The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 18, 2002

`Congress adopts double standards on free power'
The Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information and Public Relations, Mr S. Chandra Mohan Reddy, said the decision of the Punjab Cabinet to scrap the free power policy has vindicated the stand of the State Government that free power was not feasible. More

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Fiscal reform: Centre, States may not bite the bullet now
THE promise of major reforms being flagged off jointly by both the Centre and States to restructure their finances appears set to be belied as the players involved are now baulking at taking hard decisions. The meeting of the State Chief ... More

Only a few takers for debt swap
THE much-publicised debt swap scheme for States — which entails retiring high cost loans of around Rs 90,000 crore in a span of three years — may have only a few takers in the current fiscal, despite the sweeteners being offered by ... More

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