The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Traceable food
THE TRANSFORMATION OF the country's burgeoning food market is well reflected in the rapid expansion of trade volumes and the improved types, varieties, quality and presentation of food. The removal of quantitative restrictions on imports and ... More

ECONOMY

An island and a crop in transition
With the European Union having to toe the WTO line and cut subsidies, Mauritius' earnings from sugar exports are set to drop by over a third, an outcome that could jolt its economy. The government strategy is to mechanise cane farming and cut product ion costs even as it tries to turn the mono-crop economy into a cyber island. Does this mean the famed sugarcane that has withstood the Indian Ocean cyclones for the last 300 years will be felled by the winds of globalisation, asks K. Venugopal, who was recently in Mauritius. More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The power of context in tapping global talent
Why multinationals need to apply global talent to local problems. More

POLITICS

Another Dandi march, another Gandhi!
AS THE April sun beats down on them, the marchers re-enacting the historic Dandi Yatra sip glasses of cold and refreshing buttermilk. It is the very thing, perhaps, the Mahatma, the hero of the original march in 1930, ... More

PEOPLE

The papal encounter
I WAS in Rome chairing the UN Committee on World Food Security in April 1979. On Palm Sunday, I went to the Vatican and stood engrossed, watching thousands from all over the world streaming into the famous St Peter's ... More

LETTERS

Traders campaign against VAT

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