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Subject: Page No. Agriculture 3 Banking 3 Capital Market 7 Climate 7 Commodities 7 Corporate Sector 7 Cotton 8 Demography 8 Economics 9 Economy 9 Education 10 Employment 10 Energy 11 Environment 11 Governance 12 Industry 12 Inflation 12 Infrastructure 13 Investments 13 Jewellery Industry 13 Labour 13 Mines and Minerals 14 Monetary Economics 14 Petroleum Industry 15 Poverty 15 Power 16 Public Distribution System 16 Public Finance 16 Public Sector Enterprises 17 Pulses and Oilseeds 17 Rail Transport 17 Rice 17 Savings and Investment 17 Seeds Industry 17 Small Scale Industry 17 Social Development 18 Social Security 18 Steel Industry 18

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Sugar Industry 18 Taxation 19 Telecommunication 20 Textile Industry 20 Trade 21 Tribal Development 21 Urbanisation 21 Water Resources 22 Wheat 22

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AGRICULTURE 1 Alagh, Yoginder K.. In search of a good harvest. The Financial Express, May 31, 2010 p.9. /Agricultural Policy/ 2 Arun, T.K.. Food security not by food alone. The Economic Times, May 6, 2010 p.12. /Food Security/ 3 Bhide, Shashanka. Monetary policy and farm credit. Business Line, May 5, 2010 p.8. /Monetary Policy/Agricultural Credit/ 4 Chandra Mohan, N.. Prepare for a wayward monsoon. Business Standard, May 8, 2010 p.10. /Agricultural Production/Food Inflation/Rainfall/ 5 Grain output may dip by 7 pc. The Economic Times, May 13, 2010 p.15. /Foodgrain Production/ 6 Kanagasabapathy, K.. The economy's third world. Business Line, May 28, 2010 p.8. /Agricultural Income/Agricultural Productivity/ 7 Sriram, Ajay S.. Last-mile farm transformation. The Economic Times, May 10, 2010 p.13. /Agricultural Reforms/Agricultural Policy/ 8 The rabi effect: food prices will abate but (Ed). The Financial Express, May 3, 2010 p.8. /Foodgrains Prices/Agricultural Reforms/

BANKING 9 Acharya, Shankar. Grecian summer of discontent. Business Standard, May 13, 2010 p.13. /Financial Crisis/Greece/ 10 Aziz, Jahangir. Will the crisis in Europe spread?. Business Standard, May 12, 2010 p.10. /Financial Crisis/Europe/ 11 Baru, Sanjaya. Will debt do them apart?. Business Standard, May 3, 2010 p.15. /Financial Crisis/Greece/European Union/

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12 Barua, Abheek. Why RBI still needs to go easy. Business Standard, May 5, 2010 p.9. /Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/ 13 Bery, Suman. Greek lessons for India. Business Standard, May 11, 2010 p.9. /Financial Crisis/Greece/ 14 Bhusnurmath, Mythili. The last frontier. The Economic Times, May 17, 2010 p.12. /Interest Rates/ 15 Chaudhuri, Saumitra. India and Europe's tribulations. The Economic Times, May 21, 2010 p.8. /Financial Crisis/Europe/ 16 Desai, Meghnad. Short term palliatives won't work. The Financial Express, May 24, 2010 p.7. /Financial Crisis/Europe/Monetary Policy/ 17 Erlanger, Steven. A Greek drama plays out, where is Europe?. Business Line, May 3, 2010 p.8. /Financial Crisis/Greece/Europe/ 18 Ghosh, Debojyoti;Roy, Shreya. Is slowdown still haunts. The Financial Express, May 17, 2010 p.10. /Banking Performance/Non-performing Assets/ 19 Goyal, Ashima. The lack of financial innovation. Business Line, May 13, 2010 p.8. /Financial Innovation/Financial Regulation/ 20 Greece crisis to hit India if it spreads to Euro zone economies. The Financial Express, May 19, 2010 p.2. /Financial Crisis/Greece/ 21 Gurumurthy, S.. Greece: Europe's Trishanku. Business Line, May 25, 2010 p.9. /Financial Crisis/Greece/European Union/ 22 Hassett, Kevin. Greece's bailout heroes arrive in leaking boats. Business Line, May 20, 2010 p.8. /Financial Crisis/Bailout/Greece/ 23 Iyer, P. Vaidyanathan. Policy rates need to rise, RBI to take monetary tightening to logical conclusion. The Financial Express, May 31, 2010 p.2. /Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/Inflation Rate/

