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Articles 721 through 820 of 10500:
- Manmohan Warns States Against Unviable Tax Sops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
"Jury still out on whether they promote growth"
We have to enable a common economy
Tax systems largest barriers to trade
Border checks, taxes on vehicles are the other barriers.
- "Globalisation Will Only Work If The Winners Share With The Losers" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
Economist and Nobel laureateJoseph Stiglitz,author, most recently, ofMaking Globalisation Work, spoke to Nobel Laureates Plus editor Nathan Gardels on September 22.
- Farmers On The Warpath Against Sez (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 29, 2006)
We will commit murder, not suicide, say agitated farmers of Pen taluk in Maharashtra
For 20 years, they have been fighting for water from the Hetawane dam
Why not an agriculture zone instead of SEZ?
- Timber Classics (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The extraordinarily beautiful wooden temples spread across Kerala reflect a great simplicity of form.
- James Connaughton On Global Warming (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 28, 2006)
Interview with James Connaughton, Chairman, U.S. Council on Environmental Quality.
- Jharkhand Needs Elections: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The party will suggest amendments to the SEZ Act in five areas
- No Package, Only Assurance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Belying expectations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today did not announce any package for the state, not even for debt-ridden farmers. However, he said the problem of loans and debt was being considered and solutions would be brought out soon.
- Sez: Farmers Plan Satyagraha (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 28, 2006)
Over 10,000 hectares in 45 villages to be acquired for the project
- Sonia Gandhi Calls For Pro-Farmer Policies (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Sep 28, 2006)
Party-ruled States asked to emulate A.P. in farm sector development
Congress president inaugurates RIMS at Kadapa
Blames TDP Government for neglecting farm sector
Congress president inaugurates RIMS at Kadapa
Blames TDP Government for . . .
- Unique Struggle (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
This examination of the freedom struggle in Assam is an intense work based on solid research.
- Unhealthy Burden (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 28, 2006)
The poor bear the brunt of declining levels in public spending on health care.
- Violence In Singur (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 28, 2006)
The violence witnessed at Singur in West Bengal on Tuesday, when policemen not only beat up farmers demanding the right to keep their land but also manhandled Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and two party MLAs, is neither unprecedented nor . . .
- The Captain Sank This Ship (Indian Express, Manpreet Badal, Sep 28, 2006)
As a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for the last 11 years and a Punjabi pained by the accelerated administrative downfall in Punjab in the last four and a half years, I have been an anguished spectator as my state has been systematically . . .
- Who Sez What (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2006)
The Global Competitiveness Report identifying institutional maturity as India’s medium-term advantage over China is a good context in which to analyse the gathering controversy over special economic zones (SEZs) and the related but broader issue . . .
- Sonia Praises Women Of Andhra (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday heaped praise on Andhra Pradesh for encouraging women’s self-help groups and said that "Indiramma would have been extremely proud and happy to see this great moment of women empowerment."
- Package For Ap Soon: Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
A major financial package for 16 drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh will be announced soon by the Centre, the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said today.
- Punjab Reeks Of Corruption (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 28, 2006)
The latest World Bank Report places India almost at the bottom of corruption-free countries. It has the distinction of being 124th. If a similar study were to be undertaken in India, Punjab, I am sure, will rank at the end of the list.
- Suicide Notes From The Country (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2006)
Farmer's suicides, a charged political issue, received a lot of attention again at the recently concluded Congress conclave. But standard political solutions are typically not informed by basic economic logic.
- Sonia Mistress Of Coalition Game (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Sep 28, 2006)
For the six years the NDA was in power, its selling point other than Atal Bihari Vajpayee was that the BJP was naturally cut out to be the nucleus of a coalition as opposed to the Congress, which was seen as “too arrogant and individualistic” to . . .
- Tatas Push, Buddha Preaches (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
As the Buddha proclaimed like Jesus — “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do”, or a variation of it — not everyone seemed to be in a merciful mood.
- Development And Discontent (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 28, 2006)
Michael Spence's words of praise for India's performance in increasing its gross domestic product (GDP) would no doubt thrill India Inc.
