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Articles 1821 through 1920 of 2635:
- Parliament And The Judiciary (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 26, 2004)
All the three wings of the state are creatures of the Constitution and are bound by it. There has to be complementarity among the constitutional institutions and no one institution can claim superiority over the other.
- Farming In A Dream World (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 25, 2004)
While farmers in Europe are given state benefits, farmers in India are being left to the mercy of market forces
- China Accelerates Banking Reforms (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Sep 22, 2004)
Well before the deadline set for the full opening up of its banking sector, China has started making it easy for foreign banks to operate.
- India-Asean Fta — Small Step For A Big Stride In World Trade (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Sep 22, 2004)
An FTA with Asean will give India an opportunity to look beyond trade. This will undoubtedly bring India closer to its target of achieving 2 per cent share in global trade.
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes 2004: India Can Relax Either Way (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 21, 2004)
There is no gainsaying the fact that, with the advantage of his being both the head of state and the head of government, the US President can, if he so wished, make or mar relations with any country by exercising his leverage for or against it.
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes — India's Interest In Outcome (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 20, 2004)
It can be expected that whoever dons the presidential mantle will do nothing that detracts from the healthy respect the US has for India's democratic credentials and economic achievements.
- Byrd Amendment — The Politics Of Us Trade (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Sep 17, 2004)
The Byrd Amendment, which directs the US Government to distribute the collected anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties to the companies that brought the cases in the first place, is incompatible with the WTO rules.
- Trade In Services — It Is A Question Of Market Access (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Sep 15, 2004)
India's economic strength lies in the burgeoning services sector and the realisation of potential in this area hinges on quick and viable completion of negotiations.
- To Ignite Growth, Put The Smile Back On Smes (Business Line, N. Seshadri Kumar , Sep 15, 2004)
The time is ripe not only for a quick revival of small and medium enterprises, badly affected by the open-door policy, but also for newer ones to bloom.
- Quota Concerns (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 15, 2004)
The move to re-think the termination of the textile quota regime — scheduled for 2004 end — has taken a formal turn with less-developed countries such as Mauritius, Bangladesh and Nepal seeking an emergency
- Trends In Patent And Trademark Law (Business Line, Rama Sarma, Sep 13, 2004)
THE intellectual property law confer legal exclusivity in the market place. The right to prevent copying of ideas or information is recognised and this has recently made intellectual property (IP) law somewhat esoteric and specialised.
- Against The Grain (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 10, 2004)
While terms of trade are tilted against agriculture, any move to help farmers is seen as harmful to the economy
- International Trade And Economic Growth (Business Line, S. Venu , Sep 10, 2004)
Openness to trade is not by itself sufficient to promote growth. Macroeconomic and political stability and other policies are needed as well.
- Historic Declarations (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 08, 2004)
Certain statements made by famous persons in certain historical contexts are indelibly etched in memory. The exclamation by King Louis IV, "L'etat c'est moi!" (The State! I am the State!) is the earliest that comes to mind.
- An Inld Misadventure In Haryana (Tribune, Shyam Chand, Sep 08, 2004)
THE Haryana Government’s decision to amend the Punjab Agricultural Produce Marketing Act, 1961, to allow contractors to enter the market for the purchase of agricultural produce is a retrogressive step which will throw farmers again in the money-lender’s
- New Foreign Trade Policy — In Step With The Times (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Sep 08, 2004)
In an era of globalisation, when competitiveness is the key to success in building resilience in the export industries, the trade strategy has to mesh fiscal policy with investment planning, especially focussed on export sectors.
- Will Us Repeal Byrd Amendment? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 03, 2004)
The rest of the world is keenly watching whether the US would revoke the Byrd Amendment and thus help underpin the rule-based multilateral trading system.
- New Foreign Trade Policy — Going For The Big League (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Sep 01, 2004)
In a clear signal that economic reforms are back on track, the thrust of the New Foreign Trade Policy is on export promotion, moving away from quantitative restrictions and improving competitiveness of industry to meet global market requirements.
- Unchanged Quarter Century For Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 01, 2004)
At the end of a quarter century of struggle, the typical farmer is as badly indebted as he was at the beginning but stands vindicated and cleared of all charges of being indolent, ignorant and incompetent.
