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Articles 2421 through 2520 of 3686:
- Keeping Off The Gm Bandwagon (Hindu, Suman Sahai , Jun 15, 2004)
It is embarrassing that India, with such agricultural strengths and dependencies, is lurching from biotech product to product with no defined policy to guide it.
- Economic Compulsions Of Coalition (Business Line, T. N. Ashok, Jun 15, 2004)
More than the Common Minimum Programme, it is the Budget that will set the tone for UPA's economic agenda. Especially watched by the investing community will be the fate of reform and if it will be accelerated. Can coalition politics see this through?
- Food For Work (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Jun 14, 2004)
The new Government should ensure that food-forwork programmes adhere to the basic principle of distributing food rather than cash.
- Unctad: For A New Agenda (Business Line, Dipankar Dey, Jun 14, 2004)
With protests against globalisation rising all around, and widespread discontent against the WTO, particularly among the developing countries, people are looking for a suitable alternative.
- Failed By Fallacies (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jun 14, 2004)
Though the previous government left the economy in fairly good shape, it did not get the mandate to rule because of increasing rural-urban, rich-poor disparity and rising unemployment, particularly among the educated.
- One For The Road: Another Kind Of Exclusion Politics (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Jun 13, 2004)
Irrespective of the party you support, and laudable though the voters’ independence and the “democratic success” of the recent electoral exercise are, there is one thing that is worrying.
- Manmohan Became Pm On Merit And Due To Compulsions: Atwal (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jun 13, 2004)
THE first MP of the Shiromani Akali Dal to be elected to the post of the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker, Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, seems comfortable about his new role.
- Economic Reforms In The Mirror Of Public Opinion (Hindu, Yogendra Yadav, Jun 13, 2004)
The supporters and opponents of economic reforms often forget that the people too have an opinion on this matter. Verdict 2004 is a warning against taking public opinion for granted
- Women Seek A Gender-Balanced Budget (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jun 13, 2004)
This week several women heading national women’s organisations met Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and requested him to include women’s representatives as an interest group in the pre-Union Budget consultation.
- Urban India More Polarised (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2004)
An argument that Verdict 2004 involved a contest between the haves and the have-nots comes up against a standard objection.
- Can The Upa Pull It Off? (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jun 12, 2004)
There is a lot riding on the success of the Manmohan Singh Government. India cannot afford to lose yet another opportunity to promote inclusive economic and social growth.
- Avoiding Policy Capers (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 12, 2004)
By every account, including the initial shock to the stock market by statements made by a couple of Marxist functionaries, there is much to cheer regarding the "functioning" of the United Progressive Alliance Government the past three weeks.
- An Economics Book To Help You Sleep Better (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 12, 2004)
Hello, howdy, are common greets, and nobody takes the `how' as a serious poser. A majority will have trouble answering "Are you healthy?" because it is not easy to know if one is really healthy.
- Women Mps Resent Reduced Strength (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jun 12, 2004)
The demand for 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament seems to be a pipe dream in an environment that stunts the growth and advancement of women.
- Unleashing Indian Entrepreneurship — I : The Changing Mindset (Business Line, R. Gopalakrishnan, Jun 11, 2004)
An entrepreneurial mindset is re-emerging in India. Unlike the generations before them, young Indians are no longer obsessed with poverty, but with the country's future. This gives India a fighting chance. R. Gopalakrishnan presents the devel opments ...
- Healthy Politics (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 11, 2004)
THE Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has done the unthinkable in the Indian context. He has set a heart-warming example of unusual broadmindedness in Parliament while making a statement on a decision taken on a very sensitive matter by the ...
- Kargil Clean Chit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2004)
By absolving the previous NDA government of the charge that its delay in giving political clearance to the use of air power during the Kargil war had led to higher casualties, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has displayed rare maturity and proved ...
- A Welcome Move (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 10, 2004)
The Andhra Pradesh Government's decision to initiate talks with the banned People's War is certainly a step in the right direction and should be welcomed by all concerned.
- The Power Of Ideas (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jun 10, 2004)
Development should be the new mantra. Approaches are many, but an idea can be had from a Plan document prepared by Prof Raj Krishna and Prof D. T. Lakdawala in 1978, that underscored private sector dynamism to propel growth and create jobs.
- Give Diligence Its Due (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 10, 2004)
TO BE DILIGENT is to be hardworking, industrious, assiduous, painstaking, meticulous, conscientious, thorough, attentive, methodical, careful, and much more, as the hardworking synonym finder of Word would inform. One would often like to assume that ...
