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EDITORIAL
Rich harvest for economy
The 3.9 per cent agriculture growth sends GDP zooming to 9.3 per cent in January-March 2006. More

ECONOMY
GDP figures underline importance of reforms
If the economy's performance is to sustain, more reforms are needed, as the Finance Minister has called for. More

To give full growth to that which still doth grow
Positive or negative, growth is always news. With a 9.3 per cent growth to crow about, we need hardly be apologetic for celebrating in style what the GDP managed to climb in Q4. Even as we come to terms with increase in gross domestic product, ... More

ENVIRONMENT
Ecosystem manhandled
The future of Earth is uncertain because of the activities of its inhabitants. There is no dearth of warning signals — loss of plants and animals, changing climate, depleting groundwater level and unpredictable ocean currents — and ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
FTA WITH ASEAN
India's gains predicated on competitiveness
The Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN is a link up with a group of dynamic economies that can test India's mettle in several areas of trade. More than the comfort of tariff quotas it will be the country's sustained competitiveness that would bring it best gains from the proposed FTA, says C. P. RAVINDRANATHAN. More

POLITICS
Labellology!
The April issue of the newsletter of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) of the University of Sussex (UK) is devoted to a little-known aspect of development theory — the changes in the political, ... More

BANKING
Raising the networthiness of Indian banking
The banking sector is today relatively much stronger than its Asian counterparts but it still has a long way to go. More

LETTERS

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