The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 05, 2003

Indo-US ties
AT LONG last, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, Foreign Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, and the Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes, as also the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and the ... More

EDITORIAL

Strategic supplies
FOUR YEARS AFTER it was conceived of, the plan for building a strategic crude oil reserve has finally begun to move forward. While the threat of war in Iraq has hustled thinking in New Delhi, the plan has always seemed a sensible one for two ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Bonding with the Prototype Carbon Fund
The intent to buy the Carbon Emission Reduction is registered before the project construction, and they are bought at a predetermined price on the actual commissioning of the project, and as and when the CERs are generated. However, the registration process gives the project developer an opportunity to get the project assessed. More

PETROLEUM

Delinking LNG from oil prices vital
Global suppliers of gas have to enter into long-term arrangements with promoters of LNG projects in India who, in turn, have to forge relationships with producers of fertilisers and power. For these relationships to be sustainable, the gas price shou ld remain affordable and stable, and not arbitrarily linked to the international prices of internationally traded fuel oils. More

POLITICS

Cabinet reshuffle: Energising reforms
The recent Cabinet reshuffle, in which savvy and well-qualified persons have been assigned key portfolios, is seen as connoting the "fading out of Bharat, and the emergence of a new India" Rasheeda Bhagat elaborates. More

LETTERS

Forex spending

Transfer of FIPB to Finance Ministry

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