The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 30, 2002

Is there a future?
THE GOVERNMENT IS keen to open up futures trading in agricultural commodities. It has made this clear in various documents including the National Agricultural Policy, the report on Agricultural Marketing Reforms, and the Task Force report.Over ... More

AGRICULTURE

India's farm economy — Protect domestic producers wholeheartedly
High implicit taxes, severe constraints to the expansion of domestic markets and unreasonable restrictions on competition in the domestic market for farm inputs make the farm economy risky and poor. India has to set a timetable to liberate the farm economy by March 31, 2003. More

POLITICS

Bush Administration: A House divided
The State Department and White House seem to be at odds on virtually every issue. Nothing symbolises these deep chasms more than the raging debate within the Administration over recourse to military action to remove President Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq, says G. Parthasarathy. More

Meeting Mr Veerappan
AS I have no doubt the press will get to Mr Veerappan first, I thought I would better shoot down to his jungle hide-out and beat the rest to an exclusive interview. You may remember the last time he was in the headlines (as against daily ... More

Genomics to the aid of Veerappan
TAMIL Nadu's celluloid hero, Mr Rajnikanth, recently raised gasps of utter disbelief when, with patent sincerity, he declared that he had not only known of, but even had a personal encounter with, a sage in flesh and blood who lived in the ... More

COFFEE

Coffee: Needs a potent brew
IT IS true that coffee prices are at historical lows and the industry is facing its worst crisis ever. As in all other agricultural commodities, price cycles are inevitable. However, the present crisis is unique in that it is rooted in a chronic ... More

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