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CONTENTS

Subject: Page No.

Agriculture 1

Air Transport 2

Banking 3

Capital Market 5

Cement Industry 5

Climate 6

Coal Industry 6

Commodities 6

Competition 7

Consumer Goods Industry 7

Corn 7

Corporate Sector 7

Cotton 7

Demography 8

Economic Co-operation 8

Economy 8

Education 11

Energy 12

Environment 12

Fertiliser Industry 13

Governance 13

Health Care 13Household Economy 14

Housing 14

Industry 14

Inflation 14

Information and Communication

Technology

16

Infrastructure 16

Investments 17

Jewellery Industry 17

Land Reforms 17

Law 17

Marketing 18

Microfinance 18

Monetary Economics 18

Oilmeal 19

Petroleum Industry 19

Pharmaceutical Industry 21

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Poverty 21

Power 21

Public Finance 22

Rail Transport 23

Services Sector 23

Small Scale Industries 23

Steel Industry 23Subsidy 24

Sugar Industry 24

Taxation 24

Telecommunication 24

Textile Industry 24

Tobacco Industry 25

Trade 25

Tyre Industry 28

Water Resources 28

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AGRICULTURE

1 2007-08 foodgrain output estimate raised again. Business

Line, July 10, 2008 p.11.

/Foodgrain Production/

2 Bajaj, Khushagra. Improving agricultural productivity is

crucial. The Economic Times, July 21, 2008 p.15.

/Agricultural Productivity/Public-Private Partnership/

3 Bose, Kunal. Economic growth in India, China stoking food

crisis?. Business Standard, July 28, 2008 p.10.

/Economic Growth/Food Consumption/Food Crisis/

4 Damodaran, Harish. Rains, price trends favour north in

kharif sowing. Business Line, July 19, 2008 p.1.

/Rain Fall/Foodgrain Prices/Kharif Crops/

5 Das, Sandip. FCI insurance cover slashes transit losses.The Financial Express, July 22, 2008 p.4.

/Transportation Losses/Foodgrain Insurance/Foodgrain

Transportation/

6 Dealing with GM food (Ed). Business Standard, July 18, 2008

p.11.

/Genetically Modified Crops/

7 Dogra, Bharat. Farmer suicides - myth and reality. The

Economic Times, July 19, 2008 p.8.

/Farmer Suicides/Agricultural Credit/

8 Food inflation and response (Ed). Business Line, July 5,

2008 p.8.

/Foodgrain Production/Foodgrain Prices/

9 Jagannathan, Prabha. Farmers, consumers should come

together. The Economic Times, July 2, 2008 p.12.

/Agricultural Growth/Foodgrain Prices/

10 Limited gains (Ed). Business Standard, July 17, 2008 p.9.

/Agricultural Production/Agricultural Growth/

11 Modi, Ajay. Food price rise unabated. Business Standard,

July 26, 2008 p.2.

/Food Prices/

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12 Murthy, K.S.R.K.. Organic farming and food security.

Business Line, July 11, 2008 p.9.

/Organic Farming/Food Security/

13 Samuelson, Robert J.. Rising prices? Blame it on China. The


/Foodgrain Demand/Foodgrain Prices/China/

14 Sengupta, Somini. India's growth outspace crop production.


/Foodgrain Production/Foodgrain Prices/

15 Sharma, Ashok B.. Ghost of Malthus walking again. The

Financial Express, July 3, 2008 p.8.

/Food Crisis/Foodgrain Shortage/

16 Singhal, Rajrishi. Agriculture, the engine of growth. The


/Agricultural Policy/Fertiliser Prices/Transportation Cost/

Agricultural Inputs/

17 Srinivas, A.. Starvation threat looms as food, fuel pries

shoot up. Business Line, July 14, 2008 p.3.

/Foodgrain Prices/Petroleum Prices/Food Security/

18 Srinivasan, Raghuvir. Who benefits from the waiver.


/Debt Relief/Agricultural Credit/

19 Strauss-Khan, Dominique. Economies at a tipping point. TheEconomic Times, July 21, 2008 p.15.

/Foodgrain Prices/Cost of Living/Food Security/

20 Sud, Surinder. New peaks, old highs. Business Standard,

July 29, 2008 p.16.

/Agricultural Production/Agricultural Growth/

21 Sud, Surinder. Showing better than last year's. Business

Standard, July 11, 2008 p.Section II, 3.

