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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 10500:
- Pc's Budget Not Taxing; Cars, Idli-Dosa Made Cheaper (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
With key elections round the corner, the finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday presented a political Budget, re-asserting the UPA government's social commitments. However, the Left -allies at the Centre but already making grounds . . .
- Budget Without Reforms (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 01, 2006)
Is the trend of 8 per cent GDP growth on auto-pilot or have Central government policies contributed?
- Maoists Massacre 25 Ahead Of Bush’S Visit To India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Left-wing guerrillas killed at least 25 anti-Maoist campaigners on Tuesday after ambushing a convoy of trucks ferrying the unarmed activists in central India, police said.
- India Raises Defence Budget (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Mar 01, 2006)
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram on Tuesday unveiled India’s budget for the year to March 2007 with a total federal government outlay of $126.8 billion or Rs5639.91 billion, of which $20 billion or Rs890 billion are earmarked for defence, . . .
- Back To Populism Of Yore (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 01, 2006)
A nation expecting a dramatic script for the economy in the new fiscal will feel a little let down by the Finance Minister's proposals and outlook.
- Full Credit On The Farm Front (Business Line, P. Devarajan, Mar 01, 2006)
Bankers need not wear long faces over the Budget proposal to fix the price of short-term credit (up to three years) to farmers at 7 per cent on loans up to Rs 3 lakh as New Delhi could be taking the losses, if any.
- Minimalist Budget (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 01, 2006)
But FM does well on fiscal management
It is a minimalist Budget, befitting today’s minimalist age. That was only to be expected.
- Towards Greater All-Round Growth (The Financial Express, MUKESH AMBANI, Mar 01, 2006)
Union Budget 2006-07 sends out a clear message about the government’s priorities—higher investment in the farm and rural sector, with a pronounced commitment to social equity. This, in turn, is expected to translate into dispersal . . .
- Fm’S Emergence As God Of Small Things (The Financial Express, YASHWANT SINHA, Mar 01, 2006)
The economy has been on a high growth path for the past three years. Except for some underlying concerns, this trend is likely to continue. What is more, confidence level in Indian economy, in India and abroad, is very high.
- Far From Enough (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 01, 2006)
Mr P. Chidambaram is now among India’s most experienced Finance Ministers, and this is showing in his confidence and aplomb.
- Bush To Visit Afghanistan Despite Taliban Attacks (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The US president, George Bush, is planning a visit to Afghanistan this weekend, his first to the country since the US-led invasion in 2001.
- Rajnath: Don't Compromise On Deterrence (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 28, 2006)
"Keep in mind country's energy needs"
With the possibility of an Indo-U.S. deal being inked during the visit of President George W. Bush, the Bharatiya Janata Party has said that while the Government must keep in mind the energy security . . .
- Thrust On Agriculture-Allied Activity For Generating Rural Employment (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Feb 28, 2006)
Plan to create additional ayacut of 10 lakh acres by next kharif
The State Government is faced with the daunting task of developing agricultural-allied activity as it could play a vital role in generating rural employment and income.
- Where Are Yesterday’S Budget Ideas? (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Feb 28, 2006)
Before today’s budget comes up with another list of new schemes for rural India and the environment, it may be worthwhile to look at where we have progressed with regard to some of the big announcements of earlier budgets.
- Survey For Bold Steps To Expedite Labour Reforms (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Feb 28, 2006)
Calls for measures to boost the country's infrastructure to global standards
- Enduring Cultural Traditions Of India (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Feb 28, 2006)
Reinterpretation of India's cultural heritage for the modern youth
- Budget, Gdp And Unemployment (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Feb 28, 2006)
More people enter the employment market each year but India's growth is not creating enough jobs. The ADB points out that the ratio of employment to economic growth is low. Will the Budget ensure more jobs and happiness?
- Budget Wishlist: For Growth With Development . . . (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Feb 28, 2006)
Increasing labour participation, ensuring equal distribution of wealth and firming up infrastructure projects are all aspects of development that determine growth.
- Dramatic Plot With Loose Ends (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 28, 2006)
Reading the Finance Ministry's Economic Survey for 2005-06 — a record of all that transpired in the Indian economy over the fiscal year about to close — is like watching a very good film all over again. The plot is dramatic, the ending a happy one.
