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Articles 25821 through 25920 of 27558:
- Ghost of disinvestment (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2001)
The rumpus in the Rajya Sabha over the government's decision to sell 51 per cent shares in the profit-making Bharat Aluminium Company [Balco] to Sterlite Industries was entirely expected. Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie must have been prepared for suc
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF KARNATAKA A VISION AND STRATEGIES (Deccan Herald, Abdul Aziz, Feb 24, 2001)
The old Mysore State had been regarded as a model State thanks to the efforts of the Wodeyar rulers and a galaxy of their Diwans. They had paid attention to the building of economic infrastructure like roads and bridges, railways, irrigation dams, power g
- Will the Finance Minister dare to make history? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Feb 24, 2001)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, is scheduled to present the Budget on February 28. One assumes the Budget should represent the optimal response to the challenges facing the economy and the fiscal requirements to back up that response. What sort o
- Different reality (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 24, 2001)
The Economic Survey’s projection that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate during the current financial year is likely to be about 6 per cent is not new. Several forecasts have been indicating that figure during the last few months. What is surpri
- Show some humility (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 24, 2001)
THE CONTINUING uproar in Parliament over the sale of Balco raises many questions. The first of these is an estimate of the true worth of the company. MPs and an ill-informed section of the press have been content to repeat the allegations made by the Balc
- Pakistan’s increasing woes Economy on the verge of collapse (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Feb 24, 2001)
Pakistan is a failed state — that is, politically. Economically, it is near bankruptcy. It can collapse any time, unless foreign resources are pumped in. But foreign investors are reluctant. There are two reasons: the instability of the military regime an
- Pressure on Bengal Marxists (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 24, 2001)
WITH the resignation of Samir Putatunda, the senior CPI(M) party functionary, as also that of his wife, a former party MLA, the stage in Bengal's Marxist politics appears to have been set for a churning the likes of which have not been seen for a long tim
- An elephantine challenge (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 24, 2001)
MAN'S BRUTALITY TOWARDS animals was recently demonstrated in the very forests where once Jim Corbett shed tears every time he had to shoot a maneater. But today's hunters, nay hardcore poachers, go about butchering a creature as mammoth and magnificent as
- This day, that year (Pioneer, Harish C Gaur, Feb 23, 2001)
To be born in a lower middle class family in a remote village in Haryana with limited access even to high school education, was a handicap but I did manage to sail through albeit with considerable difficulty to post-graduation and at age of 22+ and I had
- Right of left (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 23, 2001)
All history is a history of class struggle, said Karl Marx. But this doesn’t seem to apply to the CPI(M)’s history in which more mundane considerations like factionalism have dominated internal politics. Disen-chantment on this count led to the formation
- Poet and the city (Tribune, Narendra Kumar Oberoi, Feb 23, 2001)
So long as Kumar Vikal was alive, his persona was an inescapable part of his poetry. With his passing way (he breathed his last in Chandigarh on February 23, 1997), the persona and the poetry enter into a different relationship. Terms of relationship call
- Clandestine hooch trade takes its toll (Deccan Herald, S T BEURIA, Feb 23, 2001)
THE Orissa Government is likely to face an uphill task to implement its decision to reintroduce country liquor in the state following last week`s two hooch tragedies in the capital city Bhubaneswar and the nearby temple town of Puri. Both the tragedies ha
- Review needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 23, 2001)
With the arrival of the barge, any hopes of scuttling the Rs 880-crore, 220 MW Taneerbhavi power project near Mangalore have died. The project is now expected to go on line by April. According to the power purchase agreement signed with the company, the c
- Budget 2001-2002: Great expectations (Business Line, M. R. Sivaraman, Feb 23, 2001)
THE FINANCE Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has a difficult task to perform in the 2001-2002 Budget. With a worldwide recession on the horizon, a massive natural calamity perceptibly affecting GDP growth, and a chronic drought gripping several parts of the c
- Realpolitik of economic reforms (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Feb 23, 2001)
