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- Govt Finances: Divide To Multiply (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 26, 2004)
The monsoon has been unkind. The demands of coalition partners are heavy. The Government needs all the help it can get to reduce the yawning deficit. Decentralisation of finance management will help both by amplifying incomes and by improving the efficien
- Hdr: Managing Cultural Diversity For Stability (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 26, 2004)
The brainchild of two Asian economists of importance — Amartya Sen and Mahbub ul Haque — the latest UN Human Development Report (HDR) incorporates information on development indicators such as GDP
- Modifying A Contentious Proposal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 26, 2004)
By substantially modifying the budget proposal to levy a securities transaction tax (STT) at a uniform rate of 0.15 per cent for all kinds of share market transactions, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram appears to have achieved two objectives simultaneously
- No Consensus (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 26, 2004)
The draft framework for WTO negotiations has come as a disappointment to poor and developing countries. As both developed and developing countries have been keen to revive multilateral negotiations for further liberalising world
- Pay For Bandh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2004)
The Bombay High Court has fined the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party Rs 20 lakh each for having organised a bandh in Mumbai on July 30 last year in protest against the Ghatkopar bomb blasts.
- Punjab Water Imbroglio (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jul 26, 2004)
With better management, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan can meet their needs with much less water than they seek
- Resolving The Crisis In Traffic Management (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 26, 2004)
It is said that over 200 vehicles are being registered daily in Bangalore city. For anyone who has sat for hours in a vehicle trying to get through Airport Road or Dairy Circle, the future must seem like a nightmare.
- The Designer Babies Debate (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 26, 2004)
Any new medical or technological breakthrough can be abused but should that become an argument against scientific progress?
- Trust Lost (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 26, 2004)
Excise Tribunal members in New Delhi had to contend with much gas when the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) case was before them.
- India-Bangladesh Ties Adrift (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 25, 2004)
Bangladesh is gearing itself up to host the next summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation here next January. As the foreign ministers of the SAARC review
- Left Provides Life Support To Manmohan (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jul 25, 2004)
D. Raja, National Secretary of the Communist Party of India perhaps knew that he was a cut above the rest in his student days when he earned the distinction of being the first graduate in his village, Chiththoor in Tamil Nadu.
- In Search Of Safer Pastures (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2004)
The Government has decided to raise the minimum support price for the common variety of paddy by a modest Rs.10 a quintal (an increase of less than 2 per cent), but what is
- Continuing The Indo-Pak Peace Process (Tribune, Swarnjit Singh Sidhu, Jul 25, 2004)
Close on the heels of the exercise of confidence building measures between experts and foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, the talks between External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Khurshid
- Nepal's Expanding Insurgency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2004)
Nepal is in the grip of a Maoist insurgency that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives since 1996. On a visit to the mountain kingdom, Nirupama Subramanian found people unhappy with both the monarchy and the politicians.
- A Positive Judgment To Negative Absurdity (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jul 24, 2004)
THE Supreme Court decision in the IPCA Laboratories Ltd vs DOT (2004 135 Taxman 594 SC) case indicates how taxpayers try to take unintended benefits relating to exemptions provided under the Income-Tax Act.
- Marginal Relief Marginalised (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 24, 2004)
Before budget 2004 was presented, there were eager expectations that the tax rates would be cut and the exemption limits raised.
- Gp Koirala Emphasises Restoration Of Pratinidhi Sabha (Statesman, PARMANAND, Jul 24, 2004)
Girija Prasad Koirala, the Nepali Congress president, celebrated his 80th birthday on 4 July in New Delhi’s general and political heat.
- Gender Budgeting (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Jul 24, 2004)
Gender budgeting, if it is to be useful as a tool for women's advance, has to be implemented in conjunction with an egalitarian and democratic vision.
- Gender Budgeting (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 24, 2004)
So may be it's safe now to speak about the market without its leaping off a cliff, screaming. (Or maybe not quite. By close on Monday, share prices recovered nearly half the losses they logged soon after opening.)
