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Articles 12421 through 12520 of 16647:
- Centre’S Austerity Drive (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 30, 2004)
THE Union Government’s announcement of a 20-point austerity drive is well-intentioned. The measures, to be effective from October 1, are aimed at saving an annual expenditure of over Rs 2,000 crore.
- Better Roads (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2004)
The Union Government has cleared five road projects in Karnataka at an estimated cost of Rs 2,545 crore. Some of the roads are four-lane highways and some six-lane.
- Questions Of Control (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Sep 30, 2004)
The monster named inflation has raised its ugly head once again. It is eating up real wages and salaries, consumption baskets and, most important, the incomes of the retired who are already put at a huge disadvantage by drastic cuts in the nominal ...
- The Kerry-Bush Contest (Hindu, Sumana Brahman, Sep 30, 2004)
The invasion of Iraq has made the world a more dangerous place for Americans. With John Kerry's leadership, America can regain respect.
- The National Environment Policy (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Sep 30, 2004)
The National Environment Policy emphasises that what is good for the environment is also good for the economy and that environmental protection cannot be considered in isolation from the development process.
- Cleaning Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2004)
All power corrupts, cadre power corrupts most corrosively. The Left Front government has a strange propensity to deploy cadre to handle situations that are best left to the administration.
- Create Awareness (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 29, 2004)
It is extremely unlikely that the five veto-wielding powers will let any other country enter the Security Council
- Asia Needs Seats At The World Tables (Business Week Online, BRIAN BREMNER, Sep 28, 2004)
The underrepresentation of China, Japan, and India at the IMF and U.N. hinders attempts to resolve critical global problems
- Can A Snack Do For India What Software Can't?: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Sep 28, 2004)
As the barely literate wife of a typesetter in Mumbai, Pratibha Sawant had only two options when she wanted to put her children through school 31 years ago: working as a housemaid or rolling poppadums.
- Ramanna & The Nuclear Programme (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Sep 28, 2004)
The legacy of Raja Ramanna is that he helped build up a large pool of scientists and technologists to address the country's needs of energy and national security.
- Succession War In The Bjp (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 28, 2004)
Uma Bharti's Tiranga Yatra has exposed a power struggle in the second rung leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- The Missing Link (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Sep 28, 2004)
India is emerging as an IT giant even as farmers in Andhra Pradesh are ending their lives in economic despair.
- Pharma Prices: Deregulate In Tapered Doses (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Sep 28, 2004)
Whether regulating pharma prices in a market-driven economy is correct or not continues to be a matter of debate around the world, including India.
- India's Worsening Fiscal Imbalance (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 28, 2004)
While the latest RBI Annual Report highlights the real GDP growth of 8.2 per cent during the year, it does not hide its concern over the deterioration of government finances, including those of the States.
- Transition Complete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2004)
With President Hu Jintao taking over as Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the process of leadership change in China that began two years ago is now complete.
- China's Growth Model Slows Asia's Rise (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Sep 27, 2004)
The biggest drawback of China's growth model on the rest of Asia is the perpetuation of the export dependent approach. It has postponed Asia's nascent search for an indigenous or domestic demand-led growth model.
- A Study In Contrast — Punjab And Bihar (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Sep 27, 2004)
Being better off does not make a State better, especially when it just means getting more than others from the Centre.
- A Matter Of Perception (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Sep 27, 2004)
Expectations and perceptions, as much as the reality of figures, are important for confidence in the economy.
- Risks Faced By The Global Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 27, 2004)
Doomsayers abound in the world of the dismal science of economics. Recently, there have been many economists forecasting that the end of the world is nigh. Not all of them are credible.
- Reversal Of Fortunes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2004)
If a week IF A WEEK in politics is a long time, four months could be a whole era, judging by how woebegone the Bharatiya Janata Party looks these days. So dramatic has the transformation been that a casual observer might be forgiven for failing to make a
- Pawar And The Glory (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Sep 26, 2004)
Sharad Pawar, some say, is a man with a vision. Others think not. But everyone agrees that in plotting out an election strategy — both in Maharashtra and the BCCI — the man is indefatigable.
