OPINION
EDITORIAL
Disinvestment by another name?
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S initial views on the public sector sale programme were both so strong and negative that many, and not just those in the stock market, had reason to fear that a sea-change in policy was in the offing. Arguably the most ...
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ECONOMY
CMP: What face the reforms?
The new Government's Common Minimum Programme promises reforms with a human face. But this is easier said than done, as implementation would encounter problems political and fiscal. Sharad Joshi examines the CMP, putting it in historical persp ective.
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FOREIGN TRADE
Regional trade blocs revisited
The emergence of information and communication technologies have helped spread production and service networks beyond the confines of national boundaries or trade blocs. But trade blocs still have an important role to play in expanding markets, gaini ng advantage of lower costs and ensuring access to natural resources.
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PETROLEUM
The oil xenophobia
WITH global oil prices shooting up, there is all-round fear that petrol and diesel prices will go up and the subsidy burden for kerosene and LPG will swell. With crude touching an all-time high $41 a barrel, fears are ...
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POLITICS
Populism versus responsibility
With the Railways Minister planning a populist Rail Budget, the divestment agenda hamstrung by the Left and power sops being doled out to farmers and domestic consumers in some States, it is clear that more than a fiscal sleight of hand will be requi red to materialise the goodies the UPA is promising.
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TERRORISM
Musharraf doctrine
LIKE the Monroe doctrine, we now have the Musharraf doctrine. And that too, adumbrated in the issue of The Dawn of June 2 in which the President of Pakistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has put in a surprise appearance ...
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EDUCATION
Primary education: Low coverage, poor quality
The really critical aspect of the Indian public education system is its low quality. Even in educationally advanced States, an unacceptably low proportion of children who complete all grades of primary school have functional literacy. Moreover, the q uality of `literates' of the school system is very low. The actual quantity of schooling that children experience and the quality of teaching they receive are extremely insufficient to any mastery of basic literacy and numeric skills. This seems to b e true of both the educationally more advanced States as well as the educationally backward ones.
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LETTERS
CMP: Proper implementation
National commission on farmers
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