OPINION
EDITORIAL
Ploughing growth
THE CENTRAL STATISTICAL ORGANISATION has joined the table-thumping brigade of forecasters to predict a growth of 8.1 per cent in the gross domestic product this year, beating the Finance Minister's estimate in the Interim Budget of 7.5-8 per cent ...
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ECONOMY
Hungry in `Shining India'
FIFTY-seven years after Independence, and nearly four decades after the launch of the so-called "Green Revolution", India is home to one-third the world's nearly 860 million hungry. Of the poor, the majority are ...
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FOREX
Why the dollar should fall
THE declining fortunes of the dollar is becoming a global concern. The US is earning less from exports than it needs to pay for her imports. The US trade- and budgets-deficits are increasing. The dollar has been falling ...
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POLITICS
Betrayal twice over
ANY hope that the Bush Administration in the US, already in serious trouble for having betrayed the trust of the Americans by sending hundreds of its young soldiers to death and killing thousands of civilians in an ...
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EDUCATION
Leave the IIMs alone
It would be dangerous to dismiss the huge fee cut at the prestigious IIMs by the HRD Minister, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi, as a mere election ploy. That would have been comparatively harmless. It is time the academic community managing such institutions of excellence tells the government firmly that it is capable of managing its own affairs without doles from the government, says Rasheeda Bhagat.
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STOCK MARKETS
Beware the market buzz
THE buzz on the street is that this time the stock market rally is different. It is broad based and not confined to any specific sector. Some analysts argue that this is an authentic bull run and not at all a ...
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CONSUMERISM
India 500 Plus: The magic numbers
India 500 Plus is an interactive database that provides the dispersion of the purchasing power of Indian households in 583 districts and 100 urban centres and across income classes. The database provides useful inputs for policy-making and decision-m aking by a wide range of users.
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