Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, January 10, 2003
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OPINION EDITORIAL Marketing tea WITH SEVERAL NEW regulations, the Tea (Marketing) Control Order 2003 is a much tougher version of the TMCO 1984. If the intention 18 years ago was to compel producers to route the bulk of their output through the acknowledgedly transparent public ... More ECONOMY 
New competition regime — Better resources, and will, called forCompetition law and policy should complement and be complemented by other policies. This warrants not only clarity at the policy-making level but the provision of adequate resources to ensure its effectiveness. If the powers-that-be recognise and str engthen the link between competition policy and development, the new law can drive faster economic growth, points out Pradeep Mehta. More TERRORISM Are terrorists men or mutants? WHO are these "terrorists" who so courageously gunned down three teenage girls and beheaded another in Kashmir? Are they men or are they mutants? I must assume they are not men. Admittedly, men, as opposed to women, can be a murderous bunch. ... More COTTON 
Cotton fibre testing — New indices, new challengesINDIAN cottons are considered deficient in maturity/micronaire and fibre strength. Low micronaire, reflecting poor maturity, is a characteristic of many Indian cottons, partly because of genetic factors and also because of nutrient deficiencies ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Bureaucratic scientists INAUGURATING the 90th Indian Science Congress at Bangalore on January 3, the Prime Minister, Mr A.B. Vajpayee, unerringly put his finger on a disturbing trait exhibited by the scientific community in India which hitherto had been little talked ... More GENDER The worst kind of trauma TWO recent media stories dealt with rape. Not only were they far, far apart in terms of distance — one was from California and the other from a village in Bihar — both the perpetrators and the victims in the two cases were at opposite ... More LETTERS Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus Inside China Stock scam unravelling Petrol pump controversy Kelkar Report Reliance & Telecom Competition 2002: A drought year Gold: Still the winner? Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics India Interior Consumer Notes Looking back Dec. 29-Jan. 4 In the interest of better governance Small savings — New instruments needed |
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