- What's New In Trade Policy? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2004)
The context in which the new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) has been presented seems as important as the policy itself. It replaces the five-year Export Import Policy (2002-07), the most
- Fertiliser Subsidy Demystified (Business Line, Viren Kaushik, Sep 01, 2004)
FERTILISER subsidy in India has attracted a lot of attention, comments and criticism in recent years. Its critics say that the burden of nearly Rs 12,000 crore annually cannot be sustained in a free and market-driven economy.
- 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
- “july Package” Of Wto (Tribune, J. George, Aug 28, 2004)
THE “July package” of WTO, hailed as the historic framework agreement to save the Doha mandate, has to be situated within the confines of the agriculture landscape of Haryana.
- Foreign Trade Policy — Long On Intent, Short On Strategy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 28, 2004)
Though bristling with schemes and plans, the Foreign Trade Policy neither offers convincing steps to substantially cut transaction costs nor spells out international economic strategy.
- New Foreign Trade Policy — Will There Be A Real Paradigm Shift? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 27, 2004)
The 2002-07 Export Import (Exim) Policy, coterminous with the Tenth Plan, is now being abandoned mid-way, with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government planning to unveil a New Foreign Trade Policy (NFT) in its place.
- Caution On The Patent Act (Hindu, Suman Sahai , Aug 27, 2004)
The Indian law must insist that patent applications follow the protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- How China Keeps Defying The Doomsayers (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 27, 2004)
Signs of extraordinary growth dazzle tourists, especially Indians, visiting China. They are stupefied when their buses move smoothly on interminable highways, criss-crossed by winding flyovers.
- Wto: The Dope Trick (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 26, 2004)
At the WTO, India and Brazil, along with developed countries, forced an inequitous framework on developing nations
- Parliament And The Judiciary (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2004)
All the three wings of the state are creatures of the Constitution and are bound by it. There has to be complementarity among the constitutional institutions and no one institution can claim superiority over the other.
- Forgetful Lapse (Deccan Herald, P SRINIVASAN, Aug 25, 2004)
Absent-mindedness is common to all, but only the ‘professors’ seem to get away with it
- Iran And The U.S. (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 23, 2004)
Ideological imperatives notwithstanding, practical considerations are beginning to be voiced in the United States on ties with Iran.
- The Sociology Of Suicide (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 21, 2004)
The taking of one’s own life is the most private of acts, but, as the great French sociologist Emile Durkheim pointed out, the incidence of suicide varies widely across societies and historical periods.
- Wto Framework Accord — Implications For Domestic Agenda (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 20, 2004)
It is important for India to make a careful study of the implications of the WTO framework accord for its domestic agenda and prepare to face the challenges, which are especially formidable for the country's farm and manufacturing sectors
- Wto Framework For Global Trade (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Aug 18, 2004)
All direct farm subsidies given by developed countries to their farmers, as opposed to multi-purpose subsidies, should be clearly identified and targeted for elimination within a specified time-frame.
- Sweeten The Sugar Policy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 16, 2004)
The global sugar market has been one of the most distorted of commodity regimes because of the fierce protectionism practised by some of the developed countries.
- Reforming The United Nations (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 15, 2004)
India has been able to build up strategic alliances with key international players as it advances towards the goal of entering the United Nations' Security Council as a permanent member.
- We Won’T Force Centre To Follow Left Agenda, Says Karat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2004)
When the CPM decided to support the Congress-led coalition government from outside, there were apprehensions that the UPA government would not last its full term.
- Representing India’S Agricultural Concerns (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 11, 2004)
Varying interests of member states make it difficult to have India-specific policies in agriculture at the WTO
- Wto Framework Agreement: No Cause For Celebration (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 10, 2004)
The August framework agreement on the Doha Round of trade negotiations has been hailed as historic and a victory for developing countries. The Indian delegation has echoed that assessment, even if not in terms as exuberant. C. P. Chandrasekhar and ...
