The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 12, 2007

EDITORIAL
Lands of contention
Clearly, there is a need for evolving a consensus on the definition of `public purpose' that warrants compulsory acquisition of private lands. More

POWER
Are we ready for merchant power?
Even when the conditions are right for private power generation, the cost economics will be dictated by high wheeling charges and cross subsidies as the States would continue to levy high surcharge. More

WATER
India's growing water crisis
While the development of sustainable and safe drinking water supplies is a global challenge, it is particularly acute in India, given its high population density, space and time variability of rainfall, and increasing depletion and contamination of i ts surface and ground water resources. The wasteful subsidy system only worsens the crisis. Needed are urgent reforms in water resource management and tariffs, says NIRUPAM BAJPAI. More

INTERVIEW
`Land acquisition must be transparent'
If industry wants to acquire land, the Government should act as an umpire and set broad guidelines to ensure that the transaction takes place in a transparent way. — MR JAIRAM RAMESH, MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMERCE More

Due diligence comes calling
Hutch in India has been busy opening its books for teams of due diligence from different prospective buyers. The stake of contention is the 67 per cent that Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd and its associates hold in Hutchison Essar ... More

CONSUMERISM
Deliverance for autorickshaw users?
The announcement of new fares has ended a long period of harassment undergone by the public at the hands of autorickshaw drivers. More

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