Page 96 - Economy Interviews

Q&A: A M Naik, Chairman and Managing Director, Larsen & Toubro

'Finally, consumers will bear the cost of unreasonably high liability'

Q&A: Ravi Rebbapragada, forest rights activist

'Proposal for 26% share in profits may help'

Q&A: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Hurriyat Leader

'Withdrawing troops from Kashmir can be biggest confidence-building measure'

Q&A: Kamini Jaiswal, Supreme Court advocate

'Existing laws enough for honour killings'

Q&A: Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

'Govt is about intense disagreements, creative tensions'

Q&A: Hernando De Soto, Peruvian Economist

'Prosperity is about the ability to combine'

Q&A: Sharad pawar, President, ICC

'Ministerial responsibilities will not be affected'

Q&A: Jim Nickel, Deputy Head of Mission Canada

'There is tremendous scope for expansion of India-Canada trade'

Q&A: Mehbooba Mufti, president of the PDP

'Omar is just toeing the Delhi line'

Q&A: G Sanjeeva Reddy, president, INTUC

'We are just fulfilling our dharma'

Q&A: Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister

'The opposition wanted cheap publicity'

Q&A: Ashwani Kumar, Director, CBI

'A whistle-blower policy is a must'

Q&A: Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, RBI

'We need to be watchful for all possible outcomes'

Q&A: Nitin Nohria, Dean, Harvard Business School

'The two-year MBA programme is the best'

Q&A: Robert Bunting, President, IFA

'In cost accounting standards, perhaps India is the global leader'

Q&A: Shuvaprasanna, Painter, key advisor to Mamata Banerjee

'She is a very patient listener'

Q&A: P L Gautam, Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority

'We have 11 goals to protect our biodiversity'

Q&A: Debabrata Biswas, All India Forward Bloc General Secretary

'Flags are still red, attitude has diluted'

Q&A: Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Advisor

'In today's times, no country can get too comfortable'

Q&A: G K Pillai, Home Secretary

'India has an agitation industry'