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Articles 9321 through 9420 of 12047:
- Expectations Met In Fair Measure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 01, 2005)
If expectations from Mr. P. Chidambaram's second budget were rather high, he seems to have met them in a fair, even if not full, measure.
- Budget For Securities (Indian Express, VIJAY KELKAR, Feb 28, 2005)
Where do we go next in Indian finance? We have been converting 23 per cent investment into 6 per cent growth. A better financial sector will raise this conversion rate, by allocating resources more efficiently.
- Growth And Equity (Deccan Herald, J D AGARWAL, Feb 28, 2005)
The presentation of the Union Budget evokes much interest on the part of countrymen, media and the government as it affects the lives of the people. It brings cheers to some and pinches the pockets of some others.
- Half Answers To Global Imbalance (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Feb 28, 2005)
The day of reckoning for the global current account imbalance, and the American dollar, is drawing closer. The Australian dollar might perform relatively better than its American counterpart
- Will Chidambaram Win And Retain Friends? (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Feb 28, 2005)
``Eighteen days hence, I present the Budget for 2005-06. The current year promises to end on a good note and I hope to have as many friends as of now, 18 days ahead.''
- Needed, A Fair Deal For Nbfcs (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 28, 2005)
The time has come for the RBI to make peace with NBFCs as a class. They are proven instruments of efficient and customer-friendly outreach in the credit space, not only for consumer durables, but also housing and transport, besides infrastructure.
- Structural Problems Of Fdi Flows (Business Line, S. Narayan, Feb 28, 2005)
The commerce Minister announced recently at an FICCI meeting that Foreign Direct Investment in retail would be permitted, and introduced in a manner that would protect the existing players, mostly small.
- India Talks Down To Its Neighbors (Antiwar.com, editorials. antiwar.com, Feb 26, 2005)
Last week, India spelled out its emerging thinking and policy toward its neighbors in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
- Prescription For Growth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 26, 2005)
The most distinguishing feature of the Economic Survey for 2004-05 is its clear cut prescription for carrying forward reforms in a wide spectrum of areas to promote growth.
- Mind Your Tongue (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 26, 2005)
THE Supreme Court ruling that an employee can be removed from service for using foul words against his superiors adds a whole new dimension to the term “language skills”.
- The India Story: Growth Sans Human Development (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Feb 26, 2005)
Over the past two years, there has been a growing optimism about the medium and long-term outlook for the Indian economy.
- Will The Fm Deliver Enough Bang For The Budget Buck? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 26, 2005)
Budget expectations differ across various industry segments. Presented below are a few of these, from corporate chiefs and tax experts.
- An Economists' Wish List (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 26, 2005)
If the pre-budget Economic Survey laid before Parliament by Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is quite upbeat on the economy, it also marks a break from the traditional reticence
- Buying Us Aircraft (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 26, 2005)
India has sent out requests for information (RFI) to various leading aircraft manufacturers in the world as a preliminary step to float tenders to purchase 126 multi-role combat aircraft.
- Final Proof: Global Warming Is A Man-Made Disaster (Tribune, Steve Connor, Feb 26, 2005)
Scientists have found the first unequivocal link between man-made greenhouse gases and a dramatic heating of the earth’s oceans. The researchers — many funded by the US government
- Focus On Growth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 26, 2005)
THE annual Economic Survey makes projections that the government often fails to implement. Bringing the fiscal deficit down to 4.4 or 4.3 per cent of the GDP is a promise unkept year after year by an over-spending government.
- Remembering The Holocaust (Deccan Herald, SHASHI THAROOR, Feb 25, 2005)
Whenever I think of Auschwitz or Birkenau, or Mauthausen, or Theresienstadt, the names that, in this season of Holocaust remembrance, are coming back to haunt us from 60 years ago
- On Unconscionable Dropout Rates (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 25, 2005)
At a time when there is a great deal of buzz about India taking off as a "knowledge-based economy and society," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's admission that the dropout rate in schools
- Making India An R&d Powerhouse (Business Line, Habil Khorakiwala, Feb 25, 2005)
India and innovation? Global pharmaceutical majors would have laughed at such an association 10 years ago when it was fashionable to brand India as a nation of copycats and pirates.
