Page 99 - Economy Interviews

'Jobs to dalits is pvt sector's social duty'

Q&A: Mukul Wasnik, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment

'Our police will be effective in 7-8 years'

Q&A: GK Pillai, Home Secretary

'Private sector should complement, not compete'

'This is a good time to move to market prices for petrol & diesel'

Q&A: Kirit S Parikh, Chairman, Expert Group on Petroleum Pricing

'Need tax breaks to gear up for green technology'

Q&A: AJAY MATHUR, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency

'Industry not at the cost of nature'

Q&A: Ramesh Pokhriyal, Uttarakhand Chief Minister

'India gets leg into Bermuda tax havens'

Q&A: Jeffrey Owens, Head (taxation), OECD

'REC issue shows investor confidence'

Q&A: Sushilkumar Shinde, Union power minister

I carry a far more onerous burden than what my successors would: PNGRB chief

'I'm trying to earn revenue by all means possible'

Q&A: Mamata Banerjee

'Unrecognised schools hardly have any teaching'

Q&A: Kapil Sibal, Minister, HRD

'I have been cautious, not adventurous'

Q&A: Pranab Mukherjee

'The finance minister has achieved a delicate balancing act'

Q&A: Manmohan Singh, PM

'I do not visualise any problem in disinvestment'

'Pvt investment in Bihar not possible without tax sops'

Q&A: Shaibal Gupta, Economist and Member Secretary, Asian Development Research Institute, Patna

'We are still a party with a difference'

Q&A: Nitin Gadkari, BJP President

'We want to be among top industrialised states'

'Energy savings can wipe out shortages'

Q&A: Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency

'Leaders are just following the people'

Q&A: Kodandram, the convenor of the Joint Action Committee for Telangana

'In oil sector, solutions can give rise to other problems'

Q&A: R S Pandey,Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas