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Articles 121 through 220 of 211:
- Dream Merchant (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Sep 15, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee seems desperately hopeful that his state’s transformation will yield fringe benefits for all, says Sumanta Sen
- Govt. Won't Ban Onion Export; Imports If Necessary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The Government will not ban export of onions despite a shortfall of 20 to 25 per cent in production this season but would import the commodity if necessary, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said at a press conference here on Tuesday.
- Teachers’ Day In Our Times (Tribune, R. Vatsyayan, Sep 05, 2005)
For most of the people of my fifty-plus generation Teachers’ Day brings nostalgic memories of our school days.
- India’S Past-Ii (Statesman, Jagmohan , Sep 02, 2005)
Bright And Dark Sides Of The British Coin While the impact of British rule was salutary, in some respects, its negative fallout was deep and widespread.
- Experts Warn Of Environmental Disaster (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
As the City administrators intensified their campaign against plastic by taking more stringent measures including seizure of the environmentally-hazardous plastic products from shops, this website’s newspapersought to know from the experts on what exactly
- Buddhadeb’S Fdi Drive Runs Into Rough Weather (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The chief minister’s announcement at a traders’ body meeting in Singapore has triggered a wave of protest both within and outside the Left Front.
- 100 Years Ago Today August 25, 1905 (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2005)
Tragedy At Baraset. — On Wednesday morning a murder was committed at Tababaria, near Barasat.
- The Price Of Complacency (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 23, 2005)
While most exporting countries prepared for the post-quota world, India remained deaf to warnings.
- It’S Commercialised Media (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 19, 2005)
MANY years ago, Krishna Menon, who later became Defence Minister, said that it was the jute Press that India had.
- Square Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
In the name of Lord Dalhousie
Bengal’s Governor-General (1848-56) would have balked at the thought that the city’s nerve centre,
- Commercialization Of The Press (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 06, 2005)
Many years ago, Krishna Menon, who later became defence minister, said that it was the jute press that India had.
- 100 Pc Jute Packaging For Sugar Restored — Go-Ahead From Ccea; Order To Come Into Effect From Aug 1 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 30, 2005)
The Government has restored the 100 per cent compulsory reservation through jute packaging by the foodgrains and sugar industry. The new order is to be effective from August 1.
- Restore With Hammer And Tongues (Telegraph, Barun De, Jul 28, 2005)
Laldighi, and not Dalhousie Square, should be the motif for the new restoration work being planned by the state government, writes Barun De
- Looking Into State’S Soul (Deccan Herald, Rashmi Vasudeva, Jul 28, 2005)
The KSHDC has organised an exhibition to popularise the State’s rich tradition of handicrafts. This year artisans from other states have also been invited.
- Monetary Policy Quarterly Review — Rbi Prefers The Status Quo (Business Line, A. Seshan, Jul 27, 2005)
Not wanting to take away the punch bowl when the party is going strong, and because of the macroeconomic uncertainties engendered especially by the rise in oil prices, the RBI has kept all its key rates unchanged much to the relief of banks and markets.
- Jute Technology Mission Likely To Be Set Up Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
Make diversified products from jute"
- My Old Town Jetpur (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jun 28, 2005)
Actually, I have not been to Jetpur for 50 years. But I still think of it as my home town. My father was born there; his father served the Bapu or king of Jetpur.
- Teaching The Art Of Earning (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
Empowering women of every rural household seems to be the motto of SSRDP. Kamala Balachandran tells us about this unique spiritual venture for the upliftment of poor.
- A Meal And A Chance To Learn (Washington Post, RAMA LAKSHMI, Apr 28, 2005)
Munni Sahariya, a lean, shy girl with a nose ring, spread a jute mat on the floor of her first-grade classroom and sat down with her three younger siblings
- Porous Border, Worrisome Scenario (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Apr 22, 2005)
The recent killing of a BSF officer by BDR personnel is another reminder of the situation along the India-Bangladesh border.
- Bihar Cleans Up After Laloo (Deccan Herald, J P Yadav, Apr 03, 2005)
It’s a purge, well almost, in post-Laloo Bihar.
- West Bengal: The Perception And Reality (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Apr 01, 2005)
MOST times, economic development is viewed in terms of industrialisation. While the latter is essential for economic transformation, it is not as if economic growth is not possible without industrialisation...
