The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 22, 2007

EDITORIAL
Chimera of food security
The NFSM targets are nothing more than the Eleventh Plan’s figures for foodgrain production. And even those modest targets may not be achieved. More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Selection patent and its discontents
The inherent danger of granting selection patents lies in the fact that it is extremely difficult to get into the mind of the inventor and find out whether he actually knew when he made his initial disclosure that the invention was capable of having surprising advantages which could be claimed later as a separate patent. More

ECONOMY
Some more promises from Red Fort
Dr Manmohan Singh, when he was Finance Minister under P. V. Narasimha Rao, led the break-away from the Nehruvian era of the licence-permit-quota Raj and began the process of economic reforms, liberalisation and globalisation in India.The ... More

FOREX
Stronger rupee — What it means for FDI growth
With GDP poised to grow annually at 10 per cent in the next five years, FDI will play a key role in sustaining this growth. And given the rise in rupee value, telecommunications, electronics, automobile and banking are the front-runners in the race t o attract FDI flows, says S. MAJUMDER. More

PHARMACEUTICALS
Madras High Court: The Novartis Judgment
A review of the after-effects
The recent Madras High Court decision on Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis challenging Section 3(d) of Indian patent law has important implications for India. Novartis challenged not only Indian patent law but also contested the overturn of ... More

POLITICS
The economic cost
The political world in India has been severely disturbed by the differences aired publicly by the UPA partners over the nuclear deal between New Delhi and Washington, so much so that there is now a distinct possibility of fresh Lok Sabha ... More

Safeguarding civil public discourse
One cardinal feature that distinguishes the bygone era of about 40-50 years ago from the present one is the scrupulous adherence in those far-off days to high standards and decencies in public discourse. It is not that there were no heated ... More

LETTERS

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