- Bush Visit To India An Unproductive Exercise? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 28, 2006)
With his words carrying little weight in his own country, being enmeshed in such controversies as illegal wire-tapping, detainees at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, his poor handling of domestic issues after the Katrina disaster, and . . .
- Budget? What Budget? Wonder India's Poor (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
When India's finance minister tells parliament on Tuesday how much money he has in the budget to aid millions of poor, it will mean little to many of the people he aims to help.
- Compact Fisc (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 28, 2006)
For those who worship at the altar of growth, the 2005-06 Economic Survey reflects prayers answered.
- Managing Farm Waste- A Golden Step For Vermicomposting (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
In village and cities lot of waste of the farm, kitchen gardens is to be burnt by majority of the people, therefore, wasting large quantity of nutrients which otherwise can be proved as most important ingredient for Vermicomposting.
- Who Lauds India For Bird Flu Measures (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The World Health Organisation has complimented India for its "quick response" to a threatened bird flu outbreak.
- Optimism All Round (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 28, 2006)
The Economic Survey is a balanced document this time
The Economic Survey, the customary economic report card announced one day before the presentation of the Union Budget, is a balanced document from the UPA Government.
- Finding A Passage To India This Time (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Feb 27, 2006)
The US has tried to cozy up to India ever since the end of the cold war, and President Bush's trip there this week has the potential to cement an alliance with the world's largest democracy. But Mr. Bush may not have all his diplomatic ducks in order.
- From "China Fear" To "China Fever" (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 27, 2006)
China's deft diplomacy is drawing other nations to it: as a model for development, a source and destination for investment, and a trading partner.
- Jobs Assured For 1.5 Lakh Rural Poor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Central rule ensures 100 days of employment
3,259 register in Muthalamada grama panchahayt
Grama, block and district panchayats have a key role to play in implementation
Clean water, resting place for children, first aid assured under the scheme
- With An Eye On Elections, Chidambaram May Go In For Please-All Budget (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Feb 27, 2006)
Comprehensive farm package to give a push to agriculture and lessen indebtedness of farmers is on the cards
Mantra likely to be growth with consolidation
More simplification in taxation structure
Exemption limit for salaried class may be hiked
- 11 Road Projects Sanctioned For Krishnagiri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Tenders floated; work to be over this year
- V.P. Singh For Probe Into Wheat Import (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
"Why should India import wheat at Rs. 950 a tonne when farmers are given a MSP of Rs. 650 a tonne?"
- New System In Karnataka To Review Schemes Coming (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Progress to be monitored every three months from next year
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said on Sunday that a new system to review every three months the progress achieved . . .
- India, U.S. To Seal Many Deals (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 27, 2006)
Ministry of External Affairs silent over visit of American President
India and the United States will sign more than a dozen agreements during the March 1-4 State visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to New Delhi, senior officials handling . . .
- Pak To Import 50,000 Tonnes Sugar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Pakistan Government has requested India to supply 50,000 tonnes of sugar to that country every two months, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said here today.
- Residents Venture Back Out As S.Lanka Violence Ebbs (Reuters, Peter Apps, Feb 27, 2006)
People have returned to the streets in Sri Lanka's multi-ethnic east after talks between the government and Tamil Tigers pulled the island back from the brink of war, but distrust remains.
- Why Nobody Is Talking Of A Dream Budget... (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 27, 2006)
Although finance minister P Chidambaram would like to appear cool to how the stock market reacts to his Budget and his policy initiatives, big market players think otherwise.
- Stem The Rot (The Financial Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s promise that the coming Budget would announce cheaper credit for farmers shows how little we have learnt from past mistakes.
- For Chidambaram's Balancing Act (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 27, 2006)
The challenge is to get resources flowing through reform policies that do not raise the hackles of the Left or the Opposition even while ensuring growth with equity.
- Indian Officials Test 90,000 People For Bird Flu Symptoms (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
* Fears of virus’ spread to humans ease as 95 people suspected of infection test negative
* Chicken slaughter in Gujarat almost complete
- All That Gas? Turn To The Us (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Feb 27, 2006)
India’s scientists may think the nuclear deal with America stinks, but they are game for joint research on an equally explosive subject: how to curb the indigenous dirty bomb.