- Work More If You Want To Earn More (Telegraph, S. S. Chawdhry, Mar 30, 2005)
Productivity-linked wages may be one way to reconcile the desire for profits with the concern for workers’ well-being, writes S.S. Chawdhry
- Euro Iii Fuel Supply In 11 Major Cities By April 1 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2005)
India will start supply of ultra low sulphur content petrol and diesel in all but seven states from April 1, the Centre announced on Thursday.
- Euro Iii Fuel In 11 Major Cities By April 1 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2005)
India will start supply of ultra low sulphur content petrol and diesel in all but seven states from April 1, the Centre announced on Thursday.
- The Next `New' Thing Is `Things' (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 11, 2005)
Cotton, coffee, sugar, oil, wheat, rice... This is not a grocery list for you to pick up on your way home, but a pick from some of the common commodities that figure in business pages along with precious metals and
- Carrs Can Deliver (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Feb 17, 2005)
THE Committee on Subordinate Legislation (14th Lok Sabha), in its first report submitted on December 2, 2004, has indicted the Department of Company Affairs (DCA) for lack of seriousness in applying the Cost Accounting Records Rules (CARRs).
- Moving On From The Metro Mindset (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 15, 2005)
If a new commission is set up to look into Centre-State relations, its mandate should be to demarcate the functions of each, empowering the States to create regions of excellence.
- Where Will Bhola Go? (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Feb 06, 2005)
It was a great day when Lakshmi the milch cow gave birth. The calf was a beautiful brown with a diamond patch at the centre of his forehead. When I first saw him, he could hardly stand on his four legs and was quivering.
- India Beyond Delhi And Mumbai (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 01, 2005)
Unlike in the US, where the metros and other cities have distinct reputations in such fields as industry, commerce, education and culture, their Indian counterparts hardly have any activity specialisation
- Kolkata, Tripped By Globalization, Now Benefits: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Jan 12, 2005)
Shishir Bajoria has gone from being a victim of globalization to one of its beneficiaries. He wants his city to script a similar comeback.
- The Late Night Shuttle (Deccan Herald, P SRINIVASAN, Dec 20, 2004)
The two-hour bullock cart ride over a bumpy country track from the village to the station to catch the late night shuttle was a veritable endurance test, a repeat of that morning’s experience in the reverse direction from the station where I had arrived b
- Get The Right Price (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Dec 02, 2004)
With the formation of a seven-member Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises, the market for distressed assets (DA) is set to become buoyant.
- Good Economics Is Bad Politics (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Nov 25, 2004)
The manner in which the UPA Government’s economic reforms are being blocked by the Left is reminiscent of Communists in Eastern Bloc
- A Poll Tear-Jerker? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 22, 2004)
That onion is an election issue in some States is well known, the latest case in point being the Maharasthra Assembly elections. In the run-up to the Assembly elections, the National Congress Party (NCP) leader and
- In Praise Of Moderation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 21, 2004)
Robert Clive declared that he marvelled at his own moderation — he cornered a piffling £160,000 after becoming master of the ousted Siraj-ud-Daula’s treasury worth £1.5 million.
- Where World Is Not Fragmented By Narrow Domestic Walls (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 28, 2004)
These days, all roads have been leading to Athens, for sports-lovers. And for economists, for whom the topic of recent discussion has been inflation, all clicks have been leading to http://eaindustry.nic.in
- Why Do The Rich Not Take Unctad Seriously? (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 03, 2004)
EVER since the World Trade Organisation came into being in 1995, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has been under attack from the rich countries for doing excellent work for the developing countries in the international ...
- Advances Against Shares - Dividing The Multiplier Effect (Business Line, A. Seshan, Jan 08, 2004)
The latest raising of minimum margin from 40 per cent to 50 per cent on advances against shares means that the potential value of the multiplier is reduced from 2.5 to 2. One good aspect of the measure is that, unlike in the past instances, the rise in
- Seeing Through The False Front (Telegraph, Soumitra Das, Jan 01, 2004)
The British may have bagged the Hooghly riverfront project, but for the rejuvenation plan to have relevance local sanction is a must
- Marxists Get Foreign Funds To Mercy-Kill Their Dying Psus (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Oct 24, 2003)
DFID grant to Bengal to pay off workers, close14 PSUs
- ‘we Made Mistakes Like Discouraging Private Sector, We Are Changing Now’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 13, 2003)
You are the only Marxist ruler, if I could call you so, in the whole world. Isn’t it so, and an elected one at that, barring the small government in Tripura
- Ordinance To Give Govt Blank Cheque On Excise -- Cap On Commodities To Go (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 09, 2002)
THE Cabinet today authorised the Finance Ministry to fix any rate of excise duty on commodities under emergency powers, scrapping the existing provisions that limited hikes to a maximum of 100 per cent.
