The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 09, 2007

BUDGET
BUDGET EXPECTATIONS
Re-engineering social sector development
The performance of the social sector assumes centre-stage, as the ongoing reforms process — both internal liberalisation programmes as well as globalisation — does not seem to have benefited the underprivileged sections. The answer lies i n co-opting the Panchayati Raj Institutions in social sector development, says M. R. VENKATESH. More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Rule of law: A comparison
Rule of law is said to be the litmus test of a genuine, as distinguished from a spurious, democracy. Its core principle is the oft-quoted "Be you ever so high, the law is above you", meaning that everyone is equal before the law. It is in the ... More

ECONOMY
Is India's an exclusively elitist democracy?
It is now admitted that the economic policy of the government is leading to the development and growth of an exclusively elitist system. Corrections are required and this can be done only by enabling the government to play a more proactive role. More

STEEL
M&As test the mettle of steel industry
What are the portends of the consolidation happening in the steel industry? More

HUMAN RESOURCES
The dangers of `Buggin's Turn'
Lessons from Indian administrative history More

RETAILING
FDI and retail — Time to raise shutters
A short note of caution by the Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, that she has "received suggestions from many quarters about the desirability first to study the possible impact of transnational ... More

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