OPINION
EDITORIAL
A sweet mantra
THE POLITICAL CLOUT of the sugar lobby, especially well-entrenched in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, was once again in evidence in the Interim Budget for 2004-05. The Government has promised to prepare, in consultation with all the stakeholders, ...
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ECONOMY
Further reflections on the Interim Budget
BOUQUETS and brickbats are the lot of any public figure. More so for a Finance Minister who stretches the limits of constitutional propriety by launching an interim budget that promises more than it can legitimately ...
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POLITICS
Tasks before CEC
ON February 7, Mr T. S. Krishnamurthy took over from Mr J. M. Lyngdoh as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), with Mr N. Gopalaswami, Union Home Secretary, taking his place. Including Mr B. B. Tandon, the Commission ...
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POWER
Rewards from an energy partnership
AT THE World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 the international community agreed that we urgently need to improve access to sustainable energy for the world's poor. We committed ourselves to ...
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EDUCATION
Reforming policies towards higher education
IT WAS a tough battle for Mr Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the UK, to finally get his Education Bill through Parliament, end-January. Under the new programme, students pay more than twice the fees compared to the old, ...
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STOCK MARKETS
Small-cap, big gain
SUNDARAM Mutual Fund's proposal to start a small-cap fund may well trigger a spate of such offers from other fund-houses. Such a fund is a good investment proposition for retail investors because small-cap stocks ...
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PURA by partnership
The Centre's new model of PURA is more than a plan for "Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas" but is a "Partnership of entrepreneurs, government administrators and the local populace for Urban Amenities within Rural Ambience". In the present sche me of PURA, the Government does not proceed alone but lets others have co-ownership. Thus the Government should not fight shy of roping in private investors or trying the profit-seeking model, says P. V. Indiresan.
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LABOUR REFORMS
`Investing in every child'
THE Geneva-headquartered International Labour Office, which is doing exemplary work to combat worldwide the menace of child labour, has come out with a publication examining the economic costs and benefits of the ...
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LETTERS
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