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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Debate On Economic Reforms (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Apr 10, 2007)
The public debate on India's economic reform in the 1990s has been far more enlightening compared to that in the 1940s, when the debate revolved around the Nehruvian model, Gandhian alternative and the Bombay plan.
- Great Indian Muddle Class (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 09, 2007)
The parade of serious issues (other than cricket) that have made headlines recently is evidence of a range of incipient crises gnawing away at Indian society.
- Upa Gambling On Hope (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Apr 07, 2007)
After the Reserve Bank of India administered for the third time in a month the same old medicine of credit squeeze against the backdrop of high inflation, the Economic Times commented that the central bank knows that it must get on top of . . .
- Wonder That Is Saarc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Apr 07, 2007)
There have been widespread comments on SAARC being all talk and no action in spite of its existence for 22 years.
- Not A Fine Balance (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2007)
The ‘aam admi’ as the object of development, was spelt out in a February 2004 Vision Document of the Congress: ‘Towards an Expanding Economy, a Just Society, Freedom from Hunger and Unemployment’.
- The Tiger And The Tortoise (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2007)
Ramsay McDonald famously described the Indian Civil Service as the tortoise that propped the elephantine Indian administration up.
- Kerala Can Grow Ten Times Faster: World Bank Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2007)
Vinod Thomas' mantra for State's faster development
Combine economic reforms with social sector development
Focus on eco-tourism and new generation industries
- Only Economists 'Feel Good' (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2007)
Apropos the editorial, "Manic Monday" (April 4), the health of the economy of a country manifests in its infrastructure - roads, potable water, education, health care, etc. Going by these parameters, our development appears retarded despite our . . .
- Return Of The Reserve Ratio (Business Line, A. Seshan, Apr 04, 2007)
The rising inflation has driven the central bank to raise the CRR to suck liquidity out of the system. Though given up as an indirect instrument, the CRR seeks to impact the level of money supply by affecting the value of the multiplier and is thus . . .
- Look Beyond Quotas (Times of India, ABUSALEH SHARIFF, Apr 03, 2007)
The prime minister's high level committee (HLC) report on the status of Muslims highlights their under-representation in various sectors of the economy and structures of governance.
- Pm For Patience On Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Apr 03, 2007)
Leaning on his skills as a banker, PrimeMinister Shaukat Aziz said here on Monday that the quest for peace between India and Pakistan was not a business transaction, but a commitment between two sides that could lead to a long wait before bearing fruit.
- Uncover The Truth (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Apr 03, 2007)
The extraordinary praise that the prime minister showered recently on the former prime minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, and for no apparent reason, surprised many who have been watching the political scene over the last few decades and who, like . . .
- When Everything Is Outsourced, What Is Left? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 02, 2007)
"OUTSOURCE EVERYTHING except your soul," the excitable guru Tom Peters once exhorted. And companies all over the world have responded with a will. Want someone to build you a computer or a fridge? Old hat. How about a complete car or even a house? Done.
- Special Real Estate Zones (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Apr 02, 2007)
SPECIAL Economic Zone (SEZ) has become a fashionable buzz phrase.
- Quest To Entertain Indians And Illuminate Foreigners (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 02, 2007)
Australia-born journalist and author Christopher Kremmer’s tryst with India started in the last decade of the twentieth century.
- Property Debate (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 31, 2007)
China provides the first legal basis for the protection of private property since the Commnuist Party came to power in 1949.
- Nandigram Widens Split In Kerala Cpm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2007)
The terror campaign by the police and the CPI(M) at Nandigram in West Bengal, in which at least 14 people have died, has widened the ideological rift in the Kerala unit of the party, which is even otherwise ravaged by faction war between hardliners . . .
- Waiting For The Diversity Index (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 29, 2007)
Since the high level committee (HLC) or Sachar report on the Muslims of India was presented to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, much debate and discussion has gone by.
- Budget: A Welcome Paradigm Shift (Business Line, D. Sambandhan, Mar 29, 2007)
Torn between inflation disturbances and its inevitable political fallout, the Finance Minister has chosen, rightly, to move away from the traditional corporate-friendly postures and focus on hitherto less emphasised areas such as agriculture . . .