/Cropping Area/Kharif Crop/

AIR TRANSPORT

22 Gopinath, G.R.. Flying low . The Financial Express, July

25, 2008 p.6.

/Airline Industry/

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23 Thillai Rajan, A.; Rajan, Balaraman; Malhotra, Megha. New

Airports off to a flying start. Business Line, July 16,

2008 p.9.

/Airport Infrastructure/Public Private Partnership/

BANKING

24 Ahuja, Vishwavir. Changing stakes: foreign banks are

hopeful about the next round of financial reforms. The


/Financial Sector Reforms/Foreign Banks/

25 Barua, Abheek. One year of the sub-prime crisis. Business

Standard, July 7, 2008 p.13.

/Sub-prime Crisis/Financial Crisis/Credit Risks/

26 Bhalla, Surjit S.. Karat and stuck policy. Business


/Interest Rates/Monetary Policy/Inflation Rate/

27 Bhattacharya, Saugata. M3 lessons: Money supply has

increased but its effect on inflation is less certain. The


/Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/Inflation Rate/Inflation

Control/

28 Das, Satyajit. Bank earnings: The V, U or L recovery.

Business Standard, July 19, 2008 p.14.

/Financial Crisis/Liquidity/

29 Dr. Reddy's shock treatment. , July 30, 2008 p.8.

/Interest Rates/Monetary Policy/

30 Haldipur, Rajesh. Moral hazard and its harmful role in

credit market crisis. Business Line, July 23, 2008 p.8.

/Credit Crisis/Sub-prime Crisis/Mortgage Securitisation/

United States/

31 Hassett, Kevin. Free market is still the best option.


/Financial Crisis/Credit Crisis/Housing Crisis/

32 Indiresan, P.V.. When the remedy does not spell a cure.


/Interest Rates/Money Supply/Monetary Policy/

33 Mehta, Sangita;Ramanath, N.S.. Southern spice. The Economic

Times, July 16, 2008 p.9.

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/Financial Sector Reforms/Bank Performance/Private Sector

Banks/

34 Mishra, Jaideep. No need to revise policy rates, CRR just

yet. The Economic Times, July 14, 2008 p.20.


35 Mitra, Amit. Should the RBI hike rates further. Business



36 Parekh, Ashvin. Should the RBI hike rates further. Business



37 Persaud, Avinash D.. Learning from Fannie and Freddie. The


/Financial Regulation/

38 Ram Mohan, T.T.. Banking governance disaster. The Economic

Times, July 10, 2008 p.14.

/Banking Regulation/

39 Ram Mohan, T.T.. Private profits, public losses . The


/Financial Crisis/Credit Crisis/United States/

40 Ravi Mohan, P.R.;Gopinath, T.. Why India's different from

the US. Business Standard, July 6, 2008 p.13.

/Financial Inclusion/Financial Service/

41 Saft, James. US markets calling Bernanke's bluff. Business

Line, July 3, 2008 p.8.

/Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/United States/

42 Seshan, A.. Should the RBI tighten monetary policy further?.


/Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/

43 Shah, Ajay. What now, UPA?. The Financial Express, July 24,

2008 p.6.

/Financial Sector Reforms/

44 Singhal, Rajrishi. The RBI hides the punch bowl. The


/Interest Rates/Inflation Rate/Monetary Policy/

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45 Srinivasan, G.. Implications for monetary policy. Business

Line, July 1, 2008 p.8.

/Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/Economic Growth/

46 Timmons, Heather. Fannie and Freddie fan fears abroad.


/Financial Crisis/United States/

47 Venkitaramanan, S.. What should Dr. Reddy do?. Business

Line, July 28, 2008 p.8.

/Monetary Policy/Interest Rates/

48 Villain still at large (Ed). , July 30, 2008 p.8.

/Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/Interest Rates/Monetary

Policy/

49 Weil, Jonathan. Regulators spin public to boost Fannie,

Freddie. Business Standard, July 17, 2008 p.9.

/Financial Regulation/Financial Crisis/

CAPITAL MARKET

50 Bhat, U.R.. Hope beyond the doom and gloom. The Economic

Times, July 14, 2008 p.16.

/Stock Market Performance/

51 Ravimohan, R.. Glooming opportunities. Business Standard,

July 14, 2008 p.12.


52 Sabnavis, Madhukar. Will marketers remain buoyant?.



53 Sharma, Ruchir. We are all oil traders now. The Economic

Times, July 1, 2008 p.16.

