Opposition as divestment teacher
People have long been agitated at the irresponsible and obstructionist attitude of opposition parties which use Parliament sessions to derail proceedings and block progress.

How long is long enough?
Industry's scaremongering on the removal of import restrictions come April would lead you to think the government had upped and thrown producers into the deep end without a life-jacket.

Need for IPO filters
Are detailed disclosures an adequate safeguard , or should people with a "questionable" track record be barred from tapping public funds through an IPO?

Wrong number, Mr Naidu
The advocates of economic reform and privatisation must be a disappointed lot this week. Their hero, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, has blinked on Balco.

Under the weather
The Economic Survey for 2000-2001, paints a gloomy picture of the economy. There are no doubt some areas of brightness like the marginal increase in the rate of growth for agriculture during April-December in this fiscal year compared to the corresponding period in the last fiscal.