- 'Nano City Would Be Energy Efficient' (The Economic Times, DINKER VASHISHT , Sep 28, 2006)
He set up Hotmail in 1996 and changed the way the web works. Then he sold it off to Bill Gates and has ever since been the philosopher of the Next Big Thing.
- Nabard Releases Rs.41 Crore For 183 Projects Under Ridf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The bank has disbursed Rs.71.46 crore to Kerala Government
- Kamal Nath Writes To Cms: Sezs Only On Barren, Wasteland (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
With Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressing concern on the diversion of prime agricultural land for Special Economic Zones, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath today wrote to all state chief ministers requesting them to "ensure that . . .
- Course Correction For Congress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2006)
The second half of a ruling party's tenure is traditionally thought to be tougher than the first half. With the honeymoon years behind it, the regime is presumed to have entered a turbulent phase marked by anti-incumbency, internal dissent, and . . .
- Government Clarifies Land Acquisition For Sezs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The Central Government has made it clear that not more than ten per cent of the total area required for setting up a special economic zone (SEZ) should be double crop land, while the balance 90 per cent must be single crop, waste and barren land.
- Coop. Bank Registers Record Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Kozhikode District Cooperative Bank registered a growth of 35 per cent and gained a profit of Rs.2.01 crore in 2005-06.
- Educating Netas (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 27, 2006)
It was back to school for senior party functionaries and chief ministers attending the seventh Congress chief ministers' conclave in Nainital.
- Diwali Countdown (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 27, 2006)
Will Lakshmi smile on the international community, more so India, this coming Diwali? India is likely to grow at its current rate of 7.5-8 per cent for at least another year, going by current trends.
- Walking The Sez Tightrope (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 27, 2006)
The issue of setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) seems to be developing new dimensions all the time.
- Congress Inches Closer To Mamata (Asian Age, Parwez Hafeez, Sep 27, 2006)
The battlelines are clearly drawn. The Left Front government is determined to acquire 1,000 acres of land in Singur in Hooghly district where Tata Motors has decided to set up its small car manufacturing unit while . . .
- Cpm Announces ‘Wage Hike’ For Cadres (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Sensing a big expansion of the party, the CPI-M Central Committee today announced a “wage hike” for whole-time party cadres. Party general secretary Prakash Karat said whole-time cadres would now have minimum wages, and these would . . .
- Mamata Beaten Up Over Singur Landgrab (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Sep 27, 2006)
Even as 300 farmers received compensation cheques on Tuesday for their lands to be acquired for the Tata Motor factory, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who had on Monday night gheraoed the BDO's office at Singur, where the project was to . . .
- Farmer Issue Was Ignored By Congress At Meet: Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress party of not taking the farmer suicides seriously and of skirting the issue of price rise at the Nainital conclave of the Congress party, which was held recently.
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Frontline, Partha S. Ghosh , Sep 27, 2006)
To make NAM a vehicle of South-South cooperation, what is needed is not mere joint statements but their follow-ups in letter and spirit.
- Sideline Summits (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The India, Brazil and South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum has helped the three democracies in trade and international politics.
- Trade Triangle Of India, Brazil, South Africa (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The India, Brazil and South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum has helped the three democracies in trade and international politics.
- Assam: Missing Monsoon (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Sep 27, 2006)
Assam faces the threat of a famine as monsoon failure causes serious damage to the winter paddy crop.
- Brake On Sezs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2006)
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has said that special economic zones (SEZs) will not be allowed on prime agricultural land. The Board of Approval will not clear proposals of SEZs coming up on fertile land.
- Uma Rules Out Return To Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Bharatiya Janashakti president Uma Bharti today ruled out her return to the BJP but offered her party’s support for being ready to be a part of a forum of nationalistic forces to defend the country from the twin threats — market invasion by outsidE . . .
- Karat Demands Changes In Special Economic Zone Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Amid the controversy over the creation of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday demanded urgent changes in the Act, and decided to send a comprehensive note to the Government suggesting corrections.
- Rural Development Bank Posts Rs. 2.86-Cr. Profit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The Primary Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank, Sirguppa, which has posted a profit of Rs. 2.86 crore, has announced
- What Bengal Thinks Today... (Business Standard, A K Bhattacharya, Sep 27, 2006)
What the West Bengal government has done today at Singur, 50 kilometres north-west of Kolkata, the rest of India should do in the coming days.
- The Multiplex Multiplier Effect (Business Line, Alok Ray, Sep 27, 2006)
The so-called luxury multiplexes and malls are highly labour-intensive and generate jobs, and incomes, at various levels with a trickle-down effect.
- Congress Supports Trinamool Bandh Call (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Protest against land acquisition for car plant
Congress to join all future protests
Dasmunsi condemns police action.
- Zone Of Confusion (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 27, 2006)
The much-publicised Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have landed the UPA Government and the Congress in a bit of a spot.
- Priorities (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 27, 2006)
Power can mean a lot. A senior politician from a hill region in South India was conspicuous by his absence at a national meeting concerning the plantation sector, though he’d promised to come as the guest of honour. Instead, he had rushed to . . .
- Overdue Co-Op Revitalisation (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 27, 2006)
But funds are still short of requirements
- Vajpayee Inaugurates Bansagar Hydel Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The 425-MW project will benefit Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Catchment area spread over 18,648 sq km
Project will generate 425 MW
Will irrigate 2,46,689 hectare in M.P.; 1,23,345 hectare in U.P, Bihar
- Gandhigram Varsity To Develop National Model For Rural Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Gandhigram PURA scheme seeks to give employment to 4,000 villagers
- Congress Conclave (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 26, 2006)
Anyone present at the Congress party’s conclave in Nainital must have heaved a sigh of relief at its conclusion.
- After The Fighting, A Battle For Hope (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Sep 26, 2006)
In the aftermath of Operation Medusa, the anti- Taliban offensive in southern Afghanistan, NATO is scrambling to win the locals' sympathies.
- Boost Industry For Punjab’S All-Round Growth (Tribune, V.S. MAHAJAN, Sep 26, 2006)
While the negative consequences of depending on rice as the main summer crop have often been highlighted by farm scientists, they have, at the same time, failed to develop alternative crops that consume less water as well as enjoy good marketing . . .
- The Nature Of Hope (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 26, 2006)
For those who came in late: the prime minister’s decision to extend B K Chaturvedi’s tenure as cabinet secretary had scotched the chances (and expectations) of two entire batches of senior bureaucrats.
- What Are Our Energy Options? (Pioneer, RN Malik, Sep 26, 2006)
India has achieved a three per cent decrease in the consumption of oil during the fiscal year 2004-05. This decrease translates to eight per cent because the demand in the past has been steadily rising at five per cent per annum.
- Making Of Poverty (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Sep 26, 2006)
Manipur's weaving culture will be destroyed due to unfair trade practices and cause large-scale unemployment, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Shaikh, Barmare Guilty Of Abetting In Terrorist Acts (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, Sep 26, 2006)
Minimum punishment will be 5-year jail
Prosecuted under TADA, IPC and Explosive Substances Act
Dawood Phanse, Sharif Parkar complain of ailments.
- The Easy Way, Not The Right One (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 26, 2006)
Efforts to persuade the finance minister to increase farm credit and lower interest rates at the Congress chief ministers conclave are most inopportune.
- Iniquitous Enclaves (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 26, 2006)
The perversity of incentives that create no externalities or economies of scale for the "hinterland" are the biggest defects of SEZs.
- To Achieve A Turnaround In Bihar (Business Line, Shaibal Gupta, Sep 26, 2006)
Historical disadvantages, limited post-Independence development strategies, and the vivisection of the State, have crippled the public financial and economic structure of Bihar.
- Cpm Wants Sez Scheme Amended (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The CPI-M is unhappy the government has “failed” to amend the special economic zones (SEZs) scheme to prevent its misuse by “land mafia”.