/Petroleum Prices/Stock Market Performance/

CEMENT INDUSTRY

54 Kant, Chandan Kishore. Cement makers likely to slash

capacity by 8 pc this year. Business Standard, July 18,

2008 p.6.

/Cement Production/Cement Demand/

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CLIMATE

55 Damodaran, Harish;Kurian, Vinson. July rainfall lowest in 5

years. Business Line, July 26, 2008 p.1.

/Rainfall/

56 Gulati, Ashok. With deficient monsoon hit farm output?. The


/Rainfall/Monsoon/Agricultural Production/

57 Kaul, Sanjay. With deficient monsoon hit farm output?. The


/Rainfall/Monsoon/Agricultural Production/

58 Monsoon blues (Ed). Business Line, July 14, 2008 p.8.

/Rain Fall/Monsoon/

59 Sud, Surinder. Ray of hope for southern states. BusinessStandard, July 25, 2008 p.Setion II, 3.

/Rainfall/

COAL INDUSTRY

60 Chandrashekhar, G.. Coal market set to sizzle further.


/Coal Prices/Coal Demand/Coal Supply/

COMMODITIES

61 Arango, Tim. Reaching market data to farmers. Business Line,

July 9, 2008 p.8.

/Commodity Prices/Price Information/

62 Kapur, Sudhir. A new drain of wealth . The Economic Times,

July 29, 2008 p.14.

/Commodity Prices/Commodity Trading/

63 Kapur, Sudhir. Commodity strategic management. The Economic

Times, July 15, 2008 p.16.

/Commodity Policy/Commodity Management/

64 Manglik, Jayant. Spare the future . The Financial Express,

July 26, 2008 p.6.

/Commodity Futures/Futures Trading/

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COMPETITION

65 Raghavan, B.S.. Lifting India's competitive spirit.


/Competition Policy/Competitiveness/

66 Raghavan, B.S.. Making a success of competition commission.


/Competition Policy/Competition Regulation/

CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRY

67 Srinivasan, Lalitha. FMCG majors mull another round of

price hikes. The Financial Express, July 5, 2008 p.1.

/Consumer Goods Prices/

CORN

68 Subramani, M.R.. Corn prices seen gaining on continuing

demand. Business Line, July 19, 2008 p.12.

/Corn Prices/Ethanol Production/Corn Demand/

CORPORATE SECTOR

69 Mahanti, Tushar Kanti. India Inc's interest cover declines

following lower profit growth. The Economic Times, July 18,

2008 p.17.

/Interest Liabilities/Interest Cover/Corporate Performance/

COTTON

70 Mehta, Pradeep S.. Should cotton exports be banned: allow

farmers to make hay while the sun shines. The Financial

Express, July 7, 2008 p.8.

/Cotton Prices/Cotton Exports/

71 Nair, D.K.. Should cotton exports be banned: when we export

cotton we are exporting textile jobs. The Financial Express,July 7, 2008 p.8.

/Cotton Prices/Cotton Exports/

72 New spins on cotton exports (Ed). Business Line, July 26,

2008 p.8.

/Cotton Exports/Cotton Prices/

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DEMOGRAPHY

73 Duttagupta, Ishani. Going green. The Economic Times, July

3, 2008 p.15.

/Migration/Italy/

ECONOMIC COOPERATION

74 Ghate, Prabhu. India and Pakistan: being economically savvy

yields a piece dividend. The Economic Times, July 18, 2008

p.10.

/India-Pakistan Economic Cooperation/

ECONOMY

75 Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria. Indian lessons and

non-lessons for China. The Economic Times, July 2, 2008

p.16.

/Economic Growth/Political Economy/China/

76 Bery, Suman. Managing the cycle. Business Standard, July 8,

2008 p.13.

/Global Economy/Monetary Policy/Economic Growth/

77 Bhusnurmath, Mythili. Does politics matter?. The Economic

Times, July 19, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/

78 Bhusnurmath, Mythili. Lisbon treaty and lessons for India.

The Economic Times, July 7, 2008 p.14.

/Regional Imbalance/State Fiscal Conditions/

79 Chakrabarti, Rajesh. The spectre of global stagflation. The


/Economic Growth/Inflation Rate/

80 Chandrasekhar, C.P.;Ghosh, Jayati. Global GDP growth: a

longer view. Business Line, July 1, 2008 p.9.

