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Editorials
Farm support in a drought year
THE UNION CABINET has shown considerable resolve in accepting the first recommendations of the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and setting the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy during the kharif season at the same level as ...
Towards social partnership
THE REPORT OF the Second Labour Commission headed by Ravindra Verma serves mainly as a reminder of missed opportunities for labour law reform and the need to act before it is too late. Many of its major proposals, including the promotion of ...


Leader Page Articles
MACROSCOPE
On the brink of global deflation
By C. Rammanohar Reddy

The least that can be expected is that during the IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington this weekend, the Finance Ministers of the world will look closely at the looming danger of deflation.
Striving for social justice
By Ram Puniyani

The rise of Hindutva politics is the reassertion of pre-modern hierarchies... the main point being to push back any gains in the process of social transformation.


News Analysis
Sonia Gandhi: the best bet
By Archana Dalmia

The former Special Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh, V.K. Srinivasan, argues in the article ``Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister: re-examining the issue'' (The Hindu, Open Page, Sept. 24) that Sonia Gandhi does not meet the primary criteria for ...
INTERVIEW
India, Pak. must resume dialogue: Villepin
By K.K. Katyal

The elections (in Jammu and Kashmir) mark an important stage in the return to stability. We condemn the acts of violence: not only are they an obstacle to the resumption of dialogue, they are an assault on the principles of freedom and democracy.


Letters to the Editor
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  • Frequent bandhs
  • Statesmanship needed
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