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Yoginder K Alagh
The writer, a former Union minister, is an economist.
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Water under the bridgeSubscriber Only
March 25, 2003 00:00 IST
At Kyoto’s World Water Forum last week, there was considerable sympathy for a movement away from statist centralised solutions with emp...
Tue, Mar 25, 2003When vision becomes mirageSubscriber Only
March 11, 2003 00:00 IST
There have been a set of recent studies on India 2020. One by the Planning Commission, the other by the United Nations. The first is called ...
Tue, Mar 11, 2003Gujarat won’t oblige doomsdayersSubscriber Only
February 25, 2003 00:00 IST
Like many Indians I have been disturbed by the serious events that have taken place in Gujarat, but also by the perception of Gujarat in Ind...
Tue, Feb 25, 2003Unity in diverse watersSubscriber Only
February 11, 2003 00:00 IST
The quadrilateral road project is one of the more important things that has happened in independent India. Perhaps encouraged by that, it is...
Tue, Feb 11, 2003Rice, fish and tough timesSubscriber Only
January 28, 2003 00:00 IST
Think of the typical farmer in eastern India. He is more likely than not to be hard-working — and poor. He produces paddy in the monsoo...
Tue, Jan 28, 2003Our dairy sector is no pushoverSubscriber Only
January 14, 2003 00:00 IST
The removal of poverty in India depends crucially on widespread agricultural and rural growth. Growing a low-yield cereal, leaves the margin...
Tue, Jan 14, 2003The good, bad and ugly farmsSubscriber Only
December 31, 2002 00:00 IST
Although there is much good news on the economic front in 2002, the urgent mainstreaming of Krishi Bhavan’s agendas on agriculture and ...
Tue, Dec 31, 2002Watch the elephant walkSubscriber Only
December 17, 2002 00:00 IST
Although its been a bad year for the world, India is a bright spot. On a trip to the Far East, I find a mild recognition of India. The Far E...
Tue, Dec 17, 2002Scientists and farmers are alliesSubscriber Only
December 03, 2002 00:00 IST
Several new trends are emerging in Indian agriculture. These include water management technologies, techniques of crop husbandry and the met...
Tue, Dec 03, 2002Price it right, reap the harvestSubscriber Only
November 19, 2002 00:00 IST
The Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) called a meeting to discuss the methodology of price determination, attended by forme...
Tue, Nov 19, 2002Remembering the forgottenSubscriber Only
November 05, 2002 00:00 IST
This country lives at different levels. At one level, you have farmers selling flowers at a hundred and fifty rupees a piece,, as also those...
Tue, Nov 05, 2002Debate divestment, don’t damn itSubscriber Only
October 22, 2002 00:00 IST
With abuse, intimidation and slander uncontestedly setting the limits of public discourse, debates on economic policy are giving way to pers...
Tue, Oct 22, 2002Let a hundred Surats growSubscriber Only
October 08, 2002 00:00 IST
The finalisation of the Tenth Plan by the Planning Commission should be an occasion to generate ‘feel good’ sentiments after Aksha...
Tue, Oct 08, 2002Plant trees and feed generationsSubscriber Only
September 24, 2002 00:00 IST
A friend running an NGO in Rajasthan spoke of work with the Adivasis in south Rajasthan and so I went to the area bordering Dungarpur and So...
Tue, Sep 24, 2002Losing out at JohannesburgSubscriber Only
September 10, 2002 00:00 IST
The Johannesburg Summit has ended. Because it was business-like, there was little serious comment in India, although the issues are of great...
Tue, Sep 10, 2002Use this water with wisdomSubscriber Only
August 27, 2002 00:00 IST
Two events last week were milestones. A national magazine reported an All-India survey. In the recesses of the minds of a billion Indians li...
Tue, Aug 27, 2002A farmer and a scientistSubscriber Only
August 13, 2002 00:00 IST
The village of Pattan Kadoli is 21 km from Kolhapur. It has the kind of infrastructure that most villages in well-run states and districts h...
Tue, Aug 13, 2002A measure of progressSubscriber Only
July 31, 2002 00:00 IST
The excitement the Human Development Report generates is good. A cursory visit to an Indian village shows the importance of good health. The...
Wed, Jul 31, 2002Monsoon gamesSubscriber Only
July 16, 2002 00:00 IST
While the Indian economy need no longer be a gamble on the monsoon, the failure of rainfall is in the news again. As I write this, the meteo...
Tue, Jul 16, 2002Roots of a tree called IndiaSubscriber Only
July 09, 2002 00:00 IST
The Salt Range, where I was born, is on the same longitude as rural Ahmedabad where I now live but, in terms of latitude, it is on the same ...
Tue, Jul 09, 2002Rising from the edgeSubscriber Only
June 25, 2002 00:00 IST
A friend told me that I mislead readers because I only go to the best areas and report from there. When I was 36 years old — that was 2...
Tue, Jun 25, 2002Boxwallahs in cooperativesSubscriber Only
June 11, 2002 00:00 IST
The Companies (Second Amendment) Bill 2001 has become law, according to a newspaper report. In its somewhat staid style, the Rajya Sabha Sec...
Tue, Jun 11, 2002The farmer pays the priceSubscriber Only
May 28, 2002 00:00 IST
One of the most difficult issues to explain to an Indian farmer is the fertiliser conundrum. He feels cheated. Having gone to a village for ...
Tue, May 28, 2002Technology’s cutting edgeSubscriber Only
May 14, 2002 00:00 IST
Technology day has just gone by and a grateful nation salutes those who work to provide India with its true security and growth. Scientists ...
Tue, May 14, 2002The next big leap in the fieldsSubscriber Only
April 30, 2002 00:00 IST
Travelling down from Chittorgarh to Ahmedabad a few months ago we saw the agriculture regime in eastern Gujarat changing with the farmer res...
Tue, Apr 30, 2002Journalism of Courage
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