/Economic Growth/GDP Growth/Global Economy/

81 Chaturvedi, H.. Should maintaining a high sovereign rating

be part of election manifestos?: Growth paradigm is more

than data. The Financial Express, July 28, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Reforms/Economic Growth/

82 Das, M.K.. The dragon at your door . The Economic Times,

July 26, 2008 p.8.

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/Economic Growth/China/

83 Debroy, Bibek. Economics after politics. The Financial


/Economic Growth/Economic Policy/

84 Desai, Meghnad. A cliff hanger. The Financial Express, July

28, 2008 p.6.

/Economic Crisis/Economic Slowdown/

85 Edwin, Tina. India had joined trillion-$ club in 2007. The



86 Fiscal distress (Ed). Business Line, July 29, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Reforms/Fiscal Deficit/

87 Ghosh, Soumya Kanti. Brace for a slowdown. The Financial



88 Gokarn, Subir. Back to the present. Business Standard, July

28, 2008 p.15.

/Economic Policy/Economic Reforms/

89 Gokarn, Subir. Shock absorbers: all adjustments to

macroeconomic shocks are painful. Business Standard, July

14, 2008 p.12.

/Economic Growth/Economic Policy/Inflation Rate/

90 Growth momentum under pressure: Analysts. The Economic

Times, July 16, 2008 p.12.


91 Hassett, Kevin. The world's poor hunger for free trade.


/Economic Policy/Poverty Reduction/Free Trade/

92 Hokkaido high: G8 boost for India (Ed). The Economic Times,

July 10, 2008 p.14.

/WTO/Climate Change/

93 Jayanthi, C.. Ensuring connectivity in the South Asian

region. The Financial Express, July 2, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Cooperation/SAARC/

94 Joseph, Mathew;Singh, Karan. End of high growth rates for

India. The Economic Times, July 22, 2008 p.14.

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95 Kalra, Krishna. Should maintaining a high sovereign rating

be part of election manifestos?: We need political will for

Tiers-2 reforms. The Financial Express, July 28, 2008 p.8.


96 Lal, Deepak. Towards stakeholder capitalism?. Business


/Capitalism/Economic Reforms/Economic Policy/

97 Maira, Arun. The future of capitalism. The Economic Times,

July 10, 2008 p.14.

/Capitalism/

98 Optimism in times of inflation. The Economic Times, July 5,

2008 p.8.

/Economic Growth/Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/

99 Prakash, Akash. Reform is the only way out. Business


/Economic Growth/Economic Reforms/

100 Rajwade, A.V.. Surviving in the global village. Business


/Globalisation/Protection/

101 Rajwade, A.V.. Unintended consequences. Business Standard,

July 7, 2008 p.12.

/Globalisation/

102 Rao, Bhanoji. Some prescriptions for a growth push.



103 Ray, Alok. Does globalisation hurt the poor?. Business

Line, July 17, 2008 p.8.

/Globalisation/Poverty Reduction/

104 Ray, Subir. Great growth, with poor quality of life.


/Economic Growth/Human Development/

105 Rodrik, Dani. The globalisation consensus is dead. Business


/Globalisation/

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106 Sabnavis, Madan. The pain of election economics. The


/Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/Economic Policy/Fiscal

Deficit/

107 Samuelson, Robert J.. Is globalisation leading to unstable

global economy. The Economic Times, July 17, 2008 p.12.

/Globalisation/Economic Condition/Global Economy/

108 Sen, Sudipta K.. Sustainability as competitive edge. The


/Sustainable Development/Economic Development/

109 Sheel, Alok. A brief history of globalisation . The


/Globalisation/

110 Sinha, Janmejaya. A poverty of prediction. The Financial


/Economic Forecasting/

111 Srinivasan, G.. Firing from twin engines. Business Line,

July 28, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Growth/Agricultural Growth/

112 Srinivasan, T.N.. Indian economy: short-term outlook,

long-term prospects. The Economic Times, July 14, 2008 p.17.


113 Stiglitz, Joseph E.. The end of neo-liberalism. TheEconomic Times, July 14, 2008 p.17.

/Globalisation/Neo-liberalism/

114 Suri, Yogesh. Seeing the glass as three-fourth full.


/Petroleum Prices/Inflation Rate/Economic Growth/

115 Wheatley, Alan. G-8 modest but measurable results. Business

Line, July 11, 2008 p.8.

