OPINION
EDITORIAL
Beware the diversion
DURING THE STEWARDSHIP of Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, major strides were taken to forge an economic link with Singapore that would benefit the Indian economy in the long run. That link was to be given concrete shape under a Comprehensive Economic ...
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AGRICULTURE
Budget 2004-05: Make farm policy grain-centred
THE Union Budget has been hailed in different quarters, especially inasmuch as the battered farm sector is concerned. A fortnight ago, when the Prime Minister visited Andhra Pradesh, where there has been a spate of ...
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BUDGET
Budget 2004-05: A new deal for Bharat
There is now a discernible shift in focus towards the farm sector and Rural India as is evident from the package of measures outlined for agriculture and allied activities by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram. Besides outlining a roadmap for ac celerating the growth rate of the sector and the rural industries over the next five years, the Minister has promised to double the flow of institutional credit to agriculture, says S. D. Naik.
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TECHNOLOGY
Reducing poverty — Choosing the right technologies
THIRTY years after the publication of E. F. Schumacher's celebrated book, Small is Beautiful, which proposed matching the cost and scale of technologies to the people and resources of developing nations, a basic ...
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BANKING
Putting Basel II pillars in place
Basel II norms, to be implemented from 2007, has been evolved to reinforce the structural soundness of banks, particularly the international outfits. It has been framed mainly to suit the industrialised G-10 countries where the demand for primary cre dit has long saturated. However, there is a feeling that the Basel II norms may go against the interests of developing countries, small enterprises and infrastructure projects, which deserve a liberal approach to bank credit.
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WTO
Doha Round — Time to break the deadlock
IN A recent — dropped in for a brief while kind of — short visit to New Delhi, Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, the WTO Director-General, met the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister, the Commerce Minister and, ...
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SOCIAL WELFARE
Code for NGOs
SUCH of those non-government organisations (NGOs) as are working for clean politics and good governance need to exercise vigilance in order to preserve their independence and faithfulness to the causes they espouse. ...
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LETTERS
A prudent measure
Effect of service tax
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