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Articles 10321 through 10420 of 10500:
- Saarc Should Include Afghanistan And Myanmar (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Dec 27, 2001)
The 11th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is scheduled to take place from January 4 to 6 in Kathmandu. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is slated to attend the crucial meet.
- Kabul To Kathmandu (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Dec 26, 2001)
What are the striking commonalities between Kabul and Kathmandu?
- Year Of Setback For Economy (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 26, 2001)
THE ECONOMY took a downturn in 2001, after sustaining a six per cent growth over almost a decade, with recessionary trends persisting in industry, aggravated by the cyclical swings in agriculture.
- Break The Rules (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 26, 2001)
This would raise the level of commercial processing from the present 1 per cent to about 25 per cent of the total produce.
- Agriculture: Tough To Quantify Benefits Now (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 25, 2001)
“We have agreed to address only the trade-distorting subsidies and not the whole gamut of agriculture subsidies, said Pascal Lamy, European Union’s trade commissioner, at a meeting with the civil society in Delhi recently.
- Fractured Verdict From Doha (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Dec 25, 2001)
WHETHER the verdict from Doha went largely in favour of India or against its interests is still not quite clear.
- ‘Bilateral Trade Has Not Touched The Real Potential’ (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Dec 25, 2001)
While there is enough scope for furthering trade, priority needs to be given to consolidation, says the Algerian ambassador to India, Adbelrim Belarbi.
- Forward Push (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 25, 2001)
During the period between 1993-94 to 1996-97, which had been marked by high growth in overall exports, exports of agricultural and allied products had grown by 23 per cent every year.
- Industry: From Slowdown To Crisis (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 25, 2001)
IF THE industrial slowdown was a major disappointment last year, it has reached crisis proportions in 2001.
- Double Standards (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 25, 2001)
The American people are unable to comprehend why their culture of markets, democracy and freedom evokes such a lot of hostility across much of the world.
- No Resting On Oars (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 25, 2001)
External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh's presence at the inauguration of the interim Afghan government in Kabul last Saturday and the warm welcome given to Indians in the Afghan capital, are developments that should not cause surprise.
- Implications Of Doha For India - I (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Dec 24, 2001)
Some important gains were made and some of the losses minimised even while India had to give in on several critical issues because of its essentially weak bargaining position.
- Democrat Into Dictator (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 24, 2001)
“Last week we could not afford bread. This week we cannot get bread,” said a Zimbabwean worker last October, after President Robert Mugabe imposed price cuts on basic foods.
- Implications Of Doha For India - I (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Dec 24, 2001)
Some important gains were made and some of the losses minimised even while India had to give in on several critical issues because of its essentially weak bargaining position.
- Feeling The Heat (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 23, 2001)
RUSSIA HAS emerged as the biggest winner in the global war on terrorism.
- A Law Strikes Terror (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 23, 2001)
While the need for tough measures to fight terrorism is widely acknowledged, the question is how `tough' is `tough'. Hasan Suroor on the heat generated by Britain's new anti-terrorism law.
- Feeling The Heat (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 23, 2001)
RUSSIA HAS emerged as the biggest winner in the global war on terrorism.
- A Law Strikes Terror (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 23, 2001)
While the need for tough measures to fight terrorism is widely acknowledged, the question is how `tough' is `tough'. Hasan Suroor on the heat generated by Britain's new anti-terrorism law.
- The Lost Year (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 22, 2001)
If only the Government had not been burdened by the orthodoxy against public spending, 2001 could have been very different.
- Sad Plight Of Haryana Peasantry (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Dec 22, 2001)
HARYANA farmers played an important role in the resurgence of the peasant power in northern India under Charan Singh-Devi Lal leadership.
- New Great Guessing Game: Where’s Osama? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2001)
WHEN Osama bin Laden seemed to melt into the snow-capped mountains of in eastern Afghanistan more than a week ago, many speculated that he had made a simple escape, taking an obvious route.
