The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 19, 2009

OPINION

EDITORIAL: Laying the BRICs
Before the recent summit of the four BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies at Yekaterinburg in the Urals, the Russian President’s economic adviser, Mr Arkady Dvorkovich, set off ripples when he announced that the leaders would ...

BUDGET: Budget should balance growth with distributive justice
The first Budget of the newly-elected government would be presented on July 6. There is understandable euphoria and great expectations from all segments of society. It is essential to recognise that the Indian fisc has severe resource ...

BUDGET: Balancing growth and deficits
With unusually high expectations from the electorate and very ambitious agenda drawn up by the newly elected UPA government, all eyes are now on the forthcoming Budget. The Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, who is expected to present ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: ‘Outsiders’ in a slow economy
An increasing number of analysts are trying to foretell the impact of the ongoing recession on economic migrants. The developed world, which for decades has offered a difficult but promising path to upward mobility, appears to be losing its ...

LETTERS: Every drop counts
Thirty per cent of Asia’s irrigated land is in India. On the subject of irrigation and water consumption, the country faces three major issues that need to be sorted out at ...

LETTERS: Tax rebates
The editorial “Sops for lending” (Business Line, June 16) made some very valid points. At a time when the fiscal situation is none too good there is need for examining every call for tax sops with utmost ...

Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrashekhar • S Murlidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranabir Ray Choudhury • Rasheeda Bhagat • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh • S Venkitaramanan

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