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24 Jalan, Bimal. Reform of global financial system. Business Standard, May 22, 2010 p.18. /International Monetary Fund/Financial System/Financial Crisis/ 25 Kapoor, Rana. Frugal innovations for financial inclusion. The Economic Times, May 31, 2010 p.12. /Financial inclusion/Inclusive Growth/ 26 Mehta, Sumati. Options before the Eurozone and Greece. The Economic Times, May 15, 2010 p.10. /Financial Crisis/Europe/Greece/ 27 Mistry, Percy S.. When pigs stop partying - I. The Financial Express, May 19, 2010 p.9. /Financial Crisis/Fiscal Policy/Europe/ 28 Mistry, Percy S.. When pigs stop partying - II. The Financial Express, May 20, 2010 p.9. /Financial Crisis/Fiscal Policy/Europe/ 29 Nandy, Amarendu. Sustaining remittance inflows. The Economic Times, May 21, 2010 p.8. /Remittance/ 30 Pai, T.V. Mohandas. Silent transformation of Indian banking. The Economic Times, May 24, 2010 p.13. /Banking Efficiency/ 31 Prakash, Akash. Europe continues to wobble. Business Standard, May 28, 2010 p.13. /Financial Crisis/Greece/ 32 Prakash, Akash. The Euro bailout. Business Standard, May 14, 2010 p.9. /Financial Crisis/Europe/ 33 Rajan, Ramkishen S.. RBI vs India's achilles' heel. The Financial Express, May 27, 2010 p.9. /Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/Inflation Rate/Government Expenditure/ 34 Ram Mohan, T.T.. US banking reform sounds hallow. The Economic Times, May 27, 2010 p.12. /Financial Sector Reforms/United States/ 35 Ram Mohan, T.T.. Why Greek rescue won't work. The Economic Times, May 13, 2010 p.12. /Financial Crisis/Greece/

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36 Ranade, Ajit. Competition and overcrowding. Business Standard, May 25, 2010 p.9. /Financial Regulation/Financial Sector Reforms/ 37 Reddy, Y.V.. New global financial architecture. Business Line, May 12, 2010 p.9. /Financial System/Financial Architecture/ 38 Rodrik, Dani. Greek lessons for world economy. Business Standard, May 18, 2010 p.11. /Financial Crisis/Greece/ 39 Sabnavis, Madan. What Greece says about the future. The Financial Express, May 5, 2010 p.8. /Financial Crisis/Greece/ 40 Sinha, Janmejaya. Granting new bank licences: RBI needs fine balancing act. The Economic Times, May 31, 2010 p.13. /Financial Sector Reforms/Banking Licences/ 41 Subramanian, Arvind. Asia, Europe and the fund. Business Standard, May 26, 2010 p.11. /International Monetary Fund/Financial System/Asia/Europe/ 42 Subramanian, Arvind. Will the crisis in Europe spread?. Business Standard, May 12, 2010 p.10. /Financial Crisis/Europe/ 43 Subramanian, Krishnamurthy V.. How to fix global finance. The Financial Express, May 26, 2010 p.8. /Financial Regulation/Global Finance/ 44 Tarapore, S.S.. RBI needs to tie up loose ends. Business Line, May 7, 2010 p.8. /Financial Stability/Monetary Policy/Interest Rate Policy/Bond Market/ 45 Upadhyay, Ashok. A case for Tobin Tax. Business Line, May 5, 2010 p.8. /Financial Transaction/Tobin Tax/ 46 Varma, Sonal. Worsening current account deficit. The Economic Times, May 7, 2010 p.12. /Current Account Deficit/Monetary Policy/ 47 Walton, Michael. Does Europe hold a lessons for India?. The Financial Express, May 27, 2010 p.8. /Financial Crisis/Fiscal Deficit/Europe/

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CAPITAL MARKET 48 Kewalramani, Sunil. Shape of the stock market recovery. The Economic Times, May 7, 2010 p.12. /Stock Market Performance/ 49 Parekh, Sandeep. Governance and ownership in exchanges. The Economic Times, May 12, 2010 p.12. /Stock Market Regulation/Stock Market Ownership/ 50 Sinha, Sumant. Irrationality of global capital markets. The Economic Times, May 11, 2010 p.12. /Stock Market Volatility/ 51 Xie, Andy. China stock market now a poor man's casino. The Financial Express, May 25, 2010 p.9. /Stock Market Performance/China/ 52 Xie, Andy. China's stock market is a poor man's casino. Business Line, May 26, 2010 p.8. /Stock Market Performance/China/

CLIMATE 53 Sud, Surinder. Under the weather. Business Standard, May 6, 2010 p.8. /Rainfall/Monsoon/Weather Forecasting/

COMMODITIES 54 Chandrashekhar, G.. Uncertainty over commodity prices. Business Line, May 14, 2010 p.9. /Commodity Prices/Commodity Trading/Futures Trading/

CORPORATE SECTOR 55 Agrawal, Navin. IFRS roadmap: address ambiguities first. The Economic Times, May 11, 2010 p.13. /Financial Reporting/ 56 Mohapatra, Ranjan. Why PSUs should do CSR. The Financial Express, May 20, 2010 p.9. /Corporate Social Responsibility/Public Sector Enterprises/

