The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 12, 2006

EDITORIAL
GSLV failure
While the failure need not dampen the morale of the space community, the immediate task would be to pinpoint the deficiency and overcome it. More

AGRICULTURE
Farmers need real `Help Lines'
The clustering of suicides gives a distorted picture of the consequences of affluence and development. More

ECONOMY
Corruption and reform
It would appear that, with time, the UPA Government led by the Congress is getting more unstable, the reason being that the coalition partners (both inside and outside the Government) are finding it increasingly difficult to share the same ... More

PETROLEUM
Stage set for an oil bull run
Even if we discover a new planet Earth worth of reserves, it would postpone peak oil only by about 33 years at the current consumption rate of 30 billion barrels a year, say SHANMUGANATHAN N and SATISH KUMAR, assessing the depletion scenarios and loo king at the least acrimonious ways of tackling this deficit. More

POLITICS
Parochial Ministers
Many of the public statements of Ms Jayalalithaa, based as they are on her own 10 years' experience as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, hit the bull's eye as regards both content and reasoning. She recently ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Trends in employment and poverty
To tackle poverty, there is a need to foster the growth of rural enterprises by involving self-help groups and microfinance institutions on a much bigger scale. More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS
Surge and plunge of the Paris Club
By design or chance, the Paris Club forged links with most other agencies and groups and played the role of a mysterious broker. It had to imbibe the changes in debt regime and operational styles. More

LETTERS

Mundra model

Oppressive bureaucracy

GSLV crash

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Air India tightens norms for VVIP flights' crew

Bullish outlook for cement firms on back of higher prices

`India among most preferred pvt banking destinations'

Excise, customs duty collections rise in Q1

June car sales up 24.5 pc as price hikes loom

Stage set for an oil bull run

Major ports' cargo traffic rises 6.38 pc in Q1

Looking back
Jul. 2-Jul. 8
`India is exciting, but not without hassles'

`People's desire to own an affordable four-wheeler has gone up'

`8-9% growth in 11th Plan feasible with a strong fiscal effort'