The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 13, 2007

AGRICULTURE
A bias against agriculture?
Notwithstanding the Rs 25,000-crore package announced by the Prime Minister at the National Development Council meeting eve, the farm sector faces problems on various fronts — poor extension services, the threat of imports, the fertiliser subsi dy issue and the Minimum Support Price. SHARAD JOSHI on the ailing agriculture sector. More

FOREIGN TRADE
Duty and Quota Free Market Access to LDCs — India, China must act now
As part of the international agenda of providing Duty Free and Quota Free (DFQF) market access to less developed countries, as an affirmative action programme to help the disadvantaged and weaker nations with concessions, not as a favour but as a ... More

POLITICS
Coalitions vs the two-party system
The President, Mr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, added piquancy to the observance by Parliament of the 150th Anniversary of the first war of Independence (1857), which might otherwise have passed off as a ceremonial ... More

TEXTILES
World textile market — India must weave new designs
The textile industry can make a mark in the world market provided it leverages its strengths to better exploit opportunities and tackle threats. More

VENTURE CAPITAL
`The opportunity goes beyond IT and services'
Looking at lessons from the past, any society that harboured a significant divide in its citizens' access to resources eventually created civic unrest. More

TRENDS
Something rotten in...
There is something rotten in the Republic of India, which needs to be tackled on an emergency basis if the lives of our children and grandchildren are to be as secure as ours (which, to many people, may not amount to much). This, of course, has ... More

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