The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 10, 2002

A road to S-E Asia
DURING HIS RECENT visit to Yangon, the External Affairs Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, said that "There are times when small events mark great beginnings". The event was the ''expression of the collective political resolve'' of the Foreign ... More

ECONOMY

Monetising deficit: Key to fiscal discipline
INTRODUCING the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Bill in December 2000, the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, had said that the Government was determined to commit itself to fiscal discipline. The draft of the legislation emphasises ... More

POLITICS

The royal connection
As the last Empress of India, the 101-year-old queen mother, who passed away recently, stood at the apex of a system that is still the subject of animated dispute. More

Gujarat: Vajpayee's actions do not match tears
NEVER has a Prime Minister looked so helpless as Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee did last week, when he visited the communally ravaged Gujarat, a full month after the mayhem began. No doubt, he did very well in expressing his pain and anguish at the ... More

EXIM POLICY

Looking beyond the Exim Policy
THE Exim Policy, announced on March 31, has been acclaimed by the exporting community and has received wide appreciation and support. The policy will give the necessary momentum and strength to the country's export endeavours. There are many ... More

TERRORISM

Ten steps
ADMIRAL Stanfield Turner is a respected name in the international intelligence community. As a former Director of Central Intelligence (1977-81), and as the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he oversaw the working of all the foreign ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

March Hare and April comedy
THE first month of what the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, pronounced as "Year of Kisan's Azadi" ended so brilliantly that after a long time, farmers felt a flicker of hope. It was too good to last. And the second month of the year ... More

LETTERS

CFLs, the solution

Nominee directors

Sales tax on drugs

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