- Promise Of Peace (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 24, 2004)
The ceasefire between the AP govt and PW has created the ground for talks
- Dodger Trap In Tax Database (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jul 24, 2004)
The proposal to make the Department collate TDS particulars could mean danger ahead for tax-evaders
- Does Haryana Need More Water? (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Jul 24, 2004)
AN impression given most often is that due to the non-completion of the SYL canal, Haryana is being “starved” of water, which is instead allowed to flow to Pakistan.
- Disappointing Draft (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2004)
As the WTO Director-General, Dr Supachai, pointed out at the Sao Paulo Unctad conference last month, agreement on a framework package by July end is indispensable if "any significant progress" is to be made "during the remainder of the year".
- Reviving An Old Ghost (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 24, 2004)
The battle for telecasting rights is not in the interest of the gentleman’s game
- Romance Of Handkerchief (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Jul 24, 2004)
Handkerchif, according to the dictionary, is “ a cloth or paper for wiping the nose.” “Throw the handkerchief” is to summon, to pursue, to call upon to take one’s turn — as in children’s games, and royal harems.
- Siding With Beasts In Wildlife Habitats (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 24, 2004)
Recently there have been reports of leopards entering bustees on the outskirts of Mumbai and taking human lives. Elephants are known to emerge from their forests and destroy crops, hutments and trample people underfoot.
- Textiles And Apparels — Preparing For The Big Leap (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jul 24, 2004)
The textile and apparel industry is yet to overcome some of the major challenges facing it if it has to succeed in becoming a major outsourcing centre for international retailers.
- To All Those Missing Daughters (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 24, 2004)
On that fateful Friday last week, the Kumbakonam calamity was already top on international news feeds, reporting of the blaze in an ill-fated girls school.
- Warp And Weft Of Cenvat (Business Line, S. Sridharan, Jul 24, 2004)
To the textile sector, the Finance Minister has offered the option to either claim exemption or pay duty at lower rate by availing itself of Cenvat credit.
- Not Just The Centre, The Periphery, Too (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 24, 2004)
It is not just happening in Lhasa, but in smaller towns and villages too. If Lhasa is bustling with construction activity and new stores are filled with electronic
- Poor Economy Threatens Berlusconi (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2004)
If any further confirmation was needed that India's one-day cricketing status has hit a disquieting low, its mediocre performance in the ICC Champions Trophy provided this.
- Budget 2004: Not The Last Word (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 23, 2004)
"Balanced but hardly inspiring," said the London Economist about India's Budget. Interpreting the electoral mandate as a vote for change, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, quoted the ...
- Budget: Good Intentions Drained By Leaks (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Jul 23, 2004)
A close look at the portions of the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's speech that capture the "human face" of the 2004-05 Union Budget brings out three points clearly.
- Dexterous Moves (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2004)
Considering the delicate nature of the ruling arrangement at the Centre, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's reply to the Budget debate in Parliament was vested with more than ordinary significance.
- Ex Gratia Justice (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 23, 2004)
Our legal system individuates claims. Mass disasters become a collection of individual cases. India needs a `mass tort' law.
- Eyeball To Eyeball (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2004)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram did bend a little under pressure from stock traders on Wednesday, but he stood out against the Leftists.
- Frbm Act: Will It Really End Deficits? (Business Line, M.R. Venkatesh, Jul 23, 2004)
Predatory behaviour constitutes a class of anti-competitive action where prices are set so low as to eliminate competing undertakings and, thereby, threaten the competitive process itself.
- Andhra Goes Ahead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2004)
The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has taken a bold step in going ahead with the necessary steps for holding talks with the Marxist-Leninist People's War Group.
- Men And Words (Deccan Herald, KALPANA M NAGHNOOR, Jul 23, 2004)
There’s something about the creativity of great writers that makes one muse on life
- Promoting Science (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2004)
In a report titled "Inventing A Better Future," the InterAcademy Council, a grouping of the world's science academies, observes that "in a world moving rapidly toward the
- Why Is Pranab Asking For More? (Deccan Herald, P. R. Chari , Jul 23, 2004)
India is the world’s third largest military spender, and most of the arms it buys may be useless in any scenario
- Why Not Populism? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 23, 2004)
The intrinsic aim of populism, as understood in the US where it had its origins in the latter part of 19th century, is to support the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite.