- Budget To Focus On Farm, Infrastructure (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
With the economy cruising along, the Budget is expected to give a big push to agriculture and infrastructure while carrying forward indirect tax reforms, laying down a roadmap for Goods and Services Tax, simplifying Fringe Benefit Tax and cutting deficits
- Bush And India’S Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Feb 27, 2006)
The permanent threat from Pakistan is unlikely to feature in the “detailed and substantive” talks with Bush
- Just A Nano-Second, Mr President (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Beyond nuclear energy, India and the US must widen the scope of cooperation in science and technology to agriculture and health, says AMIT MITRA
- Another Smooth Journey (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 25, 2006)
It was very much on expected lines. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has presented his third budget sans any increase in passenger fares or freight tariff.
- Rail Budget Reactions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 25, 2006)
Swadesh Singh, student: Try generating through three simple measures. One, active utilisation of railway land. Two, supplying our R&D to third world countries, on the lines of ISRO. Three, create advertising space on railway property. Moreover, ...
- Sbi Lines Up $100 Million Foreign Buys (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
The bank is also mulling a mega Tier 2 bond issue in June-July 2006 to support credit growth. As part of its global expansion plans, the State Bank of India (SBI) is targeting a $100 million acquisition overseas.
- On Track, But... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 25, 2006)
The poverty line has been redefined by Lalu. On Friday, the rail minister announced the introduction of a fully air-conditioned but affordable service to passengers in long-distance trains, the ‘Garib Rath.’
- Lalu’S Please-All Budget (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 25, 2006)
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in five states, Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav presented a please-all Budget for 2006-07 in the Lok Sabha today leaving passenger fares untouched, reducing AC-I and AC-II tier fares by 18 per cent and 10 p
- Iran Offers Iaea Info On Uranium Enrichment Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Iran has offered UN inspectors information about a uranium-processing project that Western intelligence has linked to missile warhead design and tests with high explosives, a senior diplomat said on Thursday.
- We Saw Bird Flu Coming... (Indian Express, HARINDER S. SIKKA, Feb 25, 2006)
So why were we so poorly prepared for it?
The irony about the bird flu is that we all saw it coming. But, as usual, when it came to implementation, we did nothing.
- Ap University On Bush List (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
US President George Bush is likely to visit the prestigious Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University and the Indian School of Business at Gacchibowli, during his four-hour visit to Hyderabad on March 3.
- Joyride For All (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
In a financial year in which the Indian Railways (IR) did an impressive turnaround with surpluses crossing Rs 11,000 crore, Mr Yadav who presented his third successive budget, unveiled a dynamic fare policy for both freight and passenger traffic.
- Left Parties Threaten To Vote Against Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Decry tilt towards privatisation
Move to shift freight corridor stops criticised
Concession for farmers welcomed
Seek provision for purchase of rolling stock
- A.P.'S Concern Over Orissa Projects On Vamsadhara (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Orissa begins survey for two schemes on upper reaches of river
- "Lalu, Representative Of Rich" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Emphasis on privatisation in budget will mean loss of jobs, says V.K. Malhotra
Minister has left behind the "kulhar," the "matha" and the "khadi" uniforms for employees
Regional imbalance in the launch of new trains alleged
- State Aims To Achieve 8 To 10 P.C. Growth Rate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Kumaraswamy to head panel to implement Kalam's action plan
The Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government on Friday sought to drive home the point that its focus is on development at a faster pace.
- The High Price Of Development (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 25, 2006)
Budgets in the early years of independence were an enigma wrapped in secrecy. India’s economic base was limited. The dependence was, therefore, on the ingenuity of finance minister. Crises could not be pulled out of a hat to maintain the morale.
- Train To Reach Katra This Year (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today unveiled a populist budget, leaving second class passenger fares unchanged and effecting 18 per cent reduction in AC first class and 10 per cent in AC second class fares, while introducing 55 new trains and not hiking fr
- Liberalisation Vs Globalisation (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 25, 2006)
I have no idea whether Lakshmi Mittal will finally succeed in taking over the French steel giant Arcelor, but I am glad that he has made a bid for the company because of the controversy it has generated.
- Economic Revival In Punjab (Tribune, Capt Amarinder Singh, Feb 25, 2006)
In the last four years our government’s single-minded focus on economic revitalisation has started showing results. Recent economic indicators prove that the state’s economy is moving towards a phase of high economic growth.
- Another Rhetorical Story For Agriculture? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Feb 24, 2006)
As the finance minister gets ready to present the Budget for next year, the sector that causes him the greatest anxiety must be agriculture. The past year has been relatively good in terms of rainfall and the rabi yields should be encouraging. . . .
