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- `No Time-Frame For Crr Cut' (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
THE Reserve Bank of India has not set any pre-determined time-frame for the one-time reduction of the cash reserve ratio (CRR) to three per cent.
- The New U.S. Factor (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2002)
A DEFINITIVE DE-ESCALATION of the emotionally surcharged crisis across the India-Pakistan divide and a substantive resumption of dialogue between the two countries constitute the exploratory purpose of the Powell mission to Islamabad and New Delhi.
- Ins Cautions Members On Lml Ads (Business Line, Sudha Menon, Jan 19, 2002)
THE Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has issued a circular to member publications and accredited advertising agencies advising them to exercise caution while accepting advertisements from scooter manufacturer LML Ltd.
- Petroleum Deregulation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2002)
DEREGULATION OF THE petroleum sector is slated to commence in a big way with the Government reiterating its longstanding commitment to do away with the administered price mechanism (APM) for petroleum products by the end of this fiscal year.
- Holding Back The Give-Aways (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 19, 2002)
FOR the first time in several years, a concerted effort is being made to phase out or scrap the incentive provisions in the income-tax code. First, the Parthasarathy Shome panel was set up to advise on tax policy for the Tenth Plan.
- Should India Go For Strategic Oil Reserves? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Jan 19, 2002)
IN the wake of increasing tension between India and Pakistan, the re-thinking on strategic oil reserves is assuming importance.
- Falling Interest Rates... -- Downward Drift In Financial Savings (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 19, 2002)
ACCORDING to the procedures of Raymond Goldsmith, the leading researcher in the history of literature on savings.
- Corporate Straits (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
MUCH OF THE Indian corporate sector is ill and some firms may well be in the terminal stage.
- Tax By The Wire (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Jan 19, 2002)
THE following are the views/recommendations of the High-Power Committee on Electronic Commerce and Taxation with regard to business transacted by persons in India with those in other countries through the Internet:
- Falling Interest Rates... -- Downward Drift In Financial Savings (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 19, 2002)
ACCORDING to the procedures of Raymond Goldsmith, the leading researcher in the history of literature on savings.
- Corporate Straits (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
MUCH OF THE Indian corporate sector is ill and some firms may well be in the terminal stage.
- For Defensible Frontiers (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Jan 18, 2002)
INDIA’S war against terrorism has entered the second phase since December 13.
- Pakistan's Defining Moment? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
THE REFORM AGENDA being unveiled by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, is meticulously designed to restructure his country's society and politics.
- Destination South Asia (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jan 18, 2002)
US Secretary of State Colin Powell is currently on a visit, his second in the past one month. Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji was also in India with his delegation.
- Revise History But Avoid Revisionism (Pioneer, Karan Singh, Jan 18, 2002)
Our national motto is Satyameva Jayate-the truth alone with triumph, but how do we ascertain what the truth is?
- Gateways Of Cities (Indian Express, Rajeev Ahuja, Jan 18, 2002)
IN current troubled times airport security may have tightened across all airports.
- Burying The Zia Legacy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 18, 2002)
BY delivering that speech last Saturday General Pervez Musharraf has embarked on a path which will conclusively end (if he succeeds, that is) the era inaugurated by General Zia-ul Haq.
- Vajpayee's Third Shot At Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 18, 2002)
Mr.Vajpayee now has the unprecedented combination of international and regional circumstances to push for a final solution to the vexatious dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir.
- The Bend In The Sutlej (Indian Express, S. P. Singh, Jan 18, 2002)
SYL has always stood for controversy in Punjab. Now that the Supreme Court judgement has directed the Punjab Govt to complete the project in a year, political parties are rehashing their rhetoric and sharpening their knives.
- Flying The Flag (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
WHEN THE NATIONAL flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in July 1947, it was spoken about as a symbol which belonged to all Indians — and in equal measure.
- Choices For The Northeast (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 18, 2002)
The differing concerns of the people in the area could pose a serious impediment to lasting peace in the Northeast. They have to be addressed above all by people in the region.
