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Yoginder K Alagh
The writer, a former Union minister, is an economist.
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A plan as a canal of hopeSubscriber Only
February 24, 2005 00:00 IST
The real debate on Sardar Sarovar now concerns the implementation phase. To some, however, it is still in the cul de sac of the mirages they...
Thu, Feb 24, 2005Problem solving, the Kolithad waySubscriber Only
February 09, 2005 00:00 IST
Between the towns of Rajkot and Junagadh, off the road from Gondal in Saurashtra, is the large-ish village of Kolithad. It is the usual deve...
Wed, Feb 09, 2005Come on, India. Think globalSubscriber Only
January 26, 2005 00:00 IST
We are not a very globally savvy people. The finance minister’s announcement at the sidelines of a microfinance meeting that he had bee...
Wed, Jan 26, 2005Post tsunami, India inclusiveSubscriber Only
January 12, 2005 00:00 IST
A wounded nation was comforted by its highest leadership reaching Nicobar soon after it was hit. India is its people and the most vulnerable...
Wed, Jan 12, 2005Lots for farmers to cotton on toSubscriber Only
December 29, 2004 00:00 IST
In the villages of Western India, cotton and oilseeds are important crops. They make the difference between prosperity and hunger. A new dea...
Wed, Dec 29, 2004Way to go: growth plus egaliteSubscriber Only
December 15, 2004 00:00 IST
There are three serious issues being raised in the winter seminar season in Delhi. The first is whether India grew faster in the nineties as...
Wed, Dec 15, 2004Can we centre the Northeast?Subscriber Only
December 01, 2004 00:00 IST
The Northeast is at the center again, this time for the right reasons. The recent VVIP visit emphasised the criticality of the region as a s...
Wed, Dec 01, 2004India’s new lines on world stageSubscriber Only
November 17, 2004 00:00 IST
I always tell friends in civil society, whether they are part of NGOs or in chambers of commerce, that the logic of liberalisation is such t...
Wed, Nov 17, 2004Treasure hunt on the coastSubscriber Only
November 03, 2004 00:00 IST
The coastal areas before the Ghats begin have always been known for commercial farming. Apart from the machi mar communities and their fish ...
Wed, Nov 03, 2004Cottoning on to the marketSubscriber Only
October 20, 2004 00:00 IST
Going into the Shradh Paksha there were two strange events in Gujarat. The state is a major cotton producer along with Maharashtra, Andhra P...
Wed, Oct 20, 2004High currents in pricing debateSubscriber Only
October 06, 2004 00:02 IST
Reforming the power sector was an election issue. There has been some debate on this, but on balance it seems fair to argue that the Electri...
Wed, Oct 06, 2004An eye to rural ChinaSubscriber Only
September 22, 2004 00:00 IST
China visits are usually short ones, but this time for me it was the best part of ten days. Also, more important, not only did I get to see ...
Wed, Sep 22, 2004Start with the smallest villageSubscriber Only
September 08, 2004 00:00 IST
The road between Viramgam and Modhera is not the worst in the world. Gujarat has still kept up a tradition of maintenance, although the cree...
Wed, Sep 08, 2004How to craft a new civil servantSubscriber Only
August 25, 2004 00:00 IST
The government must be congratulated for raising the issue of recruitment and training of the higher civil services in India for two reasons...
Wed, Aug 25, 2004Why Sonwai is not growingSubscriber Only
August 11, 2004 00:00 IST
Sonwai is a village outside Indore, on the way to Dhar. That is the road to Gujarat, which is very busy. It is also a toll road in parts. Un...
Wed, Aug 11, 2004Let’s cover the last mileSubscriber Only
July 28, 2004 00:00 IST
When the house is on fire, the best thing is to call the fire brigade. It was sensible of the government to send the SYL issue to the Suprem...
Wed, Jul 28, 2004It’s the little things we doSubscriber Only
July 14, 2004 00:00 IST
The air is full of either-or formulations. If agriculture benefits, towns lose. If you help backward areas, rich ones lose. It is true that ...
Wed, Jul 14, 2004Let’s hope July sees real progressSubscriber Only
July 01, 2004 00:00 IST
As I wing back home, thoughts are again on budgets and development policy making, with a Planning Commission in place. Once the ink is dry o...
Thu, Jul 01, 2004The world as India’s stageSubscriber Only
June 16, 2004 00:00 IST
I am happy to read that my friend, the historian Barun De, is going to look into history books. Having shared an office with him when we wer...
Wed, Jun 16, 2004The future lies in the fieldsSubscriber Only
June 02, 2004 00:00 IST
Now that the fun and games are over, the time has come to perform. The forthcoming budget will be an important opportunity to put into pract...
Wed, Jun 02, 2004Don’t be afraid of Dalal StreetSubscriber Only
May 20, 2004 00:00 IST
As we go through exciting times I am, alas, temporarily in foreign shores and got traumatised by the bloodbath at Dalal Street on Black Mond...
Thu, May 20, 2004For our netas, here’s an ideaSubscriber Only
May 11, 2004 00:00 IST
India, with yet another election behind it, is the focus of a undercurrent of appreciation (admiration?) for her democratic processes. As th...
Tue, May 11, 2004These fields of riceSubscriber Only
April 21, 2004 00:00 IST
In villages north and west of Ahmedabad, the winter crop had been harvested. A few farmers with water, the lucky ones around Ahmedabad who d...
Wed, Apr 21, 2004From Cancun to GenevaSubscriber Only
April 07, 2004 00:00 IST
A strange event took place on the road from Cancun to Geneva. Not commented upon in India, it is still important, because the issues have be...
Wed, Apr 07, 2004The river at your doorSubscriber Only
March 24, 2004 00:00 IST
I taught the brilliant water specialist Tushar Shaw econometrics many years ago in Ahmedabad. Recently, with K.V. Raju, he raised the intere...
Wed, Mar 24, 2004Journalism of Courage
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