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Articles 10221 through 10320 of 10500:
- Does Higher Output Mean Better Farm Incomes? (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jan 12, 2002)
WITH the industry caught in a pronounced slowdown and the services sector boom showing signs of fizzling out, both the Government as well as corporates are looking at the farm sector to put the economy back on the revival mode.
- Does Higher Output Mean Better Farm Incomes? (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jan 12, 2002)
WITH the industry caught in a pronounced slowdown and the services sector boom showing signs of fizzling out, both the Government as well as corporates are looking at the farm sector to put the economy back on the revival mode.
- Cotton Conundrum (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 12, 2002)
QUITE UNDERSTANDABLY, THE Centre's recent decision to double the import duty on cotton to 10 per cent ad valorem has led to loud protests by the textiles industry.
- The Punjabi Way Of Life (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 12, 2002)
Punjabis do not think there is anything laughable about them: they regard themselves as numero uno among Indians. They make jokes about Bhaiyyas (from UP and Bihar) and Bongos ( Bengalis).
- A Wealth Of Opportunity -- Mineral Development (Regulation) Bill (Business Line, K. S. V. Menon, Jan 11, 2002)
A BILL to provide for the development and regulation of mineral resources in Indian territorial waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic and other maritime zones has been referred by the Lok Sabha to the Standing Committee.
- A Wealth Of Opportunity -- Mineral Development (Regulation) Bill (Business Line, K. S. V. Menon, Jan 11, 2002)
A BILL to provide for the development and regulation of mineral resources in Indian territorial waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic and other maritime zones has been referred by the Lok Sabha to the Standing Committee.
- Rediscovering Sinha's Gold (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 11, 2002)
BUDGETS have become epochal events in India. No other country's fiscal budget stirs such expectation among its domestic households and businesses, and global investors and businesses.
- `Agriculture Vision' (Business Line, A. Jacob Sahayam, Jan 11, 2002)
The Partnership Summit-2002 in Bangalore, `Converging on a new business vision' (Business Line, January 5), inaugurated by the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, is a boost to Bangalore, India's Silicon City.
- Rediscovering Sinha's Gold (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 11, 2002)
BUDGETS have become epochal events in India. No other country's fiscal budget stirs such expectation among its domestic households and businesses, and global investors and businesses.
- The Costs Of Popularity (Telegraph, Sudha Pai, Jan 11, 2002)
The approaching assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh have assumed great significance as it is widely perceived that the outcome could affect the fortunes of the National Democratic Alliance government.
- Uncertain Alliances (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2002)
I HAVE been travelling in the United States for the last three weeks. What strikes me most are the complex undercurrents of reactions in US public opinion towards South Asia.
- Food For Peace And Development (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Jan 10, 2002)
To address the substrate conditions under which violence breeds, a starting point will be the ending of poverty- induced hunger and youth unemployment.
- Food For Peace And Development (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Jan 10, 2002)
To address the substrate conditions under which violence breeds, a starting point will be the ending of poverty- induced hunger and youth unemployment.
- Kerala Unveils Harsh Steps To Overcome Financial Crisis (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 10, 2002)
Under the voluntary off-duty scheme, the employees will be given 75 per cent of their basic salary and dearness allowance in the first year and 50 per cent in the second year.
- Import Duty Hike May Firm Up Cotton Prices (Business Line, G. Gurumurthy, Jan 10, 2002)
Industry watchers feel that the latest hike in cotton import duty is designed to cause sympathetic reaction in the local market and thereby increase the prices of indigenous cotton.
- Icai Urges Tax On Farm Income (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 09, 2002)
It has been recommended that cases in which agricultural income exceeds more than Rs 2 lakh should get the accounts audited to `discourage assessees from showing taxable income as agricultural income.'
- Relevance Of Gadgil's Economics (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 09, 2002)
Indian economics has a rich tradition. Even economists such as Lewis and Nurkse had recognised that the Indian scene had specificities and heterogeneities in its geographical, historical, political, economic and social settings.
- Our Future Is In The Forests (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 09, 2002)
The finance minister has been well advised to concentrate strategic thinking in the budget on agriculture.
- Growing Garden (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2002)
The concept of agro economic zones was floated in the exim policy announcement of March 31.
