The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 03, 2007

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Climate change and India
India's planners find themselves in a fix in the wake of the fourth assessment report of the UN intergovernmental panel on climate change. On the one hand, the economy is growing at a robust 9 per cent and has ... More

EDITORIAL
Time to save energy
Better than having two time zones is to replace incandescent bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps. More

ECONOMY
Should India be filling West's demographic gap?
Facing a severe demographic deficit, the Western countries may offer various incentives to the youth from countries such as India that have a vast, young population. If this trend is to be reversed, India must ensure better living conditions for its Generation Next through high quality infrastructure, especially education and health-care, and a corruption-free administration, says R. VAIDYANATHAN. More

ACCOUNTANCY
ESOP expense
If shares have been given in lieu of salary, there is no reason why it should be disallowed. More

Governor-speak can add fizz to `considerable fuzziness'
The RBI's Credit Policy Statement has many an example of linguistic acrobatics though the Governor declares that `the importance of communication has received significant emphasis in the recent period' and that `the RBI has been reaching out to encom pass the widest sections of society through the spread of financial education.' The RBI's Credit Policy Statement has many an example of linguistic acrobatics More

POLITICS
Third Jammu and Kashmir Round-Table — The way forward
With Indo-Pak talks moving ahead satisfactorily, India should have no difficulty in proceeding with negotiations on self-governance across the undivided State of Jammu & Kashmir, to ensure that the powers enjoyed by elected bodies on both sides o f the LoC are harmonised. More

INTERVIEW
Resilience is ability to bounce back
A real leader should be able to motivate the employees to do the right thing whether it is preparedness for disaster or response to customer demands and requests. More

BOOKS
Inflows can turn out to be outflows
Many developing countries actively woo foreign investment into domestic enterprises. A serious risk, though, is that unfettered inflows can turn out to be outflows, as Kavaljit Singh cautions in Why Investment Matters, from the Forests and ... More

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