The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 04, 2005

Failed harvest
PRESENTING THE MAIDEN Budget of the United Progressive Alliance Government last July, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had referred to the New Deal promised by the Prime Minister for Rural India. "Boosting agricultural growth through ... More

BUDGET

A poor harvest for agriculture
THE Finance Minister's second Budget for 2005-06 holds out an olive branch to the rural sector. The neglect of this sector was one of the reasons for the rout of the National democratic Alliance in the last general ... More

What was the intent of some Budget moves?
To realise the promise, politicians have to compete on the reform agenda - not against. More

Go where there is no path and leave a trail
THE recent Budget speech of the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, spoke not only of a transparent trail in the trading of financial derivatives that he was happy about, but also complained of large cash withdrawals ... More

ECONOMY

Millions of Indians await benefits of globalisation
To realise the promise, politicians have to compete on the reform agenda - not against. More

FOREIGN TRADE

Central Asian States — I: Alert China ups the ante
It is only of late that the Central Asian States have come into the limelight, and their ability to make a big difference to the security and economies of the rest of the world have aroused interest. China was all out to woo and win the allegiance of these States. It went about executing its strategy systematically and assiduously — patching up disputes over borders by making concessions, setting up trade missions, providing generous funding for start-ups and development activities, and st rengthening its economic links by establishing networks of new infrastructure, says B. S. Raghavan. More

POLITICS

Jharkhand and Bihar: Post-poll political brinkmanship
WHILE the Election Commission can claim with justifiable pride that this has been the fairest election ever in Bihar, and hence a triumph for democracy, post-election develop- ments, particularly in the tribal State of ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE

Employment guarantee
THE National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, introduced in Parliament in December 2004, has understandably aroused a lot of interest. This is the first time a Government at the Centre is committing itself by means of a ... More

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Fiscal prudence

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