- Personnel To Gain (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2004)
The FTA between India and the US will benefit both countries and strengthen ties
- Not Having Quota Will Breed Inequality (Deccan Herald, V. Ranganathan, Aug 08, 2004)
There is nothing wrong with reservations in the private sector. The notion that efficiency is not served by reservation is quite misplaced, since the very concept of efficiency is based on what benefits it brings in for the reference group.
- The Myth Of A Subsidy Cut (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 06, 2004)
Developed countries have ensured that there are no cuts in farm subsidies in the latest round of WTO negotiations
- Wto Accord: Faulty Frame, Rude Reality (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Aug 05, 2004)
There is much brouhaha over the framework agreement reached by World Trade Organisation members in Geneva last week, with the developing countries in an exult over the concessions drawn from the developed nations. Nothing could be farther from reality.
- A Milestone Accord (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 03, 2004)
Much is being made of the accord reached by World Trade Organisation members at Geneva on the "framework" negotiations, with the progress being described as "significant" for the completion of the Doha Round.
- The Message From Geneva (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2004)
THE dominant concern at the just-concluded WTO ministerial summit in Geneva was to reach a settlement of sorts. A failure, as witnessed at the last of round of talks
- 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 ...
- Farm Risk Management — Solution In Search Of Problems (Hindustan Times, B. S. Murthy, Jul 28, 2004)
AS MANY as 1100 farmers committed suicide. This is not about Andhra Pradesh or any part of India. These tragic suicides occurred in the most developed country in the world.
- No Consensus (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 26, 2004)
The draft framework for WTO negotiations has come as a disappointment to poor and developing countries. As both developed and developing countries have been keen to revive multilateral negotiations for further liberalising world
- Left Provides Life Support To Manmohan (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jul 25, 2004)
D. Raja, National Secretary of the Communist Party of India perhaps knew that he was a cut above the rest in his student days when he earned the distinction of being the first graduate in his village, Chiththoor in Tamil Nadu.
- Disappointing Draft (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 24, 2004)
The draft framework agreement circulated to World Trade Organisation members has crystallised fears that the developed economies, mainly the US and the EU, will not recede from their stand on the
- Venusian Woman (Deccan Herald, SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI, Jul 21, 2004)
July is a critical month for India as well as the rest of the world — it will decide the course of global trade talks
- Reformed Regime-I A Ploy To Deprive The Poor (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Jul 19, 2004)
According to the media, corporate world, and private institutional finance houses, everything was fine in India because the balance of payment was in surplus, the growth rate was high, the foreign
- Globalisation And Cultural Identity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 19, 2004)
The following are extracts from the UNDP’s Human Development Report, 2004: Globalisation has increased contacts between people and their values, ideas and ways of life in unprecedented ways.
- A Fractious War On Aids (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 17, 2004)
In another kind of global war there seems to be a growing chasm between the policies being unilaterally pursued by the United States and the perceptions of the international community.
- 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.
- Regional Trade Blocs Revisited (Hindu, R. Parthasarathy , Jun 09, 2004)
The emergence of information and communication technologies have helped spread production and service networks beyond the confines of national boundaries or trade blocs.
- Strong On Safta (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2004)
THOUGH THE RAPPROCHEMENT between India and Pakistan all but eclipsed the 12th summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Islamabad, it may be crucial as it could smoothen the functioning of the association, which has
- Trauma Of Punjab’s Jobless (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jan 07, 2004)
Punjab is faced with a gigantic challenge: how to give employment to 30 lakh jobless youth? Successive governments have never cared to know why the youth went berserk during the days of militancy. There is no policy worth the name to make them employable.
- Welcome To Free Trade Zone (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Jan 07, 2004)
The seven SAARC countries on Tuesday signed a treaty that would lead to free trade and movement of goods paving the way for South Asian economic Union along the lines of EU in future. The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) framework treaty signed by ...
- Agreement On Agriculture - Confrontation Among Superpowers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 07, 2004)
WTO negotiations are battles between and among nations, and their groups, with countries like the US inclined simply to ignore the mandate of the international trade body, as has happened with the Byrd Amendment repeal. But the boot may be on the other
- Safta: Trade Or Development? (Hindu, Nagesh Kumar, Jan 05, 2004)
To exploit SAFTA's full potential, the SAARC countries need to complement it by a customs union and then gradually move towards an economic union
- Saarc Initiative On Free Trade (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 05, 2004)
In its essence, a free trade area means trading in a tariff-free environment, which should normally lead to a sharp increase in trade volume and value with the most efficient manufacturers of select products in the "area" raking in the maximum profits.
