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Articles 32121 through 32220 of 35809:
- Missing Child (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 16, 2004)
Discarded by her parents a new-born baby stood little chance in life, but even in death there was no one to protect her from the beady eyes of crows.
- Sex Matters (Wall Street Journal, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, Jul 13, 2004)
Our country is preoccupied with terrorism. But looking ahead, terrorism may be only one of our problems.
- India Playing With Maoist Fire (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Jul 01, 2004)
India appears to be taking a big gamble with Maoist insurgents. Encouraged by the central government in Delhi, the ruling Congress-led coalition government in the state of Andhra Pradesh has removed a nine-year-old ban on the People's War Group . . .
- Behind The Facade Of Indian Subsidies (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Jun 29, 2004)
Good politics is quite often bad economics, and nothing epitomizes this better than India's subsidy system. The subsidy policies in India are being advocated by those same policy makers who appear in public as pro-poor, but are driven by the . . .
- Taxman's Date With Death (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Jun 26, 2004)
As the new Finance Minister is grappling with the problem of raising the revenues of the government without hurting large sections of the people, he has very few choices.
- No One Gets Paid Until The Consumer Releases Cash (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 26, 2004)
As people we have grown to accept things that our institutions are yet grappling with. For instance, it is all right if our PM addresses us on the TV rather than on the floor of the House, or if his predecessor frets over a party betting on a wild horse.
- Resetting The Terms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 26, 2004)
It should not have taken much time for the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to draft his first address to the nation, leaving the nation a tad disappointed, if not unimpressed. Economic words that have become incendiary, such as privatisation ...
- Tamil Nadu Heads For Bankruptcy (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Jun 26, 2004)
THE recent rollback measures by Chief Minister Ms J. Jayalalithaa will cost the state exchequer at least Rs 3,000 crore a year and within two years of her regime, which is expected to last till May 2006, the state government will be left with a deficit...
- Towards A Single Market (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 26, 2004)
IN his first address to the nation on Thursday evening, Dr Manmohan Singh suggested the creation of a single market across the country for both manufactured goods and agricultural produce.
- Punjab Finances In Disarray (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jun 25, 2004)
Punjab continues to be an enigma. It knows what is wrong with its body politic and economy and is aware of its stalled industrial and agricultural production and productivity.
- Harness Banks To Power The Cmp (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Jun 25, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) has no ordinary task on hand. It seeks to accelerate economic growth even while ushering in distributive justice.
- His Power And Her Glory? (Pioneer, Rupa Sengupta, Jun 25, 2004)
Rumour has it that the Congress-led UPA and its Marxist backers have woken up to the need to avoid any 'impropriety' undermining the Prime Minister's authority.
- Tap Tourism Potential With Brand India (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Jun 25, 2004)
Tourism is an important sector, though it accounts for just about one per cent of GDP. It has immense potential and can reach 5 per cent of GDP if proper policy support and related infrastructure are put in place.
- Robust Growth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 24, 2004)
There is an urgent need for providing world class infrastructure for exports
- India's Gandhi Must Burn Mother-In-Law's Recipe: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jun 22, 2004)
Since last month's surprise change in India's federal government, the Mumbai stock exchange Sensitive Index has shed 13.6 percent in dollar terms, more than any other benchmark equity index in the world.
- How Feasible Is A Rural Employment Guarantee? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jun 22, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme of the new UPA Government promises to provide public employment of 100 days per year to every rural household. Already the financial press has been trying to project this promise as unrealistic and requiring excessively large
- Globalisation Gets A Riposte In India (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jun 22, 2004)
Political analysts have been attempting to delve deeper into the outcome of Elections-2004 that led to the downfall of the BJP-led NDA Government and the emergence of a stronger countervailing (secular) force
- Vat Regime: Myths And Realities (Business Line, M Veerappa Moily, Jun 22, 2004)
The arguments in favour of VAT on goods apply with equal force to services. Unless services are brought within the tax base, revenue growth from indirect taxes would remain constrained and the objective of reorienting the tax system towards greater ...
- Credit Trap (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Jun 22, 2004)
If you are a professional or in employment or an investor in the bonds, deposits, securities or other financial products of a bank, you should be surprised if you do not get at least a dozen calls a month, including...
