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Calibrating rice exports
THE LONG DRY spell of July and the decline in area coverage for paddy are sure to reduce the ensuing kharif rice output by 10-12 million tonnes. Even with possible rebound in the rabi season, the total rice production in 2002-03 may not exceed 80 ... More

ENVIRONMENT


World Development Report 2003 — Simplistic belief in institutions
IT IS ten years since the Rio de Janeiro Conference on environment, and its consequences made its famous declarations. In these ten years, environmental protection and sustainable development have become accepted parts of the agenda of most ... More

FOREX


Forex reserves: Use and misuse
IN THE late 1980s, when India's foreign exchange reserves were averaging close to $5.5 billion, a figure reckoned to be relatively comfortable in those days, the Reserve Bank of India decided to park part of the reserves as deposits with Indian ... More

INTERNET


Beguiling Web sites
WHAT is it that the Unit Trust of India (UTI), UTI Bank, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) have in common? They all have beguiling Web sites, asserting customer delight to be their watchword, and ... More

CINEMA


Why Bollywood is a box-office flop
BOLLYWOOD, the world's largest film industry, has been facing a crisis for more than a decade. Since the 1992 Mumbai bomb blasts, Bollywood's links with the underworld have proved a constant source of trouble. The murder in broad daylight of ... More

FINANCIAL MARKETS


US equities blase to war risks
The US war with Iraq appears inevitable. The possibilities and consequences of a war are varied, each one with different implications. Yet, equity and bond investors are complacent about this. Prudence, however, demands that investors avoid adventuri sm, not because of the uncertainties but because markets do not seem to have priced them in, says V. Anantha-Nageswaran. More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT


Focus again on FDI
ONCE again, the focus in New Delhi has shifted to FDI, the Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, taking the lead (at least as far as the media is concerned) in the campaign to raise caps placed on a number of important sectors such ... More

INTERVIEW



`India not geared for export industries' Mr M. Arunachalam, Chairman, Indian Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong
"... Competing with China is not possible. The buyer in the US does not care whether I make it in China or in India. He gives the designs, and wants the end-product at a fixed price... " More

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