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Articles 9121 through 9220 of 10500:
- Rate War Spills Over To Farm Loans Sector (Business Line, L. N. Revathy, Jan 08, 2004)
THE rate war is on. Not just in home loans but in priority sector lending and farm loans in particular. The nationalised banks are competing with each other to offer a better rate to the farm sector. The Agriculture Development Branch (ADB) of the
- Rbi Raises Gdp Growth Estimate To 7 Per Cent (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2004)
THE Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday revised upwards its overall GDP growth estimates for the current fiscal to 7 per cent, with a continued upward bias. This is against the 6.5-7 per cent estimate revealed during the mid-term review of the monetary and
- Trauma Of Punjab’s Jobless (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jan 07, 2004)
Punjab is faced with a gigantic challenge: how to give employment to 30 lakh jobless youth? Successive governments have never cared to know why the youth went berserk during the days of militancy. There is no policy worth the name to make them employable.
- Agreement On Agriculture - Confrontation Among Superpowers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 07, 2004)
WTO negotiations are battles between and among nations, and their groups, with countries like the US inclined simply to ignore the mandate of the international trade body, as has happened with the Byrd Amendment repeal. But the boot may be on the other
- Chilly North Warms Up Egg Prices (Business Line, G. Gurumurthy, Jan 07, 2004)
GRIPPING cold-wave conditions in North India has warmed up the southern layer poultry farmers as rising egg consumption in upcountry centres has pushed up the table egg price, in consonance with the price trend prevailing across most other production ...
- India Can Shine If It Has A Shanghai Or Two. (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jan 06, 2004)
India is shining. Or so its government proclaims in full-page newspaper advertisements nowadays.
- Musharraf And Vajpayee Pledge Peaceful Links (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Jan 06, 2004)
The leaders of Pakistan and India, meeting yesterday for the first time since their countries almost went to war two years ago, promised to restore normal relations.
- For Safe Food (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
FOOD SAFETY AND quality standards have been crucial in international food trade; but across the world, and especially in developed economies, the rules are becoming stricter by the day. Recent episodes of food contamination have raised the level of ...
- Bank Reform And The Rural Sector (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 06, 2004)
Internal financial liberalisation has had adverse effects upon the availability of credit for farmers, adding to the various economic sources of agrarian distress. In this edition of Macroscan, consider the main elements of banking reform over the past
- Rain Harvests And Water Woes (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, Jan 06, 2004)
Intensive rain harvesting over large areas can significantly disrupt the hydrological cycle.
- Sweet Nothings (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Populism is the password to elections in India. All governments gearing up for elections announce policy packages and decisions that are thinly-veiled attempts to buy votes. No government has been free from this vice so it may seem a trifle unfair to ...
- The Joy Of Human Life (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jan 05, 2004)
Religions are beautiful gardens. But they are islands. If we can connect all the islands with love and compassion, in a `garland project' for the new millennium, we will have a prosperous India.
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- After 6000, What? (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
THE Bombay Stock Exchange sensex crossed the 6000 mark and closed at 6027 on January 2. Last time the sensex went beyond 6000 was on February 11, 2000. How is it different this time? First, this is one of the fastest-ever rallies in stocks. The 30-scrip
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- 2004? It's So Predictable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Tomorrow is yesterday by another name. This is not karmic philosophy. It is only cynicism, which seems to come just so easily if you’re Indian. So sitting down with a notional crystal ball, on a gloomy, sun-eclipsd day in January, to predict the rest
- The Northeast Notebook (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 04, 2004)
Saving the migration cycle
THIS winter, school and college students in Jorhat in Upper Assam are using their holidays to spread an important message. Working for an NGO, they are going from door to door telling people about the importance of saving the
- Fog Over The Capital (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jan 04, 2004)
Stuck at the airport? Be prepared for a long wait. And thank the greening of Delhi for your woes.
- Against The Grain (Indian Express, I. P. SINGH, Jan 04, 2004)
IT had been Punjab’s last unchallenged male preserve. It was a profession controlled and run by men. The profession of Arhat or commission agent is now seeing some new faces. In Banga two young sisters of neighbouring village Mahil Gaila—Manita and ...
- To Know The Road Ahead, Ask Those Coming Back (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 03, 2004)
WOULD you add legs to a snake after you have finished drawing it? Probably not, but that is a Chinese proverb about doing something that is totally unnecessary and thus spoiling what you have already done, and perhaps also revealing one's ignorance about
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 03, 2004)
It is increasingly becoming clear that without a flow of funds to the farm sector, the Indian economy will remain haunted by periodic production declines.
- Tea Industry To Urge Rbi To Make Madhukar Proposals Binding (Business Line, Nilanjan Dey, Jan 03, 2004)
The industry requires additional funds to the tune of Rs 350 crore for development work in the gardens and address its cash flow issues.