- New Deal For Agriculture (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 21, 2004)
By announcing a package of measures aimed at alleviating the burden of drought-hit agricultural borrowers and extending the scope of institutional credit to farmers, the United Progressive Alliance Government has moved swiftly to deliver on some key ...
- Women And Environment Continue To Suffer (Tribune, Kiran Soni Gupta, Jun 20, 2004)
The welfare of human beings is final reference point in judging the impact of what we do or fail to do. Women have an essential role to play in the development of sustainable and ecologically sound system of natural resource management.
- Team Manmohan Charting A New Course (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 20, 2004)
The message from the new Government at the Centre is clear. While economic reforms will continue, it will not be a mindless pursuit keeping the weak and the downtrodden out of its beneficial loop.
- Montek Is Back At Yojna Bhavan (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 20, 2004)
THE new Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, reversely ties his turban — the top fold goes to the left instead of the usual right to left. This had remained a mystery for sometime.
- The Men Who Matter (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 20, 2004)
The Prime Minister himself: No certificates are required to establish Manmohan Singh's credentials as a reformer. But his role has changed from the one he had 13 years ago and in the last eight years he is understood to have imbibed many political nuances
- Towards Broadband Economy (Tribune, Gaurav Choudhury, Jun 19, 2004)
India's entry in the elite group of G-8 nations is reason enough for many to believe that the country has indeed reached the takeoff stage. However, from the takeoff stage to the stage of mass consumption, as is characterised in industrialised ...
- Debate On Reform And Development (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jun 18, 2004)
Reforms in India have failed to focus on the end objectives of development, namely, reduction of poverty and improvement in the quality of life of bulk of the population.
- Biotechnology: The Encoded Message (Business Line, S. Venu , Jun 18, 2004)
Biotechnology involves the use of information on genetically controlled traits, combined with the technical ability to alter the expression of those traits, to provide enhanced biological organisms, which allow mankind to lessen the constraints imposed...
- Stability Can Be Dicey (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jun 18, 2004)
The sensex doesn’t seem to have been able to shed its nervousness which followed the Vajpayee government’s defeat. There is apparently still a lingering nostalgia for the pro-business inclinations of the NDA government as opposed to the populist and ...
- Tilting At Fund Transfers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 18, 2004)
The Reserve Bank of India, in true Don Quixote style, has decided to track live, fund transfers across the financial system to trap those playing with public funds.
- Unctad Xi: Ict For Developing Countries (Business Line, K. J. Joseph, Jun 15, 2004)
The e-strategies and policies of developing countries need to integrate both production and use of ICT wherein much can be learnt and gained by South-South cooperation.
- Can India Come Of Age In Comity Of Nations? (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jun 15, 2004)
Two Goldman Sachs reports, widely discussed in recent months, predict that in the next 50 years, Brazil, Russia, India and China will as a group become a much larger force in the world economy than the top rich countries of today.
- Good, Bad And Economics (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Jun 15, 2004)
Is there anything absolutely `good' or `evil'? Or, is everything a combination of good and bad? Mahatma Gandhi maintained that while man combines in him both the angel and the devil, the aim of social reformers should be to enable people foster the ...
- 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?
- G-8 Beckons (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 15, 2004)
The move by the Group of Eight nations to include India and China as members underscores the coming of age of the Asian giants.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Ilo Report Fears Rise In Migration (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 12, 2004)
Failure of globalisation to provide jobs and economic opportunities is expected to see a further rise in migration trends, according to a new International Labour Organisation report.
- How To Unlock The Vat Idea (Business Line, S. Sridharan, Jun 12, 2004)
Though the integration of service sector taxation is ideal in a comprehensive value-added tax (VAT) regime, any plan to implement VAT should not be delayed as a result of such an ambitious goal.
- The Tcs Foray (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 12, 2004)
The much-discussed public floatation of shares of Tata Consultancy Services is a step closer to fruition with the software giant filing the draft prospectus for its initial public offering.
- 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 ...
- Crude Tinkering (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 11, 2004)
There is nothing new in the concoction the Government is brewing to set right the oil economy. Options such as tinkering with import and excise duties by lowering them or converting from ad valorem ...
- Bringing Key-Man Insurance Back To Life (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jun 11, 2004)
Key-man insurance is a life insurance policy taken on the life of a key-man with a view to providing liquidity, financial strength and indemnity to the business organisation in case of losses on account of death, absence or exit otherwise of its key-men
- Farm Sector Is Crucial (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jun 11, 2004)
LAL Bahadur Shastri, who succeeded India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964, had coined a famous slogan: “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan”.
