The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 14, 2007

ECONOMY
A tale of three visions
The President, the Prime Minister, and the HRD Minister have visions that offer three key lessons: One, long-term vision is difficult to sell, particularly to harassed politicians concerned about the next election. Two, logical vision has little chan ce of holding against ideology. Three, though powerful, ideology can defeat itself if it lacks logical foundation. P. V. INDIRESAN focuses on the visions. More

POLITICS
Not the first revolt against the British
It is fruitless to keep stoking up the controversy over whether the uprising of 1857 against the British in India was a war of Independence or whether it was just a series of ill-organised armed attacks by sporadic groups with their own axes to ... More

MANAGEMENT
What it takes to be on the board
Directors who provide advice and information are looked upon favourably and get additional board appointments while those who want to monitor performance and exert control over managerial decision making by asking the hard questions are not likely to . Perhaps it is time researchers started looking closely at the contribution and compensation of company boards. More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS
Can RBI be an effective driver of credit growth?
There is a contradiction between the RBI's pro-growth impulses and some of its regulatory guidelines. More

INTERVIEW
`4% farm growth is a key element of strategy for inclusive growth'
Inclusive growth is a fundamental component of our strategy. Focussing on agriculture is one aspect of inclusiveness as it will address the rural-urban divide. — MR MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, PLANNING COMMISSION More

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