The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Cotton up, oilseeds down
ONE MORE KHARIF season harvest is upon us. Crop estimates — both government and private — suggest limited or marginal growth in some and de-growth in others. The Agriculture Ministry's first advance estimates for 2005-06 covering ... More

ECONOMY

World economy: Made in China?
The importance of China for the global economy is reflected in many different spheres. That "wages in the US are being set in Beijing" is one reason why. Even the global interest rate is being determined by China and a few other Asian countries. For how long will China maintain its hold over the global inflation rate, the wage rate, the profit rate, the interest rate and commodity prices? More

India and China: On a `global move'
OBSERVERS OF India and China in Western capitals are often perplexed by the current obsession about these two Asian nations growing share of world trade and expanding economic profiles, which at best are rated as "modest and steady". According ... More

SUGAR

Maharashtra sugar cane farmers — Bitter deal from weather, government
Sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra's Golden Triangle have been dealt a double whammy — by the floods that destroyed much of their crop and by the Government's disregard for their plight. Not only does the Government claim it cannot pay them the S MP, it forbids them from selling where they will get a better price. And while a package for rebuilding co-operatives has been announced, one wonders if there is a provision for the refund of locked-up share-money and dividends to the farmers, who ar e major stake-holders in the system, says Sharad Joshi. More

MANAGEMENT

Managing oneself
THE flavour of the season among management gurus is self-management. Indeed, it has even made it to the sancta sanctorum of Universities, including Harvard, as a topic hot enough to figure in seminars and publications. The academe has apparently ... More

RAILWAYS

SIMPLY...
Tolerance and train travel
WE ALL try to be tolerant; or at least, to be seen as tolerant. In reality, it is our streaks of intolerance that gain more prominence, though on most occasions we manage to keep these blips on our personality graph well hidden. Tolerance is ... More

LETTERS

Tackling economic fault lines

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