The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 13, 2002

Cotton on to contract farming
THE ASSERTION BY the Union Textiles Minister, Mr Kashiram Rana, at a recent seminar in Hyderabad on "Integrated cotton cultivation", that vertical integration of cotton producers and the processing sector would go a long way in reducing farmers' ... More

ECONOMY

Macro-difference between US and Australia
ON A day when the US President, Mr George Bush, and his Treasury officials were trying to put a spin on the deteriorating fiscal situation without admitting their own role in the plot, the Australian government announced that it was raising the ... More

Oxfam report on trade and globalisation: Case for greater equity across regions
OXFAM is a world-famous NGO primarily interested in alleviating the sufferings of the poor. Its voice is always raised in defence of the rights of the deprived. It is at the forefront in the struggle for justice and fair dealing to the poorer ... More

Twelfth Finance Commission: Need for a paradigm shift
The experience of past Finance Commissions suggest that they bet more good money on non-promising under-performers by churning out formulae which impair the overall welfare and growth of the nation. The present model of horizontal equity has not serv ed the purpose. The divergence between the "per capita incomes" of various States is increasing rather than decreasing. It is, thus, time to rethink the model of sharing of funds. More

INTERVIEW

`LTTE has not come to the negotiating table to surrender': Dr Jayadeva Uyangoda
THE ongoing peace process in Sri Lanka, even though "fragile and vulnerable", has more opportunities than threats. But to nurture it and bring a solution out of it will require the support of both India and the international community, said Dr ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT

Coping with child labour
THE Global Report on Child Labour, brought out by the International Labour Organisation in terms of the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998, has been called "A Future Without Child Labour". The ... More

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