The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 03, 2005

Oil pricing stalemate
THE CONTINUING STALEMATE in the official response to rising global oil prices would seem to suggest that the burden of running the Government has fallen solely on the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, though he is but one of the several members ... More

ECONOMY

Urbanites, the resource burners
AS PER A UN report, the world's urban population is estimated to swell to five billion by 2030. Of this, 40 per cent, that is, two billion, will be forced to live in city slums. In India, as the forces of globalisation ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Environment management — Sensational versus sustainable development
PALPITATION is a condition in which a man becomes acutely aware of the working of his own heart. A normal, healthy person is hardly aware of this, and if he is, then he has a problem. The environment was taken for ... More

The dynamics of sustainable development
DECLINING forest cover, sinking water table, increasing soil erosion, rising fresh water scarcity, mounting environmental pollution all call for a broad-based sustainable development that is equitable, encourages ... More

DISINVESTMENT

Why privatisation is failing in India
Institutional considerations have limited the success of the disinvestment effort in India. For privatisation to succeed, what is needed is an appropriate institutional mechanism. This has not happened, says Sumit K. Majumdar. More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Independent directors
HAVING independent directors on the Boards of listed companies had long been an accepted canon of good and sound corporate governance. However, how independent is independent is a puzzle that has not been solved to ... More

TRENDS

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic
WE HAVE been coming to terms with independence ever since the clock struck 12 to usher in August 15, 1947. So too, company boards may have to grapple with independent directors if what Irani panel has recently ... More

LETTERS

Farmer suicides

EU Constitution issues

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In Focus

BHEL Disinvestment