The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 20, 2002

Raising the pulse
THE CENTRE'S DECISION to fully free export of pulses, despite resistance from the Department of Consumer Affairs, deserves to be complimented not only for its boldness, but its pro-farmer slant. Perhaps, for the first time in several years ... More

AGRICULTURE

Agricultural income: A taxing issue
ANOTHER Budget will come and go and, in an attempt to mop-up revenues, the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, will force more tax on the already over-taxed people. But many others will escape as they do not come into the tax net at all — ... More

ECONOMY

Economics and UP elections
THE elections to four State Assemblies are almost over. Reports and discussions in the media, including on the small screen, give the impression that no major issues of public concern have been covered by the political parties. It seems the ... More

POLITICS

Murky times ahead in UP
WITH the exit polls of the second phase of elections in Central Uttar Pradesh only confirming the pre-poll surveys and pointing to a hung Assembly, the only thing clear now is that India's most populous State is moving the national way in the ... More

Himalayan Blunderland -- The killing fields of Nepal
IN their worst attack in the last seven years, Maoist rebels killed 133 people in two separate assaults in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal on February 17. Earlier, on December 4, 2001, 400 Maoists had stormed into the house of the chairman of the ... More

Skipped State
ONE of the participants at a gathering of the Lions I addressed recently asked me in some anguish to explain why Tamil Nadu is left out of the itineraries of world famous international personalities of the likes of President, Mr Bill Clinton, and ... More

LETTERS

Paradeep sale

Reserving trouble

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Consumer spend on the rise: Study

Govt panel raises hopes for nidhis

Slide in petro consumption slows

Global majors join race for SCI; 12 EoIs received

PMO okays 26 pc FDI in periodicals -- Dailies spared; 100% in advt proposed

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
Feb. 10-Feb. 16
Delicensing dilemmas

Export strategy 2002-07 -- Faltering ambitions, missing links

ARCs: Answer to bank NPAs?

All set for the UP battle

V. Venkataswamy U/s