The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, March 20, 2007

EDITORIAL
Panic in wheat
While wheat consumers will be hit hard, most small farmers are unlikely to benefit from the super bonus simply because their crop often is pre-sold to intermediaries. More

ECONOMY
Inflation concerns
It appears that even as we are grappling with inflation raising its ugly head, our forex reserves may reach $200 billion shortly (Business Line, February 17). When the reserves touched $100 billion, ... More

HEALTH
Yoganomics: The art of business
The growing awareness about lifestyle values has made yoga a global industry. Besides, diseases and the high cost of medical expenditure also force people to take recourse to the ancient art of yoga. More

TAXATION
Taxation, welfare and competitiveness
There is no earthshaking evidence that India must re-think its income-tax rates to ensure a good score in the Global Competitiveness Report. More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Self-employment as opportunity or challenge
The enormous increase in the proportion and number of self-employed workers in India in recent years is still not adequately analysed. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh look at the conditions of self-employment in terms of perceptions of remuneration and work intensity. More

BOOKS
Computers with emotions, bikes with penguin contours
The new biology is humanity's future, when innovations will be inspired by living things, says Robert Frenay in Pulse. Tony Davila et al discuss seven innovation rules in Making Innovation Work. And, Shivanand Kanavi documents, in Research by Design, the innovation process in TCS. Pulsating reads for the week. More

LETTERS

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Union Budget 2007-08

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Top Stories
Wills Lifestyle to focus on designer wear

New listings get mixed response

`Market now vulnerable, may touch new highs in July, August'

Govt will get back its investment in SUUTI with interest: Mathur

Self-employment as opportunity or challenge

LS passes CST phase-out legislation

Long battle ahead for UN Asian railway project

IPCL unions raise voice against transfer to Jamnagar SEZ

Tata Motors' Ace touches one-lakh mark

Looking back
Mar. 11-Mar. 17
On the fine-print of the Budget

`For country's energy security, we are moving into gas, hydro and nuclear'

Storm in House over maritime institute issue

There is no need to be `TRIP'ped by patents