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Articles 8321 through 8420 of 10500:
- A View From The Water (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Jan 06, 2005)
What better way to celebrate New Year’s Eve than in Goa? The western coast, the safer coast, where fairy lights still glitter on beach shacks while on the opposite side of the peninsula, the hydra-headed monster that rose out of the sea ten days ago conti
- Economy On The Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
It has been rare for the country to usher in a New Year with such optimism. The state of the economy inspires hope. Foreign institutional investors and rating agencies are upbeat on India’s future.
- For A Long-Term Solution (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 06, 2005)
Any rehabilitation scheme for fisherfolk affected by the tsunami can be worked out only through democratic consultation and the participation of the fisherfolk themselves in the decision-making process.
- Fdi In Retailing — Short-Changing The Kirana Store? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jan 06, 2005)
The retail industry in India is often hailed as one of the sunrise sectors. AT Kearney recently identified India as the ``second most attractive retail destination'' from among 30 emergent markets.
- Make Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2005)
Those who want to change things should know what they are up against. Some of his comrades seem to be Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s worst enemies.
- Political Realities And Double Speak (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Jan 05, 2005)
What drives political parties to speak in two voices when it comes to execution of hard economic decisions and what implication does it have in implementing such decisions?
- The Tsunami Relief Effort (Hindu, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Jan 05, 2005)
A question many of us ask is: Does India need outside help in a disaster? Technically I would say no. We have the expertise, certainly.
- The Strain Is Showing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2005)
The India growth story seems to have hit a writer's block. The growth rate is slipping. A rising crude import bill may explain much of the negative current account deficit.
- A Wave To Drown The Tsunami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 05, 2005)
Amid the deep gloom of tsunami devastation, as one watched the almost surreal scenes of thousands of dead and lakhs rendered homeless or reduced to penury, there were a few silver linings too.
- A Retribution For Warnings Ignored? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 05, 2005)
In less than 24 hours, the tsunami jolted awake the whole nation to the reality of its ill-preparedness to meet a major catastrophe and the inescapably global character of all technology.
- Cause For Concern (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 05, 2005)
The report indicating that there may be a shortfall of 15 to 17 per cent in the targeted foodgrain output during the rabi season in the State this year is certainly a cause for concern.
- Does The Deccan Need More Water? (Deccan Herald, SUBRATA SINHA, Jan 05, 2005)
The river-linking project would lead to degradation of land and adversely affect the rural majority
- New Vistas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 04, 2005)
With the onset of 2005, two significant developments in the world of commerce and industry open themselves to India. Both are connected with the new world trade order under the aegis of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- Uncertain Certainties (Gulf News, M.J. Akbar, Jan 04, 2005)
It is natural: in the first week of January every right-thinking Indian wants to know what will happen in the coming year.
- Tsunami: Asia Will Bounce Back (Asia Times, Emad Mekay, Jan 04, 2005)
The world is rallying to aid countries and lives damaged by the tsunamis that have killed more than 120,000 people in Asia and Africa, injuring three or four times as many
- Data Protection Demystified (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Jan 04, 2005)
The recommendations on the Third Patent (Amendment) Bill to the Government have got bogged down in controversy primarily due to a perception that once the product patent regime comes in to force
- Delivery Mechanism In Commodity Exchanges (Business Line, A. S. Jeyakumar, Jan 04, 2005)
Deliveries are an integral part of commodity exchanges (comex). Even though they form an insignificant portion of the total volume of trade transacted on the exchange
- For The Present And Future (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 03, 2005)
Excerpts from the 10th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, December 2004
- Analytical Review Of Subsidies: (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 03, 2005)
In its National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), the UPA Government had pledged that all subsidies will be targeted sharply at the poor and the truly needy
- A New Year's Resolution (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Jan 03, 2005)
It is time for New Year’s resolutions, and this year’s are obvious. When the millennium opened, world leaders pledged to seek peace, the end of poverty, and a cleaner environment.
- Reborn Free? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 03, 2005)
It's January, 2005, and all eyes are back on a poll-bound country where contradictions are a condition of existence. Its people once cheered lustily when a toppled dictator's statue fell in a public square;
- A Tale Of Two Indias (OutLook, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 02, 2005)
2004 was, by any standards, a remarkable year for the Indian economy. On January 1, ’04, the headlines screamed about India becoming the fastest growing economy in the world.
