector and Opportunity for Global Outsourcing
- Dr Nirmal Singh, Mr. Surendar Singh
* Impact of Intellectual Property rights on Developing Countries - Dr. A. Vinayagamoorthy

9. Book review : banking sector reforms in india ]]> http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry070502-181441 Dr. M M Kothari Wed, 02 May 2007 12:44:41 GMT http://www.economicchallenger.net/comments.php?y=07&m=05&entry=entry070502-181441 http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry070429-213153 Contents
1. Editorial : Thanks Indian Diaspora

2. The Indo-us nuclear deal

3. Nuclear Energy in India : New Opportunities and Challenges-Mithilesh Kumar Sinha

4. economy in limelight
* The Reserve Bank hikes Cash Reserve Ratio
* Five challenges for India to become a developed country
5. World focus
* Is there any slowdown in the us economy ?
* China’s reform path continues
* India should adopt long term reforms

6. bold and brief
* IDBI to help in clean development mechanism and long gestation projects
* RBi liberalises external commercial borrowing norms
* Rules for safe deposit lockers tightened
* Overseas investment norms liberalised
* Financing infrastructure
* Economy on a roll

7. Special articles :
* An Appraisal of India’s I.T. Exports in WTO Borderless Regime - Dr. Ram Singh
* Application of Mobile Technology in Modern Marketing Practices - Dr. D. Ashok
* Managing Corporate Social Responsibility : Framework to the new bottomline of business
- Dr. Smitha Sambrani

8. articles of interest
* Corporate Governance in Indian Banks - Dr. Ratish Kakkad * Rural Development, Employment and Generation through sgsy and PMRY Schemes
- Dr. S.M. Mariyam Fatima, Professor R. C. Mishra, Mr. K.C. Balodi
* Value Added Tax : Experiences in India - C. Sivamurgun, Dr. V. Anbumani
* Rural Internet kiosks : Revolutionizing rural India - Dr. P. Loganathan, R. Asokan
* Information Technology: Implications for Agriculture - Dr. Sunil Phougat
* Disparity in Education - Ajaypal Singh Chundawat, Dr. Anju Kohli

9. stock market trends

10. inflation rises to 5.32 percent
]]> http://www.economicchallenger.net/index.php?entry=entry070429-213153 Dr. M M Kothari Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:01:53 GMT http://www.economicchallenger.net/comments.php?y=07&m=04&entry=entry070429-213153