Agriculture
Plan panel flays subsidy-oriented approach to farm policy
THE Planning Commission has come down heavily on the policy approach to agriculture particularly in the 1990s by successive Governments as this has been more to ``secure increased production through subsidies in inputs such as power, water and fertiliser rather than through building new capital assets in irrigation and power''.

Economy
India urged to use IT to reduce poverty
NEW DELHI: The World Bank President, Mr James Wolfensohn, has said that India's expertise in information technology should be used for poverty reduction.

Corporates' turn to play the good samaritan
UNPRECEDENTED scrutiny toward business ethics issues by the media, investment community, regulators, NGOs and protesters has launched corporate accountability on to the global agenda and on to the agenda of every business manager.

Foreign Trade
Industry's cooperation urged to counter NTBs
THE Government on Tuesday sought industry's co-operation in framing suitable strategies to tackle the likely adverse impact of certain non-tariff measures that developed countries resort to for denying effective market access to products and services of India's interest.

Inflation Watch
Inflation watch
THE annual rate of inflation measured in terms of the wholesale price index (WPI) on a point-to-point basis moved up marginally to 5.72 per cent for the latest recorded week ended September 9 from 5.64 per cent in the preceding week.

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