The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, July 25, 2006

ECONOMY
`This Government can no longer carry out any reform'
"It is very difficult to establish whose hand is on the steering wheel of the economy and, for that matter, whose foot is on the accelerator and whose on the brake pedal?... " — MR JASWANT SINGH, LEADER OF OPPOSITION IN RAJ YA SABHA More

Fallacies, silences in 11^th Plan Approach
In the previous edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh considered the macroeconomic implications of the Planning Commission's Approach to the Eleventh Plan and concluded that it was bereft of planning. Here, s pecific proposals made in the Approach Paper are analysed. More

Seeking growth with human face
Growth is undoubtedly important, but not at any cost. It has to be fair and just, employment oriented and environmental friendly, not ruthless, rootless, voiceless and futureless. More

CREDIT POLICY
RBI review of monetary policy — Wracked by inflation, interest rate worries
Rising domestic price levels and the increasing international interest rates are matters of concern to the Reserve Bank of India, which will review its Monetary Policy stance today. The RBI need not follow the Fed, the ECB and the BoJ for a tight mon ey policy, and rather leave the interest rate alone, says A. SESHAN. More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Employee burnout
One of the problems facing organisations, big and small, is that of `employee burnout'. Working on 12-hour shifts with nary a break, in often inhospitable conditions with almost impossible-to-attain targets and ... More

LETTERS

Sixth Pay Commission

Medi-claim for the elderly

Investment in Orissa

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Plan for biometric features in PAN cards

`This Government can no longer carry out any reform'

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Flat steel prices set to go up

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Jul. 16-Jul. 22
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