- 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.
- Sleeping With The Stars (Tribune, G. K. Sharma, Dec 19, 2001)
AS a child I loved Summer Nights. For one solid reason. Never mind even if it was warm.
- 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.
- 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.
- Compatibility In Recycling Plastics (Business Line, Mahendra Pandey , Dec 05, 2001)
ALL synthetic products affect the environment over their life-cycles, from the point of manufacturing to disposal as waste. Plastic products are no exception.
- A Nation In Transition (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 30, 2001)
In a system as closed as Saudi Arabia’s, if someone in authority comes forward and outlines a vision of the future in the modern idiom, two conclusions are inescapable:
- Make The Wto Challenge An Opportunity (Business Line, G. Thimmaiah , Nov 09, 2001)
THE WTO meeting at Doha has again raised the issue of costs and benefits of remaining a WTO member.
- Emergence Of New Malthusian Phenomenon (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 03, 2001)
IN HIS mid-term review of macroeconomic and monetary policy developments in 2001-2002, the Reserve Bank of India Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, projected a growth rate of 6-6.5 per cent for 2001-2002.
- Rbi's Best (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 23, 2001)
Shedding all the conservative inhibitions a cental banker is heir to in troubled times, Dr. Bimal Jalan, RBI governor, has decided to risk fast paced growth by sharply cutting fund costs.
- Power Play (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 28, 2001)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Murasoli Maran should be congratulated on their bold and forthright stand that a new round of trade negotiations will be acceded to only after the built-in agenda of the Uruguay round has been satisfactorily addressed.
- A State Of Despair (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Aug 27, 2001)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has been able to do little about West Bengal’s industry even after 100 days in power.
- Capacity, Production Growth In Manufacturing (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Aug 25, 2001)
THERE are two views about why the growth rate of the economy has slowed down, though there are no differences on the fact that the growth rate of the economy has slowed down.
- Disentangle From Njmc (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 24, 2001)
IT IS BEST that the Union Textiles Ministry gives up its move for unit-wise sale of the six jute mills under the National Jute Manufacturers Corporation (NJMC).
- Obsolete Package (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 10, 2001)
NEITHER users nor manufacturers of jute bags stand to gain by the tendency of the government to keep packaging norms cast in stone or having official committees getting involved in decisions on exactly how to package commodities.
- No Mean Business (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 05, 2001)
The chief minister of West Bengal has reason to congratulate himself.
- Monsoon Causes Rs 1,613-Cr Loss, Signals Fall In Farm Output (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Aug 02, 2001)
As the south-west monsoon completes its mid-course (July-end), it is time to take stock of the situation.
- Decade Of Transition, Structural Change (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jul 19, 2001)
FOR India's industrial economy, the 1990s has been a period of transition and structural change.
- India, Pakistan And Economic Realism (Business Line, Ashish Vachhani, Jul 11, 2001)
AT A recent conference in Islamabad, Gen Pervez Musharraf chided his audience for talking of hoisting the green flag at Red Fort at a time when Pakistan's economy is in real bad shape.
- Separation Of Telengana Is No Solution To Its Backwardness (The Financial Express, G. M. Rama Rao, Jul 03, 2001)
A separate state for Telengana region in Andhra Pradesh has again raised its ugly head after more than three decades since its first appearance.
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After Neem & Basmati It’s Hessian Now (The Economic Times, P.K. Vasudeva, Jun 30, 2001)
AFTER neem, turmeric, and basmati, India has now successfully warded off the European Union patent threat on the usage of hessian -— jute cloth/sheet as a material to cover wastes and dumping grounds, which India has been using since ages.
