The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 01, 2005

Set sugar industry free
AS IN DEVELOPED economies, India's policy-makers have been particularly sweet to the sugar sector, given perhaps the direct and indirect involvement of politicians. In good times or bad, regardless of whether there is a glut or a shortage, the ... More

ECONOMY

EUROSCPAE
Germany's baby bust
Germany's plunging birth rates are a cause for worry amidst the country's growing aging population. More

FOREX

Yuan revaluation — How much is it really worth for US?
The US seems to be barking up the wrong tree when it insists that China's revaluation can be a cure for its own problems. Ultimately, its solution lies in its own hands. It has to increase its savings, reduce its budget deficit and set its house in o rder. China may be playing along with the US' demands, fully aware that no one can blame it if the latter finds itself in a mess of its own creation, says S. Venkitaramanan. More

PETROLEUM

Regional market, key to Asian oil security
The Union Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, is quite correct when he says that the accident at ONGC's Bombay High North will not compromise India's energy security. But the question is whether the country's level of energy security is satisf actory in the first place. More

POWER

Nuclear puzzle
THE nuclear deal between India and the US contained in the joint statement signed by the Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and the US President, Mr George W. Bush, has been hailed as a spectacular achievement by official quarters as also ... More

WTO

Running against time at the WTO
THERE IS now little doubt that the negotiations on the Doha Round are in deep trouble. At a mini-Ministerial at end January, the end of July was set as the cut-off point by when it was expected that the kernel (labelled ... More

LETTERS

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PSU disinvestment

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