The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 08, 2003

Supreme Court strikes
IT WOULD BE no exaggeration to state that the Supreme Court's decision in the Tamil Nadu Government staff strike case has largely gone the State Government way. True, the Court has not upheld as valid the orders issued under the Tamil Nadu ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

More tribunals may add to tribulations
IN INDIA, delays in disposal of cases are attributed to shortage of judges at various levels. The ratio of judges to population is often cited to prove the point. Poor infrastructure facilities, especially at the ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

IT's social aspects
ANY new technology inevitably brings in its wake social costs and consequences. Information technology (IT) is no exception. However, there has as yet been no definitive work on its social aspects and their precise ... More

PETROLEUM

Gas pricing — Decontrol user industries first
Before deregulating gas prices, the Government should consider the interests of major user industries such as power and fertilisers, which are yet to be fully liberated from control. Also, the price of domestic gas should not be linked to the price of crude or other oils, says Uttam Gupta. More

BEVERAGES

Too soft on drinks
THE charge that a set of soft-drinks contains a cocktail of pesticide residues may put the MNC giants in the dock, but it also exposes the inherent weakness of a system to ensure quality of products, especially those ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Warrants and their role in enhancing price discovery
Buying warrants necessarily demands a long-term view from the investor concerned. This also means that the premium will be steep because of high time value. More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

The right and wrong of strikes
THE Supreme Court has pronounced that government employees do not have the right to strike work. In its judgment, it has taken exception to the widespread inconvenience suffered by the public when a large number of ... More

INTERVIEW

How India's fields got `Swaraj'
MR CHANDRA MOHAN'S name is synonymous with `Swaraj' and Punjab Tractors Ltd (PTL), which he built from the scratch to a Rs 1,300-crore-plus engineering conglomerate with a product line spanning tractors and harvester combines to engines, light ... More

LETTERS

Labour reforms

Cola trouble

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