India's foreign direct investment inflows during the calendar year 2002 increased by a mere 3.5 per cent at $4.43 billion despite the government's continued efforts to liberalise the economy.\n\n\n\n
The Centre's gross borrowings stood at Rs 94,030 crore so far even as it aims to mop up Rs 25,000 crore during October 2003-February 2004.
The Pakistani Taliban have issued a fatwa against the media, declaring it a "party" to the conflict in the country, and drawn up a hit-list of journalists and publishers, a media report said on Thursday.
'The CBI and its independence was discussed in great detail. We invited and sought the views of the CBI director as well as several government officials. But the ingenious solution to the problem came from within the committee. The effort was to somehow find a solution. It would not have been possible to draft this Bill if members had not been liberal in their views and if they had not been prepared to rid themselves of their political bias.' Congress MP Satyavrat Chaturvedi, who headed the Parliamentary committee which proposed the recommendations for the Lokpal Bill, speaks to Anita Katyal in an exclusive interview.
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