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Wednesday, May 22, 2002
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Use the forex reserves
ONE IS NOT sure whether Pakistan or Standard & Poor's, the international credit rating agency, is the greater peril for the Indian economy. Yet, neither has not made much difference to the steady pile up of forex reserves, which stand at around ... More

AGRICULTURE


New crop of farm champions
A NUMBER of self-appointed spokesmen are pontificating on agricultural issues and advocating their own brands of programmes. Since Independence, India has witnessed two types of farm leaders. One, the Chaudhari-Deshmukh type and, two, those who ... More

FERTILISERS


Urea industry under VII and VIII pricing periods -- Not a wholesome impact
THE finalisation of the policy parameters under the seventh pricing period — July 1, 1997 to March 31, 2000 — and the eighth pricing period — April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2003 — has been hanging fire for almost five years ... More

POLITICS


Do Muslims have a future in Gujarat?
WATCHING the devastation — physical, psychological and economic — of the Muslims in Gujarat, and their sense of helplessness and desolation, one asks an ex-counsellor of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Khurshid Saiyed, what the ... More

East Timor: The price of independence
IF ITALY was a geographical expression, as the Austrian statesman Metternich said, East Timor, which achieved independence on Sunday, is a state of mind that reflects the high idealism of the Timorese under their widely acclaimed leader, ... More

EDUCATION


Danger ahead!
CAN anyone say for sure whether the numbers I am going to cite are frightening or flattering? The number of students taking the Plus Two examinations in Tamil Nadu in March 2002 was 4,97,590, up from 4,63,955 and 4,14,524 in 2001 and 2000. The ... More

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