OPINION
EMPLOYMENT
Unemployment: The seven sins of perception
Listing the seven problems of perception vis-à-vis the unemployment scene in the country, and suggesting a seven-point solution, P. V. Indiresan says that the aim must be to create employment over a wide range of the economy and for all person s, not merely in rural crafts and for the poor alone. Policy-makers need to take tough decisions for dramatic changes.
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EDITORIAL
Capacity building among farmers
FOR BANKS, AGRICULTURAL credit is the flavour of the season. Conscious of the need to ensure consistent growth in lending to the farm sector, the new Government since the day it assumed office has been working on a package of measures. The Tenth ...
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ECONOMY
Altruism and economic behaviour
A SIGN I see in a local grocery store encourages me to buy bananas at a higher price because it is a `fair trade' product. Similar signs are also found near the shelves selling some brands of coffee. Here is a chance ...
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PHARMACEUTICALS
Clinical trial on trial
According to a report, the global outsourcing opportunity in pharmaceuticals, which worked out to about $24 billion in 2002, was expected to climb to $48 billion by 2007.
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POLITICS
Nasty trends
THE United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at New Delhi seems to be carrying out some sort of a cleansing operation with reference to the appointees of the previous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government. ...
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Proposed Investment Commission — Hope for FDI flow into small, medium units
If the Investment Commission is not to be old wine in a new bottle, it has to guard against the failings of the old Indian Investment Centre.
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PEOPLE
Remembering Indira Gandhi
ANY talk of politics and its practitioners invariably turns to Indira Gandhi. You could like her or hate her but surely not ignore her. Such was her personality. It would have been interesting to see how she would have ...
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LETTERS
Fast track immigration
Tackling corruption
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