- A Merry Leap Into The Future (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Mar 29, 2007)
DR Salman Shah, advisor to the prime minister on finance, has taken another merry leap into the future.
- Chinese Challenge (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Mar 29, 2007)
The erosion of U.S. influence along Asia's Pacific Rim and China's simultaneous rise in the region constitute a new global reality.
- The Weakening Centre (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2007)
My faith in opinion polls is as strong as in astrology. And I have no faith in astrology.
- Many Laws, Little Justice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 29, 2007)
The image on the computer screen is shocking: a man, lying on a hospital bed, his head bandaged, with long trickles of blood running from the top of his scalp.
- Poverty Of Initiatives (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 23, 2007)
Although the Planning Commission’s estimate of poverty for 2004-05, released on Wednesday, makes no startling disclosures, some of the facts are quite revealing.
- Chirac, Bush And Musharraf: Overstaying Their Welcome? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 23, 2007)
President Jacques Chirac of France has retired from politics after two terms in office.
- Security On The Downslide (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 22, 2007)
Dr Manmohan Singh’s appointment as Prime Minister in 2004 was welcomed internationally. He was acknowledged as the architect of the economic reforms that had led to accelerated economic growth and evoked international and regional interest in India . . .
- Nandigram And After (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 22, 2007)
The Nandigram deaths in police firing, the consequent stalling of Parliament and disparate political forces coming together against the Left Front have sent the scheme of special economic zones, at least in West Bengal, for a toss.
- More Than 50 Per Cent Of India's Poor Live In Five States: Report (Singapore Times, Chetan Chauhan, Mar 22, 2007)
More than 50 per cent of India’s 30.17 crore people below poverty line (BPL) live in just five states of the country, the Planning Commission’s poverty estimates for 2004-05, released on Wednesday, say.
- A Muddle On National Security And Foreign Policy (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 22, 2007)
Even those who support New Delhi's efforts to expand cooperation with the US are worried about the perceived readiness to accept American prescriptions on relations with Pakistan.
- When Politics Trumps Economics (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Mar 22, 2007)
A host of political, economic and governance constraints frustrate the implementation of regulatory laws in developing countries.
- A Babe In The Woods (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 21, 2007)
The chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, has joined a list of communist leaders the world over, who, faced with difficult choices at various crossroads of history in their respective countries, opted to do what they believed was right.
- Nandigram: Failure Of Left Politics? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 21, 2007)
A week after the Nandigram carnage, we still do not exactly know how many people have been killed, how many women have been gang-raped and if the children and young girls missing from the area will ever return.
- First Small Step Towards Political Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 20, 2007)
The decision of the National People’s Congress (NPC) to pass a property rights Bill, which for the first time in post-revolutionary China provide as much legal protection to private property as state-owned property, must be hailed.
- Left Caught Red-Handed (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Mar 20, 2007)
Nandigram has emerged as the symbol of what a soulless state leviathan driven by an imported ideology can do to unarmed natives resisting its grand design of social deconstruction and corporate engineering. Nandigram showcases how native India . . .
- Protest Against Farmers’ Killing: Indian Police, Protestors Scuffle (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2007)
Opposition workers and police clashed in India’s West Bengal state on Friday during a strike to protest the killing of 14 villagers opposed to a planned industrial hub.
- Budgeting For Defence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 16, 2007)
HITCH and McKean, well-known defence economists, have stated that “there are no magic linkages to the GNP or the total national budget ...
- Indian Police, Villagers Clash Over Farmers’ Killing (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2007)
Baton-wielding police fired tear gas and beat dozens of villagers on Thursday who were protesting the killing of at least 14 people in a dispute over plans to set up an industrial hub on farmland.
- The Struggling Billion (Hindustan Times, Sitaram Yechury, Mar 16, 2007)
There is considerable cheer in India Inc. The Forbes magazine’s 2007 rankings of the world’s richest people include 36 Indian billionaires out of the global figure of 946.
- The ‘Non’ Sayer (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 15, 2007)
Jacques Chirac presided over a country whose people have pleaded for change and then opposed it. Will his successor break the stasis?