- Imperialism Lives On (Hindu, Jeremy Seabrook, Jan 01, 2005)
For the western media, a tourist's tragedy is more important than that of the local people.
- Tax Holiday (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2005)
WHEN agriculture production reached a plateau in Punjab, it was obvious that the only way out of the stagnation was rapid industrialisation of the agrarian state.
- More Than A Million Hiroshimas (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 01, 2005)
Will Governments ever spend the modest sums required along the coast to protect the millions of poorer Indians dependent on the seas?
- Time To Be Merry (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Dec 31, 2004)
“Merry Xmas!” All foreigners received this greeting from English-knowing Chinese last week — here most assume foreigners to be American. Xmas has been a major event in China’s cities for some time.
- Race To Aid Tsunami Victims (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Dec 31, 2004)
The death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunamis has soared to above 120,000 with the discovery of huge numbers of further victims in the Indonesian province of Aceh. Though the biggest relief operation in history is under way, tens of thousands more may now
- Rbi's Currency And Finance Report (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 31, 2004)
The apex bank does not fight shy of telling the Government that "strict adherence to fiscal rules in letter and spirit will help stabilise inflation expectations and, in turn
- Left Beset With Contradictions (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Dec 31, 2004)
As the country enters the New Year 2005, the Left parties, who play a crucial role in the survival of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, have a daunting task of re-defining their role in the future.
- Subsidies And The Poor (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 30, 2004)
The Finance Ministry has once again agonised over the mounting level of subsidies paid out by the Central Government — over what is to be done to target them more sharply at the poor
- Nagapattinam Burns Its Dead (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Dec 30, 2004)
Cormorants hovered overhead and the stench of death hung in the air, as Armymen and hundreds of volunteers dug out hundreds of bodies from under ....
- Reporting From Blogosphere (Indian Express, JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec 30, 2004)
For vivid reporting from the enormous zone of tsunami disaster, it was hard to beat the blogs. The so-called blogosphere, with its personal journals published on the Web
- Vailankanni Awaits Healing Touch (Pioneer, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 30, 2004)
Nature became the enemy of informal livelihoods in coastal Tamil Nadu last Sunday, but ironically, one of the areas severely devastated by tidal waves was close to a highly venerated Christian shrine
- Parents Left Mourning: Could We’Ve Done More? (Indian Express, PAUL WATSON, Dec 30, 2004)
More than 2,400 people died in Nagappatinam on Sunday morning, a majority of them women and children unable to fend off the three waves that struck the city
- Banking Consolidation Must Be Synergy-Driven (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Consolidation emerged as a defining characteristic of the modern banking world, primarily to leverage the benefits of large size, expanding and diversifying bank loan portfolios to lessen the likelihood of failure and harnessing core competencies.
- Bias Against The Self-Employed (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 30, 2004)
The policies the Government is pursuing could well render unemployable all those who are self-employed now. There appears to be an inherent bias against the self-employed
- Bittersweet Saga (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 30, 2004)
The unseemly controversy within the government over import of raw sugar and the manner of fulfilling the export obligation is in poor taste, to say the least.
- Lots For Farmers To Cotton On To (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 29, 2004)
In the villages of Western India, cotton and oilseeds are important crops. They make the difference between prosperity and hunger. A new deal has been promised. It didn’t come before kharif sowing but hopefully it is on the way.
- A Little More Credit For Tilling The Soil (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 29, 2004)
Integrating agricultural loans with the marketing of rural products may be one way to ensure greater offtake of rural credit
- Broadband Versus Narrow Elitism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 28, 2004)
Farming and farm-related activities are exposed to high risks and low incomes. By contrast, easy profits characterise a major part of the commerce that underpins the rural economy.
- Earth And Sea (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 28, 2004)
Few disasters in living memory have achieved in scale of intensity and spread the devastation in seven countries caused by the rubbing of the Indian Ocean and Eurasian tectonic plates off the Sumatran coast.
