The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Blank wall
THE Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, seems to have had no trace of self-doubt when he asserted in categorical terms at Kuala Lumpur, on June 13, on his way to Australia, that the Kashmir dispute was capable of being resolved in "two ... More

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Building on bands to discover price
Yes Bank is offering 7 crore equity shares through 100 per cent book building process. "The first-ever Islamic sukuk issue by an airline and also the first ever sukuk with a term of seven years, with the principal proceeds being paid on ... More

EDITORIAL

Welcome LNG agreement
THE AGREEEMENT BETWEEN India and Iran on LNG supply by the latter starting from 2009 has come not a day too soon in view of the huge demand-supply gap in the country. As pointed out by the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Mani Shankar ... More

AGRICULTURE

Weather insurance: Taking on the Rain God
RECENTLY, a photo in a business daily featured Mr Suparas Bhandari, Chairman and Managing Director of the Agricultural Insurance Company (AIC), alongside the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram. The Finance Minister, the accompanying report said, ... More

Crop protection products — Data-holder deserves a better deal
The original registrant of a crop protection product demonstrates its safety and efficacy to the regulator, and is committed to quality and stewardship through the product's life cycle. Farmers bank on him for new solutions to meet their crop protec tion needs. He should thus be assured of a certain period of data exclusivity during which he can recover the huge costs incurred in developing the product, says Uttam Gupta. More

SSI

All-encompassing SME umbrella — Ensure proper cover for the tiny sector
THE continued neglect of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, in general, and the neglect of the Small Scale Industries SSIs and the tiny sector, in particular, has been a cause for grave concern, affecting not only the livelihood of ... More

INTERVIEW

`There is always a new peak to be scaled' — Mr V. S. Jain, Chairman, SAIL
SOMETIME back, the Steel Authority of India Limited had an outstanding debt of more than Rs 14,000 crore. Today, the company is more or less a zero-debt outfit. This in itself is a major contribution to the economic well-being of the country's ... More

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