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COTTON 57 Sabnavis, Madan. Banning cotton export is no solution. The Financial Express, May 12, 2010 p.8. /Cotton Exports/Cotton Supply/

DEMOGRAPHY 58 Bhalla, Surjit S.. Dishonesty in caste census. Business Standard, May 22, 2010 p.19. /Caste Census/Other Backward Castes/ 59 Bhide, Shashanka. Census and the rural economy. Business Line, May 19, 2010 p.8. /Rural Employment/Non-Farm Employment/ 60 Desai, Nitin. Demographic dividend?. Business Standard, May 20, 2010 p.9. /Population Growth/ 61 Desai, Sonalde. Recasting 2011 census: too little, too late. The Economic Times, May 14, 2010 p.12. /Caste Census/ 62 Kanagasabapathy, K.. Significance of caste in census. Business Line, May 14, 2010 p.8. /Caste Census/ 63 Kundu, Amithabh. Census 2011: challenges and perspectives. Business Standard, May 16, 2010 p.13. /Caste Census/ 64 Sachar, Rajinder. Caste in census 2011: Is it necessary?. The Economic Times, May 28, 2010 p.12. /Caste Census/ 65 Wallack, Jessica Seddon. Is a caste census at all sensible?. The Financial Express, May 31, 2010 p.8. /Caste Census/ 66 Yadav, Kiran. Caste conundrum. The Financial Express, May 16, 2010 p.9. /Caste Census/

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ECONOMICS 67 Baru, Sanjaya. Renewing economics. Business Standard, May 17, 2010 p.10. /Economics Teaching/Economic Research/

ECONOMY 68 Ahya, Chetan. Sovereign debt risk: impact on Asia. The Economic Times, May 17, 2010 p.12. /Financial Crisis/Sovereign debt/Domestic Demand/Domestic investment/ Asia/ 69 Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria. No return to 9 pc growth. The Economic Times, May 19, 2010 p.12. /Economic Growth/Exports/Foreign Investment/ 70 Asia to power global recovery. The Financial Express, May 27, 2010 p.10. /Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Asia/ 71 Baru, Sanjaya. World in Baharin. Business Standard, May 24, 2010 p.13. /Global Economy/ 72 Chowdhry, Neha. That sinking feeling. Business Standard, May 13, 2010 p.12. /Economic Conditions/Pakistan/ 73 Desai, Meghnad;Hebbar, Nistula. This is Asia's millennium. The Financial Express, May 4, 2010 p.9. /Global Economy/Asia/ 74 Feldstein, Martin. Chronicle of a crisis foretold. Business Standard, May 27, 2010 p.11. /Economic Crisis/Europe/ 75 Karmakar, Suparna. China effect on global growth. Business Line, May 7, 2010 p.8. /Economic Growth/GDP Growth/China/ 76 Lal, Deepak. The entitlement economics. Business Standard, May 15, 2010 p.14. /Economic Policy/Economic Reforms/China/ 77 Mishr, Hemant. Time to upgrade ratings. The Economic Times, May 4, 2010 p.13. /Sovereign Credit Ratings/Economic Conditions/

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78 Narayan, Subhash;Sen, Amiti;Pandey, Vinay. Card smart version of food coupon: Montek. The Economic Times, May 3, 2010 p.11. /Agricultural Production/Poverty Line/Food Coupons/Food Security/ Infrastructure Development/ 79 Palit, Amitendu;Palit, Parama Sinha. Soft power, tough play. The Financial Express, May 8, 2010 p.9. /India-China Economic Relations/ 80 Parthasarathi, G.. Dealing with a rising China. Business Line, May 27, 2010 p.8. /Global Economy/China/ 81 Ponappa, Shyam. China club instead of Bombay club?. Business Standard, May 6, 2010 p.9. /Economic Policy/China/ 82 Rangarajan, C.. Growth shows strength in the face of crisis. The Economic Times, May 21, 2010 p.8. /Economic Conditions/Economic Growth/ 83 Saran, Shyam. Rising Indonesia. Business Standard, May 19, 2010 p.9. /Economic Growth/Indonesia/ 84 Sikarwar, Deepshikha;Pandey, Vinay;Arun, T.K.. European crisis won't be a big drag on India. The Economic Times, May 21, 2010 p.7. /Economic Conditions/Economic Growth/ 85 Singh, Anoop. Asia: leading the global recovery. Business Standard, May 14, 2010 p.9. /Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Asia/

EDUCATION 86 Sanyal, Sanjeev. Building Bostons, not Kanpurs. Business Standard, May 12, 2010 p.11. /Education Policy/Higher Education/

EMPLOYMENT 87 Shah, Mihir. The problem of U without Q. The Economic Times, May 24, 2010 p.12. /Employment Generation/NREGA/

