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Articles 12821 through 12920 of 16647:
- Privatisation Is At Sea, Let's Push It To The Ocean (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 31, 2004)
From the heights that privatisation was taken to, we now see it wallowing in the chasms of uncertainty.
- A Fishy Business (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 30, 2004)
The FTP has a roadmap for the growth of the country’s economy
- Corporates To Better Village Life (Deccan Herald, ANIL CHAKRADEO, Jul 30, 2004)
Corporates can be involved in rural development by offering them income tax incentives
- Lopsided Development Of Agriculture (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Jul 30, 2004)
THE key to economic development in Punjab is agriculture. Crops and livestock cannot exist in isolation and, therefore, have to be developed side by side. In many developed countries, animal farming dominates the agricultural scenario as it
- Monsoon Anxieties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2004)
India has to brace itself to deal with the caprices of the 2004 monsoon. After an early onset and reasonably good rainfall in June, the monsoon's progress has been uneven during the agriculturally crucial month of July.
- Salaried Middle-Class — Provident Fund No Longer A Lifeguard? (Business Line, R. Y. Narayanan, Jul 30, 2004)
Even as a decision on the interest rate on provident fund (PF) contribution is proving elusive (the decision has been postponed to August 9 after the PF trustees, at their July 20 meeting, could not arrive at a
- The Furies Come To Life (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Jul 30, 2004)
For years, public opinion in the Northeast has protested against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act but to no avail.
- Morgan Stanley Says India Is Asia's `New Tiger': Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jul 29, 2004)
New Tigers of Asia,'' Morgan Stanley's appropriately titled study of economic growth prospects in China and India, contains a message for William Clay Ford Jr.
- Predatory State, Pauper Households (Hindustan Times, R. Vaidyanathan, Jul 29, 2004)
The uncertainties of the future faced by households are aggravated by the profligate and predatory state, which furiously taxes the same hapless households both as direct taxes and also recently as service taxes.
- India And China: A Shifting Paradigm (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 29, 2004)
Until recently politics had been in command of Sino-Indian ties. Now economics has begun to drive the relationship.
- Hostage Taking As Psychological War (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Jul 29, 2004)
Hostage taking is psychologically deadly but counter-productive if used indiscriminately
- Farm Risk Management — Solution In Search Of Problems (Hindustan Times, B. S. Murthy, Jul 28, 2004)
AS MANY as 1100 farmers committed suicide. This is not about Andhra Pradesh or any part of India. These tragic suicides occurred in the most developed country in the world.
- The Poor Have No Candidate (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2004)
The Kalashnikovs have taken a backseat for now. With players on both sides deciding to sit across the negotiating table, a new chapter in revolutionary and counter-revolutionary strategies has begun.
- Sea Tigers — Threat To Indian Security (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Jul 28, 2004)
India should work with the objective of neutralising the Sea Tigers at the earliest.
- Revolutionary Changes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 28, 2004)
The Kelkar report has tried to address core issues in fiscal management
- Globalisation And Social Safety Net (Hindustan Times, Suvendu Bose, Jul 28, 2004)
India is doing well economically, but what social security net is the country offering its senior citizens?
- Drought-Proof The Economy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 28, 2004)
After the lull of nearly four weeks, the revival of the South-West monsoon last weekend should bring some relief, if not cheer, to farmers and policymakers alike.
- Budget: Poor Get A Hearing (Hindustan Times, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Jul 28, 2004)
The Government's Budget may be faulted for what it has not done but it can hardly be blamed for what it has done. The Budget had a clear-cut objective
- The Re-Emergence Of Bird Flu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2004)
Avian influenza has reared its menacing head again. It has been just a few months since the worst-ever attack of a highly virulent form of bird flu swept through poultry in eight Asian countries.
- A Taxing Prescription (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2004)
THE REPORT OF the Task Force headed by Dr Vijay Kelkar, Advisor to the Finance Minister, on the implementation of Fiscal Responsibility and Budgetary Management (FRBM) Act.....
- Bank Burst (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2004)
GLOBAL Trust Bank (GTB) became history on Monday when public sector Oriental Bank of Commerce decided to take it over.