- Relevance Of Gadgil's Economics (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 09, 2002)
Indian economics has a rich tradition. Even economists such as Lewis and Nurkse had recognised that the Indian scene had specificities and heterogeneities in its geographical, historical, political, economic and social settings.
- Ominous Signals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE VIOLENCE IN a village near Beypore in Kerala that left five people killed, several others injured and property worth a couple of crores (including fishing vessels) destroyed may have been contained.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Bush Trades Texas Peace For Battle On Economy (The Financial Express, Patricia Wilson Crawford, Jan 08, 2002)
TEXAS: After 12 days in the pastoral privacy of his Texas ranch, US President George W Bush on Monday was heading for Washington and the public rough-and-tumble of an election-year debate on the economy.
- Why India Must Get Into The Equine Race (Business Line, Anil Mukhi, Jan 08, 2002)
A COUPLE of weeks ago, a momentous event took place. An Indian- bred horse, Saddle Up, became the first thoroughbred racehorse born and reared in this country to participate in an international Group 1 horse race, the pinnacle of equine achievement.
- Why India Must Get Into The Equine Race (Business Line, Anil Mukhi, Jan 08, 2002)
A COUPLE of weeks ago, a momentous event took place. An Indian- bred horse, Saddle Up, became the first thoroughbred racehorse born and reared in this country to participate in an international Group 1 horse race, the pinnacle of equine achievement.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Ominous Signals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE VIOLENCE IN a village near Beypore in Kerala that left five people killed, several others injured and property worth a couple of crores (including fishing vessels) destroyed may have been contained.
- India, Cuba Need To Go In For More Expertise Exchange Programmes (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 08, 2002)
India and Cuba are closely linked through ties of friendship, solidarity and mutual co-operation. Since 1960, both the countries have established diplomatic ties and have shared close and cordial relations.
- India Inc. To Focus On Sector-Specific Issues (The Financial Express, Rajeev Jayaswal, Jan 07, 2002)
India Inc. will raise sector-specific issues during its pre-Budget meeting with finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday.
- Domestic Agenda For India (The Financial Express, Pradeep Mehta, Jan 07, 2002)
• Need to set up/strengthen a fully equipped patent systems which will deal with the registration of IPRs such as patents, copy rights.
- Taking Out The Taliban - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Jan 07, 2002)
There is not, and never has been, a government in the world which would not at least take police action to defend its people... At the same time, I thought there would be no bombing.
- Will Yashwant Sinha Gamble On Growth In Budget 2002-03? (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Jan 07, 2002)
Finance minister Yashwant Sinha has his task cut out for himself. He has to stimulate growth of the manufacturing sector, which has been stagnating, through a set of fiscal and non-fiscal measures in the forthcoming Budget.
- At The Edge Of Default (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 07, 2002)
Eminent economists had praised Argentina’s adoption of a currency board as an effective means of depoliticizing monetary policy.
- Taking Out The Taliban - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Jan 07, 2002)
There is not, and never has been, a government in the world which would not at least take police action to defend its people... At the same time, I thought there would be no bombing.
- Refugees In Their Own Land (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2002)
For the people along the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, the war clouds have cast a shadow on their lives. Shujaat Bukhari, Sarabjit Pandher and Sunny Sebastian report.
- Refugees In Their Own Land (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2002)
For the people along the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, the war clouds have cast a shadow on their lives. Shujaat Bukhari, Sarabjit Pandher and Sunny Sebastian report.
- Disturbing Changes In Banks' Asset Portfolios (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 05, 2002)
DEPOSITS as a ratio of GNP at current prices formed about 13 per cent in 1970-71. By 1980-81, this proportion had risen to 26.4 per cent, at a growth rate of about 7.34 per cent per annum.
- Globalisation And Decentralisation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 05, 2002)
Where existing structures of inequality are left intact and become compounded with the disadvantages of marketisation, political empowerment is a useful slogan, not a realistic or genuine goal.
- Disturbing Changes In Banks' Asset Portfolios (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 05, 2002)
DEPOSITS as a ratio of GNP at current prices formed about 13 per cent in 1970-71. By 1980-81, this proportion had risen to 26.4 per cent, at a growth rate of about 7.34 per cent per annum.
- Agriculture At Crossroads (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2002)
NEARLY THREE DECADES after the Green Revolution changed the country's ignominious ship-to-mouth existence, agriculture has again taken the centre-stage.
