Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Forget not his rights
Now that state elections are round the corner it is time to recall that although Article 19 of the Constitution grants some fundamental rights to citizens, some of these are denied to a soldier.
This is judicial indifference
The Supreme Court's decision in Siel Ltd vs Union of India concerning the shifting power of control over the products of industries of national importance opens a bonanza of corruption for ruling politicians and administrators.
Farmers are taxed, not subsidised
How is India performing on World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreements? One reads a lot about the progress or lack thereof in lowering tariff barriers and recognising intellectual property rights, but very little as regards the main theme of GATT -- scaling down of State intervention by way of subsidies.
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