- Us Shrimpers Move Against India, 5 Others (Indian Express, Ajayan, Jan 02, 2004)
The new year does not seem to augur well for the $410-million Indian seafood export to the US after shrimp farmers there filed a petition for anti-dumping duties against India and five other countries on Wednesday. According to the petition filed by
- Economy On A Roll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY of 2003-04 has well and truly taken root. The Central Statistical Organisation's estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter (July-September) of the fiscal year 2003-04 establish this fact beyond any ...
- Magical Growth Rate (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
THE rosy picture of the economy painted by the Central Statistical Organisation is bound to make every Indian feel proud of the country’s performance this fiscal. The economy grew by a record 8.4 per cent during the second quarter (July-September) and is
- India Shining (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
HURRAH TO THE Indian economy. People across the country walked into 2004 with bugles and drums, crackers and whistles, perhaps intuitively aware of good tidings which morning newspapers brought with the GDP growth touching 8.4 per cent in the second ...
- Statutory Minimum Price: Bitter News For Sugar Industry (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 02, 2004)
THE Vajpayee Government has again yielded to populist pressure at the cost of an industry which tried its best to reason otherwise with the administration. But the sugar industry stands isolated in the face of combined pressure exerted by the Agriculture
- How Do They Get Rich? (Hindu, Virginia Postrel, Jan 02, 2004)
The process of economic development is hard to repeat. The great mystery is why.
- Lashkar's New Wave Of Recruits From Indian Expatriates (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 02, 2004)
Even as the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba has come under pressure to de-escalate its jihad in Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation has unleashed its formidable capabilities to inflict a far more painful all-India war. Lashkar cells operating from Dubai,
- Mutiny In Punjab Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
SOLDIERS UNDER ENEMY fire know how to survive: they bunker down and conserve their ammunition until an opportunity to hit back presents itself. For reasons known only to the Congress rebels in Punjab, they have chosen to charge out of the ...
- Dumping Suit Against Indian Shrimp Export To Us - China, Thailand & Vietnam Also Face Problems (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Jan 02, 2004)
A COALITION of US shrimp farmers has filed a trade complaint seeking to curb $2.4 billion of annual shrimp imports from India, Thailand, China, Brazil, Vietnam, and Ecuador. The SSA, which represents the interests of eight shrimp producing US States,
- India Shining (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
The year 2003 has ended with good news and not just because foreign exchange reserves have crossed 100 billion US dollars. In 2003-04, the Central Statistical Organization’s first quarter estimates showed a gross domestic product growth of 5.7 per cent.
- Statutory Minimum Price: Bitter News For Sugar Industry (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 02, 2004)
THE Vajpayee Government has again yielded to populist pressure at the cost of an industry which tried its best to reason otherwise with the administration. But the sugar industry stands isolated in the face of combined pressure exerted by the Agriculture
- New Year Pronouncements (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Jan 01, 2004)
While India will emerge stronger in 2004, it is only political will that can bring about a real change in the economy, society and politics.
- Cii Predicts 9 Pc Gdp In Third Quarter (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Wednesday predicted that the gross domestic product (GDP) growth during the third quarter of the current fiscal year is likely to reach 9 per cent. The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) today reported
- Central Bank Fixes Bplr At 11.0%, Cuts Agri Loans Rate (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Central Bank of India on Wednesday slashed the benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) by 0.5 per cent to 11.0 per cent and cut the interest rate for agri and small scale industries (SSI) loans, while offering higher returns on savings of senior citizens.
- Sensex 2nd Best; Gains 72.9% In 2003 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Investors won’t forget 2003 easily. The resurgence of Dalal Street bulls have made lakhs of investors richer by several lakhs during the year which was marked by zooming share prices and indices. Stock markets ended the year 2003 on an optimistic note
- Gdp Growth Shoots Up To 8.4% In Q2 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Agriculture along with industry and services puts economy on high growth trajectory
- Israel Set To Double Number Of Settlers In Golab Heights (Indian Express, MARK HEINRICH, Jan 01, 2004)
Israel intends to double the number of Jewish settlers in the Golan Heights over the next three years to tighten its grip over the plateau seized from Syria in a 1967 war, a Cabinet minister said on Wednesday. There was no immediate comment from Syria
- Towards 2004: Nothing Much To Feel Good About (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Dec 31, 2003)
SUMITRA Behera is one of the millions languishing in the countryside. An unknown Indian, somehow surviving against all odds, she recently figured in the news when she decided to sell her one-month-old baby for a mere Rs 10 (approximately 11 US cents).
