The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 15, 2006

EDITORIAL
The energy chase
The Power Ministry is re-focussing on Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar, which can generate considerable hydroelectric power. More

AGRICULTURE
Farmer suicides — Why let history repeat itself?
The Vidarbha suicides have to be taken as symptoms of a deep-rooted malaise that have to be dealt with immediately or they can spiral out of control. More

ECONOMY
Preferential programmes and despairing disparities
Policies aimed at the masses have benefited only the elite More

India — the land of people's power
India's transformation has been spectacular in the last two decades. Services and IT prowess have catapulted the country to the top of the table and this century is surely India's. What was thought to be its biggest drawback — population — is turning out to be its power. Not that there are no problems, but they are nothing that India's inherent strengths cannot overcome, says AJAI CHOWDHRY. More

POLITICS
Cast away your reservation
It need not be such an emotive issue, this reservation affair, provoking anger, frustration, despondency or outright hysteria. If one is not to get involved in the rhetoric (to have or not to have) or the semantics (just or unjust) of the matter, ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
PERSPECTIVE
FDI, forex and foreign trade
Exploring the links between and among FDI, foreign exchange reserves and external trade. More

INTERVIEW
`Sri Lanka not living up to its potential'
"The private sector has factored-in the war situation and is not shying away but is also not investing in long-term projects." — Mr SAMAN KALEGAMA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF POLICY STUDIES OF SRI LANKA More

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