The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 05, 2005

New push for closer India-US relations — Strategic compact worth a sincere try
THE timing and substance of the US announcement clearing the decks for the sale of multi-role combat aircraft to both India and Pakistan, and the tempting offer to discuss with India the modalities of the licensed ... More

EDITORIAL

Curiously unenergetic
INTERNATIONAL OIL PRICES are on the boil once again with the benchmark Brent crude testing the $57 per barrel mark. There is now talk of prices touching $100. This ought to have set alarm bells ringing, but the Government appears utterly ... More

BUDGET

The arithmetic of the Budget
INDIA is perhaps one of the few countries where the Budget is still looked upon as a panacea for all economic ills. Come Budget time, our expectations of the Finance Minister slaying the evils of our country soar. In ... More

ECONOMY

Reforms and importance of trade liberalisation
Higher growth and welfare on a sustained basis demands a lot more than just correcting a bad trade regime. Since the enabling environment includes establishing the climate for foreign capital inflow, hard work and foreign capital can bring gains in the first phase of economic growth. Subsequently, innovation will have to drive the growth process, says Bhanoji Rao. More

EDUCATION

The cost of discipline
MANY would probably have thought the recent controversy over an eight-year-old schoolboy's haircut was nothing more than a storm in a teacup. But to the distraught mother Sally Miller, the incident was an extreme ... More

ROADWAYS

Mindless Regulation?
THE success of economic reform process, it is said, depends on how regulatory agencies are set up and how effectively they ensure consumer welfare. The idea behind regulatory agencies is to ensure that private ... More

LETTERS

WTO and India

Aviation safety rules

Bonanza for retail investors

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