Page 582 - Editorial Comment
The final bolt
The 2nd stimulus package highlight the opportunities and constraints that confront policy-makers
The outlook for 2009
If there are no further shocks, confidence should improve by year end
Triumph of core competence
Sunil Mittal's rise to No. 2 in market cap makes core competence better than diversification
The truckers have a case
Aboloish permits and sales tax check-posts and introduce a temporary service tax relief
Why the drop in innovation?
India's expenditure on science compares poorly with China's 1.23% and Japan's 3.11%
New criminal procedure
The police have to learn to solve crimes without taking recourse to arrests as a first step
Compliant and complacent
Why does media looks the other way when a scandal breaks, and focuses instead on frivolous issues?
The cost of the DMK
DMK-run ministries such as telecom, roads and environment suffer from several infirmities
The end of Satyam
Satyam can be saved only if someone from outside who understands the business takes charge
Waiver after waiver
Maharashtra govt's loan waiver will do more damage to the credit structure
Waiting for the next time
That Ajmal Kasab is Pakistani is the only real concession made by Islamabad so far
Export vulnerabilities
Govt should take steps in the nature of long-term reform to aid ailing exporters
Along party lines
The manner in which the cash-for-vote scandal has been investigated is worrying
Optical illusion
Stripped of the base effect, the industrial sector is in a virtually no-growth period
Oil slick
Govt's tough action and threats to arrest striking officers finally broke the oil officers' strike
Checking, not a re-audit
Sebi's decision to subject all Nifty and Sensex companies to a peer review may not be a bad idea
Enrolment isn't education
Pratham's survey says despite higher attendance in schools the level of education hasn't improved
A play in two parts
The govt has done well to appoint the new Satyam board, but the investigation is messy
Not a patent process
Our patent regime is yet to gain full credibility although the patent law conforms to global norms