The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 15, 2004

EMPLOYMENT
More growth doesn't mean more jobs
THE All India Congress Committee has resolved to increase the country's growth rate to 7-8 per cent. Economic growth is seen as the self-evident route to the creation of employment and alleviating poverty. But the ... More

ECONOMY
Trade in services — It is a question of market access
India's economic strength lies in the burgeoning services sector and the realisation of potential in this area hinges on quick and viable completion of negotiations. The key issue finally boils down to having market access. More

To ignite growth, put the smile back on SMEs
The time is ripe not only for a quick revival of small and medium enterprises, badly affected by the open-door policy, but also for newer ones to bloom. More

PETROLEUM
Will OPEC restore stability to oil market?
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is meeting in Vienna at a time when crude prices are on a high with the ability to affect the stability of markets and impact world economic growth, especially developing countries such as India that import much of their oil requirement. Will OPEC do anything positive, wonders G. Srinivasan. More

POLITICS
Kasuri and Ghulam Ali in India — A concert in Delhi and a solo in Chennai
WITHIN a week of the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, Mr Natwar Singh and Mr Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, meeting in New Delhi for another round of Indo-Pak dialogue — which ended up in little more than ... More

Serious charge
A SERIOUS accusation has been levelled against the UPA Government at the Centre by Mr L. K. Advani that it is not paying adequate attention to national security. It has been given prominence as a lead item by most ... More

WTO
Quota concerns
THE MOVE TO re-think the termination of the textile quota regime — scheduled for 2004 end — has taken a formal turn with less-developed countries such as Mauritius, Bangladesh and Nepal seeking an emergency meeting of the WTO Council ... More

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