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A pragmatic approach
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's latest proposals on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) might not quite meet the standards set by the Centre itself six months ago. At that time, a strong case was made out for a single tax rate over a wide ...

Protecting livelihoods
The revised national policy that promised the small traders on the roadside and mobile vendors in urban areas better access to space and an end to their harassment by civic authorities appears to be moving all too slowly towards ...

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RTE Act: some rights and wrongs
By Pushpa M. Bhargava

As it stands, the Right to Education Act has several flaws that will prevent its efficacious implementation. Several amendments are called for.

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Detracting from entitlements
By Brinda Karat

The National Advisory Council's proposals on the Food Security Bill represent a bad deal for the poor.

Where are all the new social networks?
By Charles Arthur

The technology scene has echoes of the post-dotcom exhaustion of 2002 as we wait for mobiles to catch up.

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Open Page promotes ‘purposeful thinking' on issues big and small
The Open Page, a longstanding weekly feature of TheHindu, is meant to give its readers opportunities to write on a variety of subjects of their choice. It has proved extremely popular, particularly after it went full page on March 14, 2010, on ...

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