OPINION
FOREIGN RELATIONS
External powers in the neighbourhood — New challenges to Indian diplomacy
The involvement of distant foreign powers in developments in India's neighbourhood is inevitable. While some effort, such as the ouster of the Taliban in Afghanistan, have served Indian interests well, not so others like the US/UK involvement in Paki stan and Myanmar. New Delhi will have to calibrate its diplomatic efforts with others in shaping events in the neighbourhood whenever feasible, but have the courage to go its own way when perceptions and approaches differ, says G. Parthasarathy.
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EDITORIAL
Drought threat?
A MONTH AND half into the four-month-long South-West monsoon cycle, moisture-stress is threatening to affect agricultural production in the ongoing kharif season in several parts of the country. July is usually the rainiest month and crucial for ...
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BUDGET
Budget: Balancing rural, urban demands
IF THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's 1997 Budget was a Dream Budget, that of 2004 can be described as one that addresses the realities facing the economy today. Any Budget is both a political and economic ...
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PETROLEUM
Natural gas industry — Two-tier regulator must be in place
For a large country such as India, a two-tier regulatory system will be most appropriate with the Central and State regulators looking after inter- and intra-State pipelines respectively.
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POLITICS
Trial by ballot
THE Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, and one of those included in the roster of "tainted Ministers" by the BJP, has advanced the postulate that any criminal charges against a politician automatically get quashed in ...
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RAILWAY BUDGET
Irrelevance of a separate Rail Budget
IN TERMS of the Ackworth Committee recommendations, railway finances were separated from the general Government of India (GoI) finances in 1924. The 10-member Indian Railway Committee, 1920-21, under the chairmanship of ...
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Micro-finance, the rural saviour
Women's self-help groups have changed rural lifestyles for the better, dealt with social evils and helped stave off the crippling effects of drought.
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LETTERS
Cess on education
Imaginative Budget
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