- Yarlung Tsangpo To Brahmaputra (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 23, 2004)
It is a roundabout route that we have taken to Lhasa, roof of the world and capital of China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
- A Shortened Story (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Jul 23, 2004)
INDIA and Pakistan are to develop further continental ballistic missiles, when the peace wagon has finally started rolling! “No, not ballistic missiles, you dunderhead. In today’s language CBM stands for confidence building measures. NGOs are non governme
- Act Decisively On Hostage Issue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2004)
NEW DELHI MUST do whatever is necessary to secure the release of three Indian workers taken hostage by the Iraqi resistance as they are likely to be killed if the demands of their captors are not met.
- How To Desaffronise Education (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jul 23, 2004)
India suffers from both religious and caste communalism. So education should decasteise society as a whole
- Afghan Electoral Delays (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2004)
EARLIER THIS month (July), it was announced that the elections in Afghanistan were to be delayed for a second time, with the country now supposedly choosing a president in October and a new parliament next spring.
- Bush’S Electoral Compulsions (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Jul 22, 2004)
Since Bush attaches utmost importance to Pak assistance to nab Osama, the US is unlikely to do much about Kashmir
- Confidence Vote On Futures (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 22, 2004)
The Liberalised Framework announced by the Securities and Exchange Board of India should expand the `futures' and `options' segment, and result in moving much of the speculative activity from the `spot' to the `derivatives' market.
- A Will In The Present With Baggage From The Past (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 22, 2004)
CONFUSION in Kolkata is about Priyamvada's will and Lodha's luck, even as Birlas look blank. "Where there's a will there's a way," they say, but here's a will that's beating its way to courtroom battles and newspaper headlines.
- Time To Renew The Congress (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 22, 2004)
The Congress, as the oldest political outfit in the country and still the only all-India party, has to take the lead in reviving itself as a political organisation.
- The Pressure For Accountability (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANIAM VINCENT, Jul 22, 2004)
Right to Information can help even citizens to keep tabs on government expenditure and behaviour
- The Last Shangri La (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Jul 22, 2004)
Nestled between the snow-capped high-altitude mountains of the Great Himalayan Range and the Shamshabari Range in north Kashmir is the pristine Gurez Valley — probably the last remaining Shangri La since the Zanskar Valley in Ladakh was discovered a ...
- Testimony Or Convention Speech? (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jul 22, 2004)
Yes, I am aware that the US President, Mr George Bush, as the Republican Nominee, will deliver his convention speech in August. But reading the testimony of the Federal Reserve chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan
- Enrichment For Excellence (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 22, 2004)
The recipe for gathering big numbers at Institute conferences is no longer a secret. Dole out a big number as `credit' for continuing professional education and have all the other standard ingredients
- Seize The Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2004)
In a welcome move, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War (PW) has declared its readiness to have talks also with Governments of the other States
- Once More To The Wto Table (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2004)
After the multiple crises in the North-East since June this year, the first positive signs have emerged from the troubled region.
- Nature’S Fury (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 22, 2004)
Long-term plans are needed to prevent the annual floods that devastate Assam
- State Budget And Cmp Squared Off (Deccan Herald, GOPAL K KADEKODI, Jul 21, 2004)
The pro-farmer State budget is welcome, but inflationary pressure on the oil front could upset calculations
- Venusian Woman (Deccan Herald, SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI, Jul 21, 2004)
July is a critical month for India as well as the rest of the world — it will decide the course of global trade talks
- Too Little, Too Late (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2004)
The Supreme Courts order, directing the Centre to disburse to survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster Rs. 1,505.46 crores that is part of the settlement reached with the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), comes not a day too soon.
- Military Rules, Not Okay (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 21, 2004)
The nation's political parties and politicians are continuously losing credibility as a result of increasing criminalisation of politics.