- Cmp: What Face The Reforms? (Hindu, Sharad Joshi , Jun 09, 2004)
The new Government's Common Minimum Programme promises reforms with a human face. But this is easier said than done, as implementation would encounter problems political and fiscal. Sharad Joshi examines the CMP, putting it in historical perspective.
- The Oil Xenophobia (Business Line, S. Majumder , Jun 09, 2004)
With global oil prices shooting up, there is all-round fear that petrol and diesel prices will go up and the subsidy burden for kerosene and LPG will swell.
- Disinvestment By Another Name? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2004)
The new Government's initial views on the public sector sale programme were both so strong and negative that many, and not just those in the stock market, had reason to fear that a sea-change in policy was in the offing.
- Deliver On Promises (Pioneer, M K Dhar, Jun 09, 2004)
The United Progressive Alliance Government has been voted to power on a wave of mass discontent among the unemployed and rural voters.
- Cmp: What Face The Reforms? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 09, 2004)
The new Government's Common Minimum Programme promises reforms with a human face. But this is easier said than done, as implementation would encounter problems political and fiscal. Sharad Joshi examines the CMP, putting it in historical persp ective.
- Wrong Address Little Bit Moderation, Lot More Sense (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
The President’s address is the government’s wishlist. Whether it should also be a hitlist against previous incumbents, or if it is, whether moderation is needed, is debatable.
- Wrong Address Little Bit Moderation, Lot More Sense (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
The President’s address is the government’s wishlist. Whether it should also be a hitlist against previous incumbents, or if it is, whether moderation is needed, is debatable.
- The Bjp's Past Is Not Its Future (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2004)
Hindutva once paid electoral dividends because it answered the needs of the moment. And that moment has passed.
- Disinvestment By Another Name? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S initial views on the public sector sale programme were both so strong and negative that many, and not just those in the stock market, had reason to fear that a sea-change in policy was in the offing.
- The Bjp's Past Is Not Its Future (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2004)
Hindutva once paid electoral dividends because it answered the needs of the moment. And that moment has passed.
- The Oil Xenophobia (Hindu, S. Majumder , Jun 09, 2004)
WITH global oil prices shooting up, there is all-round fear that petrol and diesel prices will go up and the subsidy burden for kerosene and LPG will swell.
- The Trans-Atlantic Drift (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 08, 2004)
THE sixtieth year of the Normandy landings, observed in France with much fanfare, provided an occasion for resolving the vexed issue of trans-Atlantic relations. But for all the bonhomie shown by President George W. Bush as he breezed through Italy ...
- The President Speaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2004)
In his first address to both Houses of Parliament after the elections, President A P J Abdul Kalam has struck the right note, which ought to be adhered to as an agenda for action by the new government.
- Kashmir Calling (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2004)
Happily, the change of government in New Delhi has had no negative impact on the ongoing dialogue between the Centre and the Kashmiri separatists. The process set in motion by the previous government is expected to continue at its own momentum with ...
- A Case For Good Protectionism (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 08, 2004)
THE defeat of the NDA Government and the victory of the Congress(I) supported by the Left is one more symptom of the growing worldwide backlash against globalisation.
- Domestic Politics And West Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 03, 2004)
The recent general election threw up some interesting aspects of major political parties' approach to the situation in West Asia.
- Friendship Can Never Be A One-Way Street (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jun 03, 2004)
THERE were some interesting nuances in the approach of major political parties to the situation in West Asia during the recent general election.
- Mr Singh's History (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
We beg your pardon Mr Arjun Singh, but if the textbooks published by the Delhi State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) constitute "secular" learning, then secularism itself is in deep trouble.
- End Of Bjp-Aiadmk Tango (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
It was a short-lived affair, more a dalliance than an alliance, between two mismatched partners.
- Alas, Bhandari But Crying Foul Is Poor Consolation (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
Having lost an election for the first time in 30 years, Sikkim PCC chief Nar Bahadur Bhandari is trying to justify a personal disaster by questioning the government's wisdom in introducing electronic voting machines two years in advance, keeping them in t
- Chai Garam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 01, 2004)
The new Rail Mantri knows how to remain in the news. He must have been among the first who managed mouthfuls of sound bytes on various television channels. The decision to replace the plastic cups with the down-to-earth "kulhars" for serving tea on ...
