OPINION
EDITORIAL
Red flag to reforms
THERE IS NO element of surprise in Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav's maiden Railway Budget. Compulsions of coalition politics would have seen to it there is no revision in second-class passenger fares or for that matter freight rates. Given the narrowing ...
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AGRICULTURE
A jawan returns; a kisan departs!
The death in action of a jawan from a Maharashtra village and the suicides of two farmers in an adjoining hamlet highlight the pathetic state of the once flourishing farming community of this district.
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BUDGET
Budget 2004 could well be CMP, Act 1
THE business agenda of the UPA Government has been laid down in the Common Minimum Programme (CMP). As the financial commitments for the CMP are likely to be high, the focus of Budget 2004 will be on harnessing the ...
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POLITICS
Ready-made ruse
JULY 7 marks the end of the era of jumbo cabinets. After that date, the number of Ministers cannot exceed the Constitutional ceiling of 15 per cent of the strength of the Lower House. Ministers in several States have ...
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RAILWAY BUDGET
Populist all along the route
THE Railway Budget for 2004-05 contains no surprises. Living up to his reputation, the new Railway Minister, Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, has stuck to the populist track and left the passenger fares for all classes as also the freight rates untouched. ...
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Rail budget 2004-05: Not the right signal
The Rail Budget, presented by Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, has not really given a thrust to the ailing Railways. The paradigms within which the Railways must work should have been spelt out in a National Policy that would ensure greater commercial orienta tion, without having to part with the ownership of assets or management. The Railway Minister's reluctance to do so is intriguing, says A. V. Poulose.
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No change in direction
THE good news of the Railway Budget first: Barring a modest increase in parcel rates, neither freight nor passenger fare has been hiked. The bad news is that it offers nothing new — no course correction to inspire ...
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Politics on track, economics not
THE Railway Budget 2004-05 did not belie any expectations, because there were none. Considering the track record of the Railways Minister, Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, in his other role as the arbiter of all that transpires ...
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`Our projections are realistic'
"The very fact that we have reduced our passenger earning from the Interim Budget shows that we have pegged it at the most realistic level. Our actual earnings during last year registered a growth of 5.26 per cent and we have fixed it up at more or l ess the same level... We have to go in for marketing operation since there is enough scope to exploit the market and increase the earnings."
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LETTERS
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