The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 12, 2007

AGRICULTURE
National policy on farmers: Missing out some key issues
The Department of Agriculture and Co-operation and the Ministry of Agriculture has brought out a National Policy for Farmers, 2007 based on the report of the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) under the chairmanship of Prof M. S. Swaminathan. ... More

AIRLINES
Why are we ‘slip slidin’ away’?
Aviation safety conundrum More

ECONOMY
India’s dismal record on many fronts
Human Development Index More

POLITICS
Making Parliament accountable to people
Going by published data, the performance of both the Lok Sabha (LS) and the Rajya Sabha (RS) in terms of the number of days they met, the number of hours they conducted their business every day and the number of bills introduced and passed has ... More

Freedom and security
The other day, referring to the present trouble in his country involving the Tamil population, the Malaysian Prime Minister, Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, declared in a lecture at Kuala Lumpur: “If the choice is between public safety and public ... More

RETAILING
Selling smart
The hype and apprehensions built over encouraging retail giants, both domestic and global, and India’s continued reservation on foreign direct investment in retail are all based on the fundamental premise that once liberalised, the major ... More

LETTERS

Wheat inflation

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