The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 28, 2002

Stoke economy, not war
THE US GOVERNMENT has advised its citizens to avoid India at this point of time. That it has advised them against venturing into Pakistan or that similar caution has been sounded for quite some time for Afghanistan, Iraq or other places must ... More

ECONOMY

Food economy in disarray
The crisis in the country's food economy continues in the face of government inaction. In this issue of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh discuss the processes that have led to the emergence and continuation of th e fact of excessive government foodstocks co-existing with cultivators' distress, widespread poverty and pockets of food shortage. More

China's future predicated on political reform
CHINA stands as an outstanding success among transition economies. A far cry from the 1960s, when China, despite high investment rates, was racked by economic stagnation and famines that claimed millions of lives. China's threat to Indian ... More

POWER

Power at what cost?: Case of Tannirbhavi
THE barge-mounted Tannirbavi Power project to supply to the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL) has raised a strange problem in the State. The dispute is about payment of fixed charge which, according to the power purchase ... More

RAILWAYS

Challenges before the Railways
INDIAN Railways rolled into its 150th year on April 15. The first train in India ran a distance of 33 km, from Boribundar to Thane, on April 15, 1853. Since then, the Railways has grown into a huge organisation with around 16 lakh employees and ... More

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