- Asean Ties: India Must Look To The East With Greater Vision (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 31, 2003)
INDIA has moved purposefully in developing a broad economic and strategic partnership with the dynamic countries of South-East Asia.
- Yen Windfall (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
IN "A Tale of Two Cities" a cask of wine breaks open and there is bedlam on the street in a Paris slum. Something similar happened in Nagoya, in central Japan recently. A 26-year-old jobless man climbed up a television tower and started throwing thousands
- Our Separate Ways (Indian Express, K. Rajbir Deswal, Dec 30, 2003)
It was the month of January. Fog had set in early in the evening. Preparing to retire for the day we heard the screams of a child from the flat below ours. The wailing infant was obviously in great pain.
- Doha Round Blues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
THERE CAN BE no illusions about the fact that the Doha round of trade talks of the World Trade Organisation is in a limbo. The message from the recent meetings of the WTO General Council is that differences among countries on the major issues are ...
- The Bittersweet Saga Of Sugar (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 30, 2003)
Though the cycle of shortage and surplus in the sugar industry has been overcome in the last six years with the emergence of efficient and modern mills, the carryover stock of sugar in the last four years has resulted in hefty carry-over costs, insurance
- Doha Round On Slow Track (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
THE DECEMBER 15 deadline set at Cancun has come and gone without any concrete progress being made on the Doha Round multilateral trade negotiations. In fact, what has been agreed on, albeit informally, by the majority of members of the World Trade ...
- Don’t Go By The Book (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- Waiting For Fields Of Gold (Telegraph, P.S.M. RAO, Dec 30, 2003)
The finance minister, Jaswant Singh, recently announced his government’s plans to raise the “gross national contentment”, stressing the need to usher in a second green revolution. But his government’s track record betrays a lack of seriousness in the ...
- Why This Indian Doesn’t Want A Melbourne Miracle (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Dec 30, 2003)
While all of India is praying for a miracle at Melbourne on Tuesday, one man in a corner of Malad, Mumbai, will be watching with quiet satisfaction if the Australian juggernaut rolls on. As the man who does the number-crunching for Australian coach John
- On Government Of India Service (Tribune, B K Karkra, Dec 30, 2003)
BABUR, the founder of the Mughal empire in our country half a millennium back, once wrote that the only things good about “Hindustan” were that it was a big country and it had plenty of gold.
- Hair-Splitting On Stocks (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
THE PROPOSAL OF the Secondary Markets Committee of the Securities and Exchange Board of India to place a restriction on the use of stock splits appears ill-conceived. Only companies whose shares trade at a price upwards of Rs 500 are to be allowed to ...
- Iran Is Shaken (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
IRAN’S major tourist attraction on the ancient Silk Road, Bam, has lost over 20,000 of its 200,000 residents in an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale. The final figure may be much higher as 90 per cent of the thousands injured are in a critical
- Mfs Must Discourage Short-Term Investments (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Dec 29, 2003)
MARKET timing is an important factor that determines short-term returns in direct investing. Institutional investors and high net worth individuals (HNIs) extend this strategy to mutual fund investments as well. Such redemptions hurt unit-holders who stay
- Breaking News: Today Is Monday (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 29, 2003)
Watching TV in 2004 will be unlike watching TV in 2003. Now, you’ll require two boxes to watch one: the idiot box plus a set top box. And it’s all the fault of this year’s new Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ravi Shankar Prasad, who has kept his
- Where Do We Draw The Line? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2003)
FROM TIME to time, every society finds itself having to debate and determine what its members can be permitted to watch in movie halls, theatres and on television or what books and magazines to read. The more authoritarian the society's ...
- Sharing A Bed With Kids Just Fine With Jackson (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2003)
In his first interview since his arrest on child molestation charges, pop icon Michael Jackson says he still considers it okay to share his bed with children and asserts he would ‘‘slash’’ his wrists before hurting a child.
- No Action Taken (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 28, 2003)
Even conceding that the JPC report was a damp squib, the government did a neat job of ensuring that newspapers found little to report in its second Action Taken Report (ATR). This one too is as much a chronicle of Action Not Taken as that submitted in May
- Ia Cuts Loss To Rs 195 Cr (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2003)
Indian Airlines’ (IA) improved physical performance such as an 8.97 per cent increase in the available-tonne-kilometres and an 11.85 per cent jump in in revenue-tonne-kilometres have helped the airline to contain its loss to Rs 195.56 crore during 2002-03
- World By Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
The emergence of the US as the world’s only military power and most powerful economic player is blazoned all over the events of 2003
- Rain And Shine (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
He is one Vedic god who refuses to oblige. But this has been the year when Lord Varuna has been more than kind to India. So much so, that the showers might result in early general elections
- Iran Deathquake Ravages Historic ‘haunted’ City, Thousands Buried (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 27, 2003)
A pre-dawn earthquake killed more than 15,000 people in Iran on Friday and injured thousands more in the ancient city of Bam, government officials said.