- Trust At Stake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 27, 2004)
GTB’s action of defrauding shareholders has damaged the image of private banks
- To Save Polity, Pm Must Assert His Authority (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 27, 2004)
In the few weeks Dr Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister, he has given the impression of being a self-effacing bystander helplessly watching the happenings around him, rather than one at the helm of affairs enjoying
- Crisis Of Confidence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2004)
The offer by the Oriental Bank of Commerce to take over the Global Trust Bank is good news for the one million depositors of the troubled private bank but a nagging question is if the Reserve Bank of India could not have handled the crisis better.
- Fiscal Responsibility Versus Democratic Accountability (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 27, 2004)
The UPA Government has notified the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, and declared that it will abide by it. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh argue
- Govt Finances: Divide To Multiply (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 26, 2004)
The monsoon has been unkind. The demands of coalition partners are heavy. The Government needs all the help it can get to reduce the yawning deficit. Decentralisation of finance management will help both by amplifying incomes and by improving the efficien
- Modifying A Contentious Proposal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 26, 2004)
By substantially modifying the budget proposal to levy a securities transaction tax (STT) at a uniform rate of 0.15 per cent for all kinds of share market transactions, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram appears to have achieved two objectives simultaneously
- Trust Lost (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 26, 2004)
Excise Tribunal members in New Delhi had to contend with much gas when the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) case was before them.
- A Future For Derivatives (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Jul 26, 2004)
THE SEBI decision to relax norms for introducing stocks in the derivatives segment is encouraging. Equally noteworthy is the measure to delink margin requirement from open interest position limits.
- India-Bangladesh Ties Adrift (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 25, 2004)
Bangladesh is gearing itself up to host the next summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation here next January. As the foreign ministers of the SAARC review
- Left Provides Life Support To Manmohan (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jul 25, 2004)
D. Raja, National Secretary of the Communist Party of India perhaps knew that he was a cut above the rest in his student days when he earned the distinction of being the first graduate in his village, Chiththoor in Tamil Nadu.
- Nepal's Expanding Insurgency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2004)
Nepal is in the grip of a Maoist insurgency that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives since 1996. On a visit to the mountain kingdom, Nirupama Subramanian found people unhappy with both the monarchy and the politicians.
- Kurdish Warlords Delay Unity (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jul 24, 2004)
Kurdistan's two big party leaders may end up producing a deal with Baghdad that their own people denounce.
- Gender Budgeting (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Jul 24, 2004)
Gender budgeting, if it is to be useful as a tool for women's advance, has to be implemented in conjunction with an egalitarian and democratic vision.
- Gender Budgeting (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 24, 2004)
So may be it's safe now to speak about the market without its leaping off a cliff, screaming. (Or maybe not quite. By close on Monday, share prices recovered nearly half the losses they logged soon after opening.)
- Promise Of Peace (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 24, 2004)
The ceasefire between the AP govt and PW has created the ground for talks
- Disappointing Draft (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2004)
As the WTO Director-General, Dr Supachai, pointed out at the Sao Paulo Unctad conference last month, agreement on a framework package by July end is indispensable if "any significant progress" is to be made "during the remainder of the year".
- The Colour Of Investment (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 24, 2004)
The ruckus over the proposed enhancement of the foreign direct investment limit in telecommunications, civil aviation and insurance has muddied UPA relations to such an extent that an important member of the
- Budget 2004: Not The Last Word (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 23, 2004)
"Balanced but hardly inspiring," said the London Economist about India's Budget. Interpreting the electoral mandate as a vote for change, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, quoted the ...
- Budget: Good Intentions Drained By Leaks (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Jul 23, 2004)
A close look at the portions of the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's speech that capture the "human face" of the 2004-05 Union Budget brings out three points clearly.
- Dexterous Moves (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2004)
Considering the delicate nature of the ruling arrangement at the Centre, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's reply to the Budget debate in Parliament was vested with more than ordinary significance.
- Ex Gratia Justice (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 23, 2004)
Our legal system individuates claims. Mass disasters become a collection of individual cases. India needs a `mass tort' law.