- India As The Future Vaccine Hub (Tribune, N.K. Ganguly, Jan 05, 2004)
VACCINES are the desperately needed prevention tools. Owing to the enormous morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases, it is important that vaccines against these are made available at the earliest and at an affordable price. Efforts are being
- To Know The Road Ahead, Ask Those Coming Back (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 03, 2004)
WOULD you add legs to a snake after you have finished drawing it? Probably not, but that is a Chinese proverb about doing something that is totally unnecessary and thus spoiling what you have already done, and perhaps also revealing one's ignorance about
- Statutory Minimum Price: Bitter News For Sugar Industry (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 02, 2004)
THE Vajpayee Government has again yielded to populist pressure at the cost of an industry which tried its best to reason otherwise with the administration. But the sugar industry stands isolated in the face of combined pressure exerted by the Agriculture
- Statutory Minimum Price: Bitter News For Sugar Industry (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 02, 2004)
THE Vajpayee Government has again yielded to populist pressure at the cost of an industry which tried its best to reason otherwise with the administration. But the sugar industry stands isolated in the face of combined pressure exerted by the Agriculture
- Exports Cross $50-Billion Mark (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Exports crossed the $50-billion mark during 2002-03, which also saw the country emerging as a key player in the WTO at the Cancun ministerial, revealed the commerce ministry’s year-end review released here on Wednesday. The review also noted that the ...
- New Year Pronouncements (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Jan 01, 2004)
While India will emerge stronger in 2004, it is only political will that can bring about a real change in the economy, society and politics.
- Steel Tariffs: Pitting Us Against Half The World (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Nov 28, 2003)
For developing countries such as India and Brazil, the steel sector is pivotal to growth. If it slumps due to the vicissitudes of international trade, these countries would be seriously hurt.
- Murasoli Maran At Doha (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
The late commerce minister came into his own in tricky trade negotiations
- Tolerance Paves The Way, Jaya (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 17, 2003)
It is incomprehensible why Jayalalithaa, who is known to have national ambitions, chose to blot her copybook by attacking a national media institution like the Hindu. By that one act, she ended up uniting the media behind that organisation, as seldom befo
- After Cancun, Wto Gets New Momentum (Deccan Herald, SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI, Nov 17, 2003)
Cancun was not really a setback to WTO. Countries overwhelmingly want to get the negotiations back on the road
- What Us Steel Tells Indian State (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 16, 2003)
This week I write from New York where one of the most interesting stories when seen through my Indian eyes was the WTO decision, last week, to uphold an earlier ruling that censured the Bush administration for raising tariffs on imported steel.
- Charity In The Name Of Science (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
Development of S&T in the Third World is not linked to charity efforts which actually strengthen the IPRs of MNCs
- Charity In The Name Of Science (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
Development of S&T in the Third World is not linked to charity efforts which actually strengthen the IPRs of MNCs
- 15 Going On 25 (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 12, 2003)
Ten new EU members won’t resolve Doha
- Urea: Rps And Nps -- Six Of One, Half-A-Dozen Of The Other (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Nov 12, 2003)
The New Pricing Scheme for urea manufacturers is hardly an improvement over the Retention Pricing Scheme, whose anomalies it purports to correct. It neither provides an incentive to reduce cost and improve efficiency nor does it help all plants uniformly
- Sowing A New Farm Strategy (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 12, 2003)
There is a realisation that the farm sector must gear up to face the challenges and seize the opportunities offered by the WTO regime as also by the advent of new technology. Sharad Joshi looks at what it will take to bring about this kind of metamorphosi
- Uncertain Times For Trade (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2003)
Export growth in the South is ultimately linked to the economic performance of the OECD countries.
- 'We Can Supply Power To India Via China’ (The Financial Express, Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Nov 10, 2003)
India and Kyrgyztan have stressed the importance of enhancing trade and investment ties so as to raise current bilateral trade levels.
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