/Economic Cooperation/Developed Economies/

EDUCATION

116 Desai, Jayesh. Private participation in education. The


/Higher Education/Private Participation/

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ENERGY

117 Behuria, Sarthak. In search of energy security . The


/Energy Security/Power Sector Reforms/Energy Demand/

118 Bhattacharjee, C.R.. Solar power in the deserts of

Rajasthan and Gujarat. The Financial Express, July 29, 2008

p.8.

/Solar Energy/Energy Sources/

119 Friedman, Thomas L.. Texas to Tel Aviv. Business Standard,

July 31, 2008 p.15.

/Petroleum Prices/Clean Energy/Renewable Energy/

120 Jishnu, Latha. Chasing the nuclear power chimera. Business


/Nuclear Energy/Energy Sources/Cost of Production/

121 Mishra, Jaideep. Saving resources to save growth. The


/Alternative Energy/Renewable Energy/

122 Rao, Kameswara. Powered by the sun. The Financial Express,

July 24, 2008 p.6.

/Solar Energy/

123 Rao, Kameswara. Prospects for renewable energy. Business


/Renewable Energy/

124 Sharma, Ashok B.. Options on eco-friendly power. The


/Alternative Energy/Solar Energy/

ENVIRONMENT

125 Carbon emissions put India Inc in a tight spot. The


/Carbon Emission/Global Warming/

126 Desai, Nitin. Financing climate correction. Business


/Carbon Credit/Climate Mitigation/

127 East Europe's climate policy dilemma (Ed). Business Line,

July 29, 2008 p.8.

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/Climate Change/Climate Policy/Europe/

128 Friedman, Thomas L.. No respite from pollution. Business


/Energy Policy/Carbon Emission/

129 Krishnan, N.R.. Few positives from G-8 meet. Business Line,

July 17, 2008 p.8.

/Climate Change/Carbon Emission/

130 Little progress on climate change (Ed). Business Line, July

11, 2008 p.8.

/Climate Change/Global Warming/Carbon Emission/

131 Lomborg, Bjorn. Beware of the green inquisition. The


/Kyoto Protocol/Carbon Emission/Research and Development/

132 Narain, Sunita. The mean world of climate. BusinessStandard, July 4, 2008 p.8.

/Global Warming/Climate Change/Environment Policy/

133 Sangal, P.P.. India's climate change action plan . The


/Climate Change/Emission Reduction/Energy Demand/

FERTILISER INDUSTRY

134 The organic option (Ed). Business Line, July 7, 2008 p.8.

/Organic Fertilisers/Fertiliser Policy/Fertiliser Subsidy/

GOVERNANCE

135 Karnik, Kiran. Conquering corruption. The Economic Times,

July 9, 2008 p.16.

/Corruption/

HEALTH CARE

136 Datta Ghosh, Meenakshi. Reforming healthcare. The Financial


/Health Services/

137 Narendranath, K.G.. Vote for larger healthcare spend in

coming election. The Economic Times, July 31, 2008 p.19.

/Healthcare Expenditure/

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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY

138 Kattuman, Paul. The top 1 pc. The Financial Express, July

29, 2008 p.6.

/Household Expenditure/Household Income/Income Inequality/

HOUSING

139 Lahari, Ashok K.. Building blocks . The Financial Express,

July 26, 2008 p.6.

/Housing Policy/Housing Finance/

INDUSTRY

140 Chakrabarti, Rajesh. Unlikely partners. The Financial


/Mergers and Acquisitions/

141 Gopalan, Krishna;Dobhal, Shailesh. Shaken hands: India

inc's global M&A ambitions are increasingly running into

legal, environment and culture complexities.. The Economic

Times, July 26, 2008 p.10.

/Mergers and Acquisitions/

142 May IIP growth slumps to 3.8 pc. The Economic Times, July

12, 2008 p.1.

/Industrial Production/Industrial Growth/

INFLATION

143 Barua, Abheek. Inflation: more shock ahead?. Business


/Inflation Rate/

144 Baskar, B.. Inflation is likely to remain high in the near

term. Business Line, July 8, 2008 p.9.

/Inflation Rate/Global Inflation/

145 Baskar, B.. Inflation: cause for concern, not panic.


/Inflation Rate/Global Inflation/Inflation Control/

146 Bhatia, Dilip. Is the price spiral demand driven?. The


/Commodity Prices/Inflation Rate/

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147 Changing tack on inflation (Ed). Business Line, July 2,

2008 p.8.

/Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/

148 Collyns, Charles;Srinivasan, Krishna. Inflation: changing

dynamics. Business Standard, July 20, 2008 p.13.


149 Getting the measure of inflation (Ed). Business Line, July

8, 2008 p.8.

/Inflation Indices/Inflation Rate/

150 Inflation roses to 11.63 pc, bond yield at 7 year high. The


/Inflation Rate/Bond Yield/

151 Joshi, Dharmakriti. Are emerging economies causing

inflation?. The Economic Times, July 8, 2008 p.17.

/Inflation Rate/Emerging Economies/

152 Joshi, Sharad. Inflation haunts consumers more in rural

areas. Business Line, July 3, 2008 p.6.

/Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/Consumer Price Index/

153 Joshi, Sharad. Right medicine for inflation. Business Line,

July 2, 2008 p.8.


154 Kumar, Nagesh. Are emerging economies causing inflation?.



155 Lingle, Christopher. It's neither the oil prices nor the

high wages. Business Standard, July 11, 2008 p.11.


156 Palit, Amitendu. Food for thought from pricey Asia. The


/Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/Asia/

157 Ranade, Ajit. Are emerging economies causing inflation?.



158 Sabnavis, Madan. Does core inflation really matter?.



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159 Sabnavis, Madan. Is stagflation on the horizon?. Business

Line, July 18 2008 p.8.

/Economic Growth/Inflation Rate/Stagflation/

160 Sabnavis, Madan. State-sponsored inflation. The Economic

Times, July 18, 2008 p.14.


161 Seshan, A.. Overreacting to price rise?. Banking, July 30,

2008 p.8.

/Inflation Rate/Wholesale Price Index/Economic Growth/

162 Shah, Ajay. Reserve (selling) Bank of India. The Financial


/Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/Foreign Exchange

Reserves/Monetary Policy/

163 Shah, Ajay. What can be done about inflation. The Financial



164 Sheel, Alok. What inflation targeting?. Business Standard,

July 9, 2008 p.8.

/Inflation Targeting/Inflation Control/

165 Sinha, Anjani. Is the price spiral demand driven?. The


/Commodity Prices/Inflation Rate/

166 Urgent priority for central banks is to cool inflation,says Reddy. The Financial Express, July 5, 2008 p.1.

/Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/Monetary Policy/

167 Venkitaramanan, S.. Inflation targeting and India. Business

Line, July 14, 2008 p.8.

/Inflation Rate/Inflation Control/Inflation Targeting/

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

168 Software's hard times (Ed). Business Standard, July 21,2008 p.13.

/Software Industry/Corporate Performance/

INFRASTRUCTURE

169 Chatterjee, Vinayak. The growth driver of the 21st century.


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/Infrastructure Growth/Infrastructure Development/Economic

Growth/

INVESTMENTS

170 Balachandran, G.. An FDI Policy for sensitive sectors? :

sure, but it ought to be transparent.. The Economic Times,

July 23, 2008 p.14.

/Foreign Investment/FDI Policy/

171 Edwin, Tina. FDI facing testing times, may miss targets.


/Foreign Investment/

172 India's outward FDI up 29.6 pc at $ 17.4 bn in FY 08.

Business Standard, July 17, 2008 p.Section II, 4.

/Foreign Investment/Outward FDI/

173 Raju, S.V.. An FDI policy for sensitive sectors? : Aridiculous plan that should be abandoned . The Economic

Times, July 23, 2008 p.14.


174 Rao, Sheshagiri. Will high interest rates kills investment

growth?. Business Standard, July 2, 2008 p.12.

/Interest Rates/Investment Growth/

175 Vyas, Mahesh. Will high interest rates kills investment

growth?. Business Standard, July 2, 2008 p.12.

/Interest Rates/Investment Growth/

JEWELLERY INDUSTRY

176 Majumdar, Raj. The global gold rush. The Financial Express,

July 2, 2008 p.6.

/Gold Prices/

LAND REFORMS

177 Sridhar, Kala Seetharam. Who benefits from land?. The


/Land Laws/Land Administration/

LAW

178 Ghate, Prabhu. Learning from Rwanda. The Economic Times,

July 17, 2008 p.12.

