Wooing the farmer
Farm support prices, whether of paddy or wheat, are politically determined, though the polite fiction is that these are arrived at on the basis of recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.

Burgeoning fields will spur interest in racing
Frequent rain earlier this week is a factor that must be kept in mind when tackling today's and tomorrow's cards. The going is likely to be soft and the sport will probably take place on the monsoon track.

A managed rupee fall may push up growth
If you must eavesdrop, do so on one of our trains. You find surprisingly original viewpoints at times on Bombay's local trains. I listened to two men, yesterday, hold forth on the ills and tribulations of the Indian economy.

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