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FROM THE ARCHIVES
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AGRICULTURAL TRADE
- Will The NYT bat against Washington apples in India?
- Areca nut opens up new horizons for Assamese youth
- FDI: Neither necessary, nor sufficient
- US-EU spanner in the works of India's food security programme
- New designs on foreign lands
- Has the Modi government kept its promises on inflation?
- It ain’t so difficult to green your home!
- When companies flout norms and regulators look away
- Why your bag of vegetables costs more every week!
- Have you overstepped the Sustainable Consumption Line?
- ‘Lighting up’ the lives of the poor
- A continuous struggle between ‘power’ and the people
- Hydropower in the land of Gross National Happiness
- When kitchen smoke can kill
- A season of change
- RTI and EIA collide at NIO
- AP coastal crisis leaves fishermen marooned
- Fishy, with lots of money
- Lakshadweep's Muslim women conquer the Earth
- Legalising coastal destruction
- Justice eludes Mumbai's homeless
- A permanent address at the river's edge
- Can I build my own house?
- Street-side story
- Where is our space?
- Building the lives of those who build our houses
- Is the lack of human resources choking your city?
- Could Aadhaar be the game changer for footloose labour?
- Suicides due to poverty: How reliable is our data?
- The real and present threat to our future
- The invisible makers of the city
- What binds every family in this Kerala Panchayat
- Farming for self-reliance in Kalahandi
- Why ‘skilling’ India must focus on schooling
- Workers leave agriculture, but where are they headed?
- What a cell phone could mean for a poor woman
- Regulating small loans
- Growing business at the bottom of the pyramid
- Living with 'installments'
- Adivasi women turn turmeric traders
- Budget 2015: Does it have enough to turn vision into reality?
- Is this committee overestimating leakages in ration to curb the food security act?
- SEZ today, gone tomorrow!
- Those brooms may not be enough to clean our waste!
- Why Raghuram Rajan has lost patience with defaulting promoters
- Missing: Intellectual Property Rights with a social lens
- Is lower inflation here to stay?
- Crying out for clarity
- An old policy Modi must hold on to
- Who's importing all that gold?
- Who will benefit from the ‘Manhattanisation’ of Mumbai?
- Will banning older vehicles clean the air in Delhi?
- Will passengers have to bear the burden of Mumbai Metro?
- On the right track, but miles to go
- Our streets are meant for walking: Gil Penalosa
BUDGET SIMPLIFIED
Budget 2015: Does it have enough to turn vision into reality?
Budget 2015: Does it have enough to turn vision into reality?
What could the taxes, allocations and schemes in Arun Jaitley’s budget ultimately mean for the country and its people? Shankar Jaganathan takes a bird’s eye view of the government’s most anticipated annual document for the year.
 BUDGET BLOG
Why Jaitley’s budget has failed to bring cheer to our farmersAs has been the historical trend, most of the budget announcements on agriculture this year, too, are geared towards benefitting agribusiness rather than augmenting farm income, writes Devinder Sharma. |
 ECONOMY
Highlights from the Union Budget 2015Expansion of social security benefits, focus on infrastructure, easing of fiscal deficit targets and rationalisation of the tax structure - these were some of the most prominent features of Arun Jaitley's budget. A look at some of the provisions: |
 RAILWAY BUDGET 2015
A broad vision for a better experienceFour goals, five drivers and 11 thrust areas formed the framework for Suresh Prabhu’s railway budget, otherwise shorn of big ticket announcements or details about the nitty gritty of execution. Here’s a look at some key announcements in the Budget speech. |
 INDIAN SEED CONGRESS 2015
For the love of the seed industryIt was a Valentine’s Day vow with a difference. The bond between the private seed industry and the public agricultural sector received a fillip at the recently concluded Indian Seed Congress in Agra over the weekend, reports Shalini Bhutani. |
 LESSONS FROM THE SEZ EXPERIENCE
Why easy land is no guarantee of industrial growthIt’s like a scam unnoticed: even after access to over 45000 hectares of land, with massive tax exemptions and holidays, the SEZ experience has been a sorry story. Devinder Sharma discusses the flaws in the government’s economic reasoning and insists on accountability. |
 AICCTU CONFERENCE
What are contract workers across the country pressing for?A recent conference organised by the AICCTU in Bangalore saw more than 5000 contract workers marching in protest against the prevailing work conditions and in demand for regularisation of contracts as well as amendments in law. Here’s a list of the primary demands raised by the workers: |
 BLOG: RESISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION
'Krisis': Can Greece inspire India?The dramatic political transformation going on in Greece, with the victory of the leftist party SYRIZA, is worth watching closely for all those in India who hope for a just, sustainable future. Ashish Kothari deliberates upon the lessons to be learnt. |
 BOAT-MAKING IN BEYPORE
Kerala’s royal connection: The luxury ‘uru’In the non-descript town of Beypore near Kozhikode, skilled artisans have revived in a big way the tradition of making luxury ‘urus’, or dhow-shaped boats, as they find a ready clientele in the royal family of Qatar. Akshatha M visits Beypore. |
 CHILD MALNUTRITION
A sudden cloud over Maharashtra’s nutritional progressData from the recently released District Level Household and Facility Survey shows disheartening figures for nutritional indicators, when compared to the last national survey. Shambhu Ghatak delves deeper into the state’s nutrition records and also tracks where others stand. |
 KELKAR COMMITTEE REPORT ON MAHARASHTRA
Pursuing development: The perils of the beaten trackThe report of a high level committee led by Vijay Kelkar to promote balanced development in Maharashtra has several important recommendations. But will it all come to nought because of its failure to avoid a few conventional pitfalls? Shripad Dharmadhikary explores. |
 YOUTH & UNEMPLOYMENT
The false promise of a demographic dividendMuch is made out of the proportion of youth in India’s population and what it could mean for its economy and progress. However, statistics and trends in education and employment within this group do not paint a promising picture, points out Kannan Kasturi. |
 POWER PROJECT IMBROGLIO
What ails Sikkim’s Teesta hydropower project?The 1200-MW Teesta III hydroelectric project has already seen years of missed deadlines and huge cost overruns, but more serious threats loom ahead as the promoter fights its own internal battles. Soumik Dutta has more on the various problems plaguing the project. |
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