OPINION
EMPLOYMENT
Minimum wage — key to UPA's employment programme
THE United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre has been quick to enunciate its priorities, focusing on the rural and agriculture sectors, promising higher public investments in generating employment, and ...
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EDITORIAL
Protecting farm interest at WTO
FOR ONCE, INDIA has made a tactical move by expressing `disappointment' with the contents of the draft framework negotiations circulated by the World Trade Organisation among its 148 member-countries. By slamming the text for being more specific ...
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BUDGET
Budget: No good harvest, really
Though the Budget appears to set store by the farm sector, it is still far from redeeming the promises made in the Common Minimum Programme. While giving the Finance Minister all credit for the economic reform initiatives, Sharad Joshi says Mr Chidambaram has belied the expectations of the agriculture community.
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ECONOMY
The growing discontent over globalisation
THE names Nike, McDonalds, Baskin Robbins, Marks and Spencer, MTV and Enrique carry the yuppie tags with them and are the ultimate symbols to say that India has arrived. The liberalisation of the economy was best ...
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WATER
Water wars and the real message
BY TOSSING up the Punjab Termination of Agreements Bill, 2004, Punjab has taken the federal structure of the Indian state by surprise. Annulling the very basis on which the Supreme Court had pressured the State to ...
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Amazing phenomenon
THE growth of self-help groups (SHG) in this country, especially in the Southern States, has been nothing short of phenomenal. What a unique success story it has been will be evident from these figures: There are seven ...
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LETTERS
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