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- Time To Pull Down Shutters (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 26, 2006)
There is no gain from the recent talks in the WTO for developing countries except for job losses
- 2.5 Million Afghans Facing Food Shortage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Situation brought about by drought; Kabul appeals for $76-million aid
- Review Private Banks’ Contribution, Rbi Urged (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
“I wonder how private sector banks fare in implementation of various social welfare schemes,” said Syndicate Bank Chairman and Managing Director C P Swarnkar on Tuesday.
- Shambolic Symbolism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 26, 2006)
It is just another act of the street theatre. A year after the comedy of errors when Mamata Banerjee and her footsoldiers made a spectacle of themselves in trying to stop the entry of the Salim group representatives to the city, the Trinamul leader . . .
- ‘Afghanistan Drought May Boost Drug Trade’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
The Afghan government and the United Nations on Tuesday appealed for over $76 million in aid to combat impending drought, warning that farmers could start growing opium poppies to avoid hunger.
- Some `Development Round`! No More Hikes? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 26, 2006)
Failures seem to have become routine at the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) talks on trade liberalisation.
- Time For Active Management (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 26, 2006)
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has been instrumental in converting Singapore into a vibrant regional fund management centre.
- China Greying Too Fast (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 26, 2006)
China's one-child policy, which helped the country make rapid economic progress, has also resulted in its population ageing faster and could apply brakes to its economic growth.
- India Blames U.S. For Failure Of Wto Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Kamal Nath expects no forward movement in Doha round till November
- Wait For October (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Jul 26, 2006)
RBI released “Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments: First Quarter Review 2006-07” on Monday.
- Annual Credit Plan Projected At Rs. 455 Crore For Dharmapuri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Potential for lending under crop loans estimated at Rs. 208.68 crore: Collector
- Monetary Policy And Banking Sector Reforms (The Financial Express, CM VASUDEV, Jul 26, 2006)
The RBI governor has been doing a good job, but many areas of reform remain for needed action.
- Creating More Jobs For The Unemployed (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Jul 26, 2006)
A matter of serious concern is the long-term trend regarding the link between the growth rate of the economy and the growth of employment.
- Prospects Favourable For High Economic Growth: Rbi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Keeping its forecast for India's GDP growth unchanged at 7.5-8 per cent for 2006-07, the Reserve Bank today said the prospects of sustaining the high growth momentum of recent years appear favourable at the current juncture.
- Southerly Trade Winds (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 26, 2006)
Doha round talks are off, and any progress seems unlikely for months, if not years. With this goes some of our hopes of boosting growth through increased trade.
- The Way Out (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 26, 2006)
After five years of negotiations, the Doha Round has run into sand. For this the US and EU are primarily responsible — the former for not reducing agriculture subsidies and the latter for not reducing tariffs on farm imports.
- Price Rise, Terror Rock Parliament (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The Monsoon Session of Parliament began today without transacting any business, with unrelenting Opposition in the Lok Sabha disrupting the Question Hour, demanding a discussion on the government’s “failure” to check terrorism and the rise in the . . .
- Entering Into A Treaty (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Jul 25, 2006)
Recently the question has been raised whether the Constitution should not be amended to provide that Parliament should have a role in pre-ratification in the treaty-making power of the Central government.
- Upa Politicising War On Terrorism, Says Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
BJP leads delegation to submit memorandum to President
Leaders beat `thalis' with spoons to focus on rising prices, farmers' suicides
"Burden on common man had become unbearable"
Office-of-Profit: "use Article 143 to seek apex court opinion"
- Aiadmk, Dmk Clash Over Waiver Of Crop Loans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
"Banks have not released jewels pledged by farmers"
"Only Rs.11.7 crore, including jewel loans, has been disbursed so far"
All the needy farmers will be given crop loans, says Ko.Si. Mani
Stringent measures ordered against those who smuggle rice
- Trade Talks Collapse (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jul 25, 2006)
India, on Monday, squarely blamed ‘one country (United States)’ for the failure of a crucial meeting to decide figures to liberalise global farm and industrial trade in Doha trade negotiations, arguing that New Delhi will strive hard to show flexibility f
- Job Scheme Off To Good Start In Haryana (Tribune, Puran Singh Yadav, Jul 25, 2006)
Being among the 200 most backward districts in the country, Mahendergarh and Sirsa districts of Haryana were selected for the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in the first phase.