- Cmp: Will It Work? (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jun 10, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) was unveiled on a Thursday and the stock market, quite deservedly, gave it a - 223-point thumbs-down on Friday. One wishes the message had been stronger.
- 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.
- Fdi Versus Fii (Business Line, Sudhanshu Ranade , Jun 10, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme of the new Government at the Centre stresses Foreign Direct Investment over Foreign Institutional Investment.
- 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.
- Primary Education: Low Coverage, Poor Quality (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 09, 2004)
The really critical aspect of the Indian public education system is its low quality. Even in educationally advanced States, an unacceptably low proportion of children who complete all grades of primary school have functional literacy.
- Tough Get Going (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
The BJP's list of new office bearers has received some bad press as an exercise in chopping without changing. Party President M Venkaiah Naidu need not worry, though.
- 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.
- The Challenges Ahead (Hindu, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 09, 2004)
Shivraj Patil starts with a clean image and we can expect him to fulfil his new role of stewarding what is generally looked upon as a political task with great aplomb.
- 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.
- Populism Versus Responsibility (Hindu, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 09, 2004)
With the Railways Minister planning a populist Rail Budget, the divestment agenda hamstrung by the Left and power sops being doled out to farmers and domestic consumers in some States
- 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.
- Ronald Reagan’S Legacy: Bush Draws Sustenance (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Jun 09, 2004)
There are parallels that can be noticed between many policies and actions of Reagan and Bush
- 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.
- Musharraf Doctrine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
LIKE the Monroe doctrine, we now have the Musharraf doctrine.
- Pakistan Caught In Violence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
Should India join the efforts for the Iranian natural gas pipeline via Pakistan?
- Pot On The Boil In Pakistan (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 09, 2004)
In the study, Karachi: A Terror Capital in the Making, I also pointed out another alarming phenomenon in Karachi in the aftermath of the American onslaught on the Taliban and the Al Qaeda hideouts in Afghanistan.
- Gas Pipeline Again: Security Guarantees Can Help (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
Should India join the efforts for the Iranian natural gas pipeline via Pakistan?
- 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.
- 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.
- Oil Speculation And Global Growth (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jun 08, 2004)
A surge in oil prices to record highs has triggered a discussion on the factors explaining the rise and its likely consequences. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh argue that a shift of speculative investors out of ...
- Buyer's Credits For Imports: A Win-Win Proposition (Business Line, P. V. B. N. Murthy, Jun 08, 2004)
Liberalisation of the economy, coupled with the significantly lower interest rates prevailing internationally, have thrown up an opportunity to top-notch companies to source global funds even for their working capital needs. Foreign currency funding...
- 14th Lok Sabha: Mix Of Youth And Experience (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jun 07, 2004)
AFTER the spell of politics and polemics, post Verdict 2004, issues of governance should be coming back in focus with the President scheduled to address the joint session of Parliament today (Monday, June 7).
- The Maharani Of Muck (AlterNet, Editorial, The Alternet, Jun 03, 2004)
India's most commercially successful English-language author is a 'traditional' mother of six who writes bodice-ripping novels and makes Indian feminists see red. Is she the Indian Jackie Collins, or the Indian Madonna?
- Funding The Cmp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
TO SPREAD THE benefits of growth more equitably and improve the quality of public services, the Common Minimum Programme promises to effect a major increase in government spending.
- 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.
- She Stoops To Conquer? (Pioneer, Harish C Gaur, Jun 03, 2004)
All along Ms Gandhi was projected to occupy the coveted post, being the president of the Congress.
- The New Cji Is Sensitive To Problems Of The Needy (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jun 03, 2004)
Mr Justice R C Lahoti, who took over as Chief Justice of India (CJI) on June 1, is considered by legal experts as “conservative” in matters of interpretation of law, yet competent, sharp and sensitive to problems of the poor and the needy.
- Mr Vajpayee Can Play A Sobering Role (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2004)
The BJP criticised the Congress for changing the party constitution and making Mrs Sonia Gandhi the Chairman of the Congress parliamentary party. But it has had to do exactly the same itself, thus making Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee the Chairman and Mr L.K. Ad
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