- Major Hurdle Cleared (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2004)
A campaign to disseminate information about VAT should be launched
- Farming In A Dream World (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 25, 2004)
While farmers in Europe are given state benefits, farmers in India are being left to the mercy of market forces
- Farming In Us And India — The Ground Reality On Subsidies (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Sep 25, 2004)
A comparison of farm production costs in India with those in the US reveals that the Indian farmer is clearly cost-competitive relative to his American counterpart in virtually every item.
- Communication Gap (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 25, 2004)
The investing community in the country could have done without the ongoing controversy involving dissemination of the orders of the Securities Appellate Tribunal. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has suspended posting of these orders since
- Raja Ramanna: Architect Of N-Plan (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 25, 2004)
Raja Ramanna, an architect of India’s nuclear weapons programme, wore many hats during his lifetime. Nuclear scientist, music aficionado, minister, member of Parliament, tech entrepreneur were the many labels that sat lightly on his broad shoulders.
- We've No Faith In The World Bank But It Is Betting Much On Faith (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 25, 2004)
A quote from the Rg Veda is `Aa no bhadraah kratavo yantu vishwatah', meaning `Let noble thoughts come to us from every side'.
- Foreigners Voting In U.S. Elections (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 24, 2004)
U.S. policy now affects every citizen on the planet. So we should all have a say in who gets to the White House.
- Plan And Economy: A Directional Change (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 24, 2004)
While inflation remains the big worry, most other economic indicators are strong. Industry and exports have done exceedingly well. Industry is on 7-8 per cent growth path and exports are running by over 20 per cent thus boosting growth in manufacturing.
- Kharif Shortfall (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2004)
Farmers must be protected from the vagaries of the monsoon
- A Victory That Isn't (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 24, 2004)
It is difficult to share the official assessment that the Government has achieved a victory in the face-off with its Japanese partner Suzuki Motor over the latter's investment plans in India outside the Maruti fold.
- Research At The University Level (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 24, 2004)
If breakthroughs are to be made in science, there is a need to involve young people in research at universities
- Has India Found Way Out Of Infrastructure Mess?: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Sep 23, 2004)
Two years ago, P. Chidambaram joined a discussion in New Delhi entitled, ``India's Foreign Exchange Reserves: When Is Enough -- Enough?''
- Wincing That Our Bean Counters Are Going To Beijing (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2004)
On the web site www.china.org.cn, "China's Official Gateway to News & Information", I type `accountant' in the search-slit and click. Among the 150 or so finds, is a story titled "Educational Fund Looters Facing Charges" from China Daily dated ...
- Unctad's World Investment Report 2004: (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 23, 2004)
Unctad's latest World Investment Report stresses that FDI in services, as in other sectors, injects financial resources into a host economy.
- Farm Worries (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2004)
There is no need for alarm over the reports of a 10.5 per cent decline in kharif grain output this year. Year after year, the initial estimates are revised upwards by as much as two million to three million tonnes by the time the crop arrives in the marke
- Credit Delivery: Lazy Banking And Structural Problems (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Sep 23, 2004)
The growth in the economy the last decade has been facilitated by the non-bank finance sector and this has not been adequately recognised. Contrarily, it has been "Lazy Banking" in the organised sector.
- The Inhumane Face Of India's Reforms (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Sep 23, 2004)
With the architect of India's economic reforms, Manmohan Singh, now at the helm of the brand new coalition government that has been in power for over 100 days now, it is perhaps time to take stock of what the much-vaunted reforms have delivered.
- China Accelerates Banking Reforms (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Sep 22, 2004)
Well before the deadline set for the full opening up of its banking sector, China has started making it easy for foreign banks to operate.