- Globalisation And Decentralisation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 05, 2002)
Where existing structures of inequality are left intact and become compounded with the disadvantages of marketisation, political empowerment is a useful slogan, not a realistic or genuine goal.
- Agriculture At Crossroads (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2002)
NEARLY THREE DECADES after the Green Revolution changed the country's ignominious ship-to-mouth existence, agriculture has again taken the centre-stage.
- Rbi Nod For Bank Credit To Units In Export Zones (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2002)
BANKS have been allowed to provide credit to units in the agri-export zones (AEZ) against the inputs supplied by them to farmers treating them as raw materials for export.
- India And The Global Slowing (Hindu, Pulapre Balakrishnan, Jan 04, 2002)
The prevalent tendency to link the slowing of the Indian manufacturing sector to the recession in the U.S. economy needs to be rejected as deluding.
- Corporatisation Of Farming (Business Line, A. Jacob Sahayam, Jan 04, 2002)
In `Only rich should become richer' (Business Line, January 2), the author has cautioned against the dangers that small and marginal farmers may face, if corporatisation of farming is encouraged.
- Govt Mulls Foreign Stake In Tuna Sector (Business Line, Amit Mitra, Jan 04, 2002)
THE Government is mulling over a proposal to allow foreign participation, either in the form of equity participation or technology transfer, for exploitation of tuna resources in the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
- India And The Global Slowing (Hindu, Pulapre Balakrishnan, Jan 04, 2002)
The prevalent tendency to link the slowing of the Indian manufacturing sector to the recession in the U.S. economy needs to be rejected as deluding.
- Indian Economic Association Points To Reform Gaps (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Jan 04, 2002)
As the old adage goes, it is difficult to get two economists to agree on a single, simple hypothesis.
- Korean Farmers Go Online To Boost Rice Sales (The Financial Express, Cho Mee-young, Jan 04, 2002)
SEOUL: Little has changed in the rice fields of Asia in the past few centuries. Farmers in straw hats still plough the land with water buffalo, plant seedlings by hand and harvest ripe stalks with sharp sickles.
- Agriculture Outgrowing Problems, But... (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jan 03, 2002)
IT WAS A rebound year for the country's farm sector, following 2000's drought-induced disaster of a harvest.
- New Year Sales Gets Lukewarm Response (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 03, 2002)
THE New Year sale, a phenomenon typical to Chennai, has not had the much-desired shot-in-the arm for the retailers in the city.
- How To Win The Opium War (Telegraph, Pravin Kumar, Jan 03, 2002)
One major fallout of the recent American military operation in Afghanistan has been the rise in opium prices in the neighbouring countries.
- Agriculture Outgrowing Problems, But... (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jan 03, 2002)
IT WAS A rebound year for the country's farm sector, following 2000's drought-induced disaster of a harvest.
- The Future Is Out There (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2002)
RECENTLY Abdul Kalam stepped down as principal scientific advisor to the government for the purpose, purportedly, of concentrating his energies on his much touted mission to transform India.
- Circa 2002 Likely To Set The Trend For Biotech Development (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Jan 03, 2002)
Hopefully, circa 2002 will set the trend for the decade of biotechnology with the release of the first transgenic crop, Bt cotton for commercial cultivation in the country.
- The Algebra Of Poverty -- Only The Rich Should Become Richer (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jan 02, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, would like us to be part of his make-believe world.
- Chautala Hints At Seat Arrangement With Nda For Up Elections (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Jan 02, 2002)
GURGAON: In a potentially interesting political development, the Haryana chief minister, Om Prakash Chautala, has confided in close circles, including his elder son Ajay Chautala, MP, and political advisor, Sher Singh Badshami.
- The Algebra Of Poverty -- Only The Rich Should Become Richer (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jan 02, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, would like us to be part of his make-believe world.
- Reading The New Scenario (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 02, 2002)
It is again the time of the year when economists, labour leaders, captains of industry, farmer leaders and many representatives of lobbies and interest groups will troop in to “advise” the government.
- The Algebra Of Poverty -- Only The Rich Should Become Richer (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jan 02, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, would like us to be part of his make-believe world.
- Disturbing Dreams (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 01, 2002)
ON THE FIRST day of 2002 the Indian political economy resembles in many ways its very own famed institution, the Unit Trust of India (UTI), with a net asset value placing it somewhere at the bottom of any international league.