- Out & Above (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
Time was when we borrowed the Yuletide spirit from the Brits, now they seem to be doing it our way. Popular UK-based comedian Sanjeev-The-Kumars-at-No. 42 Bhaskar has been chosen by Cadbury’s Celebrations chocolates as the face to represent the spirit of
- The Sea In A Shell (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 27, 2003)
I was all keyed up. I was having dinner at ‘Olive’. With an old college friend who I had not met for 20 years. Much water had flowed under the bridge. And we had agreed to meet at ‘Olive’, because that was the only restaurant that I knew in the Mumbai sub
- And Santa Claus Came To Town (Indian Express, Rooma Mehra, Dec 26, 2003)
My eight-year-old nephew was sobbing like a little baby yesterday. He wanted, from his mother, proof that there really was a Santa Claus, because he was sure he had seen his mother sneak in yesterday to put something under his Christmas tree. She insisted
- Jaswant Singh Can Smile (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 26, 2003)
STOCK markets are booming with the sensitive index having touched a 45-month high. India is supposed to be shining brighter than ever before. The so-called “feel good” factor is reportedly permeating right through the economy. The country’s foreign ...
- Five `I's For Budget 2004-05 (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Dec 26, 2003)
In the coming Budget, the Government ought to focus on `I's: Interest rates, Investment, Infrastructure, Information and Image. The Finance Minister who, in his previous portfolio, did a lot to enhance the country's prestige should use the Budget to ...
- Dissidence In Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2003)
WITH THE DISSIDENT faction in the Punjab unit of the Congress agreeing to let the AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, handle the inner-party rivalry, the Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh, appears to have earned a respite. The Agriculture Minister, ...
- Twice Terror-Bitten, General Says He Will Never Shy Away (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 26, 2003)
Barely a week before the Saarc summit and right in the middle of an Indo-Pak thaw, Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf narrowly survived a second assassination bid today when suicide car-bombers ploughed into his motorcade, killing themselves, at
- Indo-Pak Thaw Is Icing On Valley’s White Xmas Cake (Indian Express, Tariq Mir, Dec 26, 2003)
As the rest of the country shivers through a cold wave, Kashmir is having its warmest winter in 14 years. And it doesn’t have anything to do with the weather. Peace, coupled with discount packages, have got tourists flocking to the Valley in unprecedented
- Who Appointed Telgi-Tainted Top Cop? Govt Says We Won’t Tell You (Indian Express, RAJSHRI MEHTA , Dec 25, 2003)
Somebody scribbled the go-ahead in the margins of Shridhar Vagal’s personal file, and former police commissioner Julio Ribeiro wants to know who.
- Industry In 2003 — Increased Efficiency, Hesitant Recovery (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 25, 2003)
Three years ago, most experts had virtually given up on India's manufacturing sector because of the all-pervading pall of gloom. Today, not only is India Inc confident of taking on competition from China, the number of Indian companies wishing to set up
- Is Sarfaesi Performing? (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Dec 25, 2003)
THE Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002 appears to be losing its momentum. After nearly two years of its existence, neither a securitisation company nor a reconstruction company
- The Birth Of Jesus (Indian Express, A.R. NATARAJAN , Dec 25, 2003)
St Luke: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, in
- Discredited Honours? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 25, 2003)
The biggest problem with the system, according to its critics, is that it encourages snobbery and seeks to create an artificial elite.
- Old Indian Wine In New Us Bottle (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 25, 2003)
On PCAOB's draft auditing standard
- Fortress America (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2003)
THERE was a time when it was called America the accessible. It is withdrawing inwards and into isolation. As if the visa requirements were not intrusive enough already, these are being made even more suffocating from January 5. Under the new entry-exit...
- Theatre Of The Sacred (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Dec 24, 2003)
As Lithuania’s ambassador to UNESCO explained so aptly — “In 1972, when the World Heritage Convention was adopted, the world was still very Eurocentric and heritage was seen as just churches and castles. A first step towards a broader concept was the ...
- Competition Hits Indian Carpet Trade (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Dec 24, 2003)
IT’S like carrying coals to Newcastle. India, one of the biggest carpet manufacturers in the world, now finds itself reeling under a deluge of Belgian and American machine-made synthetic carpets. And because they are cheap and duplicate hand-woven carpets
- Processing Opportunities (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
A SURGE IN farm incomes this season, combined with the Centre's focus on agricultural development in the last two Budgets, has created a favourable climate for the nascent food processing industry to make a rich harvest. The economic advantages of value a
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