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Towards fiscal rectitude
THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY and Budget Management Bill (FRBM) has recently been passed by the Lok Sabha. Its entry into the statute books marks an important milestone in Indian public finance, a big step towards fiscal consolidation and more ...
Truth and time
WITH THE PHUKHAN Commission of Inquiry ordering a detailed forensic examination of the Tehelka video tapes, the two-year probe into the visual expose of political fixing of defence deals looks set for further delay. While there can be no argument ...


Leader Page Articles
Dialogue and realism
By Pratap Bhanu Mehta

It will be a great advance if India and Pakistan transcend a politics of mutual recrimination by actually keeping lines of communication open.
The veil of secrecy
By Anjali Mody

In the dark labyrinths of the Government, anything is possible. And the impunity with which civil servants act permits systematic subversion.


News Analysis
DIPLOMATIC NOTEBOOK
India's new focus on Africa
By C. Raja Mohan

NEW DELHI, MAY 11.Pakistan might really believe the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, was travelling in Africa a few days ago to campaign against Islamabad's re-entry into the Commonwealth. But India has a lot more on its mind these days ...
Reversing downgrade of missions
By K.K. Katyal

NEW DELHI, MAY 11. The period since the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's peace interactive last month witnessed, not expectedly, both positive and negative trends in India and Pakistan. Also, the reactions in the two countries were mixed ...


Letters to the Editor
  • Hike is too steep
  • Rewarding failures
  • Host ignored
  • Accelerate selection
  • Humane executions
  • Women's Bill



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