- Harshad, Ketan, Harshad ... (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Jan 01, 2002)
This sounds a bit harsh, but perhaps the most final thing that’s emerged from the decade-long investigo-legal case against the original Big Bull Harshad Mehta, is his death in a jail in suburban Mumbai in the wee hours of the morning yesterday.
- Disturbing Dreams (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 01, 2002)
ON THE FIRST day of 2002 the Indian political economy resembles in many ways its very own famed institution, the Unit Trust of India (UTI), with a net asset value placing it somewhere at the bottom of any international league.
- Cotton Market Stuck In A Year-End Limbo (Business Line, G. Gurumurthy, Jan 01, 2002)
DESPITE pick up in arrivals and relatively low prices, most of the terminal cotton markets remain lacklustre.
- Whither Environmental Protest (Hindu, Harsh Sethi , Dec 31, 2001)
The issues raised by environmental struggles remain much too important to be frittered away. This is why protest movements bear a responsibility greater than what their leaderships may realise.
- Fear On The Food Front (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 31, 2001)
THE stockpile of wheat and rice in Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns seems to be only rising, touching 60.4 million tonnes -- a 40 per cent jump over last year's 42.8 million tonnes.
- India Shouldn’t Be Hasty In Exhausting Non-Military Options Against Pak (The Financial Express, B. Raman , Dec 31, 2001)
In continuation of its earlier decision to withdraw its High Commissioner from Islamabad and to discontinue rail and road links with Pakistan.
- Whither Environmental Protest (Hindu, Harsh Sethi , Dec 31, 2001)
The issues raised by environmental struggles remain much too important to be frittered away. This is why protest movements bear a responsibility greater than what their leaderships may realise.
- Uruguay, Doha, What Next? (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Dec 31, 2001)
THE World Trade Organisation's preamble stresses on the freedom of trade across the borders to achieve resource allocation under competition and, thus, free trade is supposed to maximise the economic welfare of all countries.
- Recipe For Disaster (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 31, 2001)
The government has already announced a series of measures by way of tax concessions and excise relief to the corporate sector for “boosting” agriculture.
- Back To The Basics (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Dec 31, 2001)
There is at least one good reason why India should not be provoked into war with Pakistan.
- Staggering Slump (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 31, 2001)
Estimates also point to a staggering 30 to 40 per cent slump in the job market: Indian Railways, for example, is to cut down its staff strength by 300,000, the National Institute of Information Technology by 18 per cent.
- Farmers And The Power Engine (Telegraph, Devinder Sharma , Dec 31, 2001)
The finance minister, Yashwant Sinha, would like us to be part of his make-believe world. After the magical reduction in the poverty ratio from 37 per cent to 26 per cent by the planning commision.
- Why We Are Moving Into New Year With The Baggage Of 2001 (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 30, 2001)
It may be difficult to grant that now, but 2001 was about more than December 13.
- The Power Of Churning (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 29, 2001)
A thought that kept surfacing during a visit to Japan some weeks ago, while talking of that country’s serious economic crisis, was that there was a real dearth of new entrepreneurship — Japanese business, like its society.
- Extremity Of Confusion (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 29, 2001)
Two thousand and one will be remembered for a year of false promises, with much hype generated by a reform-oriented budget.
- High Feedstock Cost Hits Competitiveness (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Dec 28, 2001)
RECENTLY, an editorial in a leading financial daily made the point that the country would be better off if it did not have the high-cost domestic naphtha and fuel oil-based urea plants.
- `People Were Fed Up With Mismanagement' -- Dr Saman Kelegama, Ed, Institute Of Policy Studies, Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 28, 2001)
THE mandate for change in Sri Lanka was more for economic reasons, than for ushering in peace and ending the ethnic conflict, says Dr Saman Kelegama, Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies in Colombo.
- `People Were Fed Up With Mismanagement' -- Dr Saman Kelegama, Ed, Institute Of Policy Studies, Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 28, 2001)
THE mandate for change in Sri Lanka was more for economic reasons, than for ushering in peace and ending the ethnic conflict, says Dr Saman Kelegama, Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies in Colombo.
- Designs For High Growth And Income (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 28, 2001)
INDIA is zealously struggling to transform itself from a weak-strong model to a strong-weak model of economic governance.
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