The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 16, 2006

EDITORIAL
Mega prize for micro banker
Peace Nobel for Mr Muhammad Yunus, who has proved that poor, rural women are not unworthy of bank finance. More

ECONOMY
Thinking out of the fiscal box
The RBI and the Centre should put on their best thinking caps and arrive at reasonable limits which take into account the various implications of a rigid fiscal cap. They should even be bold enough to explore all possible options without being commit ted to such concepts as a rigid fiscal deficit cap. Fiscal deficits, in general, need not per se lead to inflation or balance of payment difficulties. More

FOREIGN TRADE
State of the India-EU dialogue
Where do Brussels and New Delhi go from here? Will the "advancement" of bilateral relations be in the garb of a free trade arrangement or take the form of a wider CECA? More

INFRASTRUCTURE
SEZs: How to land a good deal
If SEZ developers plan large, comprehensive settlements, of a thousand hectare or more, on uncultivable or degraded land, and introduce quality transport services, build hospitals, schools, and offer such other services, they will be welcomed with op en arms, says P. V. INDIRESAN. More

POLITICS
Public Services Bill
The Government has invited the comments and suggestions of the public on a draft Bill to make public services in India, a professional, politically neutral, merit-based, and accountable instrument for promoting ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
When HP lost its Way
Large public companies receive public funds. Shareholders assume that the company is doing its best to use the money profitably and operates legally. The publicity surrounding the HP pretexting investigation should send signals to company directors o n what is expected of them. More

LETTERS

Farmers and SEZs

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