What was the status of this issue (land transfer to the Amarnath shrine board for building facilities for the pilgrims) when the National Conference (NC) government stepped down and the People&#39;s Democratic Party (PDP)-Congress coalition came to power in 2002? 
It wasn&#39;t even an issue.

`This mess is a creation of BJP & NC`

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The investments committed in the latest auction of oil and gas blocks under the seventh round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (Nelp) have been much lower than the $3.5-8 billion projected by the finance minister in his Budget speech.

'Deep-water blocks behind poor Nelp show'

S Mahendra Dev, chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, talks about the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy with Business Standard.

`Both paddy and wheat cultivation cost same`

&nbsp;Amar Singh is the man of the moment. As General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party (SP), which has just pledged support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) after the exit of the four Left parties, there has been much speculation on how this small but powerful party would influence the working of the government and the course of economic reform.

`Anil Ambani is no one to guide me vis-a-vis the Congress`

The People's Democratic Party has a sinister agenda, Lt Gen (retd) SK Sinha, former governor, Jammu and Kashmir, tells AASHA KHOSA
You are being accused of having set Jammu &amp; Kashmir on fire again.

`There should be a limit to appeasement`

T Nanda Kumar, secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, speaks to Ajay Modi on sugar decontrol, food inflation, the wheat and rice export ban and the ongoing price control measures.

'There is no logic in lifting the wheat export ban'

On July 21, trade ministers from nearly 50 countries will converge at Geneva to finalise proposals on agriculture and non-agricultural market access (Nama) which are part of the Doha Round of world trade talks.

`India will need flexibilities in very few instances`

As soon as you took over, your government had to deal with a serious shortage of fertilisers.

'We have sought Rs 8,500 cr for Bangalore city'

The government will be wary of controversial economic reforms, Minister of State in the Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office, Prithviraj Chavan, tells Saubhadra Chatterji and Nistula Hebbar
Will you allow

Q&A: Prithviraj Chavan

Soon after receiving the second central PSU's pay revision committee report on Friday, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Sontosh Mohan Dev fielded questions from reporters about what the report meant for executives of India's state-owned enterprises.

`PSUs will not only survive, they will also do well`

Dr Narendra Trivedi, senior surgeon and vice-president Lilavati Hospital, says that the non-profit hospital will replicate its model of treating rich and poor alike in more units in Mumbai suburbs soon.

'Poor patients get the same treatment as  filmstar do'

Dr Geeta Rao Gupta, president, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), who addressed a conference on AIDS in Delhi, tells Business Standard that work on AIDS does not limit work on women.

`Women`s empowerment key to ending AIDS epidemic`

When the International Labour Organisation (ILO) appointed Assane Diop as executive director to kick off its social protection initiative in 2000, it couldn&#39;t have found a man with better credentials for the job.

'Employers are not being transparent in good times'

At a time when the headline inflation, released every Friday, brings fever to everybody, especially the government, Chief Statistician of India Pronab Sen bats for a monthly headline inflation number.

`WPI is misused by everybody`

P>Samajwadi Party General Secretary and MP Shahid Siddiqui speaks to NISTULA HEBBAR on his party&#39;s relations with the Congress, the Indo-US nuclear deal and Muslim votes.

Q&A: Shahid Siddiqui

Santosh Bagrodia, the new minister of state for coal, has an ambitious plan to increase coal production to ensure a "surplus".

`Coal surplus in a few months is our top priority`

&nbsp;They say life begins after 60. This could well hold true for Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, who had retired to the Mumbai Raj Bhavan for three years.

`People disillusioned about coalitions`

The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) may have failed to charm the Delhi commuter, but it is working well in many cities around the world.

`There are no final and perfect solutions`

&nbsp;Some call him the strategist who can convert adversity into opportunity. Some see him as a magician who can sway voters.

`Votes will switch to us because of inflation`

&nbsp;He know the nuts and bolts of caste equations in the rural belt, and has a sharp eye for his opponents' vulnerabilities.

`Why do IT firms need hundreds of acres?`

How many centres are you running and how is it different from other e-kiosks? We have 800 centres in Karnataka delivering government and private services including banking and insurance, mobile recharge and train bookings at block level in all districts.

'We want to make money doing good'

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