- Cess For A Great Cause (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 01, 2004)
The most prominent social sector commitment in the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) relates to basic education: the United Progressive Alliance Government will impose a cess on Central taxes to achieve the goal of universalisation of elementary schooling.
- In Defence Of Hierarchy (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Jun 01, 2004)
WHEN the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, Mr P. Shankar, blamed the "entire hierarchy" of ministers and bureaucrats for the stifled working of the PSUs, the much-debated issue of desirability of such hierarchies has once again grabbed the centre- stage.
- Interlinking Of Rivers - Buffetted By International Politics (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jun 01, 2004)
Inter-linking of rivers has been much in the news. That the new Government at the Centre is also looking at the idea is clear from the Union Water Resources Minister, Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi's recent statement that he would study the report of the ...
- Reconstructing India (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , May 31, 2004)
India needs healing. Its governance must return to the secularism and distributive justice goals of the Constitution.
- Wages Of Unemployment (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 31, 2004)
More than failing the farmers, the NDA fell because unemployment became excessive. But tackling rural and urban joblessness requires a broad-spectrum approach that goes beyond ideological purity. Needed are less simplistic and more comprehensive ...
- Changing Priorities (Business Line, Sanjeet K. Jha, May 14, 2004)
The outcome of the General Elections 2004 has taken most, if not all, by surprise. In the last few days the possibility of a hung Parliament was gaining ground. However, the magnitude of reversal of fortunes of the Congress alliance was unexpected.
- Democracy, The Winner (Business Line, Pradip Shah, May 14, 2004)
WITH no single party emerging the clear winner, there is understandably some anxiety on the governance front. Some of our citizens who were `feeling good' may now be `feeling bad'.
- Vajpayee’S Gamble Fails (Arab News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2004)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s gamble to call early elections backfired as Indians voted his right-wing coalition out of power.
- Vajpayee Resigns After Poll Upset (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2004)
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has resigned after a stunning election upset, ending his nearly six years in power and setting the stage for the return of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
- Opposition Can Still Do It (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 07, 2004)
Any Opposition party or a combination of Opposition parties that wants to displace the BJP-led Government will need to devise a strategy to exploit the thinness of the saffron spread.
- Alliance Arithmetic (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Jan 07, 2004)
Electoral arithmetic, more than political chemistry, is the decisive factor in the realignment of political forces in Tamil Nadu.
- Pawar Flirts With Sena-Bjp, Meets Advani (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 07, 2004)
The NCP in Maharashtra is keeping all its options open — toying with the idea of a tie-up with the Shiv Sena-BJP combine even as it has the Congress for an ally. Sources said today that the Shiv Sena-BJP combine has offered 10 of the 48 Lok Sabha seat
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- Bjp Plans Stir, May Snap Inld Ties (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 06, 2004)
After Tamil Nadu, trouble is brewing for the NDA in Haryana. But unlike Tamil Nadu, where the DMK and the MDMK abandoned the BJP, it is the state BJP which has resolved to end its uneasy alliance with INLD leader and Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- Lal Badshah (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 04, 2004)
IN the telegrammatic world of newspaper headline writers, a chestnut that resurfaces periodically, especially in the murky, confusing seasons before and after an election, when coalitions are simultaneously evaporating and solidifying is ‘‘Surjeet active
- 2004? It's So Predictable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Tomorrow is yesterday by another name. This is not karmic philosophy. It is only cynicism, which seems to come just so easily if you’re Indian. So sitting down with a notional crystal ball, on a gloomy, sun-eclipsd day in January, to predict the rest
- Anti-Incumbency Will Help Cong In (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 04, 2004)
Whether it was the National Front, the Janata Dal, the United Front and now the Congress, every political party or formation that Lok Sabha MP S. Jaipal Reddy has been associated with, he has always been its most visible face. He is also known for his ...
- Join Nda, Lead The Front In Tn: Bjp To Admk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The BJP came out today for the first time with an appeal to the AIADMK to join the NDA and lead the alliance in Tamil Nadu in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. BJP state president C.P. Radhakrishnan said his party had no other option but to revive its
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 03, 2004)
It is increasingly becoming clear that without a flow of funds to the farm sector, the Indian economy will remain haunted by periodic production declines.