- Frbm Act: Will It Really End Deficits? (Business Line, M.R. Venkatesh, Jul 23, 2004)
Predatory behaviour constitutes a class of anti-competitive action where prices are set so low as to eliminate competing undertakings and, thereby, threaten the competitive process itself.
- Logic And Law Of Water-Sharing (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jul 23, 2004)
Haryana was Punjab and so were some parts of present-day Himachal Pradesh. These areas had the riparian rights in waters of the erstwhile Punjab state. Rajasthan had no riparian right.
- Yarlung Tsangpo To Brahmaputra (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 23, 2004)
It is a roundabout route that we have taken to Lhasa, roof of the world and capital of China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Politics Is Damping India's Appeal To Investors: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jul 22, 2004)
A recent survey has found that India offers businesses a better setting to create wealth than South Korea, and that the country is also catching up in competitiveness with much bigger economies like Spain and France.
- Afghan Electoral Delays (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2004)
EARLIER THIS month (July), it was announced that the elections in Afghanistan were to be delayed for a second time, with the country now supposedly choosing a president in October and a new parliament next spring.
- Bush’S Electoral Compulsions (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Jul 22, 2004)
Since Bush attaches utmost importance to Pak assistance to nab Osama, the US is unlikely to do much about Kashmir
- Budget: Let Down By Leakages (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 22, 2004)
India's stark socio-economic disparities have many causes, one of which could be the high modal income ratio. The difference in incomes between those employed in the government sector and those outside is among the highest in the world.
- Time To Renew The Congress (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 22, 2004)
The Congress, as the oldest political outfit in the country and still the only all-India party, has to take the lead in reviving itself as a political organisation.
- Testimony Or Convention Speech? (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jul 22, 2004)
Yes, I am aware that the US President, Mr George Bush, as the Republican Nominee, will deliver his convention speech in August. But reading the testimony of the Federal Reserve chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan
- Enrichment For Excellence (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 22, 2004)
The recipe for gathering big numbers at Institute conferences is no longer a secret. Dole out a big number as `credit' for continuing professional education and have all the other standard ingredients
- Show Him The Door (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 22, 2004)
Law is finally catching up with Union Coal Minister Shibu Soren. Reports suggest that a police team from Jharkhand is already on his trail. The UPA government is at the receiving end for retaining him as a minister when an arrest warrant is pending ...
- Karnataka's Predictable Budget (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2004)
After the Central and Andhra Pradesh budgets, it was very much on the cards that the Congress-led coalition Government in Karnataka would also come up with what it could project as a "pro-farmer, pro-poor budget."
- Revitalising Panchsheel (Hindu, K. R. Narayanan, Jul 20, 2004)
As co-originators of the Panchsheel, it is the internationalist duty of China and India to march forward, revitalise their friendly relationship, and project the Five Principles for the peace, progress, and stability of the world.
- No `One-Ways' In Globalisation (Business Line, Satya Prabhakar, Jul 20, 2004)
Globalisation, as most countries have to come to finally comprehend and accept, is not only inexorable and inevitable but also largely beneficial despite short-term restructuring pain and suffering.
- Budget 2004-05: Mirage Of Goodies For Farm Sector (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jul 20, 2004)
Despite the Government's right noises on support to the agriculture sector, there is no clear roadmap to boost farm growth. Addressing the debt-related crisis by promising more credit can only lead to greater indebtedness.
- Budget & Financial Sector Reform (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 20, 2004)
Amidst the well-pulicised emphasis on agriculture and the social sector, the recent budget, which was the first official economic policy foray of the United Progressive Alliance
- A Growth-Oriented Budget (Tribune, D.N. Patodia, Jul 19, 2004)
Mr. P. Chidambaram deserves to be complemented for presenting a progressive and growth-oriented budget for 2004-05. Comfortably placed with impressive performance in the preceding year, achieving a growth rate of 8.2 per cent, inflation
- China And Saarc (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 19, 2004)
As the South Asian Foreign Ministers meet this week in Islamabad, the idea of associating China with the plans for economic integration in the subcontinent should get some serious attention.
