Arun Kumar is Senior Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times. He has spent two-and-half decades covering Bihar, including politics, educational and social issues.
Articles by Arun Kumar
FM to walk tightrope
Union Budget is likely to provide a ray of hope to low-income salaried class, writes Arun Kumar.
Updated on Feb 28, 2005 12:40 PM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
TCS eyes multi-million $ acquisition
Tata Consultancy Services has a clearly defined agenda going forward. It is aiming to become a $3 billion company by March 2006. It is aggressively scouting for global software companies of reasonable size, while planning to merge all IT companies of the Tata group.
Published on Nov 19, 2004 01:46 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Baffled insurance companies lose sleep over service tax impact
While the hike in FDI limit has been hailed by the overseas partners of insurance companies, the imposition of service tax on insurance premium and the transaction tax levied on all securities deals is proving to be a damper.
Published on Jul 10, 2004 02:38 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Govt may issue sovereign bonds
The new Govt is likely to implement former economic advisor to ex-PM AB Vajpayee S Narayan's proposal to raise India Sovereign Bonds, sources said.
Published on Jun 29, 2004 10:50 AM IST
PTI | Sandeep Bamzai and Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Stock market slide belies Centre's Budget hopes
Budget was geared to bring back small investor to stock markets. But with markets taking a tumble, Govt isn?t likely to take the bait.
Updated on Mar 08, 2003 01:52 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Govt to public: Go for stocks
The 2003-04 Budget not only discourages direct savings, it has also made investing in life insurance schemes less attractive.
Updated on Mar 04, 2003 01:18 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Government all set to unshackle banking sector
The Govt is all set to bring in major policy guidelines to set the ball rolling on the privatisation of banks.
Updated on Feb 24, 2003 01:59 PM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi