OPINION
EDITORIAL
A laboured view
IT IS DIFFICULT to agree with the views of sections of trade unions that the new securitisation law is anti-labour inasmuch as it provides for abatement of proceedings before the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction should a ...
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AGRICULTURE
Elections and agriculture: Poor crop of plans and policies
Instead of focussing on matters of vital concern to the country's food security, such as eradicating persistent hunger, enhancing foodgrain production and sounding the alarm on GM foods, the battle for the ballot has degenerated into non-issues. It i s time those in the electoral fray thought seriously about how to put the farm sector back in a position of strength.
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CHEMICALS
Chemical sector: Get equation right
HOW will the Indian chemical industry be 50 years from now? Going by the vision statement of Dr S. Ganguly, former Executive Chairman and Managing Director, ACC, certain sectors of the industry would change ...
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FOREIGN TRADE
Unctad's role: Renewed commitment needed
IN a few weeks the XI Conference of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) will be held at Sao Paulo, Brazil, to formulate policy guidelines and set work priorities vis-à-vis global trade ...
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FOREX
Rupee rise: Opportunity and challenge?
India's currency policy is still skewed by the 1991 gold-pledging experience, as witnessed by the huge dollar reserves it maintains by subscribing to US T-Bills. The funds could be used better to help promote Indian exports and investments through, s ay, Exim Bank or IDBI, which would earn us more than the 1.5 per cent on US T-Bills. It is time the currency board mentality was jettisoned, says T. C. A. Ramanujam.
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POLITICS
Enthralling election
ELECTIONS in India never cease to enthrall. A dull moment there never is. True, the nerves of everyone involved — parties, candidates, media persons, officials — are frayed. There is plenty for them in every ...
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IPR
Patents (Amendment) Bill, 2003: The inevitable regime change
The Patents (Amendment) Bill, introduced in the Rajya Sabha on December 22, 2003, shall have the prime objective of fully conforming the Patents Act, 1970 (Act) to the TRIPS obligations under the WTO. The Bill, seen as the final step in the transitio n period of 10 years granted to developing countries under Article 65 of the TRIP, brings forth the much anticipated regime change for the pharma industry. By January 1, 2005, product patents shall be awarded for food, medicine or drug substances in accordance with the TRIPS Agreement for 20 years.
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LETTERS
Creating a benchmark
Recovering loans
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