Author Archives: Manoj Mohan

Now, this – how 2009 will pan out – is a question that’s been ‘analysed’ in many fora already. So, yours truly would desist from doing it. In fact, my mind wanders and seeks answers to a number of questions… Again, that is something my mind always does. For a change, I’ll jot down aContinue reading “What’s cooking for 2009?”

A new financial year (FY 2008-09) dawned today, in India. There are hopes as well as fears about the same. How will the new FY pan itself out? Even if one goes by the trend as in previous years, this time around, the scene is a bit confounding and confusing for all stakeholders. The beginning of anContinue reading “Musings on new FY”

And, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has presented the budget for the year 2008-09. Lots of bouquets and brickbats……yes, but what is the bottom-line?   The two things that dominated all discussions seem to be the farm debt waiver plan and the substantial relief for the salaried class..And, therein lies the big idea, at least to me.  Continue reading “Budget 08-09 – What’s the big !dea?”

Yours truly had written about the sunrise sector of organized retail twice before (here and here). It wasn’t a complete account in any case, but what has prompted this entry is the discussion on the same on the Management Accountant Blog and the strike on June 27 by the organization of small traders (the Vyapari-Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti) inContinue reading “Organised Retail – Again”

I found a few of the recent happenings to be really amusing….In my view, these kind of things can happen only in India……Read on…   The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, in a speech made at a CII function, asked India Inc to have a check on CEO & promoter salaries. He feels that they are paidContinue reading “It Happens only in India”