- A Short-Lived Unhappy Episode (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 18, 2002)
NEW DELHI, JAN. 17. It was unseemly, it was avoidable - this wrangle over the Government's plan to send all-party delegations abroad to mobilise international opinion in support of India's case against cross-border terrorism.
- Gentlemen End Up Losers (Pioneer, M. C. Joshi, Jan 18, 2002)
The 'men of reason' referred in A Surya Prakash's 'History Sheet of a rouge state' (Opinion, December 27) have, no doubt, spoiled India's case since the very beginning.
- Out Of The Ashes (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 18, 2002)
We have to brace ourselves for the experience. Each year, about this time, when the weather turns pleasant, expatriate economists, much like the migratory birds from Siberia, visit the country for a week or a couple of weeks.
- Dumped (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 18, 2002)
Perhaps, after all, partners in the National Democratic Alliance cannot be taken for granted.
- Kutch Revisited -- With Rubble & Uncertainty For Company (Business Line, P. Devarajan, Jan 18, 2002)
BHUJ, Anjar and Bachhau in Kutch district live alone in the ruins of last year's earthquake, with the choking rubble piling up in select corners of the towns.
- What Price Growth? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2002)
IS THE CURRENT low inflation slowing economic growth? The RBI's Report on Currency and Finance 2000-01 does seem to suggest this.
- Governance By Ordinance (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 18, 2002)
THE Vajpayee Government may come to be known more for ordinances than Bills. Apart from POTO, there is an ordinance on shunting out the Roorkee Engineering College director before the expiry of his statutory tenure.
- Budget Musings 2002 — Ii: Bringing Prosperity Within Reach (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 18, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, will be the first to admit that by effecting savings within the Government itself, he will be able to lessen the pressure on resources to a great extent. There are many avenues that immediately suggest themselves.
- Choices For The Northeast (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 18, 2002)
The differing concerns of the people in the area could pose a serious impediment to lasting peace in the Northeast. They have to be addressed above all by people in the region.
- What Price Growth? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2002)
IS THE CURRENT low inflation slowing economic growth? The RBI's Report on Currency and Finance 2000-01 does seem to suggest this.
- Vajpayee's Third Shot At Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 18, 2002)
Mr.Vajpayee now has the unprecedented combination of international and regional circumstances to push for a final solution to the vexatious dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir.
- `There Will Be A Move From Hot To Cold War' — Mr Jehan Perera, Director, Npcsl (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 18, 2002)
EVER since the departure of the Indian Peace-Keeping Forces from Sri Lanka, the average Sri Lankan's attitude towards India has changed.
- Pakistan's Defining Moment? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
THE REFORM AGENDA being unveiled by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, is meticulously designed to restructure his country's society and politics.
- Flying The Flag (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
WHEN THE NATIONAL flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in July 1947, it was spoken about as a symbol which belonged to all Indians — and in equal measure.
- No Rewards For Pakistan (Washington Post, Jim Hoagland, Jan 17, 2002)
India and Pakistan have found something on which to agree: This is not the moment to challenge the United States by escalating their long and nasty conflict into a shooting war.
- The Kashmir Flashpoint (New York Times, Editorial, The New York Times, Jan 17, 2002)
Secretary of State Colin Powell is in South Asia trying to ease the dangerous buildup of military forces on the tense border between India and Pakistan.
- On Razor's Edge (Pioneer, K. Rajbir Deswal, Jan 16, 2002)
I was inspecting the police lines when, officers accompanying me started showing signs of desperation at my "undesirable presence", stretched for over three hours on a sultry evening, scolding, shouting and bullying my subordinates.
- Examine The Rapist, Not The Victim (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2002)
Sub-sections (1A), (1B), (1C) and (1D) should be inserted in section 53 of the Criminal Procedure Code as recommended by the 84th report of the Law Commission, with...adaptations.
- Act Together (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2002)
It was felt that the laws relating to judicial separation, divorce and anullment of marriage were widely different.
- Soothing The Bruised Lion In Lanka (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 16, 2002)
The mood in the New Year in Sri Lanka is upbeat.