- Doha May Pry Open Eu Farm Sector To Global Competition (The Financial Express, N. Madhavan, Dec 22, 2001)
LONDON: If the European Union (EU) symbolises free market and open borders, its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) epitomises just the opposite — protectionism at its best.
- ‘Our Govt’s Performance Has Been Better Than Congress’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 22, 2001)
He’s a chief minister in a hurry. Less than two-and-a half months after donning the mantle in Gujarat, that too at a crucial time when the ruling BJP has just about a year to shed the image of a non-performing government.
- The Lost Year (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 22, 2001)
If only the Government had not been burdened by the orthodoxy against public spending, 2001 could have been very different.
- India’s Economic Balancesheet (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 21, 2001)
AFTER nerve-racking terrorism-related events inside and outside Parliament, the time has come to have yet another look at the state of the economy.
- Centre Of The Currency (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 21, 2001)
Ever try to remember those hazy days twenty years ago? The country was riven by a ferocious campaign to restructure Centre-state relations.
- ‘Three Pms Couldn’t Have Been Wrong In Inducting Me’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2001)
With assembly elections just two years away, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is a man in a hurry.
- The India-Sri Lanka Equation (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 21, 2001)
Bilateral relations can be put on a secure footing if Colombo and New Delhi are determined to tackle certain important issues, which unfortunately have not received adequate attention.
- ‘We Need Proactive State Govts To Implement Track-Ii Reforms’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 21, 2001)
One of the few professional managers to be elected as president of an apex industry body, K K Nohria wants Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) to encash on its unique advantage of having as members a large number of regional and trade.
- The India-Sri Lanka Equation (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 21, 2001)
Bilateral relations can be put on a secure footing if Colombo and New Delhi are determined to tackle certain important issues, which unfortunately have not received adequate attention.
- Calling All Cynics... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
REMEMBER the time not so long ago when, at 16 rupees a minute, cellular telephony was dismissed as a rich man’s toy, and allowing global majors in this area just ‘proved’ foreign investment wasn’t going to come in areas of real interest to the country?
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Dec 20, 2001)
Most countries have imposed bans or very strict regulations on genetically-modified crops... We need to be vigilant against discredited technologies and products being sneaked in.
- Crooked As Crows (Pioneer, Sandeep Silas, Dec 20, 2001)
Miffed about a hue and cry over something petty and ignitable, I sat in disgust under the mango tree in our lawn.
- Distress Deaths (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
THE CONTINUING SPATE of suicides among farmers in Karnataka is a manifestation in the most brutal manner of the increasingly volatile socio-economic dynamics of the agriculture sector in contemporary times.
- Distress Deaths (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
THE CONTINUING SPATE of suicides among farmers in Karnataka is a manifestation in the most brutal manner of the increasingly volatile socio-economic dynamics of the agriculture sector in contemporary times.
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Dec 20, 2001)
Most countries have imposed bans or very strict regulations on genetically-modified crops... We need to be vigilant against discredited technologies and products being sneaked in.
- Concerns For A Growing India (Telegraph, P.K. Vasudeva, Dec 20, 2001)
Indian farmers are likely to benefit from the Doha declaration that was arrived at following the World Trade Organization’s 4th ministerial conference.
- Positive Signs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2001)
The WTO has also committed its members to immediate negotiations with regard to Darjeeling tea, basmati rice, and alfanso mangoes.
- Of Tall Claims And Unfulfilled Plans (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 20, 2001)
PROJECTIONS have all gone awry in the final year of the Ninth Plan (2001-02) despite the best Budget the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, could craft for the economy.
- Package Deal (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2001)
High tariff levels maintained by the developed countries have been causing distortions and protectionism in world agricultural trade, denying market access to developing nations.
- Chhattisgarh Villagers Look For New Pastures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2001)
Chhattisgarh state looks like a deserted village. Majority of farmers have migrated to neighbouring areas in search of new pastures, the main reason being the end of the harvesting season.