ECONOMISTS and policy-makers, in general, treat economic policy-making as a purely `technical' problem. Their primary concern is to devise a policy proposal that ``maximises or improves social welfare''. And once a desirable policy is recommended, they ex
- Balco disinvestment (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 23, 2001)
THE FITS-AND-STARTS process of disinvestment in public sector units once again appears to have received the characteristic year-end boost with the sale of a controlling stake in Bharat Aluminium Company. Towards the end of last fiscal, the Government sold
- Managing disasters (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 23, 2001)
THE horrendous nature of the earthquake in Gujarat has stirred up a lot of interest in disaster management. Leaders of all the important political parties have laid aside their differences on policies and ideologies and are readily participating in the na
- Gujarat: Compounded by human failure (Business Line, D. S. Soman , Feb 23, 2001)
THE NATION has been going through traumatic times since the January 26 earthquake in Gujarat, a calamity that caused the worst havoc since Independence. The nation is familiar with tragedies, experiencing its fair share every year in the form of floods, h
- A peace vote for J & K (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 23, 2001)
FOR the third time the cease-combat operations drive is being extended in Jammu and Kashmir but it is no routine decision as in the past. One, the government thought it necessary to consult opposition parties before taking the plunge. That was not so much
- The last extension? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 23, 2001)
It must have been a hard decision to take. Apart from the diplomatic gains, the last two extensions of the ceasefire in Kashmir haven’t achieved much. The sense of relief mixed with expectations of a dramatic improvement in the situation, which were antic
- Triumph of faith and spirit of service Beyond Chowk Mehta Punjab faces real challenges (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Feb 23, 2001)
THE 200-year-old Damdami Taksal at Chowk Mehta in Amritsar district is a premier centre for teaching Sikh tenets, prayers and ragas. It has kept up its sacred role in spreading the message of the great Gurus. Today, it inspires both reverence and awe.
- An opportunity in Afghanistan (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Feb 23, 2001)
THERE are interesting feelers from Afghanistan, a country with which India had traditionally friendly relations till a few years ago. The Taliban regime’s Ambassador in Islamabad, Mr Abdus Salam Zaeef, is reported to have expressed his country’s desire to
- The law of arrest (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 23, 2001)
INDIA'S LAW on arrest and pre-trial detention are in a mess. The harsh realities are worse. The National Police Commission's Third Report states that 60 per cent of the arrests were unnecessary or unjustified; 42 per cent of the expenditure in the jails w
- American nightmare? (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Feb 23, 2001)
In my analysis of the Bangalore Air Show on February 16, I had noted that "the US is still caught in the Cold War mentality of not trusting India's defence initiatives. India may be a prospective economic and commercial partner in the power and fast food
- Teresa monument near Seattle (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 23, 2001)
Dominic Gospodor has done a lot of thinking about Mother Teresa, Nazi Holocaust victims and native Indians in his lifetime. So the 77-year-old Seattle man is building a monument park to all three along Interstate 5 near Toledo, Washington, just outside Se
- Who opts for teaching? (Hindu, Amrik Singh , Feb 23, 2001)
THIS QUESTION was posed to me sharply by someone connected with the ICSSR. Currently there is a controversy about who should become the next Secretary of this research body. The selection committee recommended a serving IAS officer and this created some c
- Persevering with peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 23, 2001)
IN PERSEVERING WITH the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir, operative since the beginning of Ramzan (November 27, 2000), the Centre has displayed remarkable sagacity and the fact that such a course has had the approval of national parties across the political
- Cost of ceasefire (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 23, 2001)
It is difficult to see any logic whatever behind the Government's decision to extend its unilateral ceasefire in Jammu & Kashmir till the end of May. If the ceasefire, in force since November 26 last year, has yielded any benefit, it must be discernible o
- Friendship in the time of Bush (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Feb 23, 2001)
If some of the of the straws now floating in the wind are any indication, the continuing improvement in relations between India and the United States may soon hit a squally patch.
- Army relishes Kutch more than Kargil (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Feb 23, 2001)
Every village with Army presence has a central Sahayata centre for the needs of the people. Most NGOs and relief providers have insisted on involving the Army in distribution of aid.
