The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Cotton's problem of plenty
FROM ACUTE SHORTAGE to large surplus in just three seasons, the country's cotton scene has witnessed a transformation any agrarian economy can be proud of. Thanks to huge increases in output since 2003, reaching a record 240 lakh bales in the ... More

AGRICULTURE

What is on the farmer's wish-list
If finance ministers continue to do what they have been doing the last 58 years, the fate of the farmer and his son may be like that of the match-girl of the fable, who froze to death, hungry and forlorn. With farmer suicides rampant in certain parts of the country, Sharad Joshi reconstructs what their last wishes would have been. More

BUDGET

The Budget story: Now and then
The increasing transparency in the entire Budget-making process has taken the sting out of live TV debates and self-styled moderators posing as economic experts who are finding it difficult to script a `Budget climax'. Most of the action has more or less been played out already. And CEO round tables are likely to find empty galleries. More

MANAGEMENT

Shadowing a manager
AN INTERNATIONAL non-profit set-up, styling itself Trans-Action Partners and located in London, and into management education, consultancy and training, has taken upon itself the mission of enabling selected students of business administration in ... More

LETTERS

Budget proposals

Bird flu concerns

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