The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 08, 2009

OPINION

AUTOMOBILES: GM — a creative destruction
One of the most remarkable events in recent business history has been the decision of General Motors Corporation USA to file bankruptcy proceedings — a decision forced on the company after it lost market share in the ongoing recession. ...

AGRICULTURE: Will agri-biz be a catalyst for economic take-off?
The post liberalisation era has witnessed a high degree of correlation between India’s GDP growth rate and developments in the agriculture sector. With nearly 67 per cent of the population and around 55 per cent of the total work ...

EDITORIAL: A re-exam for universities
The Human Resource Development Ministry’s decision to review the plethora of private educational institutions conferred the ‘deemed university’ status is a tacit admission that facilities in these institutions leave much to ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Misguided meddling
From the time the military operations undertaken by the Sri Lankan Government against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) reached its concluding stages, some of the countries of the European Union (EU), principally Britain, France ...

ECONOMY: Experiment with change
As I had mentioned in these columns earlier, according to the World Bank Institute, removal of disparity is the third of the three main features of good governance. Throughout history, disparities have been predominant in all nations. Only ...

ECONOMY: President on ‘innovation’
A reading of the President’s Speech to the Houses of Parliament, inaugurating the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha, throws up one point of interest that has Constitutional ramifications, but can perhaps be accorded less importance in ...

CARS: GM whirlpool sucks in the government
Hearing Mr Barack Obama’s televised statement last Monday about GM’s bankruptcy filing made me happy. Finally, I thought, here was a person with a clear vision for the company, and knew the hard decisions required to get there. He ...

LETTERS: Welfare of teachers
The Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, where the government had achieved visible results thanks to the institution of a universal mid-day meal scheme, and the National Rural Health Mission, built around providing health insurance to families below the ...

LETTERS: Guard nature
The article on environment day, “Nature cure for an ailing planet” is a real eye-opener. It clearly explains how we are abusing the environment and cautions that we cannot taken nature for granted. The author has also ...

EVENTS: Raja’s fumbles
Going by the first few days of A. Raja’s new stint as Communications and IT Minister, the telecom sector should brace for a rough ride. Last Friday, the Minister announced that he expects local tariffs to come down to 10 paise but ...

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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