- Short-changing small shareholders (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Feb 22, 2001)
THE Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999, introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 23, 1999, has been modified to ensure its general acceptance. Opportunity has also been taken to incorporate some suggestions made by the Working Group set up by the Gove
- Evading a probe (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 22, 2001)
Despite sleeping it out on that fateful day, former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao deserves two cheers for appearing before the Justice Liberhan Commission probing the demolition of the Babri masjid. In the last eight years since that outrageous act, he is
- Leadership in the time of earthquake (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 22, 2001)
IF YOU are given to day-dreaming, then just close your eyes and dream of this brief news item: ``after touring earthquake-hit Gujarat, the Congress President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, ordered suspension, say, of Mr. Amarsinh Chaudhary and Mr. Narhari Amin from t
- A.P.'s financial agony (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 22, 2001)
ONE CLEAR MESSAGE from the Andhra Pradesh Budget is that state finances are under severe strain. Coming as it did after a string of strategy papers by the Government, the Budget presented by the Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister, Mr. Y. Ramakrishnudu, invol
- Sops for SEZs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2001)
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN the Ministries of Commerce and Finance over the tax sops for Special Economic Zones may once again lead to undesirable delays and uncertainties in the development of such zones. It is rather surprising that within a week of the ann
- Where everything is in the past tense (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Feb 22, 2001)
Reliving the tragedy of the Kutch earthquake with Army and Air Force units deployed in aid to civil authority there was a self-cleansing experience. It is enough to bring anyone down to earth. For those who survived, the shock was so devastating that they
- Eco restoration (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 22, 2001)
The measures outlined in the report of the Eco-Committee headed by former Environment Secretary A N Yellappa Reddy on eco-restoration along the irrigation canals and reservoirs need to be translated into action in a given timeframe. The other recommendati
- A strident Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 22, 2001)
IT is a cliché but it is closest to truth: the Congress is reinventing itself. Also repositioning itself as a critical opposition party. Three developments attest to this. One, Mrs Sonia Gandhi has been in a denouncing mode. First she bitterly castigated
- Cong, TMC face acute dilemma (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Feb 22, 2001)
The two rounds of talks with the AIADMK on forging an alliance for the coming elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly having made little headway, the Congress is facing an acute dilemma. Should it accept whatever the AIADMK is prepared to offer and compromis
- Ceasing to impress (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Feb 22, 2001)
The "moderates" may be calling the Jammu & Kashmir ceasefire an Indian victory. They may be trying to convince the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, that Pakistan stands isolated, and that the day may not be far when General Pervez Musharraf will f
- The winds of change (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Feb 22, 2001)
EVER since the economic reform process began, it has been fashionable to criticise the policies followed by Jawaharlal Nehru. There is, of course, much merit in these arguments; he was a dreamer and not an economist. Not surprising then that he made a has
- Railway Budget 2001 -- Will it run on prudence track? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 22, 2001)
COURTING controversy and being obdurate on issues dear to her are nothing new to the firebrand leader of the Trinamul Congress, Ms Mamata Banerjee. In keeping with her credentials as a simple leader with wider appeal and mass base, the Railway Minister, M
- Shockingly similar (Pioneer, Abhimanyu, Feb 22, 2001)
Managing family budgets is not easy, particularly for the middle class. For most families, the comfort level starts declining after the first ten days of the month. The last week of the month usually involves intense efforts for minimising expenditure. Th
- Scared of solution (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 22, 2001)
The opposition sought to be whipped up in Karnataka and Maharashtra to the idea mooted by Prime Minister A B Vajpayee on calling a tripartite meeting to resolve the border dispute between the two States clearly indicates how politicians in both the States
- Protecting India (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 22, 2001)
The recent International Fleet Review in Bombay, held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Indian Republic, also underlined the need for a constant review of India's security environment in its totality.