- Boring And Predictable (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jul 25, 2006)
Is there an approach paper to the 11th five year plan (2007-12)? I am not very sure. I have a document titled “Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth”, dated 14th June, 2006.
- Folk Music Genre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
This book is an extensive study on the "Pallu" literature in Tamil written from 17th to 19th centuries. Pallu literature belongs to folk musical plays known as "Pallisai" and has the folk musical forms such as chindu, talattu, and others.
- Gateways To Great Careers (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 25, 2006)
Education in Chennai is witnessing a revolution with students discovering new streams that lead to a bright careers.
- The Record Of Reforms (The Financial Express, CM VASUDEV, Jul 25, 2006)
By the 1980s, it was recognised that our growth strategy, of centralised planning with a dominant role for the public sector, was not able to fulfill national aspirations.
- Tell Me, Mirror... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 25, 2006)
Despite all that India has achieved, as credible commentators such as Clive Crook and S Narayan point out (FE, July 24, ‘15 years of economic reforms’), it needs to do much more. ‘The petty done, the undone vast,’ (transposing Thomas Hardy’s . . .
- Sowing Fdi (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 25, 2006)
With farm investment falling, the Government must explore ways to augment finances.
- On Policy Eve, Rbi Says Govt Checked Inflation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The government’s pre-emptive monetary and fiscal measures helped to contain inflation expectations in the April-June quarter, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on the eve of the monetary policy review.
- Wracked By Inflation, Interest Rate Worries (Business Line, A. Seshan, Jul 25, 2006)
Rising domestic price levels and the increasing international interest rates are matters of concern to the Reserve Bank of India, which will review its Monetary Policy stance today.
- Fallacies, Silences In 11th Plan Approach (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 25, 2006)
In the previous edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh considered the macroeconomic implications of the Planning Commission's Approach to the Eleventh Plan and concluded that it was bereft of planning.
- `This Government Can No Longer Carry Out Any Reform' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 25, 2006)
"It is very difficult to establish whose hand is on the steering wheel of the economy and, for that matter, whose foot is on the accelerator and whose on the brake pedal?... " — MR JASWANT SINGH, LEADER OF OPPOSITION IN RAJYA SABHA
- For An Office With Profit (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jul 25, 2006)
It is a well-known maxim that the questions one asks determine the nature of the responses elicited.
- Differences In The Designs Of Development (Hindu, Amit Bhaduri, Jul 25, 2006)
Unless the course is changed from a corporate-led capitalism to decentralised employment-led growth, resistances will overwhelm the government.
- Dual Fuel And Tax-Led Gains (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2006)
Rising prices of petrol and diesel are drawing the predicted response from automobile manufacturers: vehicles that run on cheaper, alternative fuels. Maruti's Wagon R can now run on either liquefied petroleum gas or petrol, and Tata Motors' Indica . . .
- The Reforms Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
This volume, a befitting honour to C.H.Hanumantha Rao, contains 19 papers of high quality by eminent economists on the broad theme of economic reforms.
- Eleventh Plan Approach Paper Neglects Women's Issues: Aidwa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
It says the paper has confined itself to stereotyped understating of women's role
- Ec Stinker To Bengal: Give Us Facts On Office Of Profit, Not Whitewash (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Jul 24, 2006)
Two days before the monsoon session in which Parliament is set to re-legislate on the controversial office-of-profit bill returned by the President, the Election Commission has hauled up the West Bengal government for refusing to provide information . . .
- Nda To Submit Memorandum To President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
It will highlight the Government's "failure" to prevent the Mumbai train blasts
We won't allow any other discussion in Lok Sabha till our adjournment motion is admitted and debated
- Pm Dares Jaswant To Name Mole (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today challenged former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh to prove the allegation he made in his book “A Call to Honour” that there was a mole in the Prime Minister’s Office during the premiership . . .