- No Permanent Enemies (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The art of the possible: this is the best known definition of politics. A more cynical view would define politics as the pursuit of interest masquerading as the contest of principles. Both views can draw enough support from the prevailing state of play in
- Polls Near, Govt May Hold Short House Session (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
With elections round the corner, speculation is rife about the Government’s intention to convene a short Parliamentary session to pass a vote-on-account to help it conduct its business beyond March 31. While BJP president Venkaiah Naidu called it
- Pawar Play: Each Of Them Has Got An Axe To Grind (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 02, 2004)
At a time when everybody in the political scene is on the move, it comes as no surprise that NCP chief Sharad Pawar, whose political mobility stands little comparison, is the latest hit. Pawar’s possible alignment with the NDA has been a perennial issue
- Ready To Face Polls: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
With the air ringing with the talk of early Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee has said that he is ‘‘fit and ready’’ to face elections and confident that the people ‘‘are in a mood to give us another five years’’. The PM’s remarks, made in
- India Shining (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
HURRAH TO THE Indian economy. People across the country walked into 2004 with bugles and drums, crackers and whistles, perhaps intuitively aware of good tidings which morning newspapers brought with the GDP growth touching 8.4 per cent in the second ...
- Worked Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
Saving a coalition is not the same thing as making it work. Jharkhand’s chief minister, Mr Arjun Munda, may have managed to prevent his National Democratic Alliance government from disintegrating, but even he knows that it is not working. Mr Munda’s ...
- Patch-Up For A Return To The Past (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 02, 2004)
The wheel has come full circle. The Congress, which last aligned with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1980, is now preparing to align with the party again. And the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which formed an alliance with the All-India Anna
- First Call For Socialists Aboard Nda (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 02, 2004)
: In the season of fronts formation, NDA convenor and Defence Minister George Fernandes today said there is need to bring in ‘‘socialists to strengthen the NDA’’. Fernandes’s remark is expected to keep the pot boiling, coming as it does close on the
- Vajpayee's Challenge (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 01, 2004)
While Mr. Vajpayee may be able to lead the NDA back to power, this may not be enough for him to leave a permanent stamp on history.
- Congress Badly Bruised By Poll Defeat (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 01, 2004)
POLITICS is like a game of cricket. A team could be cruising along comfortably but one fine bowling spell can prove devastating, converting a certain victory into defeat. Something similar appears to have happened to the Congress this year. It was riding
- Stepping Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Ideology, or even unease in partnership, can no longer be accepted as a convincing reason for exiting a power alliance. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has offered the second for leaving the National Democratic Alliance and giving it “issue-based” support
- Dmk Gone, Bjp Opens Arms To Jaya (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 01, 2004)
Abandoned by the DMK, the BJP began courting the AIADMK today. ‘‘We are prepared to align with the AIADMK for the Lok Sabha polls,’’ BJP national secretary L. Ganesan said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has not yet revealed her mind,
- Hanging Up On Past, Sonia Dials Dmk To Say Hello (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 31, 2003)
On the defensive ever since its tri-state rout, the Congress today took a daring step forward towards an alternative coalition with party president Sonia Gandhi calling up DMK chief M Karunanidhi to congratulate him on quitting the NDA.
- Chop And Change (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
At the cusp of an old year with the new, electoral engineering is the mood
- An Agenda For Saarc (Hindu, Kant K. Bhargava, Dec 31, 2003)
India should adopt a cooperative and magnanimous approach to important matters on the agenda of the SAARC summit.
- Now Advani Strikes Poll Iron Saying Assembly Results Hot (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
Sending out the clearest signal yet of advancing Lok Sabha elections, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today said early polls would be good for the NDA, given the BJP’s impressive performance in the Assembly polls and the feel-good factor in the economy.
- Unfolding Political Alliances In Tamil Nadu (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 31, 2003)
With both the DMK and the MDMK opting out of the NDA, and the AIADMK and the BJP seen more as natural allies now, the stage is set for a dramatic shift in political equations both within Tamil Nadu and in its relations with the Centre. If the Lok Sabha
- Mdmk Follows Dmk (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
THERE was speculation that the MDMK would quit the NDA when the BJP did not come to the rescue of its general secretary, Vaiko, arrested by the Tamil Nadu Government under POTA on charges of extending support to the banned LTTE. It has done so only now ..
- A Cong-Dmk Alliance? Once The Unspeakable, Now The Probable (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2003)
Extremely keen to sew up a ‘‘secular alliance’’ to take on an increasingly assertive BJP-led NDA, the Congress is working towards ‘‘forgetting the past’’ to explore a tie-up with the DMK, well placed sources confirmed today.
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