- India-Asean Fta — Small Step For A Big Stride In World Trade (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Sep 22, 2004)
An FTA with Asean will give India an opportunity to look beyond trade. This will undoubtedly bring India closer to its target of achieving 2 per cent share in global trade.
- Statue Talk (Deccan Herald, VIJI SUNDARAM, Sep 22, 2004)
Caught in varied poses, many immortal figures have been set in stone in Bangalore
- Pumping Up Hydrogen (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 22, 2004)
The spiralling cost of crude and the finite nature of fossil fuels have brought the focus sharply back on renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydro.
- Mystery Of India's Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 22, 2004)
India's democracy has been able to stave off the social Darwinsm inherent in the neoclassical ideology which would have transformed deprivation and subordination into a policy of systematic exclusion. Probably, the mood was set by the Nehruvian allergy
- Fall From Us Favour (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Sep 22, 2004)
The Americans’ attitude towards Saudi Arabia and its radical Islam is undergoing a change
- Education In Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 22, 2004)
The easiest thing for the establishment is to falsify history and point fingers at the enemy outside, real or created.
- Ahead By A Short Head (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2004)
Barely four months after the 14th general election, Maharashtra is in high-stake campaign mode — presenting a challenge to the party that heads a coalition government at the Centre as well as an opportunity to its principal national rival ...
- People Expect Speedy Justice: Pm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2004)
THE Supreme Court of India is a shining symbol of the great faith our people have in our judiciary and to our great pride the Supreme Court has earned high praise all over the world.
- Contain Inflation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2004)
Govt has to look at equipping the Indian industry to face global competition
- Economic Reform And Inflation (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 21, 2004)
The Government's expectations that inflation would subside with the revival of the monsoon have been belied. Analysing the factors contributing to the current inflation
- India's Health-Care Paradox (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sep 21, 2004)
For a country that has not been able to eradicate many preventable diseases, India has an unusually healthy pharma industry. Most globalised of all Indian industries, the pharma sector however produces and sells huge quantities of the kinds of drugs ...
- Us Missile Defence Plan (Tribune, R. S. Bedi, Sep 21, 2004)
Indo-US strategic cooperation has brought the two countries closer to each other in recent years. The Bush Administration has been quite liberal in granting concessions over a range of strategic issues.
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes 2004: India Can Relax Either Way (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 21, 2004)
There is no gainsaying the fact that, with the advantage of his being both the head of state and the head of government, the US President can, if he so wished, make or mar relations with any country by exercising his leverage for or against it.
- A New Edge To Gilt Trading (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 20, 2004)
Gilts trading in the country is poised to make a big leap forward. A new anonymous screen-based order matching system for the debt market, on the lines of the hugely successful one that obtains on the National Stock Exchange for equities, is all set ...
- Are Inflation Expectations Overdone? (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Sep 20, 2004)
Arresting the rise in headline inflation is now the dominant objective of economic policy. There can, of course, be no second thoughts about the merits of maintaining stable price levels
- How To Become Good Neighbours (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Sep 20, 2004)
The Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan met on September 5 and 6 after many years. Their agenda virtually dated back to 1997 when eight subjects were identified by the two countries’ Foreign Secretaries for negotiations.
- Northeast As A Trade Hub (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 20, 2004)
It is time to shed these suspicions and discuss a detailed partnership among Northeast India, China, Myanmar and, possibly, Bangladesh.
- Maharashtra Campaign Getting Shriller (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 18, 2004)
Hindutva will jostle with a host of local issues in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra as the opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine unleashes a shrill campaign in the state.
- The Invisible Hand Of Market Is Still Groping (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 18, 2004)
Cricket is too serious a game to be left in the hands of umpires and players, so we have TV channels, lawyers, and so on actively involved. Similarly, we know that markets are not so wise that we could allow "the invisible hand" a free play, as major
- Engine Of Opportunity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 18, 2004)
Should the Government allow Suzuki Motor to float a venture for its foray into manufacture of diesel engines and additional assembly facilities for car-making when it already has a profitable venture going in the form of Maruti Udyog with a substantial
- Much Ado About The `Foreign Hand' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 18, 2004)
There is an element of high tragedy involved in the entire controversy about the Planning Commission being contaminated by the presence of consultants from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and other foreign agencies.
