The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Taking the strategic partnership forward
The EU top brass begins talks with Indian leaders led by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi today to boost bilateral relations. The EU-India summit, sixth in the series, is likely to endorse an ambitious and result-oriented Action Pl an as well as a Political Declaration signalling a mutual commitment to enhanced engagement on all issues of mutual concern and consequence, says G. Srinivasan. More

EMPLOYMENT

REGS: Grossly miscalculated?
IN THE article, "An onerous job," (Business Line, August 25) the cost of implementing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is estimated at Rs 1,00,000 crore. Maharashtra has had an ... More

EDITORIAL

Late and little
AFTER ALL THE indecision of the last few weeks, it is indeed a relief that the Government finally got moving on the vexed issue of raising retail fuel prices. But that is about the best that can be said on the latest round of prices increases. ... More

BUDGET

Outcome Budget: Exercise in futility?
THE BUDGET exercise consists of putting together the Budget Estimates of the preceding year, the Revised Estimates for the preceding year and the Budget Estimates for the year ahead. Expenditure, expenditure, ... More

CORPORATE

SIMPLY...
Giving back to Mumbai — Corporates are game, but where is the gameplan?
Mumbai's business barons are willing to "give back to the city". But most of them would prefer to contribute in a manner that leaves some lasting and material evidence rather than contribute to a Relief Fund. More

WTO

How many Chinese garments equals an Airbus?
BEFORE attending a soccer master class and a dance session in Beijing, Mr Tony Blair had important work on his hands — help end the `bra wars' between China and Europe. And it seems to have ended, surprisingly too ... More

NATURAL CALAMITIES

Disastrous management
IT IS not going to be easy for the US federal administration, in general, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in particular, to live down the opprobrium for the manifest mishandling of the trail of ... More

After Katrina's fury, the agony and shame
THE death and devastation caused in New Orleans — it is estimated that thousands of people have died in what Americans are increasingly calling "our own Tsunami" — are heart-rending. The Louisiana State ... More

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