- A Sobering Survey Of Drinking Habits (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 19, 2001)
We use a household survey conducted by India’s National Council of Applied Economic Research in 1993-94.
- Distress Sale Of Cotton (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
THERE seems to be no end to the woes of cotton growers. First, the crop suffered an attack of American bollworm which has become an annual occurrence.
- Embarrassment Of Riches (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 19, 2001)
IN TWO MONTHS foreign exchange reserves could touch $50 billion going by the present inflow of a billion dollars a month.
- Crop Damage, Low Offtake Add To Cotton Growers’ Woes In 3 States (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Dec 19, 2001)
HISAR: Cotton-growers, under the World Bank-aided intensive cotton development project (ICDP), in Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad and Bhiwani districts of Haryana, Mansa, Muktsar, Faridkot and Ferozepur districts of Punjab.
- Unquiet On The Western Front (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 19, 2001)
THE work of the Task Force on Agriculture clearly brought out that the Indian farm sector had suffered over decades from massive negative subsidies amounting to over Rs 300,000 crore.
- Knowing Better (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 19, 2001)
In India, undernourished mothers give birth to undernourished children and inadequate nutrition compromises children’s physical and mental development.
- Yashwant Sinha’s Hidden Agenda (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 18, 2001)
While addressing the World Economic Forum, Yashwant Sinha has outlined six areas on which he would lay thrust in the coming days. These reflect the interests of the bureaucracy and foreign investors more than that of the economy.
- India's Corporate Economy -- Fallen Between Two Stools (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 18, 2001)
GROWTH is uniquely dependent on household savings. Long-term investments are aggregated from household savings that flow in trickles.
- Destination China (Business Line, M. P. Suresh, Dec 18, 2001)
WITH China becoming a full member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it is all set to improve its trading profile by adopting pragmatic foreign trade policies and transforming its domestic sector.
- Bt Cotton Fiasco -- Stepping Onto A Booby Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Dec 18, 2001)
"ISN'T it like sending a soldier to the battle front and then ask him not to use the latest sophisticated assault rifle,'' a British radio journalist asked me the other day.
- Blue Danube In Himachal (Pioneer, Roswitha Joshi, Dec 18, 2001)
I have known Arun Kirpal for years as a chicken farmer.
- A Cheaper Fuel (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2001)
In a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha last week, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Ram Naik announced the government’s decision to allow the mixing of petrol with ethanol, a renewable indigenous fuel.
- Will The New It Policy Really Benefit Kerala? (The Financial Express, Ajayan, Dec 18, 2001)
The information technology (IT) policy, which the Kerala government unveiled recently,has set a laudable minimum growth level of 100 per cent a year and lays thrust on greater private participation.
- Risk Versus Gain (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 17, 2001)
Pyramid schemes are as old as the hills. B pays Rs 100 to A, who has recruited him. B then goes out and recruits ten more people, each of whom pays B Rs 100.
- Growing Terrorism Stalks Maritime Shipping (The Financial Express, Vijay Sakhuja, Dec 17, 2001)
As the war on terrorism in Afghanistan reaches its final stages, the US and its coalition partners are engaged in blocking land routes to prevent the escape of Osama bin Laden.
- To Fizzle Or Sizzle! The Clock Ticks For Bimst-Ec At Yangon (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Dec 17, 2001)
Parliament hogs the headlines over POTO, trails of LeT terrorists all lead to Pakistan, debates rage over the video tapes of Osama bin Laden, and spokesmen in New Delhi and Islamabad hog the remaining space with their sabre-rattling.
- Reducing Poverty By Sharing Infrastructure (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 17, 2001)
ERROR is to communication engineers what poverty is to economists.
- Losing Power (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2001)
THE POWER SECTOR woes runneth over. While the power-managers grapple with the Dabhol issue.
- Haryana Regulates Wholesale Fish Marketing (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Dec 17, 2001)
Haryana has, with immediate effect, decided to regulate fish marketing and has designated the Haryana State Agriculture Produce Marketing Board (HSAMB) as the regulatory authority.
