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Yoginder K Alagh
The writer, a former Union minister, is an economist.
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Transform India’s heartSubscriber Only
April 16, 2002 00:00 IST
India's central region has always fascinated me. So beautiful, so culturally rich, so endowed in resources and, yet, so poor. Rice yields ar...
Tue, Apr 16, 2002Make it happen out thereSubscriber Only
April 02, 2002 00:00 IST
Change should be harmonised in terms of detail. What this really means is that once a new paradigm is introduced, details should be worked o...
Tue, Apr 02, 2002Tap local wisdom to rebuildSubscriber Only
January 31, 2001 00:00 IST
Asked to write on the quake, I thought there was so little and yet so much to say. The event is catastrophic. A likely death toll of above...
Wed, Jan 31, 2001Working out power economicsSubscriber Only
January 16, 2001 00:00 IST
Payments to power producers are in the news again. There is an amazing lack of understanding of competition and the working of markets in ...
Tue, Jan 16, 2001Bring government closer homeSubscriber Only
January 02, 2001 00:00 IST
You are great India. Your achievements are important and so are your failures and it is good to recount them in the New Year. As I walk th...
Tue, Jan 02, 2001The incredible lightness of beingSubscriber Only
December 19, 2000 00:00 IST
The concern, the world over, is with removing hunger. Given India's food performance this is now possible. A beginning can be made with a ...
Tue, Dec 19, 2000Price of ecological concernsSubscriber Only
November 21, 2000 00:00 IST
As environmental issues make it to front page of newspapers, questions of markets and special policies come to the fore. The moot point of...
Tue, Nov 21, 2000Creating a lifeline for the BhilsSubscriber Only
October 10, 2000 00:00 IST
In the '70s Harnath Jagawat and his bride Sharmistha graduated from the Sayaji Rao University, at Baroda, and took up the challenge to bri...
Tue, Oct 10, 2000Poverty is down, problems are upSubscriber Only
September 26, 2000 00:00 IST
Rural India is grappling with numerous problems, especially those related to lack of resources. Water is getting scarce, and rural credit ...
Tue, Sep 26, 2000The vision villages needSubscriber Only
September 12, 2000 00:00 IST
In August 1991, when Gorbachev took his famous holiday on return from which he saw the demise of the Soviet Union, a successful rural trad...
Tue, Sep 12, 2000Be fair to the Finance CommissionSubscriber Only
August 29, 2000 00:00 IST
When I worked in the FAO at Rome at the Terme de Caracacalla two decades ago, I was a stone's throw away from the abode of the Caesars. On...
Tue, Aug 29, 2000Fighting tobacco without tearsSubscriber Only
August 15, 2000 00:00 IST
Sustainability issues are becoming important in the agricultural sector and are also being raised from an international angle. It would no...
Tue, Aug 15, 2000Farm policy reflects consensusSubscriber Only
August 01, 2000 00:00 IST
So now we have an agricultural policy document. Agriculture Minister Nitish Kumar has lived up to his promise and delivered a policy which...
Tue, Aug 01, 2000Share and fight shortageSubscriber Only
July 04, 2000 00:00 IST
There have been extensive rains in Saurashtra. The rains were moderate in northwestern Gujarat and adjoining Rajasthan. Hopefully, the wor...
Tue, Jul 04, 2000Seeds of successful forestrySubscriber Only
June 20, 2000 00:00 IST
Two-hour drive from Mangalore up the Ghats takes you to Dharmasthala. There is an old temple there. Head priest Virendra Heggade is the la...
Tue, Jun 20, 2000Drought proofing the nationSubscriber Only
May 09, 2000 00:00 IST
The drought is a moment of gr-eat human misery, but it should be faced with equanimity and balance. It is only if the facts are recognised...
Tue, May 09, 2000How many water warnings!Subscriber Only
April 25, 2000 00:00 IST
The American folk singer Joan Baez had a song which moved a generation, in which she lamented the number of times some evil must be repeat...
Tue, Apr 25, 2000A farmer in CanadaSubscriber Only
April 11, 2000 00:00 IST
My country is so big and so beautiful that when I go to another large lovely country, I always feel good. I am almost on my way back ho-me...
Tue, Apr 11, 2000A cushion for a crashSubscriber Only
March 28, 2000 00:00 IST
The world has always been a difficult place. Those who couldn't protect their interests went to the wall. This is now institutionalised. A...
Tue, Mar 28, 2000Grain of truthSubscriber Only
February 29, 2000 00:00 IST
Be fiscally seriousThe overall performance of the economy has been good and India can look forward to its economic future with a degree of...
Tue, Feb 29, 2000The vagaries of policy cyclesSubscriber Only
February 15, 2000 00:00 IST
The agriculture cycle comes from the weather. Since 1989 we have had ten normal or above normal years. Amazing luck. But the policy cycle ...
Tue, Feb 15, 2000Grain of truthSubscriber Only
February 01, 2000 00:00 IST
Let ideas developThe new millennium was a time for cogitation also. The strategic Planning Group, recently set up by Kofi Annan in his Sec...
Tue, Feb 01, 2000Grain of truthSubscriber Only
January 18, 2000 00:00 IST
Markets don't match themWalking in dry villages in Gujarat and Maharashtra is a favourite pastime. This time it was not very far from the ...
Tue, Jan 18, 2000Grain of truthSubscriber Only
December 21, 1999 00:00 IST
It goes without saying that India will not accept an imposition of labour and environmental standards on its trade strategies. But does it...
Tue, Dec 21, 1999Grain of TruthSubscriber Only
December 07, 1999 00:00 IST
We had argued that in a democratic society the practice of producing discussion documents is very useful because it encourages a construct...
Tue, Dec 07, 1999Journalism of Courage
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