The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 21, 2007

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OPINION

EDITORIAL
Will it make the grade?
Mandatory grading of IPOs helps rational investment decisions, as opposed to ones based on sentiment or second-guessing. More

INSIGHT
Why do killers kill?
What turns an apparently run-of-the-mill human being into a killer? A basic explanation sometimes offered by sociologists is that the primordial animal instinct rooted in nature "red in tooth and claw" is never ... More

ECONOMY
Can India sustain over 8% growth?
Inflation and the measures to tackle it may impact spending on social and physical infrastructure, in turn, making difficult the sustaining of an 8 per cent-plus growth rate, says ALOK RAY. More

SUGAR
Sugar: A bitter-sweet policy
Even as there is call for the government to exit businesses, it remains interested in many, often for reasons political. The most regulated sector in agriculture is `sugar'. From licensing of mills to the specifications of gunny bags to be used ... More

WATER
Needed, a water policy that taps private sector
It is time the policymakers devised effective public-private-partnership projects for supply and distribution of water so as to supplement the government efforts. More

TERRORISM
Disrupting samjhauta
There is little doubt that the bomb blasts on the Samjhauta Express on Sunday night — which killed more than 66 passengers and the maimed perhaps a much larger number — will affect adversely the current diplomatic process between New ... More

INTERVIEW
A tariff to ensure transparency in the power sector
Availability-based tariff scores over other systems. Here, the user, by committing to guarantee operation of the plant at specified levels throughout the life-time of the plant, is able to reap the economies of scale. More

LETTERS

Selective taxation

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