- Mind That Goose (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 25, 2005)
There are demands to increase the tax rate paid by companies. Classical public finance suggests that we should focus on individuals as the tax base. Ultimately, all income lands up in the hands of individuals.
- Improving The Farmers' Lot (Hindu, G. Venkataramani, Feb 25, 2005)
The first report of the National Commission on Farmers provides a blueprint for strengthening the agriculture sector.
- How Human Would The Human Face Be? (Hindu, N. Ravi, Feb 25, 2005)
The budget and economic policy can be understood in terms of two competing visions, identified with Jagdish Bhagwati and Amartya Sen.
- Snow And The Sonia Thaw (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 24, 2005)
As Congress president Sonia Gandhi became the first and till now only national leader to visit the snow-hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, many saw her trip as another proof of her love for the state.
- Splintered Front (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2005)
National Democratic Alliance convener George Fernandes has prophesied the emergence of a third front in national politics.
- Budget 2005 And Economic Equity (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Feb 24, 2005)
The Budget has to juxtapose the complex functions of pursuing the `profit' idiom to create wealth for the nation and of taking a range of socio-economic benefits to the people.
- From Shyness To Social Phobia (Tribune, Peter Jaret, Feb 24, 2005)
Years ago, when parents came to him worried because their kids seemed abnormally shy, Murray Stein, a psychiatrist at UC San Diego, would tell them not to worry — that most children outgrow periods of intense shyness. “Now we’re not so quick to dismiss...
- Figuring Out Freedom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 24, 2005)
The ministry of finance has made important progress with the recent decision to give greater autonomy to public sector banks. What is the correct wage of a driver, a clerk, an electrician or a managing director?
- Tsi: `A Good Measure Of How Blood Flows In An Economy' ... (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Feb 23, 2005)
On January 29 last year, the US Secretary of Transportation, Mr Norman Y. Mineta, ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, announced the rollout of the first-ever Transportation Services Index ...
- A City Hostage To Votes (Indian Express, NARINDER NAYAR, Feb 23, 2005)
Let us face it. Mumbai has hit its maximum capacity to accommodate people, both in terms of land and funds.
- Budget Making — An Unenviable Task (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Feb 23, 2005)
The finance minister meets with different segments of the economy to know their mind what they expect from the Budget.
- Bulldozing Basic Rights (Indian Express, MILOON KOTHARI, Feb 23, 2005)
Compare what has occurred in Mumbai with evictions and homelessness in Kenya or Mexico City or New Delhi. Certainly, in terms of both the sheer numbers of poor people affected and the brutality of the demolitions
- Clouds Gathering For February 28 (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Feb 23, 2005)
What will the Budget that the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, presents on February 28 look like? Will he produce another "Dream Budget"?
- For A Farm-Friendly Budget (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Feb 23, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has said that agriculture will be focus of the coming Budget. But agriculture is not synonymous with the common man.
- Savage Garden (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 22, 2005)
It is always difficult to explain extreme forms of violence. The ghastly killing of a tea-garden owner, who was set ablaze by workers in Assam’s Golaghat district, is a case in point.
- Next Steps In Missile Defence (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 22, 2005)
As India enters talks with the United States today on acquiring Patriot missiles, it needs clarity on the elements that form an effective strategy to develop missile defence capabilities within the nation.
- Saluting The Great Indian Village (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2005)
Like the Great Indian Family, the Great Indian village too has been an ideal that we never stop dreaming about. SHREE PADRE explores Balasandra - a village which connects the idea with reality.
- Evil Designs (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Feb 22, 2005)
Far from bringing Iraq closer to democracy, the elections were a device by which the US sought to legitimize its occupation
- Israel Migrant Workers' Raw Deal (Hindu, Rachel Shabi, Feb 22, 2005)
Each year thousands of foreign workers are invited to Israel, lured by the promise of good jobs and a new life. The reality is grimly different.
- Labouring The Point (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 22, 2005)
The project for computerisation of accounts at the EPFO is now at risk. The removal of the EPFO commissioner, Ajai Singh, who had put the project together and was going full steam ahead to gather support for it from all quarters
- Nepal: An Indian Faux Pas? (Business Line, A. Seshan, Feb 21, 2005)
The Government of India has reacted in a knee-jerk fashion to the developments in Nepal. It has issued a strong statement condemning the action of the King in dismissing the Cabinet and imposing an emergency.
- Where Are The Tiger’S Guardians? (Indian Express, MANOJ KUMAR MISRA, Feb 21, 2005)
India's central highlands, and northern and eastern terai belt provide the most suitable habitat for the tiger and report the most numbers of them. Threats inevitably follow the numbers.
- Descending Ordeal (Deccan Herald, H NARAYANAN, Feb 21, 2005)
In July 2004, my wife and I went to New Delhi for a brief stay. Our son at Noida owned a flat there constructed by private agencies. The apartment was due for Grahapravesam
- Economy: Build Like The Ant (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 21, 2005)
Ants build big hills that last and prosper for hundreds of generations but we build towns the way grasshoppers do; the type that become unliveable within one generation.
- For The Love Of Neighbours (Telegraph, Deb Mukharji, Feb 21, 2005)
The foreign secretary’s recent speech has sparked off a debate on inter-state relations in south Asia
- Paswan: A Leader To Be Watched (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 20, 2005)
Described by his bete noire Laloo Prasad Yadav as “Abhaga Paswan”, the Lok Janshakti Party leader, Ram Vilas Paswan may become “Bhagyawan Paswan” as he positions himself to play a crucial role in the post-poll scenario in Bihar.
- 'Brothels': Red Light, Green Light (Washington Post, Teresa Wiltz, Feb 19, 2005)
For those who've seen the Oscar-nominated "Born Into Brothels," the documentary that tracks
- Mumbai Shanghaied To Patna (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 19, 2005)
Just a drive around Patna could help you see the ongoing slum demolition controversy in Mumbai in a comprehensive perspective.
- India’S Urban Slums (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 19, 2005)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's demolition drive in Mumbai brings to the fore the problem of India's urban slums as a whole.
- Centre's Revenue Performance: Need For Sharper Focus (Business Line, V. K. Srinivasan, Feb 19, 2005)
As the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, commences the final round of exercises for Budget 2005-06, a few creases may be appearing on his forehead as it might be difficult to reconcile to the grim fiscal performance of the first nine months of 2004-05.
- Stifling Natural Enterprise (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Feb 19, 2005)
At the very apex of technical and technological skills, India has established itself as a world player - if not, yet, as a world power. Freed, in some measure
- Punjab Should Stick To Wheat, Paddy (Tribune, H.S. Shergill, Feb 18, 2005)
Confusion over reduction in the area under wheat and paddy continues. There is continuous refrain from some economists for a massive shift of area from wheat and paddy to alternative crops.
- Taj Corridor Case (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 18, 2005)
The Supreme Court has rightly questioned the propriety of the Central Bureau of Investigation in recommending the peremptory closure of the Taj corridor case in which former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati...
- The Impossible Quadrangle (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 18, 2005)
In the fourth Dr Ambirajan memorial lecture organised at Chennai on February 16 by the Public Expenditure Round Table and the Institute of Economic Education, the Chairman
- Welcome To The Chinese (International Herald Tribune, William Pesek Jr., Feb 18, 2005)
Everyone has an opinion on who will lead Asia in the years ahead, including the Group of 7 industrial nations. This month, the group clearly seemed to be putting its money on China.
- Airlines Are Rarely Profitable (Business Line, Pankaj Narayan Pandit, Feb 18, 2005)
Richard Branson, the maverick CEO of Virgin Atlantic, famously observed: "How to make $1 million in airline industry? Start with $1 billion!"
- India Innovating To Thrive (Rediff on the Net, Arvind Singhal, Feb 18, 2005)
Despite the Tsunami-ravaged start, this New Year promises to be yet another landmark one for India in more ways than one.
- South Block's Inconsistencies (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Feb 17, 2005)
As Nepal has been in the limelight, I read again some of the old official letters from the first Indian Prime Minister to King Tribhuvan of Nepal in the 1950s. Surprisingly
- Vibrant Economic Zone (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 17, 2005)
India has done well to stress co-operation and collaboration with its neighbours in its vision for a new South Asia. Coming just days after its decision to stay away from the SAARC summit at Dhaka ruffled feathers in the region
- Justice As Self-Purification (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Feb 17, 2005)
The report on the anti-Sikh riots offers the Congress a chance to reinvent itself.