- Hollowness Of The Secularist Paradigm (Pioneer, Rakesh Sinha , Jan 16, 2002)
RSS mouthpiece Panchajanya organised an interesting competition in its December 30, 2000, issue, asking its readers to identify the name of the national daily which gave the headline.
- The Economy In A Dilemma (Business Line, Priya Mutalik-Desai, Jan 16, 2002)
India is in a dilemma. It is rated as one of the world's least globalised countries, according to the Globalisation Index compiled by AT Kearney Global Policy Magazine.
- Pricing Rationale (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 16, 2002)
The Centre appears to have sorted out the business of bracketing within one equation the price of petroleum, consumer convenience, revenue shortfall and the fiscal deficit.
- Eliminate The Noise (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jan 16, 2002)
At this time of the year, everyone’s mind turns towards the budget. Whatever for? As required by the Constitution, the budget is nothing but the Central government’s annual statement of revenue and expenditure.
- In General Terms (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 16, 2002)
No one listening to General Musharraf’s speech on January 12 ought to be in any doubt about the momentous shifts in Pakistan’s policy that it signaled.
- International Long-Distance For Domestic Cos -- Dot Prescribes Rs 25-Cr Entry Fee (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 16, 2002)
THE Government has opened up international long-distance (ILD) services to Indian companies with a net worth of Rs 25 crore.
- Jammu & Kashmir Issue (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Jan 16, 2002)
Even as we analyse the speech of the Pakistani President, a few other signals also need to be picked up.
- War, Protectionism And Globalisation (Business Line, Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Jan 16, 2002)
WHO SAID the war in Afghanistan would have minimal effect on India? The war will have a major impact on the reforms process in India and the extent to which India can fully integrate itself with the world economy.
- Here's A Warning General! (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jan 16, 2002)
President Pervez Musharraf sure has a twisted sense of humour.
- Additional Resource Mobilisation -- Innovative Ways Must Be Thought Of (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 16, 2002)
GIVEN the ever-increasing need for more and more revenues, it is ironic that the Government is faced with the bizarre spectacle of falling tax revenues and a declining tax-GDP ratio.
- Fuelling Debate (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 16, 2002)
THE interim report of the Mashelkar Committee on Auto Fuel Policy and the road map for its implementation appear differently to different groups:
- Eating Out Of The General’s Hands (Indian Express, Harinder Sikka, Jan 16, 2002)
There is no big difference between Osama bin Laden and Maulana Masood Azhar.
- Look East For A Change (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2002)
The Chinese are a people who are impatient with history and misplaced sentiment.
- Musharraf Has Spoken... -- But Delhi Waits For Action (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 16, 2002)
The Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf's much-awaited speech on his government's initiatives in containing terrorism has been followed up with the jailing of some 1,500 terrorists.
- Rogues Have Scientists Too (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Jan 16, 2002)
Now that terror has been privatised, globalised, now that terrorists are gleefully visualising inventories of biological, chemical, even nuclear weapons, what new burdens must scientists bear?
- On The Missile Trail: Iran Between 1996 And 2000, Russia Was Helping Iran Realise Its Long-Range Missile Dream (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2002)
In July 1998, a congressional commission headed by Donald H. Rumsfeld, now US defence secretary, predicted that Iran might be capable of causing ‘‘major destruction’’ to the United States ‘‘within five years.’’
- Time Ripe For Peace Parleys (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Jan 16, 2002)
We are delighted that the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's new year appeal to Pakistan to return to the way of peace has now evoked a matching response from the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf.
- You Can Do Better, India (Hindu, John Laxmi, Jan 16, 2002)
The Honourable Home Minister, L.K. Advani,
It was nice to attend your speech in New York at the India-America Chamber of Commerce dinner.
- After 50 Years (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2002)
Opportunities, not reservation, can emancipate Dalits.
- Building A World Empire - Ii (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Jan 16, 2002)
The key characteristic of this Pax Americana is that it operates not against the formal juridical order of nation-states but through it.