- Morocco's Peace Plan For Western Sahara (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Mar 15, 2007)
Playing on European and United States fears of expanding terrorist networks in North Africa, Morocco is seeking international backing for a new peace plan for the Western Sahara.
- Congress's Do's, Allies' Don'ts (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Mar 14, 2007)
The Assembly elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand may have been morale dampeners for the Congress. But the point of greater import is that these elections have lessons for the ruling party:
- Tinker Not With The Markets (Business Line, Madan Sabnavis, Mar 14, 2007)
The basic question we need to ask is whether the country wants the operation of a fair market where price discovery happens automatically. There is no need to be obsessed with inflation.
- The Private Property Debate In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 14, 2007)
While the opponents of the property bill see it as a final sell-out by the state to capitalist interests, its supporters say it is a long overdue step.
- Restating The Faith (Frontline, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Mar 14, 2007)
Economic Survey 2006-2007, which ascribes the high growth to economic reform measures, emphasises the neoliberal agenda.
- Neoliberal Bias (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Mar 14, 2007)
The effects ofa neoliberal reform scheme pervade P. Chidambaram's Budget for 2007-08.
- Phoney Capitalism (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Mar 13, 2007)
In celebrating the Forbes billionaire list, India only proves it has a warped idea of economic reform
- Ore Export To China Hit (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Mar 13, 2007)
Responding to concerns from environmental groups, domestic steel businesses, and manufacturing houses, the federal government had imposed an export duty of Rs. 300 per ton but Chinese importers are boycotting Indian ore demanding exporters absorb the duty
- Growth Story In Volatile Times (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Mar 09, 2007)
The recent turmoil in international financial markets could be a harbinger of bad news for India. The coming year may see even greater volatility in global markets and, in these uncertain times, there is a possibility of the Indian growth story . . .
- Breaking The Hearts (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Mar 08, 2007)
PC’s slight shift to agriculture has irked the English media but he is still for market economy.
- Us Hopeful India N-Deal Will Be Done By Yearend (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2007)
The US government is hopeful that the bilateral 123 agreement to implement the India-US civil nuclear deal may come up for final approval before the Congress before yearend.
- Lessons For Congress From Recent Polls (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 07, 2007)
Oops! The Congress did it again. Usually, losing elections in ruling states is blamed on anti-incumbency, however, the fate of Congress can be attributed to various other factors .
- State’S Man (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 05, 2007)
Against the backdrop of a young state, when the BJP central leadership’s choice, B.C. Khanduri, was anointed chief minister overriding the claim of the man with the larger number of MLAs, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, it seemed as if the old order . . .
- Dancing On The Tightrope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 05, 2007)
India is attempting a transformation few nations in modern history have successfully managed: liberalising the economy within an established democratic order.
- Sunni-Shia Consensus? (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Mar 05, 2007)
Iranian hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz have reportedly agreed to stem increasing rift between Sunni and Shia Muslims that is dragging West Asia into crisis.
- Faraway Brides Of U.P. (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Mar 05, 2007)
The instant weddings in the eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh highlight a disturbing fact - the State's very low sex ratio.
- State’S Man (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 04, 2007)
Against the backdrop of a young state, when the BJP central leadership’s choice, B.C. Khanduri, was anointed chief minister overriding the claim of the man with the larger number of MLAs, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, it seemed as if the old order . . .
- Dancing On The Tightrope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 04, 2007)
Although the democratic constraint on India’s economic reforms is now beginning to emerge, it need not be a reason for alarm. India’s democracy is a short-term constraint but a long-term asset for pro-market reformers
- Nothing Khas For The Aam Aadmi (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Mar 04, 2007)
As someone who believes that India is a poor country only because of ‘socialist’ economic policies and bad governance, I am always in search of examples that strengthen my case. So the day after P. Chidambaram presented his budget last week . . .
- Dancing On The Tightrope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 03, 2007)
India is attempting a transformation few nations in modern history have successfully managed: liberalising the economy within an established democratic order.
- State’S Man (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 03, 2007)
Against the backdrop of a young state, when the BJP central leadership’s choice, B.C. Khanduri, was anointed chief minister overriding the claim of the man with the larger number of MLAs, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, it seemed as if the old order . . .