- India-China Ties On Upswing (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Jul 24, 2006)
India-China relations have established a new landmark with the re-opening of the strategic Nathula border after 44 years.
- The Poor Deserve A Slice (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Jul 24, 2006)
One per cent of income from development projects can be distributed to those losing land and habitat as royalty.
- A Clear And Present Danger (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Jul 24, 2006)
What does chicken-feed have to do with global warming? Plenty, if the example of what is happening in Europe is anything to go by. Poultry farmers there feed their birds with Brazilian soya bean – a crop cultivated in the vast tracts of Amazon . . .
- Wto Talks Slip Deeper Into Crisis, No Breakthrough (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Last ditch talks to keep hopes alive of a global free deal faced a deepening crisis on Monday after trading powers failed to achieve a breakthrough at a marathon first session, diplomats said.
- Rehabilitating Quake Victims (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2006)
Although Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz believes that the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority has made considerable progress, reports suggest otherwise.
- Empowered Victim (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Jul 24, 2006)
A woman sarpanch belonging to an Other Backward Classes community in Madhya Pradesh is asaulted and paraded naked.
- Israeli Planes Continue To Pound Lebanon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Israeli warplanes pounded Lebanon and Hizbollah rockets crashed into Haifa today as a senior U N official demanded a halt to the violence to allow aid to reach desperate civilians.
- Diplomacy Races Against Rain Of Rockets (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Israeli warplanes pounded Lebanon and Hizbollah rockets crashed into Haifa on Sunday as diplomatic efforts to end the crisis intensified.
- Horticulture Dept Loses 50 Pc Money On Farms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Horticulture Department in the State has received an enhanced budgetary allocation of Rs 75 cr-ore for the promotion of horticultural activities this year.
- Karnik Sez No (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2006)
Special economic zones (SEZs) were started with great fanfare, in the fond hope that they would help India replicate the Chinese success story of rapid industrialisation.
- Any Hopes For A People-Friendly Eleventh Plan? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 23, 2006)
The approach paper of the Planning Commission seems to have missed the opportunity to do so
- Arresting The Tide Of Terror (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jul 23, 2006)
In every theatre of terrorism, the separation of the terrorist from the larger community is the first imperative of effective counter-terrorism responses. No quantum of lawful force against the terrorist is unnecessary, and there should be no . . .
- Manmohan For Campaign On Recharging Groundwater Level (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jul 23, 2006)
Management of groundwater resources key to country's water security, he says
Revive community-based water management concepts
Groundwater level fell by over four metres in 306 districts in the last 20 years
- Tamil Nadu Will Join Vat Regime In January, Says Anbazhagan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
"It is expected to benefit about 45,000 traders in the State"
Tax-free budget presented for 2006-07
Two technical universities coming
Pilots' training centre to be set up
- Suicides Tell No Tale (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jul 23, 2006)
Suicides have come to be indicators of economic distress.
- Encourage Pvt Investment In Food Processing Sector (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 23, 2006)
After information technology and bio-technology, Karnataka can emerge as the leader in food processing.Dr V Prakash
- Terrorists Sneak Into State As Organic Farmers (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Jul 23, 2006)
According to highly placed sources in the Home Department, members of a frontal organisation with bases in Kerala and Tamil Nadu have acquired land in Chamrajnagar and Mysore districts for organic farming.
- Parl Could See First No-Confidence Motion Against Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
With the Mumbai serial blasts and the rise in prices of essential commodities hotting up the political environment, the monsoon session of Parliament beginning tomorrow is expected to be a stormy affair and could see the first no-confidence motion . . .
- Cabinet Clears ‘Profit’ Bill Unchanged (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jul 23, 2006)
Disregarding President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s objections to some of its provisions, the UPA government today decided against making any changes in the controversial Office of Profit Bill.
- Bangladeshised (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 22, 2006)
Centre must revamp North-east security
- Hiv Epidemic Can Slow Down Economic Growth: Undp (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
In absence of an AIDS policy action, the potential economic cost of HIV epidemic could be substantial, says a new UN Development Programme (UNDP) report.