- Reviving Bombay Dyeing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 20, 2001)
THE HOSTILE bid on Bombay Dyeing by Arun Bajoria, the jute baron from Kolkata, last year seems to have shaken the company’s management.
- ...But Not Quite Out (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 22, 2001)
LIKE aces up the sleeve, India is showing its hidden areas of competitive advantage in world trade. News has it that foreign retail chains like Wal-Mart are sourcing over $1 billion of merchandise from India.
- All Dressed Up But.. (Hindustan Times, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, May 07, 2001)
FOR THE ebullient Mamata Banerjee, the middle of the road might prove to be a very dead end.
- Growth Rate For 2001-02: A First Estimate (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , May 02, 2001)
IN ALL probability unless the fourth quarter estimate of GDP turns out to be substantially higher than the estimates for the first three quarters.
- Time For Negotiations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 14, 2001)
THE CYCLE OF claims and counter-claims between the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) has reached a point where the only way the imbroglio can be resolved is by renegotiations
- Bangladesh: Transformation & Turmoil - I (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Mar 28, 2001)
IN A report I had prepared at the end of 1972 for the United Nations, on technical assistance requirements of the fledgling state of Bangladesh, I had predicted that it was among the few developing countries which had the best chance of transforming its f
- The season of school admissions (Tribune, R. Vatsyayan, Feb 12, 2001)
APART from summer, rain, winter and spring there comes another season which is known as season of school admissions. Usually this season starts from mid-February and under normal circumstances lasts till May or June. During this period every person, howso
- Did Clinton’s visit help women of Naila? (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Feb 07, 2001)
WOMEN of Naila village in Jaipur district of Rajasthan were suddenly on all TV channels of the world on March 23 last year. And why not ? After all they had the super power of the world — America’s President Bill Clinton — visiting them as a guest. He had
- Grisly Incident (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 17, 2001)
The grisly violence that occurred at the Baranagar Jute Mill just north of Kolkata last week, in which a worker and two managers were killed, cannot be condoned. At the moment, the facts surrounding the incident are not entirely clear.
- Lynching labour force (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 15, 2001)
WEST BENGAL politics has always had a swathe of red, meaning a strong communist presence. Now the labour scene threatens to acquire a streak of an red, blood red. The burning alive of two top managers of a rickety jute mill on Saturday is set to damage wh
- Sugar melts in PDS (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 12, 2001)
IN the early decades of last century sugar mills provided the seed capital to several big business houses of today, just as jute mills did in West Bengal and the textile ones in Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Their equipment has not changed much, nor the managemen
- On the export fast track! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2000)
WITH the country’s overseas trade deficit spinning out of control, I was feeling despondent about its economic prospects when a boxed item on the commercial pages caught my eye. It said that India had exported frogs’ legs worth Rs 50 million — an all-time
- NIGHTMARES IN EXILE (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Dec 26, 2000)
The hollows around her eyes are cavernous. Her rheumy vision blurs with tears. Eighty-two-year-old Saloni Devi has outlived all her sons, even her youngest one, who was gunned down by “unidentified’’ assailants in the remote Sunpura forest in Upper Assam’
- Bhopal gas disaster 16 long years of suffering (Tribune, N. D. Sharma, Dec 10, 2000)
Bhopal is the largest industrial accident in the world history, bigger even than Chernobyl, and yet fifteen years of it remains an unprecedented example of the monstrous injustice for those affected. Carbide, one of the world's richest corporations, is re
- Coir boards from jute (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Nov 29, 2000)
WITH pressure on the use of wood and the need to conserve it on ecological grounds, the search for alternative sources has intensified. Indigenous efforts have led to the development of jute-coir composite boards.
- New Textile Policy -- Blow to the employment objective (Business Line, Ruddar Datt , Nov 27, 2000)
ON NOVEMBER 2, the Government announced the New Textile Policy (NTP), outlining measures to make India a global player in textiles and readymade garments by raising exports from $11 billion to $50 billion by 2010. Of this, the share of readymade garments
- The Jyoti Basu miracle (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 11, 2000)
Assessing West Bengal's economic growth according to various parameters, P. R. Brahmananda says the State's phenomenal improvement in agricultural performance is largely due to the outgoing Chief Minister, Mr Jyoti Basu's clever balancing of Leftist ideol
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