- Facing a crisis of initiative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 22, 2001)
INDIA'S INTRACTABLE PUZZLE of winning the confidence of the alienated sections in Jammu and Kashmir as also breaking the barrier of an escalating estrangement with Pakistan calls for political courage and diplomatic finesse. Having taken the surprisingly
- Cheaper liquor (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 22, 2001)
THE news that country liquor will cost less in Haryana following changes made in the excise policy will cheer tipplers as much as it disheartens the diehard votaries of prohibition. Ironically, both have tremendous numerical strength in the State which ha
- The savvier Indian woman (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 22, 2001)
WELCOME to the 21st century, when most of those ``connected'' people can claim they are cyber-citizens or citizens of the world. As geographical boundaries come crashing down while you surf the Net, it doesn't matter if you are powerful or meek, rich or p
- America’s silly move on Tarapur Time for firm response, not overreaction (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 22, 2001)
AFTER several positive statements and promising indications about its determination to maintain the upswing in Indo-US relations, the month-old Bush administration has made its first false move. It is as hurtful as it is unnecessary. Its baneful consequen
- Is the Vajpayee Government really pro-poor? (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Feb 22, 2001)
THE chief purpose of the public distribution system (PDS) is to make foodgrains available to the economically weaker sections at affordable prices. However, it took decades for the political bosses to realise that the system needs to be restructured to ta
- Heavenly prisons (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 22, 2001)
It's actually a matter of perspective. When you're outside looking inside, you could well feel the goosepimples on your skin.
- Rethinking perils of globalisation (Pioneer, Ashok K Singh, Feb 22, 2001)
Globalisation is up for attack these days. The debate on the efficacy of globalisation as an economic and cultural idea had never raised so much heat as it has done in the last one year. In the global economic boom of the 1990s, globalisation emerged as a
- Prepare for the disaster (Pioneer, AKR Hemmady, Feb 22, 2001)
The Indian seismologists have got Cabinet panel approval on a project-with international collaboration if necessary-for prediction of earthquakes.
- Danger signal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 22, 2001)
A slowdown in the rate of growth of the ‘core’ sector can be a sign of worse things to come. As it involves power, coal, steel, cement, crude oil, and petroleum refining, the core sector is virtually the backbone of industrial production. The data for Jan
- Storm warning (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 21, 2001)
If both time and tempers were lost during the last parliamentary session over the Ayodhya issue, it may not be much different this time either. On the last occasion, the right of ministers who have been charge-sheeted in the Babri masjid demolition case t
- A parliamentarian nonpareil (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 21, 2001)
Parliament stands impoverished with the passing away of its illustrious and the longest serving member, Mr Indrajit Gupta. That the veteran Communist leader and an able parliamentarian had left an indelible imprint on one of the vital institutions of demo
- Will Jaya pull off a mahajot in TN? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 21, 2001)
The Dravidian fronts are preparing for the showdown in Tamil Nadu, with the AIADMK leader, Ms Jayalalitha, scoring the first point by winning over the Pattali Makkal Katchi. Now she has to pull the TMC-Congress(I) to her side if she is to steel her front.
- Basu enjoying unprecedented privileges (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Feb 21, 2001)
Kolkata, February 20
A controversy has arisen over the granting of official privileges and other favours to the octogenarian Marxist leader, Mr Jyoti Basu, who is now an ordinary MLA, like 294 others in the state Assembly.
- "Funeral rites" for trees (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2001)
Dozens of environmental activists turned up in a village in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Sunday to perform the “last rites” of trees and to plant new saplings, but they had to beat a hasty retreat after being attacked by local hoodlums.
- Dungarpur’s foot in mouth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2001)
THE former Maharaj Kumar of Dungarpur has served Indian cricket in various capacities. Controversy is his second name. Even if there is no occasion, he creates one for starting a controversy, as he did while inaugurating an international cricket coaches’
- Cancer fells a titan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2001)
TO live to be 82 is nature’s benediction. But to die at 82 is more than the loss of one life if the person happens to be Indrajit Gupta whom cancer has claimed. It is a sharp snapping with all that is, rather was, the best in Indian politics and parliamen
- Rising cost of petroleum imports -- The gasohol alternative (Business Line, N. Mahalingam, Feb 21, 2001)
THE demand for petroleum products in India, which was 30.9 million tonnes in 1980-81, went up to 55.0 million tonnes in 1990-91, and to 89.4 million tonnes in 1998-99, while domestic production remained at 32.72 million tonnes. The demand is estimated to
- Better in stages (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 21, 2001)
While few would disagree with the Government’s move to discourage the use of tobacco in the country, the specific reasons for any step it might take must be clearly spelt out, and the timing of the measures justified. The recent protests by tobacco worker
- In a class of his own (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 21, 2001)
Indrajit Gupta, whose passing has robbed Indian politics of one of its most lustrous eminences, belonged to the vanishing tribe of the privileged who spurned ease and comfort for a life of struggle and hardship-for a cause.
