The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 06, 2006

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Wanted: A humane approach
Unauthorised constructions and encroachments have been with us all the time. The administrative machinery rouses itself fitfully into action, whenever it suits its interests, and goes to sleep thereafter, ... More

EDITORIAL
More power to regulation
If it is not to be discredited, the commodity futures market needs stricter regulation rather than greater liberalisation. More

INFRASTRUCTURE
SEZs: Govt must re-do the homework
With many an un-resolved issue, the SEZ policy needs a re-think. Merely transplanting an idea that succeeded in another country may not work. More

PETROLEUM
Piped natural gas may not be a pipedream
Piped natural gas or PNG. On this theme, the headline that pips all the rest, at the time of writing, is the recent offer by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman, Mukesh D. Ambani, to bring piped cooking gas for Tamil Nadu by 2008. Savings may ... More

POLITICS
Beacons of hope
Is someone undertaking an indefinite fast a `hero' to his or her people because a huge `sacrifice' is being purportedly made for the general good? Ms Medha Patkar did it in connection with the Narmada dam issue sometime back, and today Ms Mamata ... More

TECHNOLOGY
Sophistication or overkill?
Automotive technology In recent times, automotive technology has begun to resemble aerospace engineering — in terms of increasing complexity, computerisation and cost. Is this really what the customer needs, wonders ACHAL RAGHAVAN , and suggests a way out. More

INTERVIEW
`We expect India to be to Unilever what China has been to other companies'
I expect HLL to be a net provider of talent and technology to Unilever. And also a thought leader for our new initiatives, new opportunities and new ideas. — MR PATRICK CESCAU, GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE, UNILEVER More

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