- Rarewala: A Punjabi-Loving Gentleman-Aristocrat (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Dec 16, 2001)
Gian Singh Rarewala has left a lasting impression on the region. Soft-spoken and suave, his was a multi-faceted personality.
- “Primary” Area Of Darkness (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Dec 15, 2001)
Great news, at last, for the millions of not-at-school children of India.
- No Agriculture Policy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2001)
IT is sad to say that India has no agriculture, actually foodgrains production, policy. Really there is an unfinished conflict between the Agriculture Ministry now headed by Mr Ajit Singh and the Consumer Affairs Ministry looked after by Mr Shanta Kumar.
- Chinese Challenge (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 14, 2001)
WHEN, LAST MONTH, the Doha Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation approved the entry of Beijing into the world body, the French Finance Minister, Mr Larent Fabius, had said: We are talking about the WTO.
- New Us Import Curbs On Steel In The Offing (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 13, 2001)
THE Bush Administration plans to strengthen protection for the US steel industry with a range of stiff tariffs on l6 product lines before the end of February 2002.
- Time For Golden Opportunities (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Dec 13, 2001)
In the midst of this gloom and doom about the economy and lack of reforms, the national highway development project seems to be progressing well.
- Go Gasohol (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 13, 2001)
THE CENTRE SHOULD be complimented for deciding to permit blending of petrol with ethanol.
- No Takers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2001)
Rather paradoxically, the Tatas dropping out of the Air India bid is good news for the government.
- Drip Irrigation -- Low-Cost Systems For Small Farmers (Business Line, Mahendra Pandey , Dec 12, 2001)
FRESH water available for human consumption and for agricultural and environmental requirements is rapidly becoming scarcer.
- ‘Prima Facie Evidence Is Key...We Can’t Be On A Fishing Expedition’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 12, 2001)
His picturesque island-nation in the Indian Ocean has netted the biggest fish in India’s foreign-investment basket.
- Useful Product From Oil Palm Waste (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Dec 12, 2001)
EMPTY fruit bunches (EFB), a waste from oil palm that is routinely dumped at mill sites or burnt could be a source for conversion into useful fibres.
- S. R. Asokan (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 12, 2001)
THE Government is increasingly looking towards the corporate sector to augment rural income and employment through agro-processing.
- Poultry Industry (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 12, 2001)
The employment of a permanent poultry expert has been sanctioned by the Punjab government (Ministry of Agriculture).
- Naxals: Not By Ban Alone (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 11, 2001)
It is absurd to presume that a ban on the Naxalite outfits under POTO — even if it becomes POTA — will automatically make the three dozen ultra Left groups in the country drop their arms.
- Declaring Draft Differences (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 11, 2001)
Mr Chairman, let me start by thanking you for coming out with the Draft Ministerial Declaration contained in job (01/140 dated 26 September 2001).
- Free The Farmer From The Sarkar (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 11, 2001)
NOW that we have negotiated a vantage position for ourselves — full credit for Murasoli Maran and his team for that — the important issue is to prepare for the negotiations in detail and for the actual trade that would follow.
- Fda Recalls Gel Candy Due To Choking Hazard (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 10, 2001)
WASHINGTON: The Food and Drug Administration announced last weekend the recall of 16,000 packages of mini-cup gel candies sold nationwide because they were deemed a choking hazard.
- Mines, Ruins Mark Afghan Scene (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 10, 2001)
KABUL, DEC. 9. The sprawling airbase of Bagram, surrounded by imposing mountains, is battle-scarred.
- Boost Markets For Farm Products (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 10, 2001)
TEN YEARS AFTER the economic reforms process was kicked off, the Government seems to be waking up to the challenges posed by several entrenched, and unaddressed, issues that have stymied progress in agriculture.
- Managing Uncertainty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2001)
The time has come for Sri Lanka's divided ruling elite for sober reflection and careful action.
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