OPINION
EDITORIAL
Market is no real guide
COMPARED TO THE stock market, the currency segment has remained subdued this election season. Whereas the share prices fluctuated, often violently, in response to the exit polls after each round of polling, the rupee-dollar exchange rate — ...
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AGRICULTURE
All's not well on the farm front
It can be safely said that the country is no longer facing the `problem of plenty'.
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ECONOMY
US economy: Contradictory signals
The US economy has been going through a slowdown in the last three years, which had led to a loss of 18 lakh jobs.
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Doomed or still recoverable?
WE can assume, collectively, all political parties are at once concerned with the future of our country. They envision a great and prosperous era going by their manifestos and vision documents. Curiously however, ...
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POLITICS
Coalitions and economic stability — The great disconnect
It is often argued that unstable coalitions are bad for the economy. However, the Indian and international experience with coalition governments indicates that there is no simple relationship between multi-party regimes, political stability and econo mic development, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
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BANKING
Cooperative banks
THIS is with reference to the editorial "No credit for coop directors" (May 4, 2004): When it is admitted that the right of any person to take loan against his own money is "unexceptionable", where is the logic in ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Malaysian palm oil exports to EU: The currency effect
THE dynamic foreign exchange market touches every sphere of economic activity and much of a country's competitiveness is influenced by the underlying currency movements which, in turn, is not only influenced by policies ...
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GENDER
Empowerment of women: Emerging opportunities and potential threats
WOMEN continue to play a marginal and peripheral role in the overall national context despite constituting almost half the population with a critical role in production and social processes. This is not only ...
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