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ENERGY 88 Chowdhry, Neha. Re-energising India. Business Standard, May 29, 2010 p.14. /Energy Demand/Energy Trade/ 89 Kapur, A.S.. Let the sun empower India. The Economic Times, May 24, 2010 p.12. /Solar Energy/Renewable Energy/

ENVIRONMENT 90 Bhushan, Chandra. Accounting for green growth - I. The Financial Express, May 5, 2010 p.9. /Global Warming/Emission Reduction/Economic Growth/ 91 Bhushan, Chandra. Accounting for green growth - II. The Financial Express, May 6, 2010 p.9. /Global Warming/Emission Reduction/Economic Growth/ 92 India's emission up 58 pc; energy intensity down 30 pc. The Financial Express, May 12, 2010 p.10. /Carbon Emission/ 93 Lomborg, Bjorn. Talking sense on global warming. The Economic Times, May 17, 2010 p.13. /Global Warming/Climate Change/ 94 Nair, Sapna. Equitable sharing of carbon space. The Economic Times, May 18, 2010 p.12. /Emission Reduction/Climate Change Financing/ 95 Naraian, Sunita. No cheap solutions. Business Standard, May 7, 2010 p.10. /Emission Reduction/Climate Change/Economic Growth/ 96 Prakash, Shravani;Kalita, Pallavi. Saarc must get serious on climate pact. The Economic Times, May 4, 2010 p.13. /Climate Change/Global Warming/SAARC/ 97 Rajshekhar, M.. Firm steps towards environment watchdog. The Economic Times, May 18, 2010 p.13. /National Environment Protection Authority/ 98 Saran, Samir. Climate's holy trinity. The Financial Express, May 13, 2010 p.9. /Climate Change/Climate Change Financing/

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99 Tonne, Hilde. Life after Copenhagen. The Economic Times, May 24, 2010 p.13. /Emission Reduction/

GOVERNANCE 100 India slips in competitiveness index. The Financial Express, May 20, 2010 p.12. /Competitiveness Index/ 101 Karnik, Kiran. Encourage whistleblowers. The Economic Times, May 4, 2010 p.12. /Corruption Control/ 102 Subramaniam, G. Ganapathy. Give inclusive governance its due. The Economic Times, May 18, 2010 p.13. /Inclusive Governance/

INDUSTRY 103 Chandrasekhar, C.P.;Ghosh, Jayati. Emerging economies as growth engines. Business Line, May 4, 2010 p.9. /Manufacturing Growth/Emerging Markets/ 104 March IIP grows 13.5 pc on manufacturing. The Financial Express, May 13, 2010 p.2. /Manufacturing Growth/Industrial Growth/ Industrial Production/

INFLATION 105 Alex, Dony;Soumya, A.. Predicting inflation pattern. Business Line, May 14, 2010 p.8. /Inflation Rate/Food Inflation/Core Inflation/ 106 Banerji, Devika;Modi, Ajay. Food prices will come down, but continue to be concern. Business Standard, May 11, 2010 p.5. /Foodgrain Prices/Wholesale Price Index/Inflation Rate/ 107 No relief from inflation. The Economic Times, May 6, 2010 p.13. /Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/ 108 Plot still lost on inflation: RBI should get single-minded in its policy (Ed). Business Standard, May 17, 2010 p.10. /Inflation Rate/Interest Rate/Inflation Control/

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INFRASTRUCTURE 109 Chatterjee, Vinayak. Squeezing the infra lemon. Business Standard, May 17, 2010 p.10. /Infrastructure Projects/Infrastructure Planning/ 110 Sethi, Sanjay. PE investment in infrastructure. The Economic Times, May 24, 2010 p.12. /Infrastructure Investment/Private Equity/ 111 Singh, Praveen Kumar. Planning Commission to take core roadblocks to Cabinet. The Financial Express, May 18, 2010 p.3. /Infrastructure Development/Infrastructure Expenditure/ 112 Suresh, Padmalatha. Getting serious about infrastructure. Business Line, May 11, 2010 p.9. /Infrastructure Financing/Monetary Policy/

INVESTMENTS 113 Chowdhry, Ajai. India's opportunity in Africa. The Economic Times, May 25, 2010 p.12. /Foreign Investment/Economic Growth/Africa/ 114 Ranjan, Prabhas. Conflicting signals. Business Standard, May 28, 2010 p.12. /Foreign Investment/Investment Policy/ 115 Shiller, Robert J.. Time for nutritious investments. The Economic Times, May 31, 2010 p.13. /Mutual Funds/ 116 Varma, Satvik. A good FDI gatekeeper. The Financial Express, May 17, 2010 p.9. /Investment Policy/Foreign Investment/

JEWELLERY INDUSTRY 117 Sabnavis, Madan. How long will gold glitter?. The Financial Express, May 18, 2010 p.8. /Gold Prices/

LABOUR 118 Chakrabarty, Rajesh. The mobility of labour is crucial. The Financial Express, May 20, 2010 p.8.