- The Tired Old Subsidies Debate (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 28, 2004)
Once again, the Finance Ministry has prepared a document which proposes that the Central Government cut explicit and implicit subsidies, without adequate attention to the possible negative implications.
- Finance Minister's Report On Fiscal Management (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 27, 2004)
The midyear review recently presented by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, to Parliament is a welcome addition to the periodic reports that the Government has been providing.
- Subsidy Burden (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 27, 2004)
The report presented by the union finance ministry to Parliament on the mounting subsidy bill which is playing havoc with the country’s fiscal strength is yet another acknowledgement of the need to act fast in this important area.
- A Report Rehashed (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 27, 2004)
For a document that was supposed to furnish a "detailed road map" for targeting subsidies "sharply at the poor and the truly needy," the Finance Ministry's report on Central Government Subsidies in India fall short of expectations.
- Colours Of Unreason (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2004)
The comrades have picked up the gauntlet. In a familiar resolve to defend their ideological confusion, they will not be deterred from their task even if in the process they must wage battle against a fellow communist.
- We Were Being Sidelined In Bjp: Shastri (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Dec 26, 2004)
ON December 10, 2004, Sunil Shastri, the third son of former Prime Minister (late) Lal Bahadur Shastri, made a quiet exit from the BJP to float his own political party
- Crisis Drives The Bus To Kutta (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 26, 2004)
The bus journey from Mananthavady in Kerala to Kutta in Karnataka is a tense one for B.J. Mani. His colleagues are missing. In the estate where he must labour on the Karnataka side of the border, Mani won't be allowed to work without the three-man ...
- ‘I’M Absolutely Optimistic... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 26, 2004)
In an interview conducted before the general election in May 2004, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao talked to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about the crucial period in 1991 when he took over the reins of the country...
- Khaps Fail To Keep Pace With Change (Tribune, S.S. Boora, Dec 25, 2004)
The recent judgments by the clan-based khaps in Haryana in certain matrimonial matters have raised a storm for being insensitive to the dignity and prestige of women.
- Doon-Sday Scenario (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Dec 25, 2004)
Open spaces in the Doon valley are soon going to be a thing of the past, with work on the ‘Greater Doon’ project in the south of Dehra Dun progressing at a very fast rate.
- Spiritual Ministry? You’Re Kidding! (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 25, 2004)
I learn from reasonably reliable sources that at a lunch hosted by the Prime Minister for owners of India’s leading newspapers, one of his guests suggested that the Government should set up a Ministry of Spiritualism.
- Work Is Worship (Indian Express, SIDDHARTHA AGARWAL, Dec 25, 2004)
Not only will the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provide employment to the poor but will also boost rural welfare
- Second Green Revolution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2004)
President Abdul Kalam, on a visit to Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, called for a second Green Revolution. This is bound to raise the question: was the first Green Revolution a success? The dominant view is: yes, it was.
- Apocalypse Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 24, 2004)
The last week of every year is conventionally a time for merriment which peaks on New Year's eve when the rich splurge in five star hotels, a thousand parties explode and tipsy revellers sway in lit-up downtowns where multitudes gather to ring in the new.
- Blossoming Partnership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2004)
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's first state visit to India could not have come at a better time. India's `Look East' policy is firmly in place. Its ties with the
- Is There An Alexander In The House? (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Dec 23, 2004)
A woman on a diet who radiates love and longing at plateloads of sinful calories but doesn’t touch anything — that would have summed up India’s response to the deluge of dollars coming its way, but for one thing.
- The Meaning Of Life (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 23, 2004)
K. Venkatesh passed away on December 17. His poignant efforts to serve others even in death raise profound moral questions that no society will find easy to answer.
- Property Helps Mothers, Children (Tribune, BINA AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2004)
The following is an excerpt from the report "UNICEF in India":
The development of human capabilities in childhood rests greatly on the ability of the family and of the State to ensure that children are free from deprivation.
- Responsible Global Capitalism — Beyond The Market Construct (Business Line, S. Venu , Dec 22, 2004)
Responsible global capitalism is a system comprising individuals, private commercial corporations, NGOs, governments and supranational agencies.
