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Reconstructing
Afghanistan |
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Indian companies and the government
have been slow to utilise business opportunities abroad, especially
those thrown up by economies in transition. |
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India’s
autobahns |
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It is remarkably good news
if 13,000 kms of six-lane and four-lane national highways are
added by 2007. By the way, India added 13,000 kms during the
50 years since Independence. |
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Economy
and the Nation |
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The India Summit of the World
Economic Forum and the CII and the AGM of the FICCI, provided
ample opportunity for the National Democratic Alliance-led government
to articulate its vision on economic policy half way through
its term in office. |
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RANDOM
ACCESS: Ajit Ranade
Understanding the Standing Committee |
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We were utterly dismayed when
your committee chose to reject all the numerical targets and
the time-table for reducing the fiscal deficit, outlined in
the draft text of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
Bill. |
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THE CUFF: S R Kasbekar
Roots are dark and deep |
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Finance minister
Yashwant Sinha at the recent India Economic Summit talked of
stepping up growth rate of the Indian economy to seven per cent
“to help 200 million poor escape poverty”. Nobody need quibble
with the lofty aim. |
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