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/Labour Mobility/ 119 Upadhyay, Ashok. Nuts and bolts of the skills crisis. Business Line, May 10, 2010 p.8. /Labour Shortages/Skills Development/

MINES AND MINERALS 120 Vijay Kumar, S.. A mine of reforms. Business Standard, May 27, 2010 p.11. /Mines Development/Mining Policy/

MONETARY ECONOMICS 121 Alagh, Yoginder K.. Now it's time for convertibility. The Financial Express, May 15, 2010 p.8. /Rupee Convertibility/Capital Account Convertibility/ 122 Bhagwati, Jaimini. Stop-go capital controls. Business Standard, May 20, 2010 p.9. /Foreign Exchange Reserve/External Commercial Borrowings/ 123 Malik, Rajeev. Old problem, new constraints. Business Standard, May 15, 2010 p.14. /Rupee Appreciation/Exchange Rate/ 124 Rajan, Ramkishen S.. Don't fear floating. The Financial Express, May 15, 2010 p.9. /Exchange Rate Policy/Asia/ 125 Rajwade, A.V.. Exchange Rate Policy - II. Business Standard, May 3, 2010 p.14. /Exchange Rate Policy/Rupee Appreciation/ 126 Rajwade, A.V.. Flexible arguments. Business Standard, May 24, 2010 p.12. /Capital Flows/Capital Control/ 127 Rajwade, A.V.. IMF research on capital inflows - II. Business Standard, May 31, 2010 p.14. /Capital Flows/Capital Control/ 128 Stiglitz, Joseph E.. Can the euro be saved?. The Economic Times, May 8, 2010 p.12. /Euro/Exchange Rate/

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129 Tarapore, S.S.. Why rupee rise must be contained. Business Line, May 21, 2010 p.8. /Exchange Rate/Rupee Appreciation/

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY 130 Banerjee, Soma. Open gas market still a pipe dream. The Economic Times, May 12, 2010 p.12. /Gas Regulation/Gas Prices/ 131 Batra, R.K.;Chawla, Ruchika. Added risks in gas exploration. Business Standard, May 31, 2010 p.14. /Gas Exploration/ 132 Inflation persists: so, decontrol petrol prices now (Ed). The Economic Times, May 17, 2010 p.12. /Petroleum Prices/ 133 Jain, Anil Kumar. How should gas price be determined?. The Economic Times, May 27, 2010 p.13. /Natural Gas Prices/ 134 Ramadorai, Tarun. What Greece has to do with oil prices. The Financial Express, May 3, 2010 p.8. /Petroleum Prices/Futures Trading/ 135 Rao, T.N.R.. How should gas price be determined?. The Economic Times, May 27, 2010 p.13. /Natural Gas Prices/

POVERTY 136 Jha, R.;Bhattacharya, S.;Gaiha, R.. NREG, PDS and Nutritional deprivation. The Economic Times, May 11, 2010 p.12. /NREGA/Nutritional Deprivation/ 137 Mukherjee, Sanjeeb;Hebbar, Nistula. Shrinking families force govt to review plan for BPL grain supply. The Financial Express, May 13, 2010 p.1. /Poverty Estimates/Poverty Line/ 138 Pani, Narendra. Let the poor identify themselves. Business Line, May 6, 2010 p.8. /Poverty Measurement/Poverty Estimation/ 139 Suri, Pooja;Sen, Amiti. Unrealistic poverty line peg prompted govt to set up expert panel: Tendulkar. The Economic Times, May 25, 2010 p.11.

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POWER 140 Namasivayam, Vedamoorthy. Rural electricity to speed up inclusion. The Economic Times, May 27, 2010 p.13. /Rural Electrification/Inclusive Growth/ 141 Sasi, Anil. Power: over-geared by China?. Business Line, May 21, 2010 p.8. /Power Equipment/China/

PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 142 Ghosh, Shanto. Ensure long run for food coupons. The Economic Times, May 4, 2010 p.13. /Food Coupons/ 143 Mehta, Pradeep S.. Ensuring food security for all. The Economic Times, May 31, 2010 p.12. /Food Security/Public Distribution System Reforms/ 144 Wallack, Jessica Seddon. Identifying BPL isn't the only problem. The Financial Express, May 1, 2010 p.8. /Food Security/Below Poverty Line/

PUBLIC FINANCE 145 Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria. Fiscal lessons from the eurozone. The Economic Times, May 5, 2010 p.12. /Financial Crisis/FRBM Targets/Fiscal Deficit/ 146 Bhusnurmath, Mythili. Off the beaten track. The Economic Times, May 3, 2010 p.12. /Thirteenth Finance Commission/Government Expenditure/ 147 Chandrasekhar, C.P.;Ghosh, Jayati. Revitalising global imbalances. Business Line, May 18, 2010 p.11. /Fiscal Deficit/Current Account Deficit/Global Imbalances/ 148 Pandey, Tanu. Govt's fiscal deficit claim falls short. The Financial Express, May 11, 2010 p.2. /Fiscal Deficit/

