The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Prevent farm price collapse
WITH SATISFACTORY SPATIAL and temporal distribution of rains in most parts of the country, this year's south-west monsoon, now in the last lap of its four-month cycle, has generated tremendous optimism on the farm front. For the first time in ... More

ECONOMY

Service delivery
THE recently published review by the India Office of the World Bank on the course and content of the reforms process in India with particular reference to the achievement of the objective of reducing poverty is not ... More

POLITICS

In defence of the voiceless
The Chief Justice's recent strictures on the Gujarat Government for its failure to prosecute the culprits in the Best Bakery case highlight the growing strength of judicial activism. If the "voiceless and hopeless" cannot get justice from their "demo cratically elected" representatives, at least they have another avenue before them, says Rasheeda Bhagat. More

WTO

Lessons from the failure at Cancun
SO, THE much-awaited Cancun Ministerial of the WTO is over. And it seems that there was more excitement on the sidelines than at the talks themselves. There were hundreds of demonstrators on the streets some distance ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

Using insider-trading as a weapon
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) seems to be a bit jittery about front running by mutual fund managers, if one is to go by the reports of a mandatory, closed-door meeting held by its Chairman, Mr G. N. ... More

LETTERS

Hope after Cancun

Failed talks

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