- Avian Influenza: Work On Vaccines Is Never Over . . . (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 24, 2006)
If deadly diseases such as smallpox, polio, diphtheria and measles have, for the most part, become distant memories, much of the credit goes to vaccines — medical miracles that many take for granted.
- Union Budget: How Fm Should Raise Resources (Tribune, P.K. Vasudeva, Feb 24, 2006)
Finance Minister P. Chidambram is presenting the Budget for 2006-07 at a time when the economy is booming and this fiscal’s projected GDP growth is about 8 per cent.
- We Will Be Interested In Nuclear Power: Tata (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Feb 24, 2006)
Provided Government of India does permit private sector participation
Points to power shortage, dependence on fossil fuel
Clean safe sustainable nuclear programme welcome
Looking at pilot programme for bio fuel
- State Rapidly Losing Its Forest Cover (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Feb 24, 2006)
Forests account for only 17.5 per cent of the total area
What little is left is under severe stress and mostly degraded
"Adequate attention not paid to assess biodiversity"
Nilgiris tops the list of district-wise forest cover
- Ysr Keen To Discuss Farm Issues With Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Chief Minister to meet US President at agricultural varsity
US President visiting Hyderabad on March 3
Interaction with farmers, scientists and women members of SHGs likely
- Challenge Within (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 24, 2006)
Things appeared to be fairly hunky-dory till the nominations were finalised. Reports on the closed-door meeting of party leaders, held 48 hours after the announcement, suggest that the state secretary is a touch worried over what he calls....
- Experts Rule Out Human-To-Human Transmission Of Bird Flu (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Feb 24, 2006)
Top microbiologists and experts today assured a poultry-scared nation that human to human transmission of bird flu virus has not been established anywhere in the world and there is therefore no cause for panic.
- Pm Upbeat On Economy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today set the road map for the Budget and the forthcoming visit of US President George W. Bush by stating that annual financial statement will tackle the issue of indebtedness of small farmers and the country’s . . .
- Budget To Focus On Small Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
No hasty decision on FDI in retail sector, says Manmohan Singh
More credit to farmers at lower cost
Prices under check
- Us Prez Will Have Date With Ryots (Times of India, Ch Sushil Rao, Feb 24, 2006)
A visit to an Indian village may not be possible for US President George Bush during his visit to the country next month but he will come close to experiencing a slice of rural India during his trip to Hyderabad.
- Bird Flu: 94 Samples Test Negative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
``Entry restriction unnecessary''
More sophisticated testing kits to be got
Additional Tamiflu, protection equipment for Maharashtra
Culling in Gujarat and Maharashtra complete
- Proper Care (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
If the whole world was rattled when avian flu started crossing the species barrier in 2003, it should not be surprising that India stumbled a little.
- Manmohan Hits Back At Opposition For (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
In a hard hitting response to the opposition charge that he was in office but not in power, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today virtually described the BJP as fascist party which allowed "shadowy organisations" to interfere in the work . . .
- Budget Speech To Inlcude New Farmers’ Credit Policy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Finance minister P Chidambaram is to announce a new credit policy for farmers in his Budget speech on the 28th of this month. This was disclosed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself in the Lok Sabha in his reply to the debate . . .
- The Wheat Imbroglio (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Feb 24, 2006)
It’s because of hoarding of wheat by big players that the price of the golden grain has risen sharply
- ‘Like Americans, The People Of India Have Suffered From Terrorist Attacks On Home Soil’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 24, 2006)
I came here today to talk about America’s relationship with two key nations in Asia, India and Pakistan.
- Zoonooses & The Risky Cabbage (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Feb 24, 2006)
If you thought news about the bird flu scare is only of relevance to non-vegetarians, think again, because this issue symbolises a much larger one about lifestyles and the pursuit of corporate profits at the expense of human health.
- Imagining India As Hindu Rashtra (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Feb 24, 2006)
Golwalkar's birth centenary celebrations are an opportunity for the RSS and the Sangh Parivar to come clean on their stand about their continued fidelity to the idea of a Hindu rashtra.
- France Seals Off Farm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
France sealed off a turkey farm that vets suspect may have been infected by the virus and authorities were to slaughter the birds, said the Farming Ministry on Thursday.
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