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PUBLIC SECTOR ENTERPRISES 149 Tweaking the divestment process (Ed). Business Line, May 30, 2010 p.8. /Disinvestment Policy/

PULSES AND OILSEEDS 150 Chandrashekhar, G.. Pulses need more nurturing. Business Line, May 24, 2010 p.11. /Pulses Demand/Pulses Prices/

RAIL TRANSPORT 151 Nair, S.K.N.. Railway tariffs go off track. Business Line, May 26, 2010 p.8. /Railway Tariff/ 152 Nair, S.K.N.. Railways: getting priorities on track. Business Line, May 20, 2010 p.8. /Rail Infrastructure/Infrastructure Financing/

RICE 153 Damodaran, Harish. Khariff season may see normal showing in rice. Business Line, May 18, 2010 p.2. /Rice Production/

SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT 154 Vyas, Mahesh. Official data understate savings. Business Standard, May 24, 2010 p.12. /Savings Rate/Household Savings/

SEEDS INDUSTRY 155 Kurmanath, K.V.. Seed industry faces surplus situation. Business Line, May 18, 2010 p.3. /Seeds Production/Seeds Demand/

SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY 156 Raghavan, P.. Public procurement window could open. The Financial Express, May 14, 2010 p.12.

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/Small Scale Industry Policy/ 157 Slowdown arrests TN's job march. The Financial Express, May 14, 2010 p.12. /Small Scale Industry Employment/Tamil Nadu/ 158 Sunny, K.P.. Small scale units take dereservation in stride. The Financial Express, May 28, 2010 p.10. /Small Scale Industry Policy/Dereservation/

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 159 Bhambri, C.P.. Social inclusion: a wasted year. The Economic Times, May 22, 2010 p.10. /Social Inclusion/

SOCIAL SECURITY 160 Bajpai, G.N.. Protection against hazard of living long. The Economic Times, May 6, 2010 p.12. /Pension Policy/Pension Reforms/

STEEL INDUSTRY 161 Banerjee, Sushim. Steely determination. The Economic Times, May 28, 2010 p.23. /Steel Prices/Steel Demand/ 162 Mamgain, Pramugdha. Steeling the show. The Economic Times, May 28, 2010 p.20. /Steel Production/Steel Demand/ 163 Mazumdar, Rakhi. Emerging hub for automotive steel. The Economic Times, May 28, 2010 p.22. /Steel Prices/Steel Demand/ 164 Vohra, Navin. The road ahead looks promising. The Economic Times, May 28, 2010 p.22. /Steel Prices/Steel Demand/

SUGAR INDUSTRY 165 Jog, Sanjay;Bhayani, Rajesh. Government mulls sugar decontrol. Business Standard, May 5, 2010 p.1. /Sugar Decontrol/Sugar Prices/

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166 Nandakumar, T.. How to proceed on sugar decontrol. Business Line, May 14, 2010 p.9. /Sugar Decontrol/Sugar Prices/Sugar Policy/

TAXATION 167 Deol, Jeevan. Tax evasion and the crisis in Greece. The Financial Express, May 15, 2010 p.8. /Tax Evasion/Tax Collection/ 168 Inflation vs growth (Ed). Business Line, May 17, 2010 p.8. /Inflation Rate/Economy/ 169 Jain, Pratik. Consider VAT grouping for GST. The Economic Times, May 13, 2010 p.12. /Goods and Services Tax/Taxation Policy/ 170 Krishnamurthy, S.;Roy, Shyamal;Basu, Sankarshan. Alternative to direct tax system. Business Line, May 12, 2010 p.8. /Tax System/Direct Tax/ 171 Pandey, T.N.. Will GST be rolled out on time?. Business Line, May 15, 2010 p.9. /Goods and Services Tax/ 172 Poddar, Satya. Applying goods and services tax to financial sector is challenging. Business Standard, May 26, 2010 p.8. /Goods and Service Tax/Tax Policy/ 173 Poddar, Satya. Centre-state taxation power: on a path to harmonisation. Business Standard, May 24, 2010 p.5. /Goods and Service Tax/Tax Policy/ 174 Poddar, Satya. GST is flawed without inclusion of real estate. Business Standard, May 27, 2010 p.8. /Goods and Service Tax/Tax Policy/ 175 Poddar, Satya. GST will turn supply chain tax-neutral. Business Standard, May 28, 2010 p.6. /Goods and Service Tax/Tax Policy/ 176 Poddar, Satya. Single, low rate of tax at the time of rollout is a successful model. Business Standard, May 25, 2010 p.6. /Goods and Service Tax/Tax Policy/ 177 Rao, M. Govinda. Tax sops: their cost and efficacy. Business Standard, May 4, 2010 p.9.

