OPINION
EDITORIAL
Drought-proof the economy
AFTER THE LULL of nearly four weeks, the revival of the South-West monsoon last weekend should bring some relief, if not cheer, to farmers and policymakers alike. With widespread rains in central and western regions, covering Madhya Pradesh, ...
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AGRICULTURE
Farm risk management — Solution in search of problems
AS MANY as 1100 farmers committed suicide. This is not about Andhra Pradesh or any part of India. These tragic suicides occurred in the most developed country in the world. Three states — South Carolina, North ...
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BUDGET
Budget: Poor get a hearing
THE Government's Budget may be faulted for what it has not done but it can hardly be blamed for what it has done. The Budget had a clear-cut objective — to conceive policies, plans and programmes to redeem the ...
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ECONOMY
Globalisation and social safety net
India is doing well economically, but what social security net is the country offering its senior citizens?
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FOREIGN TRADE
BIMST-EC meet in Bangkok: Making free trade agreements work
Leaders from six nations of the South Asian region, forming the BIMST-EC group, meet in Bangkok this week to discuss how they can enlarge trade and economic cooperation. Prime among their objectives is the signing of Free Trade Agreements that would spell low or even zero import duties on goods that are traded within the region. FTAs are not new, but they can surely do with tuning up as the working of India's agreement with Sri Lanka has shown, says K. Venugopal.
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HEALTH
Private-public partnership
ALTHOUGH comparatively of recent origin, the idea of organisations in the private and public sectors collaborating to make a success of important projects has taken strong root and is paying both business and social ...
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POLITICS
Why derail Lalu's Godhra probe?
TRUST the Bihar strongman and Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, to know how to rattle the BJP and its allies. When it comes to settling political scores by attacking the Achilles heel of his opponent, he rarely misses ...
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LETTERS
HDR and the Millennium Goals
Kelkar's prescription
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