- Inside The States (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Mar 02, 2007)
The Congress loss to its opponents in two states — Punjab and Uttarakhand — has wide ranging ramifications for the party and its government at the Centre, notwithstanding efforts of some senior leaders to play down the defeat.
- No Vote For The Silent Majority (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 02, 2007)
If the Budget was subdued and failed to enthuse Corporate India vis-ŕ-vis further economic reforms, focussing instead on the silent majority — the small or landless farmers or the millions who cannot give their children a decent educatio n — so be it.
- Budget With Debit Side Bias (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 01, 2007)
There was so much to build on; yet the Finance Minister may have just passed up the opportunity.
- Neither Fish, Nor Fowl, Nor Good Red Herring (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 01, 2007)
There was no evidence of fresh thinking on the farm front, other than the familiar nostrums that have proved ineffective in addressing the problems of farm productivity.
- Poor Question ‘Shining India’ As Budget Eyes Growth (Daily Times, Surojit Gupta, Mar 01, 2007)
The rural sector accounts for two-thirds of India’s billion-plus population but is growing at less than one third of the pace of the overall economy
- Won't Interfere With Growth: Fm (Hindustan Times, Monica Gupta, Mar 01, 2007)
Excerpts from an interview with the Finance Minister PC Chidambaram:
- No Proposal To Contain Inflation: Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2007)
Huge disappointment to farmers andaam aadmi: BJP
Timid budget will fuel inflation, encourage hoarders: Sinha
No concrete steps to contain prices: TDP
- Style And Scholarship (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Mar 01, 2007)
I met the late Sham Lal at most a dozen times in my life. Yet, I have no hesitation in saying that he had influenced my evolution as a journalist. I first came across his writing in 1957 as an undergraduate at Presidency College, Kolkata.
- Congress Spikes India's Dream (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 01, 2007)
In his customary genuflection to the Congress's first family, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram did not forget to quote Jawaharlal Nehru during his Budget speech on Wednesday.
- Budgeting For Inclusive Growth (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Mar 01, 2007)
As India’s economy and polity have matured, the annual Budget exercise has become less significant as a shaper of policy.
- Budget Weaves Welfare Dreams (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2007)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram reiterated the UPA government’s commitment to aam aadmi (common man), by making agricultural revival and social sector spending the budgetary cornerstones.
- Congress Routed At Polls In Two Indian States On Inflation (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
The ruling Congress party was defeated in polls in Punjab and Uttarakhand on Tuesday, in elections reflecting wider voter anger about inflation and economic reforms.
- Politically Correct Budget Aims To Tame Inflation (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
UPA Government’s fourth budget does not hold any surprises. It has turned out to be a politically correct exercise to tame inflation and price rise.
- Bjp Celebrates: This Is The Beginning Of The End For The Upa (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
With Punjab and Uttarakhand going its way and lifting party spirits, the BJP on Tuesday said that the poll results in the two States was not just "the beginning of the end" for the Congress-led government at the Centre but would also impact . . .
- Poll Wind (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 28, 2007)
Three assembly-poll results do not make a trend. But the Congress will be fooling itself if it ignores the results that have come in from Uttarakhand and Punjab.
- Bofors Again In The Focus (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Feb 28, 2007)
Do you know what Quattrocchi means in Italian? Four eyes. I have this from an extremely reliable source. Actually, the source isn't that exciting, but the information is correct. And what does Ottavio indicate? The eighth. The Eighth Man with Four Eyes.
- Cattle Class To Comfort Zone (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2007)
A symbol of sullen suffering for years, the train passenger has finally made the 153-year-old Indian Railways realise that it is a public utility, not an oversized bully that can behave as it pleases.
- Budgeting For Export Reform (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 27, 2007)
The finance minister faces the unenviable task of balancing conflicting interests in his budget-making.
- Congress Party Loses State Elections (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 27, 2007)
Main coalition partner of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governing the federal government, the Congress Party, lost several key states including economically rich Punjab and militarily rich Uttarakhand.
- Budget This Session (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 26, 2007)
When President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam addressed both Houses of Parliament on Friday, he initiated an extremely crucial session of Parliament which will end on May 22, with a 27-day recess.
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