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/Tax Incentives/Tax Policy/ 178 Sheel, Alok. Rules, regulations, user charges and taxes. The Economic Times, May 27, 2010 p.12. /Tax Policy/ 179 Subramaniam, Harishankar. There is still a ambiguity on GST framework. The Financial Express, May 8, 2010 p.10. /Goods and Service Tax/Tax Policy/

TELECOMMUNICATION 180 Arun, T.K.. The case against costly spectrum. The Economic Times, May 20, 2010 p.16. /Spectrum Prices/Spectrum Auctioning/ 181 Khanna, S.C.. Has TRAI been fair?. Business Standard, May 19, 2010 p.8. /Spectrum Prices/Telecommunication Policy/ 182 Malik, Payal. Who can afford such whimsy?. The Financial Express, May 18, 2010 p.9. /Spectrum Prices/ 183 Mathews, Rajan. Has TRAI been fair?. Business Standard, May 19, 2010 p.8. /Spectrum Prices/Telecommunication Policy/ 184 Prasad, Robit. Towering inferno. The Economic Times, May 3, 2010 p.12. /Telecommunication Policy/ 185 Uppal, Mahesh. Finally, the 3G bonanza. The Financial Express, May 21, 2010 p.8. /Spectrum Prices/ 186 Uppal, Mahesh. Still cross connected on spectrum. The Financial Express, May 14, 2010 p.8. /Spectrum Allocation/Spectrum Charges/

TEXTILE INDUSTRY 187 Nair, D.K.. Managing cotton trade must for growth in textiles. The Financial Express, May 24, 2010 p.7. /Cotton Exports/Cotton Prices/Textile Policy/

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TRADE 188 Choudhury, Ranbir Ray. Doha round in limbo. Business Line, May 10, 2010 p.8. /WTO/Doha Meet/Trade Negotiations/ 189 Das, Ram Upendra. Saarc: exploding trade myths. The Economic Times, May 1, 2010 p.12. /Exports/Trade Cooperation/SAARC/ 190 Dobhal, Shailesh;Bhattacharjee, Subhomoy. Trade barriers may be coming up in the guise of Sinophobia. The Financial Express, May 28, 2010 p.1. /Trade Barriers/China/ 191 Doha round and round (Ed). Business Standard, May 19, 2010 p.9. /WTO/Trade Negotiations/Doha Meet/ 192 Karmakar, Suparna. Doha round has lost its way. Business Line, May 21, 2010 p.8. /WTO/Doha Meet/Trade Negotiation/ 193 Palit, Amitendu. Losing the Asian advantage. The Financial Express, May 3, 2010 p.8. /Exports/China/ASEAN/ 194 Prakash, Shravani. Neighbourhood economics. The Financial Express, May 10, 2010 p.9. /Economic Cooperation/Trade Cooperation/Services Exports/ 195 Shah, Ajay. Bogey of exports growth. The Financial Express, May 1, 2010 p.9. /Exports Growth/Exchange Rate/

TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT 196 Rajaraman, Indira. Tribes, forests and mines. Business Standard, May 1, 2010 p.15. /Forest Policy/Tribal Population/Mining Policy/

URBANISATION 197 Ahluwalia, Isher J.;Nair, Ranesh. Magapatta: building a city with rural-urban partnership. The Financial Express, May 26, 2010 p.9. /Urban Development/Urban Infrastructure/

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198 Naik, S.D.. The challenge of urbanisation. Business Line, May 15, 2010 p.8. /Urban Development/Urban Infrastructure/

WATER RESOURCES 199 Finding water for industry (Ed). Business Line, May 29, 2010 p.8. /Water Management/Water Scarcity/

WHEAT 200 Mukherjee, Sanjeeb. The problem of plenty. The Financial Express, May 6, 2010 p.12. /Wheat Procurement/Wheat Storage/

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AUTHOR INDEX

Acharya, Shankar 9 Agrawal, Navin 55 Ahluwalia, Isher J. 197 Ahya, Chetan 68 Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria 69, 145 Alagh, Yoginder K. 1, 121 Alex, Dony 105 Arun, T.K. 2, 84, 180 Aziz, Jahangir 10 Bajpai, G.N. 160 Banerjee, Soma 130 Banerjee, Sushim 161 Banerji, Devika 106 Baru, Sanjaya 11, 67, 71 Barua, Abheek 12 Basu, Sankarshan 170 Batra, R.K. 131 Bery, Suman 13 Bhagwati, Jaimini 122