- Peace On The Guillotine, Again (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 19, 2004)
Dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir cannot succeed unless the central precondition for democracy exists: a commitment by all parties to resolve differences through discourse, not military means.
- Making `Delivery Mechanism' Deliver (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jul 19, 2004)
Post Budget, there is much talk of `delivery mechanism' being the key to make a difference for Rural India. Delivery mechanism is the channel through which government spending on social priorities flows — ministries, departments and district officials.
- Reformed Regime-I A Ploy To Deprive The Poor (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Jul 19, 2004)
According to the media, corporate world, and private institutional finance houses, everything was fine in India because the balance of payment was in surplus, the growth rate was high, the foreign
- Further Reflections On The Budget (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 19, 2004)
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's Budget 2004-05 has been the subject of many discussions, compliments and complaints. It has not been a Dream Budget, as his last effort was. But it is not the nightmare his critics have sought to make it.
- Globalisation And Cultural Identity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 19, 2004)
The following are extracts from the UNDP’s Human Development Report, 2004: Globalisation has increased contacts between people and their values, ideas and ways of life in unprecedented ways.
- Rebel With A Cause (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jul 18, 2004)
While differences between Tamils in the North and East are very old, Col Karuna has achieved what was unimaginable by bringing about a split in the LTTE
- India's Inherent Strength (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 18, 2004)
What is the vitality of India? How is it to be viewed in today's regional and global perspective? These questions evoked animated discussions among 50 scholars drawn from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, America...
- Reality Bites (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2004)
As a Finance Minister concerned with projecting his Budget as investor-friendly, Mr P Chidambaram did the right thing by announcing hikes in FDI caps in telecom, civil aviation and insurance.
- Syl: Time To Rectify Past Mistakes (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Jul 17, 2004)
In view of the ongoing water war in which some of the northern states have been drawn into, consequent to Punjab passing the Bill terminating the water sharing accords, let’s all very honestly have another look at the merits and demerits of this issue.
- Budget 2004-05 — Ploughing A Difficult Furrow (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jul 17, 2004)
The Budget, despite its limitations, has been welcomed for the primacy it gives for equity while industry also gives credit to Mr P. Chidambaram for what he could do in the circumstances.
- Essays In Honour Of Manmohan, The Professor (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 17, 2004)
Last week, the Finance Minister presented the first Budget of the new government, factoring in all that is dear to the Prime Minister.
- India's Inherent Strength (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 17, 2004)
What is the vitality of India? How is it to be viewed in today's regional and global perspective? These questions evoked animated discussions among 50 scholars drawn from India ...
- Reality Bites (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 17, 2004)
As a Finance Minister concerned with projecting his Budget as investor-friendly, Mr P Chidambaram did the right thing by announcing hikes in FDI caps in telecom, civil aviation and insurance.
- Service Sector Far From Served (Business Line, S. Muralidharan, Jul 17, 2004)
The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 has been in the statute book for well over a decade and a half now.
- Putting Basel Ii Pillars In Place (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Jul 16, 2004)
Basel II norms, to be implemented from 2007, has been evolved to reinforce the structural soundness of banks, particularly the international outfits.
- Punjab Slowdown Dismays World Bank (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jul 16, 2004)
Hold your breath! Here is a warning: the World Bank has forecast a gloomy future for Punjab. And if its current growth slowdown persists for another decade, by the end of it Punjab would no longer be the most prosperous state in the country.
- Globalisation And Blake’S Big Brother (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Jul 16, 2004)
The triumph of the multinational corporation has spawned a pallid, deracinated culture
- Heading For Change (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 16, 2004)
With over two-thirds of the votes in Indonesia's first direct presidential elections already counted, the results may be known in the next few days.
- Sex Matters (Wall Street Journal, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, Jul 13, 2004)
Our country is preoccupied with terrorism. But looking ahead, terrorism may be only one of our problems.
- India Playing With Maoist Fire (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Jul 01, 2004)
India appears to be taking a big gamble with Maoist insurgents. Encouraged by the central government in Delhi, the ruling Congress-led coalition government in the state of Andhra Pradesh has removed a nine-year-old ban on the People's War Group . . .
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