- Shedding Of A Stigma (Business Line, R. Anand, Sep 18, 2004)
Speculation is no longer seen as a dirty word in tax reforms
- Universal Education The Key (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Sep 18, 2004)
Technology has become the key to sustainable development, social transformation and economic power
- Iraqis Want Foreign Troops Out (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Sep 18, 2004)
Yes, the invasion was illegal. But war crimes are still being committed.
- `Big Success Comes From Sound Policies, Well Applied' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 17, 2004)
It is rare to find an economist without parochial postures and rarer still to get one steeped in Western education and part of the developed world yet critical of the unjust global economic system that perpetuates trade
- Prisoner’S Dilemma (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 17, 2004)
Have not the left left it a little too late? They are livid at the decision to induct representatives of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and American consultancy
- Quota Will Harm The Economy (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Sep 17, 2004)
The road to hell, it is said, is paved with good intentions. So is the highway to economic ruin, especially in a country like India where politics of the most opportunistic kind rules the roost.
- 100-Day Exercise And The Congress (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 16, 2004)
If Manmohan Singh is able to democratise the Congress, quality would matter more than longevity of tenure
- Haksar Is Relevant (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 16, 2004)
The intellectual concerns and commitments of P.N. Haksar remain relevant in these troubled and confusing times.
- Why Change Horses Midstream (Business Line, S. Kannan, Sep 16, 2004)
The Concept Paper does not propose any path-breaking directional change to company law
- Tackling Inflation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 16, 2004)
Rhe hike in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) and the lowering of the interest payable on the reserve represent the Reserve Bank of India's first anti-inflationary initiative on the monetary policy front.
- Shock Of Sox For Accountants But It Simply Loves It! (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 16, 2004)
Le Meridien Kovalam Beach Resort, Thiruvananthapuram, is where `Emerging Global Opportunities' are awaiting to latch on to CAs next week, according to a recent announcement on the ICAI's site.
- Kasuri And Ghulam Ali In India (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 15, 2004)
Within a week of the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, Mr Natwar Singh and Mr Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, meeting in New Delhi for another round of Indo-Pak dialogue
- More Growth Doesn't Mean More Jobs (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 15, 2004)
The All India Congress Committee has resolved to increase the country's growth rate to 7-8 per cent. Economic growth is seen as the self-evident route to the creation of employment and alleviating poverty.
- An Evening Of Surprises (Tribune, Mary Dejevsky, Sep 15, 2004)
In the middle of the Beslan crisis, Vladimir Putin took time to welcome Western journalists to his Moscow residence.
- North Korea: In From The Cold (Hindu, Glyn Ford, Sep 15, 2004)
North Korea's regime survived the Cold War and has nuclear know-how. But it is in the West's interests to help it move towards a market economy.
- Train From Bangladesh (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Sep 15, 2004)
The high point of Census 2001 is the confirm- ation of the mass exodus from Bangladesh, and not the computation error
- Ad Hoc Measures (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 15, 2004)
Government should strike at the root cause to contain inflation
- Will Opec Restore Stability To Oil Market? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 15, 2004)
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is meeting in Vienna at a time when crude prices are on a high with the ability to affect the stability of markets and impact world economic growth, especially developing countries such as India that ...
- Trade In Services — It Is A Question Of Market Access (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Sep 15, 2004)
India's economic strength lies in the burgeoning services sector and the realisation of potential in this area hinges on quick and viable completion of negotiations.
- To Ignite Growth, Put The Smile Back On Smes (Business Line, N. Seshadri Kumar , Sep 15, 2004)
The time is ripe not only for a quick revival of small and medium enterprises, badly affected by the open-door policy, but also for newer ones to bloom.
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