- Karnataka's Predictable Budget (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2004)
After the Central and Andhra Pradesh budgets, it was very much on the cards that the Congress-led coalition Government in Karnataka would also come up with what it could project as a "pro-farmer, pro-poor budget."
- Israel Pooh-Poohs World Courtvv (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jul 21, 2004)
With overt US support, Israel has consigned a World Court judgment against it to the trash bin
- The Muddle Over A Charge (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 20, 2004)
The Access deficit charge Charge regime is headed for a prolonged debate with the two opposing camps — the incumbent, Bharat Sanchar Nigam, and the domestic private telecom operators
- Slave Labour In Brazil (Hindu, Paul Brown, Jul 20, 2004)
An unpublished report for the ILO says that despite the best efforts of the Brazilian Government, slave labour continues in the country's interior.
- Revitalising Panchsheel (Hindu, K. R. Narayanan, Jul 20, 2004)
As co-originators of the Panchsheel, it is the internationalist duty of China and India to march forward, revitalise their friendly relationship, and project the Five Principles for the peace, progress, and stability of the world.
- A Tax That Needs Thought (Business Line, V. Kumaraswamy, Jul 20, 2004)
The New Foreign Trade Policy, is good, but if India has delusions of leapfrogging in the global trade order, it misses too many realities
- Is There Political Will? (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jul 20, 2004)
The State CMP lacks foresight, but its pro-poor measures could be effective if the corrupt are weeded out
- 91st Constitutional Amendment: Not Quite Adequate (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jul 20, 2004)
ON July 7, the 91st Amendment to the Constitution, limiting the size of the Council of Ministers at the Centre and the States to no more than 15 per cent of the numbers in the Lok Sabha or the State Legislature, came into effect.
- Resignations A Charade (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2004)
Political leaders in Haryana seem to be playing oneupmanship on the sensitive waters issue. The BJP called a Haryana bandh on Monday, which evoked a limited
- Budget & Financial Sector Reform (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 20, 2004)
Amidst the well-pulicised emphasis on agriculture and the social sector, the recent budget, which was the first official economic policy foray of the United Progressive Alliance
- A Growth-Oriented Budget (Tribune, D.N. Patodia, Jul 19, 2004)
Mr. P. Chidambaram deserves to be complemented for presenting a progressive and growth-oriented budget for 2004-05. Comfortably placed with impressive performance in the preceding year, achieving a growth rate of 8.2 per cent, inflation
- Testing The Waters (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 19, 2004)
In giving the district units in Andhra Pradesh a free hand in deciding whether or not to have an electoral understanding with the Telugu Desam Party for the local body polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party has sought to use these low-stake elections as a test
- China And Saarc (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 19, 2004)
As the South Asian Foreign Ministers meet this week in Islamabad, the idea of associating China with the plans for economic integration in the subcontinent should get some serious attention.
- Cmp Sans Vision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 19, 2004)
The much-delayed announcement of the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the Congress and the Janata Dal(S) coalition ministry of Karnataka has belied the expectation that it would serve as a five-year perspective plan for
- A Change Of Scene In Bollywood (Business Line, Shyam G. Menon, Jul 19, 2004)
At Mumbai's New Empire theatre, the sole show devoted to screening Monster opened with a stunning contrast. Ahead of Hollywood's offering came the trailer of Garv.
- Code For Doctors (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 19, 2004)
After years of dithering, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has drawn up and published in the Official Gazette regulations governing the professional conduct, etiquette and ethics for medical practitioners.
- Aicc Revamp: Reward And Punishment (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jul 19, 2004)
Nearly two months after the Congress came to power at the Centre via the coalition route, the party president, Sonia Gandhi, set herself to the task of re-building a team to run the affairs of the All-India Congress Committee.
- Gorbachev's Ghost (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Jul 19, 2004)
Saddam Hussein gave international currency to the phrase "mother of all battles" during the first Gulf War. The Elections 2004 could be, in a manner of speaking, described as the mother of all electoral battles in Independent India.
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