- Farm Growth Via Market Regulation (The Economic Times, PRADEEP S MEHTA, Jul 22, 2006)
In a recent meeting on electricity regulation, Bhupinder Singh Mann, the chief of the formidable Bharatiya Kisan Union, said that any subsidies or free power to farmers are actually a subsidy to the consumer, because the prices which farmers get . . .
- 5.01 Per Cent Increase In Foodgrains Output Likely (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jul 22, 2006)
Rice and oilseeds perform better, wheat output low
Output in 2005-06 fell short of target
Rice output estimated to be higher
- Stealing From Women And Children (Tribune, Usha Rai, Jul 22, 2006)
Nokha in Bikaner District is a nondescript little town with a cavalcade of camels, women in bright, swirling Rajasthani ghagras, petty farmers and traders.
- Exhibition Inspires Organ Donation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2006)
As china's medical sciences continue to make great leaps forward in saving lives with modern surgery techniques, physicians are being held back by a lack of transplant organs.
- Rise In Poppy Cultivation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 22, 2006)
It is a matter of great concern that Pakistan should be witnessing a resurgence of poppy cultivation in areas bordering Afghanistan which is expected to produce a bumper crop this year.
- Rs.4.64-Cr. Proposal Sent For Development Works (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Such as social forestry, road connectivity and infrastructure
- Arresting The Tide Of Terror (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jul 22, 2006)
In every theatre of terrorism, the separation of the terrorist from the larger community is the first imperative of effective counter-terrorism responses.
- Any Hopes For A People-Friendly Eleventh Plan? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 22, 2006)
The approach paper of the Planning Commission seems to have missed the opportunity to do so
- Train To Lhasa (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 22, 2006)
The Qinghai-Tibet railway is an engineering marvel and the Chinese government hopes it will bring about an economic renaissance in Tibet.
- Developing Productive Capacities, Key To Upgrading Ldcs (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 21, 2006)
Higher rates of economic growth and exports notched up by many least developed countries have not led to poverty reduction. According to a Unctad report of LDCs, this can be achieved by these nations developing domestic productive capacities to . . .
- Wto And Eco-Friendly Trade (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Jul 21, 2006)
The preamble to the WTO agreement sets the goal of sustainable development, explicitly stating the need to protect and preserve the environment. There has been a resurgence of concern for establishing a relationship between environmental standards . . .
- Shaky Landing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2006)
The supply of land, unlike that of labour or capital, is finite.
- ‘Us’ And ‘They’ (Statesman, AMIYA K SAMANTA, Jul 20, 2006)
The American vision of the world is more sharply divided between “us” and “they” than that of any other great power.
- Capital For Innovation (Business Standard, Nitin Desai , Jul 20, 2006)
We need an ecosystem that connects technologists with risk-taking entrepreneurs and investment managers.
- A `Business Model' To Help The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 20, 2006)
The "Tigers Forever" initiative expects biologists to provide a guaranteed return in the form of a 50 per cent increase in tiger populations in key areas.
- Upa's Scholarly Scheme Benefits Only One Backward Student In Bihar (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jul 20, 2006)
There is just one student in Bihar who is eligible for financial assistance under the post-matric scholarship scheme of Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry in 2005-06. Or this is what Ministry would have us believe.
- Fresh Waves Spark Panic In Tsunami Zone, Toll Goes To 531 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Four strong quakes on Wednesday morning with magnitudes of 4.9 to 5.4 prompted hundreds of people to flee for higher ground in Indonesia. The death toll rose to 531, with more than 270 missing.
- Basmati Exports: Punjab, Haryana To Earn Rs 3,000 Cr (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jul 20, 2006)
With the Indian government notifying superfine variety of Basmati for exports—a variety widely sown in Pakistan— and rising international prices of basmati, Haryana and Punjab could earn around Rs 3000 crore from basmati exports this year.
- Pushing Indo-Us Initiatives (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
India and US must increase cooperation in research and development to promote agri-business, says Vinayshil Gautam.
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