- Private Sector Reservation — Make Haste Cautiously (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 22, 2004)
Reservation in the private sector is a hot topic today. The Government could think of reservation in the farm sector, which is also private. There is an acute shortage of labour in many parts.
- Mid-Year Review: Not A Sanguine Picture (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 22, 2004)
One finds little cheer in the mid-year review of the economy so far as the fiscal performance thus far is concerned, even if the overall economic outlook is bright.
- The Poison In Food (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Dec 22, 2004)
I was shocked the other day when I saw a notice board at a water body reading “water is harmful for cattle drinking because of pesticide contamination” in the Terai area of Kashipur district.
- Settling Their Dues Out Of Court (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Dec 22, 2004)
Since the introduction of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (Sarfaesi) Act, out-of-court settlements have become an effective way of recovering sticky bank debts
- Sasural Party (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 22, 2004)
The BJP never tires of calling the RJD a Sasural party—Sadhu, Subhash, Rabri and Laloo party. The first two are the brothers of the Chief Minister and not quite brotherly towards each other.
- Closing The Digital Divide (Indian Express, Analysis, Dec 22, 2004)
People of South Asia send out this message: while seeking the dazzling fruits of globalisation, don’t forget the poor
- Agony Of The Cotton Farmer (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 22, 2004)
Cotton growers are in dire straits. Record arrivals, poor offtake at the marketing yards and plummeting prices are threatening to hit them where it hurts most
- The Growth Mirage (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Dec 21, 2004)
Abundant optimism is needed while betting on the economic growth engine to touch 7-8 per cent. But misplaced optimism can be dangerous and lead to wishful thinking.
- Manufacturing Strong Growth (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Dec 21, 2004)
Though the service sector has made a significant contribution to GDP growth, its sustainability depends on a variety of extraneous conditions. So for sustained economic growth, exports and generating jobs
- His Life, His Wish (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 21, 2004)
The last wish of K Venkatesh, the terminally ill 25-year-old chess enthusiast from Hyderabad, to have his life support system turned off so that he could donate his organs before they were irreparably damaged
- Can India Really Do Without Egs? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 21, 2004)
India reduced poverty during the ’90s. However, income inequality increased within rural and urban areas; between average incomes in rural compared to urban areas; and between states.
- Can't Middle Class Pay For Lpg? Cut Subsidies, And Also Taxes (The Economic Times, J. George, Dec 21, 2004)
The scourge of “scrap trade”, reported detection of a dead lizard in the packed food served to a frequent flyer on a domestic airlines in the recent past, contaminated
- Multiple Benefits (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 21, 2004)
The government’s willingness to consider foreign direct investment (FDI) in retailing, albeit in a limited way, is welcome.
- Tailor Food Safety To Our Needs (The Economic Times, J. George, Dec 21, 2004)
The scourge of “scrap trade”, reported detection of a dead lizard in the packed food served to a frequent flyer on a domestic airlines in the recent past, contaminated honey supplies and many other food items in the domestic as well as international marke
- It Is Not Boom Time In India (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 20, 2004)
The Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index last crossed 6,000 in January 2004. It has now crossed a record of 6,400.
- Gambling On Guaranteed Employment (Tribune, Nirmal Sandhu, Dec 20, 2004)
IT is an ambitious project — and hugely expensive. The aim is to provide 100 days employment to one member of a rural family below the poverty line in 150 districts in the first year, raising it annually to cover 600 districts by the fourth year. Four cro
- Agricultural Credit — Case For Mitigating Lending Risks (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 20, 2004)
In a significant budget announcement in July 2004, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, promised a doubling of the flow of agricultural credit in three years.
- Jobs For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 20, 2004)
The UPA government’s decision to provide by legislation at least 100 days of casual employment at a prescribed wage rate annually to one member of every poor rural household is a laudable step in the direction of improving the socio-economic condition of
- Plantation Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 20, 2004)
The centre finds itself on the defensive over the continued weakness in the prices of plantation crops such as coffee, tea and pepper. Some members of Parliament, especially those from Kerala, fault the liberal import policy for this.
- Palestine After Arafat (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 20, 2004)
Most Palestinians appear to have concluded that their struggle for a homeland needs a new direction.
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