OPINION
EDITORIAL
Sow farm reforms now
BUOYED BY OVER 9 per cent growth in agriculture, the economy this year is set to grow by an impressive 8 per cent, equal to the annual GDP growth rate envisaged in the Tenth Plan. Importantly, this year's fortuitous combination of expanded farm ...
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BUDGET
Creditable effort at wooing farmers
The lack of affordable farm credit was seen as the biggest impediment to agricultural growth until the Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, in his Interim Budget declared that if less than 6 per cent interest rate is good enough for the corporates, th ere is no reason why it should not be so for farmers. This and his direction that farmers should no more be required to produce as loan collateral their entire holdings should be welcome news to the sons of the soil.
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ECONOMY
Special Economic Zones — A takeover of coastal areas
THE Exim Policy of 2000 paved the way for what seems to be an industrial takeover of the country's coastline. Gujarat, Karnataka and Orissa have been working to get the Centre's approval for the creation of Special ...
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EDUCATION
Management education — Tinkering will not help
Why should the government want to manage business schools? Worldwide, they are self-driven and self-governed, pursuing growth on their own terms.
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Why micro-manage education?
Both the government and the courts would best let competition amongst education-providers minimise costs for users, rather than micro-manage the pricing of education.
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INTERVIEW
`Kashmiris will make possible a solution' — Pakistani Foreign Minister, Mr Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri
The Pakistani Foreign Minister, Mr Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, is very certain that the Indo-Pak problem cannot be resolved unless both sides shed their stated positions and show flexibility. In an interview to Business Line, Mr Kasuri said that ...
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INVESTOR PROTECTION
SEBI (Ombudsman) Regulations 2003 — Much needs to be clarified
THE Security and Exchange Board of India notified the Ombudsman Regulations 2003 with effect from August 21, 2003. The ombudsman is empowered to: Facilitate amicable resolution of the complaint(s) against any ...
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PEOPLE
Information studies
IT is inevitable that knowledge society should draw heavily on information architecture. The latter, in turn, depends for its visual, conceptual and intellectual impact on a balanced mix of technology, substance, ...
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LETTERS
Fee reduction
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