- Crumbling Bastion (Pioneer, Subodh Kumar, Feb 17, 2005)
An ideal state gives equal opportunity to every section of society. In this respect, Bihar is way behind its counterparts in the country. Its intra-regional differences are characterised by disparity at the levels of literacy, density of population...
- India's Creaking Infrastructure (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Feb 17, 2005)
The world's biggest passenger plane ever built, the Airbus A380, has rolled out of the Airbus Industries factory in Toulose, France.
- For A Taxpayer-Taxman Chemistry (Indian Express, Ashok Kumar Bal, Feb 17, 2005)
The notification of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Rules 2004 pursuant to FRBM Act 2003 is a watershed event in our fiscal reform process.
- Not A Bad Idea (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Feb 16, 2005)
Ever since the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission floated the balloon of what the media called “using foreign exchange reserves for infrastructure investment”
- Saarc Cannot Be Used For Countervailing India... (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2005)
AS a flourishing democracy, India welcomes more democracy in our neighbourhood, but that too is something that we may encourage and promote; it is not something that we can impose upon others.
- Uneasy Lies The Head That Doesn’T Wear The Crown (Indian Express, CHARLES MOORE, Feb 16, 2005)
Kings and princes should be free to marry whom they want, without public rudeness. But titles remain a delicate business
- A Wedding Is Announced (Telegraph, CHARLES MOORE, Feb 16, 2005)
“Quietly pleased” would sum up the general British reaction to the engagement of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. But does it mean they will accept her as queen?
- Meet The Dabangs Of Indian Democracy (Indian Express, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Feb 16, 2005)
In Bihar, ‘dabang’ is a phenomenon that holds democracy to ransom. Dabang is one who captures booths for political parties.
- Healthy And Growing (Telegraph, DIPANKAR DAS, Feb 16, 2005)
Earlier in February, the Indian software service industry heaved a collective sigh of relief as McKinsey Inc. laid to rest one of their deepest fears.
- Pm’S Agenda (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 15, 2005)
The unveiling of an ambitious agenda by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for various ministries and departments identifying “thrust areas” and setting a six-month time frame for delivering results primarily seeks to convey the message that the Government mea
- Politics On The Box (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 15, 2005)
With India in the throes of another round of elections, the role of television in campaigning and seeking to influence the outcome is coming into sharper focus each day.
- Panchayats & Employment Guarantee (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Feb 15, 2005)
There is a far greater chance that left to themselves panchayats will implement employment guarantee schemes with a greater sense of responsibility.
- 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.
- Preferential Trade And Wto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 14, 2005)
A report on the future of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) prepared by an eight-member independent board headed by Peter D. Sutherland, former Director-General of the WTO and its predecessor
- Spreading Menace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 14, 2005)
The grenade and AK-47 attack by Maoists late last Thursday night, that left six personnel of the Karnataka State Reserve Police Force dead and five critically wounded, provides yet another reminder that the challenge of Left extremism in the country needs
- The Challenge Before The Pm (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 14, 2005)
According to the report under Article IV Consultations between the International Monetary Fund and India, which has just been released by the IMF, the state of the Indian economy has never been as promising as it is now.
- Vague Promises (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 14, 2005)
The prime minister has set out a wish list for different ministries, listing policy changes to be carried out over the next six months. This reflects commitments made in the national common minimum programme.
- When Two Friends Meet (Hindu, Gianfranco Fini, Feb 14, 2005)
The Italy-Indian friendship is founded on a great past and aimed at a future equally full of opportunity and hope.
- A Budget For Public Governance (The Economic Times, U. R. Bhat, Feb 14, 2005)
With the process of budget-making in full swing, the national pastime these days is to give myriad suggestions to the finance minister about some aspect or the other of taxation and government finances.
- A Time For Democracy (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Feb 14, 2005)
Democratic urges are manifesting themselves worldwide. In Iraq the voter turnout was way beyond expectations — of the Americans, the world community
- An Untenable Theory (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Feb 14, 2005)
PROFESSOR Emeritus of the London School of Economics, Lord Meghnad Desai, has returned to his old theme. He has again called upon the Congress and the BJP to form a coalition because he believes that this unusual combination is the only way in which the I
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