The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Looking Asean
THE CURRENT EFFORT to strengthen India-Asean economic ties is laudable, but there are doubts if anything concrete will emerge from it. This is because the actual performance of trade between the two economic units (Asean has ten members) has not ... More

ECONOMY

Will States pull up their fiscal socks?
By no stretch of imagination can the meeting between the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers be described as a futile exercise. The Centre, bearing the responsibility for maintaining the fiscal fettle of its constituents, conducted itself with ext reme care and executed the unenviable task with gravity, though the outcome did not turn out to be on expected lines. More

POLITICS

Conversion confusion
THE fury of the Church leaders all over the country directed at the Tamil Nadu ordinance against religious conversions by allurement, inducement, or coercion is not in consonance with the sobriety and restraint usually associated with members of ... More

Can we trade cars for crops?
`FARMERS are suffering on both sides of the border. When the reservoir was created decades ago, it was hoped that it would provide enough water for farming on both sides. But since 1992 water level is falling and today it is barely 10 per cent ... More

CREDIT POLICY

Credit Policy imperatives — Correcting the distortions
Misconceived policies such as the obsessive concern with ushering in a low interest rate regime, the inequitable interest rate structure and the massive borrowing programme of the government, have led to major distortions in the current monetary and credit situation. Correcting these distortions should, therefore, become the imperatives of the October Credit Policy, says N. A. Mujumdar. More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Whither flows the vegoil industry?
THE global outlook for agribusiness, in general, is turning positive. As economic recovery is widely expected to start in 2003, demand and trade volumes will rebound from the low levels seen in last 2-3 years. Economic growth, population ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE

Who is afraid of NGOs?
THE exponentially incremental ineffectiveness of successive elected governments in India in recent years and the not-unrelated spread of crony capitalism has resulted in, among other things, the proliferation of non-governmental organisations ... More

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