The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 13, 2006

Death of distance
THERE ARE THREE distinct and commendable features of the new OneIndia plan announced by the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and MTNL. The first is the dramatic reduction in the cost of a telephone conversation. The price of a local call ... More

BUDGET

Budget blues and uncertainties
The Finance Minister can surely claim he has been doing something right, judging by the way the economy is growing and the market is booming. He should not, by a misstep in the Budget, squander that success. The goals of the NCMP can be met only if the economy is robust and taxes continue to pour in at a healthy pace. Mr Chidambaram must ensure that the Left is on board to enforce compliance with tax laws as much as it is keen to follow up on the NCMP agenda, says S. Venkitaramanan. More

ECONOMY

Global Report on Human Settlement 2005 — Housing crisis in the making
IN A world on the move, where 50 per cent of the population or 3 billion people are living in urban centres, UN-Habitat forecasts that in the next 25 years, 2 billion people will join those looking for housing, water ... More

POLITICS

Europe's nations on vacation
THE Alexandrian philosopher, Claudius Ptolemeus, divided the equinoctial hour into 60 minutes, inspired by the scale of measurement used in ancient Babylon. And, it took a militant labour movement to get the working day ... More

LIFESTYLE

Signs of decadence
I Met, the other day, a highly successful young Indian American professional, who is comfortably settled in the US. He is obviously of the thinking type and while leading a prosperous life, has been closely studying the trends and developments in ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Making a difference through HR
A RECENT survey by a business magazine lists the great places to work for in India as of 2005. There are many repeats and a few obvious ones but what amazes me is that the big names, the Sensex leaders, are nowhere in ... More

Problem of the runaway bride
Why did the promising bright star the organisation had zeroed in on, not turn up for work on the appointed day? More

SECURITY

US strategic interests — Targeting China, wooing India
Two US reports see China as a threat, as Beijing "continues to invest heavily in its military," and as that country emerges a voracious consumer of oil. These reports also see India as a balancing power. But the more important question is, will Washi ngton change its stand on the Kyoto Protocol that it is yet to ratify? More

LETTERS

Lateral bulge

Easy tax reform

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