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EDITORIAL: When imitation is precious
The Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, should be complimented for hiking the Customs duty on imported gold and silver. It was an overdue fiscal measure and should bring considerable revenue for the exchequer, given the country’s ...

CREDIT POLICY: Credit policy curtain raiser: Throw light on reverse repos
As the country looks forward to the quarterly review of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on July 28, an observer is struck by the conflicting interpretations of the current economic situation. It is obvious that, as in the case of a health ...

AIRLINES: VIPs and security checks
The security frisking of the former President, Mr Abdul Kalam, at the Delhi airport by an American airline has set off a major controversy in the last few days.Mr Kalam, in his characteristic dignified manner, remained silent during all ...

BANKING: A case against reducing deposit rates
It has become fashionable to raise a clamour that bank lending rates are too high and are hurting the business climate. The Government is pressuring public sector banks to reduce lending rates. To achieve this, banks have started ...

EDUCATION: Right to Education Bill, 2009: Will it help all Indians make the grade?
Much has been said on the new Right to Education Bill to be tabled in Parliament in the current session. Mr Kapil Sibal, the new Government’s Human Resource Development Minister, has been diligently publicising the salient features of ...

LETTERS: Education system
This refers to the article “Education system and the unanswered question” (Business Line, July 20, 2009). It is really a matter of great concern that even 60 years after Independence, the state of primary ...

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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