The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 14, 2003

Policy crisis in energy
WITH THE UNION Budget almost out of the way, the focus now shifts to the pieces of economic legislation awaiting Parliament nod. Foremost among these are the Electricity Bill and the Petroleum Regulatory Board Bill, both of which have a bearing ... More

BUDGET

Only proactive approach will work in farm sector
THE Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, has failed to give a new direction to Indian agriculture. He has proposed to establish a price stabilisation fund for tea, coffee and rubber; another fund to promote precision farming and hi-tech ... More

POLITICS

Reassessing the Pakistani threat
Pakistan poses a long-term threat to India, which is inherent in the nature of that state, its ideology, power structure, and the imperatives that determine the behaviour of its ruling establishment. These factors are not likely to change soon, an d India's Defence planners have to cope with this kind of adversary, says G. Parthasarathy, urging Delhi to heed the views of Indian security analysts. More

Senior Bush on Iraq
AS a journalistic duty, I return to my piece "Father vs son" published in this column on Wednesday as I have since been able to obtain the transcript of the speech of the former President Mr George Bush commenting on US-Iraq stand-off. Even ... More

Cyberspace rebellion
CYBERSPACE is rife with rebellion against the coming war. Almost daily, I find my mailbox filled with anti-war petitions. They all say "Please Sign" and forward to friends, relatives and strangers. I do that religiously. The theory is that when ... More

WATER

And quiet flows the river project
THE project for interlinking of the rivers has recently found wide coverage in the print media. However, it does not provide a proportional amount of technical information on what is going to be done in the project. To the common man, there is ... More

LETTERS

Rollback legacy

Cash to the poor

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