The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 01, 2007

ECONOMY
Govt-industry: A maturing relationship
The Prime Minister's address at the Annual Session of the Confederation of Indian Industry last week has spawned much debate in the media. The tenor of the discussions, the colourful phraseology used are somewhat intriguing. There are hints made ... More

POWER
Planning for Power — Where rhetoric and reality part ways
Setting such ambitious targets as ending power shortages by 2012 is easy. The difficult part is achieving it. And here India's record has been abysmal with the unmet target of each Plan only ballooning. With the ambitious Ultra Mega Power Projects no t exactly off to an inspiring start, and by the Power Ministry's own admission these cannot come up before the start of the Twelfth Plan, it is a moot point if the electrifying targets will be met, says ASHOAK UPADHYAY. More

EDUCATION
Out of school — an elementary, unaddressed problem
If education is denied because of poverty, gender, caste or religion, such children have little chance of vertical mobility. As a result, nearly 70 per cent of the children are missing the growth bandwagon, as they have no skills or knowledge to part icipate in wealth creation in a modern, increasingly globalised economy. More

What do parents want?
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Is there a solution?
The survey done for the Human Resource Development Ministry shows that the majority of children out of school are in rural areas. But Prof P. V. Indiresan, a former Director of IIT-Madras, thinks that rather than build more schools, the solution ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS
Equity derivatives on a high
In line with global trends, the equity derivatives market in India has been notching up trade volumes many times that of the underlying cash market. More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Curbing runaway executive pay
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has done well by stoking the embers of the dormant debate on the scope and scale of emoluments paid to promoters and executives in the corporate sector. He has done so at ... More

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