P>The government&#39;s proposal to decontrol sugar in a phased manner seems just another half-hearted bid to liberalise this sector without lifting all curbs and regulations.

Editorial: Total decontrol needed

Business Standard

P>Last week, rating agency Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s published an article indicating that India&#39;s sovereign rating was under threat from the &#34triple whammy&#34 of rising inflation, the fiscal deficit and the current account deficit.

Editorial: Dangers of downgrade

P>Krishi Bhawan&#39;s latest estimate of a record crop output in 2007-08 may seem to indicate a pick-up in Indian agriculture, but this has not been adequately reflected in the recent price trends of agricultural commodities.

Editorial: Limited gains

P>Ranbaxy Laboratories, the leading Indian pharmaceutical firm, has been in the eye of a storm over allegations by US federal investigators about the manufacturing practices followed at its Paonta Sahib plant in Himachal Pradesh.

Editorial: Lesson for Ranbaxy

P>More often than not, discussions about India&#39;s policy on genetically modified (GM) crops result in the point being made about how slow the entire process of clearances by the Genetic Engineering Approvals Committee (GEAC) is.

Editorial: Dealing with GM foods

P>If Anil Ambani is embarrassed by the public lobbying that his friend Amar Singh has done on issues linked to his businesses, it will be with good reason.

Editorial: Friendly fire

&nbsp;I totally disbelieve in any kind of discrimination on the basis of religion. Since most of the people gathered here are Muslims, let me be more specific.

'BJP is against 'minorityism', not minorities'

P>The leaders of the Indian software industry have begun to feel the pinch of the crisis gripping the US financial sector, which is their single most important customer segment.

Editorial: Software`s hard times

P>Recent days have presented the unedifying spectacle of political parties indulging in what can only be described as a free-for-all.

Editorial: Defection by parties

P>Many people in industry argue that today&#39;s trust vote in the Lok Sabha does not really matter for all those who are not directly involved.

Editorial: Government matters

P>The issue before the country today is not whether the government has the confidence of the Lok Sabha, but whether the country has confidence in its Parliament, and whether the political system has lost its legitimacy.

Editorial: Trust or legitimacy?

P>India started the year with one of the most expensive stock markets in the world; in January, the Indian market was trading at almost twice the multiple of the world average and was also the most richly-valued emerging market.

Editorial: Has it fallen enough?

P>The UPA can congratulate itself on its victory in Parliament on Tuesday, when the government&#39;s trust motion was carried with a comfortable majority.

Editorial: Renewed govt purpose

P>Intense negotiations seem to be on the cards in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) &#34mini-ministerial&#34 meeting on the Doha Round of trade talks, now under way in Geneva, but the chances of hammering out a deal appear slim.

Editorial: Another try

P>Oil prices have dipped a good 15 per cent in the last few days, and suddenly the forecasts on oil prices talk of a dip, not a further rise in prices.

Editorial: Cloudy prospects

Winding down a financial institution while not creating panic is among the most difficult tasks any regulator can face. Given how leveraged such institutions are, any action by a regulator can easily

Editorial: Looking for clarity

As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gears up for its quarterly monetary policy announcement tomorrow, several key economic indicators point in opposite directions. These therefore present the RBI with

Editorial: The RBI`s dilemma

Anger across the country will be high, in the wake of the serial blasts on successive days in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, coming soon after the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul and the blasts in

Editorial: Dealing with jihadis

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be taking one mis-step after another. First, it was its opposition to the civil nuclear deal with the US, where the party argued that it would not accept any

Editorial: Losing its way

The Geographical Indication (GI) tag may not be the most effective form of intellectual property protection available (brand names and patents are more effective). Still, it is an important way of

Editorial: Missing an opportunity

While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had set the stage for a firm anti-inflationary stance in its quarterly macro-economic review released on Monday, yesterday&rsquo;s repo rate and cash reserve

Editorial: Overkill?

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