- Kamal Nath Toes Sonia Line On Sezs (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Barely two days after Mrs Sonia Gandhi raised concerns over “diversion” of prime agricultural land for setting up special economic zones (SEZs) for various industries in view of its adverse impact on farmers and the agriculture . . .
- So Far, So Good (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 26, 2006)
Though the Congress party’s Nainital conclave was billed as a meeting of Chief Ministers belonging to the party, it turned out to be a good occasion to display the sound political health of the UPA coalition that governs the country.
- Assam Set For Turmoil (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 26, 2006)
The turn of events in Assam suggests the North-eastern state could be in for another round of turmoil.
- Revamped Pds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 26, 2006)
Food is a potent weapon to be used nationally and internationally to win friends and influence voting patterns.
- India Should Retain Nuclear Test Option, Says Joshi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Making a pitch for India retaining the option of conducting nuclear tests, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi today accused the UPA Government of compromising the country’s strategic and food security under US influence.
- Stirrings Of Land War Across The Country (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
In Bengal, Mamata Banerjee is on hunger strike against land acquisition for a Tata car factory
Tribals in Orissa announce effigy-burning on Dussehra to protest the Vedanta alumina project
Also in Orissa, a mass hunger strike is on in Bhubaneswa . . .
- Ban On Prime Farm Land For Sezs (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Putting a virtual ban on the acquisition of prime agricultural land for special economic zones (SEZs) by the state governments, Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath today said no proposal to set up any such zone on prime agricultural land would be cleared.
- Pm May Announce Tax Relief For Border Areas (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today said the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, might announce tax concessions for the border districts of Punjab on the pattern of hill states to promote industry.
- On The Right Track (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 26, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has yet again shown that she is in control of her party and of the direction that the UPA must take in policy matters.
- Peace First (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 26, 2006)
Who will disagree with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he sees immense potential for development in every field in Jammu and Kashmir?
- No Prime Farmland For Sezs: Kamal Nath (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
In a climbdown aimed at addressing party chief Sonia Gandhi’s concerns over acquisition of farmers’ land for industrial use, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath today said his ministry has told state governments to ensure that no prime agricultural land . . .
- Why The Farmer Reaps Despair (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 26, 2006)
Farmer's suicides were discussed most recently at the Congress chief ministers’ conclave in Nainital but the grim reality remains unchanged, with reports of such tragedies constantly trickling in.
- Thousands Hit As Farmers Block Trains (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Thousands of passengers were stranded today for more than two hours at various railway stations and on the tracks as activists of the Punjab Kisan Sabha blocked rail traffic as part of their ‘rail roko aandolan’ in pursuance of their various demands . . .
- Dispossessing Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2006)
In the absence of a fair and transparent policy on land acquisition and payment of just compensation to the farmers, state governments’ plans to forcibly take over land for special economic zones (SEZs) have met with stiff opposition.
- "If We Compromise On Competitiveness, We Can't Be A . . . (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Sep 25, 2006)
PresidentA.P.J. Abdul Kalamremains conscious that he is also a teacher and a scientist. Above all, he is a person who loves to make others happy. Excerpts from an interview he gave toThe Hindu:
- It’S A Dog Life, But Some People Have Had Enough (Deccan Herald, MARK MAGNIER, Sep 25, 2006)
After suffering humiliation and being a butt of jokes for a millenium, the chinese jing clan is happy after the authorities decided to restore its former name.
- Workshop Of Evolution Threatened (Tribune, Daniel Howden, Sep 25, 2006)
The Galapagos Islands, the world’s “workshop of evolution,” could be set to witness the first disappearance of a species in the 170 years since Charles Darwin’s historic visit.
- Farmers Weigh Heavily On Upa Govt's Conscience (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
When things got a bit heated during the 10-hour discussion on agriculture at the Congress chief ministers' conclave in Nainital on Saturday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened to say that he would "look into" the issues of agricultural credit . . .
- From One Long March To Another (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Sep 25, 2006)
The Chinese people stood up under the leadership of the Communist Party, founded by a dozen progressive intellectuals in 1921.
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