- A good gesture (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 21, 2001)
It is a tribute to the maturity and good sense of the Government that President KR Narayanan's address to the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament marking the beginning of the Budget Session on Monday contained nothing that the Head of State woul
- WTO and Centre-State relations -- Proactive stand could make a difference (Business Line, Bipul Chatterjee, Feb 21, 2001)
PUNJAB is again in the news -- this time, for a different reason. Punjabi farmers have been raising a hue and cry about the impact of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) on their livelihoods.
- Tactless attack (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2001)
SADDAM HUSSEIN was one wild horse that George Bush Sr could not lasso and tame when he was US President. Ten years down the line, now that the sunny boy is in the saddle, he is out to get even and ride roughshod in true cowboy style. That is the kind of a
- Nurture it, Mr Sinha (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 21, 2001)
IN THE LAST one year, setback to agricultural production, falling commodity prices, sluggish exports and threat of unrestrained imports have combined to shake the confidence of farmers and small-scale processors in the long-term viability of agriculture a
- The forestalling cut in Bank Rate (Business Line, P R Brahmananda , Feb 21, 2001)
LATE LAST Friday 17, the Reserve Bank of India reduced the Bank Rate from 8 per cent
- Election tremors in States A study of the factors at play (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Feb 21, 2001)
THE States of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Pondicherry will go to polls in a few weeks. The politics in these States being so different, there is no common approach by political parties in facing the elections.
- Short-sighted strategy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 21, 2001)
Bangladesh’s Opposition leaders have called for more protests and strikes next week. Their demands include the resignation of Prime Minister Hasina Wajed and the release from custody of detained opposition leaders. They are also protesting the obstruction
- Disengage for peace in Kashmir (Pioneer, Wilson John, Feb 21, 2001)
It is easy to blame everyone for the mess in Kashmir. It is so easy to see where and why we went so horribly wrong in Kashmir. What is not so easy is to find a way out.
- Plug census loopholes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 21, 2001)
THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT rendered the President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, unable to register his sub-caste, leaving many among the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs) in a similar muddle, should be seized upon to incorporate necessary corrective
- The magic of "durries" (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Feb 21, 2001)
REMEMBER Roop Raj Prajapati of Salawas village in Jodhpur of Rajasthan who had shot into fame for weaving magical patterns on “durries” and getting the “Weaver of the Year” award in 1998. His smiling photograph was published in all leading dailies of Indi
- Need for a longer ceasefire (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Feb 21, 2001)
THERE IS talk of whether the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir should be extended once again. Some good reasons can be always be advanced for terminating it. There are however stronger reasons and greater benefits to be had from continuing with it. It has be
- Too quick with quake tax (Pioneer, Soumyajit Guha, Feb 21, 2001)
If 2000 was the year of the "Kargil Budget", could it be that this year we will end up with the Earthquake Budget?
- Bombing Baghdad (Pioneer, Arshi Khan, Feb 21, 2001)
The massive bombardment of Iraqi defence establishments in Baghdad on February 16 by the US and British warplanes, is yet another instance of brazen violation of international law by the two nations.
- Storm warning (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 21, 2001)
If both time and tempers were lost during the last parliamentary session over the Ayodhya issue, it may not be much different this time either. On the last occasion, the right of ministers who have been charge-sheeted in the Babri masjid demolition case t
- Protracted political crisis (Deccan Herald, Utpal Bordoloi, Feb 21, 2001)
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” Nobody in India today may be appreciating the truth of this adage more than Mr Radhabinod Koijam, or RB as he is popularly known.More than three days after he was sworn in as the 24th Chief Minister of Manipur l
- Alliance to check fundamentalism (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Feb 21, 2001)
At a time when the Republican administration of George W Bush is settling down in Washington to develop a fresh perspective on global and regional issues, India needs to see how the new dispensation responds to the emerging South Asian scenario.
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