The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 26, 2007

EDITORIAL
Roam cheap
With roaming tariff levels close to the TRAI ceiling order for long, the regulator had room and justification to act in customer interest. More

ECONOMY
Counting blessings of Republic Day
Count your blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done! We Indians are, in general, given to griping. We tend to put the worst possible complexion on happenings. ... More

The dragon's trillion
China's forex reserves, largely denominated in dollars, recently crossed the trillion-dollar mark, reflecting the ground reality that most Asian countries are forced to augment their reserves as a consequence of global imbalances in trade and finance . Maintaining its present economic policy, can China play a part in mitigating these imbalances? More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Singur: Sowing problems?
A key aspect of the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin is the fertile Hooghly river valley, where year-round multi-cropping is possible. This is because of the copious groundwater and the network of channels. Singur received special attention and it yields a r ich harvest of foodgrains and vegetables. Industrialisation in the area would destroy this infrastructure. More

TAXATION
Get tax collections booming too
With little scope for meddling or further increasing tax rates, the Finance Minister should concentrate on reform of the collecting machinery. With the economy booming, there is no reason why the tax revenues should not be buoyant, says M. R. SIVARAM AN. More

INTERVIEW
The real Chidambaram
Aside of the Finance Minister that we saw the day of the book launch, your eyes seem to well up when you talked about your mother and the faculties who were actually present there. Many people see you as sort of mechanical and a policy-maker ... More

`Budget to focus on expenditure reforms'
"It is not entirely in my hands; ministries have to come on board to weed out outdated programmes; programmes that have outlived their utility. They have to consolidate programmes, focus on areas where the Central government intervention will be effe ctive and shade areas where the Central government's intervention will not be effective." More

LETTERS

Roaming rates slashed

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