OPINION
EDITORIAL
Steely times
WITH FISCAL 2004 turning out to be a seminal year for the steel industry, it is now party time in the sector. Rising product prices, fuelled by a healthy demand, have sent steel companies, both in the private and public sectors, into raptures ...
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ECONOMY
Why the effects of fiscal deficit are not visible
The Government will have to reduce its revenue deficit if India is to move towards the 10 per cent growth rate mark. At present, India is using the energies unleashed by institutional reforms to support revenue deficit and government consumption.
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FOREIGN TRADE
India-US BPO spat — Answer may lie in FTA
With rising interdependence between the US and India, the BPO spat is turning out to be a hurdle in furthering economic relations. In this context, entering into an FTA would help bring the countries closer and result in two-way gains.
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POLITICS
Election 2004: A study in contrasts
With the entire country in high election fever, Rasheeda Bhagat takes stock of what is happening in the backdrop of the Supreme Court's indictment of the Government that was at the helm in Gujarat during the post-Godhra riots of 2002, an op inion poll that puts the NDA decisively ahead in three States that are having Assembly elections, and the main Opposition party that is yet to get its act together.
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Saving Iraq
THE Americans are realising that no illegitimate conqueror, however powerful, can keep a spirited people under heel. Almost from the moment of their unlawful occupation of Iraq, they have been grappling with growing ...
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POWER
Rural electrification — Ambitious targets, wrong approach
The problem does not lie with the objective of the rural electrification programmes but the approach, which is to provide electricity for consumptive needs rather than productive needs.
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INTERVIEW
`Need to detariff insurance industry, raise FDI cap' — Mr C. S. Rao, IRDA Chairman
Having successfully completed one year as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Mr C. S. Rao is now comfortable with the task assigned to him. During this period, he has evolved a sound vision on various ...
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LETTERS
Reform promises
Restructuring the political system
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