- Tenth Plan To Focus More On Horticulture: Nhb Chief (Business Line, Ambar Singh Roy, Jan 16, 2002)
THE Tenth Plan, beginning April 1, will focus on horticulture in a big way, according to Mr J.P. Negi, Managing Director of National Horticulture Board (NHB).
- A Moment To Seize In Kashmir (New York Times, Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Jan 16, 2002)
The national address by President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday has been praised both in Pakistan and internationally, but it has also generated debate on the real intent behind it.
- Towards All-Party Diplomacy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2002)
THE NATIONAL CONSENSUS on ways to deal with Pakistan in the context of the recent terrorist attack on Parliament House in New Delhi must serve as the motive force of India's planned all-party diplomacy.
- Rbi Wants To Counter Slowdown By Boosting Aggregate Demand (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 16, 2002)
THE Reserve Bank of India has prescribed a combination of policy measurers to counter the current economic slowdown.
- China Keeps Everyone Guessing (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 16, 2002)
No one is quite sure of China's aims. Anxious to buy from and sell to China, the Clinton administration called it strategic partner. With less interest in commerce, the Bush administration sees it as strategic competitor.
- Musharraf Has Spoken... -- But Delhi Waits For Action (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 16, 2002)
The Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf's much-awaited speech on his government's initiatives in containing terrorism has been followed up with the jailing of some 1,500 terrorists.
- Dividing The Meagre Resources (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2002)
AS THE TASK of assigning resources for the Tenth Plan gets under way, a few important issues are bound to engage the attention of policy bodies such as the two special groups constituted by the Union Finance Ministry to finalise sectoral allocations.
- Outbound Logistics And Local Taxes (Business Line, Janat Shah, Jan 16, 2002)
THE increase in competition and the swings in the economy in the last few years are forcing Indian firms to cut costs and improve customer service.
- Civil Society Hijacked (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Jan 16, 2002)
The claims that have been made by global civil society actors reflect perfectly the values of the most powerful states in the western world.
- Dividing The Meagre Resources (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2002)
AS THE TASK of assigning resources for the Tenth Plan gets under way, a few important issues are bound to engage the attention of policy bodies such as the two special groups constituted by the Union Finance Ministry to finalise sectoral allocations.
- You Can Do Better, India (Hindu, John Laxmi, Jan 16, 2002)
The Honourable Home Minister, L.K. Advani,
It was nice to attend your speech in New York at the India-America Chamber of Commerce dinner.
- Outbound Logistics And Local Taxes (Business Line, Janat Shah, Jan 16, 2002)
THE increase in competition and the swings in the economy in the last few years are forcing Indian firms to cut costs and improve customer service.
- China Keeps Everyone Guessing (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 16, 2002)
No one is quite sure of China's aims. Anxious to buy from and sell to China, the Clinton administration called it strategic partner. With less interest in commerce, the Bush administration sees it as strategic competitor.
- Time Ripe For Peace Parleys (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Jan 16, 2002)
We are delighted that the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's new year appeal to Pakistan to return to the way of peace has now evoked a matching response from the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf.
- Civil Society Hijacked (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Jan 16, 2002)
The claims that have been made by global civil society actors reflect perfectly the values of the most powerful states in the western world.
- Additional Resource Mobilisation -- Innovative Ways Must Be Thought Of (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 16, 2002)
GIVEN the ever-increasing need for more and more revenues, it is ironic that the Government is faced with the bizarre spectacle of falling tax revenues and a declining tax-GDP ratio.
- War, Protectionism And Globalisation (Business Line, Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Jan 16, 2002)
WHO SAID the war in Afghanistan would have minimal effect on India? The war will have a major impact on the reforms process in India and the extent to which India can fully integrate itself with the world economy.
- The Economy In A Dilemma (Business Line, Priya Mutalik-Desai, Jan 16, 2002)
India is in a dilemma. It is rated as one of the world's least globalised countries, according to the Globalisation Index compiled by AT Kearney Global Policy Magazine.
- Towards All-Party Diplomacy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2002)
THE NATIONAL CONSENSUS on ways to deal with Pakistan in the context of the recent terrorist attack on Parliament House in New Delhi must serve as the motive force of India's planned all-party diplomacy.
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