Bhalla, Surjit S. 58 Bhambri, C.P. 159 Bhattacharjee, Subhomoy 190 Bhattacharya, S. 136 Bhayani, Rajesh 165 Bhide, Shashanka 3, 59 Bhushan, Chandra 90, 91 Bhusnurmath, Mythili 14, 146 Chakrabarty, Rajesh 118 Chandra Mohan, N. 4 Chandrasekhar, C.P. 103, 147 Chandrashekhar, G. 54, 150 Chatterjee, Vinayak 109 Chaudhuri, Saumitra 15 Chawla, Ruchika 131 Choudhury, Ranbir Ray 188 Chowdhry, Ajai 113 Chowdhry, Neha 72, 88 Damodaran, Harish 153

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Das, Ram Upendra 189 Deol, Jeevan 167 Desai, Meghnad 16, 73 Desai, Nitin 60 Desai, Sonalde 61 Dobhal, Shailesh 190 Erlanger, Steven 17 Feldstein, Martin 74 Gaiha, R. 136 Ghosh, Debojyoti 18 Ghosh, Jayati 103, 147 Ghosh, Shanto 142 Goyal, Ashima 19 Gurumurthy, S. 21 Hassett, Kevin 22 Hebbar, Nistula 73, 137 Iyer, P. Vaidyanathan 23 Jain, Anil Kumar 133 Jain, Pratik 169 Jalan, Bimal 24

Jha, R. 136 Jog, Sanjay 165 Kalita, Pallavi 96 Kanagasabapathy, K. 6, 62 Kapoor, Rana 25 Kapur, A.S. 89 Karmakar, Suparna 75, 192 Karnik, Kiran 101 Kewalramani, Sunil 48 Khanna, S.C. 181 Krishnamurthy, S. 170 Kundu, Amithabh 63 Kurmanath, K.V. 155 Lal, Deepak 76 Lomborg, Bjorn 93 Malik, Payal 182 Malik, Rajeev 123 Mamgain, Pramugdha 162 Mathews, Rajan 183 Mazumdar, Rakhi 163

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Mehta, Pradeep S. 143 Mehta, Sumati 26 Mishr, Hemant 77 Mistry, Percy S. 27, 28 Modi, Ajay 106 Mohapatra, Ranjan 56 Mukherjee, Sanjeeb 137, 200 Naik, S.D. 198 Nair, D.K. 187 Nair, Ranesh 197 Nair, S.K.N. 151, 152 Nair, Sapna 94 Namasivayam, Vedamoorthy 140 Nandakumar, T. 166 Nandy, Amarendu 29 Naraian, Sunita 95 Narayan, Subhash 78 Pai, T.V. Mohandas 30 Palit, Amitendu 79, 193 Palit, Parama Sinha 79

Pandey, T.N. 171 Pandey, Tanu 148 Pandey, Vinay 78, 84 Pani, Narendra 138 Parekh, Sandeep 49 Parthasarathi, G. 80 Poddar, Satya 172, 173, 174, 175, 176 Ponappa, Shyam 81 Prakash, Akash 31, 32 Prakash, Shravani 96, 194 Prasad, Robit 184 Raghavan, P. 156 Rajan, Ramkishen S. 33, 124 Rajaraman, Indira 196 Rajshekhar, M. 97 Rajwade, A.V. 125, 126, 127 Ram Mohan, T.T. 34, 35 Ramadorai, Tarun 134 Ranade, Ajit 36 Rangarajan, C. 82

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Ranjan, Prabhas 114 Rao, M. Govinda 177 Rao, T.N.R. 135 Reddy, Y.V. 37 Rodrik, Dani 38 Roy, Shreya 18 Roy, Shyamal 170 Sabnavis, Madan 39, 57, 117 Sachar, Rajinder 64 Sanyal, Sanjeev 86 Saran, Samir 98 Saran, Shyam 83 Sasi, Anil 141 Sen, Amiti 78, 139 Sethi, Sanjay 110 Shah, Ajay 195 Shah, Mihir 87 Sheel, Alok 178 Shiller, Robert J. 115 Sikarwar, Deepshikha 84

Singh, Anoop 85 Singh, Praveen Kumar 111 Sinha, Janmejaya 40 Sinha, Sumant 50 Soumya, A. 105 Sriram, Ajay S. 7 Stiglitz, Joseph E. 128 Subramaniam, G. Ganapathy 102 Subramaniam, Harishankar 179 Subramanian, Arvind 41, 42 Subramanian, Krishnamurthy V. 43 Sud, Surinder 53 Sunny, K.P. 158 Suresh, Padmalatha 112 Suri, Pooja 139 Tarapore, S.S. 44, 129 Tonne, Hilde 99 Upadhyay, Ashok 45, 119 Uppal, Mahesh 185, 186 Varma, Satvik 116

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Varma, Sonal 46 Vijay Kumar, S. 120 Vohra, Navin 164 Vyas, Mahesh 154

Wallack, Jessica Seddon 65, 144 Walton, Michael 47 Xie, Andy 51, 52 Yadav, Kiran 66