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/Legal Reforms/Rwanda/

MARKETING

179 Saundararajan, Nirupama. The real story of retail. Business


/Retailing/Organised Retail/

MICROFINANCE

180 Pant, Manoj. Financial inclusion and microcredit. The


/Financial Inclusion/Microcredit/

MONETARY ECONOMICS

181 Jog, Sanjay;Swain, Sitanshu. Half the inflows last year was

hot money . The Financial Express, July 29, 2008 p.1.

/Capital Flows/

182 Mahanti, Tushar Kanti. Govt reduces exposure to external

debt, ECB's share increases. The Economic Times, July 18,

2008 p.17.

/External Debt/External Commercial Borrowings/

183 Mishra, Jaideep. Focus on primary market first to give a

beg up to corporate bonds. The Economic Times, July 7, 2008

p.10.

/Corporate Bonds/Bond Market/

184 Pan, Indranil. The rupee is likely to face depreciation

pressure for the remainder of this fiscal. The Financial


/Rupee Depreciation/Exchange Rate/

185 Parekh, Sandeep P.. Reforming corporate debt market: Miles

covered, miles to go. The Economic Times, July 16, 2008

p.12.

/Corporate Debt/Debt Market/

186 Patnaik, Ila. In the balance. The Financial Express, July

8, 2008 p.6.

/Capital Inflows/Balance of Payment/

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OILMEAL

187 Arun, S.;Mukherjee, Sanjeeb. Ban on oilmeal export to tame

inflation. The Financial Express, July 14, 2008 p.4.

/Oilmeal Exports/Oilmeal Prices/

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

188 Bandyopadhyay, Kaushik Ranjan. Crude reality: there is more

to oil spike than speculation. The Economic Times, July 23,

2008 p.10.

/Petroleum Prices/

189 Chaturvedi, Sandeep. Towards a sustainable and viable

bio-fuel programme. The Financial Express, July 1, 2008 p.8.

/Biofuel Policy/

190 Chidambaram, P.. Oil industry needs to re-assert itsleadership. Business Standard, July 12, 2008 p.12.

/Petroleum Prices/Petroleum Consumption/

191 Choudhury Ranbir Ray. Oil price holds the key. Business

Line, July 7, 2008 p.8.

/Petroleum Prices/

192 Crude hits USD 144, on way to touch USD 150. The Financial


/Petroleum Prices/

193 Damodaran, Harish. Ethanol import plans run into rough

weather. Business Line, July 1, 2008 p.13.

/Ethanol Import/Ethanol Use/Biofuels/

194 Doshi, Hiren. The paradox of global petroleum demand and

supply. The Financial Express, July 23, 2008 p.8.

/Petroleum Demand/Petroleum Supply/

195 Gupta, Akhil. Tackle oil crisis on sustainable basis. The


/Petroleum Prices/Petroleum Subsidy/

196 Kapoor, Rajeev. What are the consequences of dieselisation?

. The Economic Times, July 29, 2008 p.15.

/Petroleum Use/Petroleum Demand/Diesel Demand/Petroleum

Subsidy/

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197 Katakey, Rakteem. Oil, gas demand-supply gap to widen

further. Business Standard, July 14, 2008 p.3.

/Petroleum Demand/Petroleum Consumption/

198 Lean, green and not mean. The Financial Express, July 4,

2008 p.7.

/Biofuel Production/Brazil/United States/

199 Mehta, Vikram S.. Speculation for fundamentals?. The


/Petroleum Prices/

200 Narain, Sunita. What are the consequences of dieselisation?

. The Economic Times, July 29, 2008 p.15.


Subsidy/

201 Oil price impact widens current account deficit. Business

Line, July 1, 2008 p.6.

/Petroleum Prices/Petroleum Import/Current Account Deficit/

202 Ojah, Oineetom;Jog, Sanjay. National biofuel policy may see

light of day. The Financial Express, July 9, 2008 p.4.

/Biofuel Policy/

203 Ponappa, Shyam. Inflation, fuel prices and taxes. Business


/Inflation Rate/Petroleum Prices/Sales Tax/

204 Raha, Subir. Drunk on diesel : ten easy steps towardsattaining energy independence. The Financial Express, July

21, 2008 p.6.

/Energy Security/Petroleum Conservation/Petroleum Policy/

205 Raha, subir. Say no to cheap oil. The Financial Express,

July 14, 2008 p.6.

/Petroleum Prices/

206 Raha, Subir. What are the consequences of dieselisation? .



Subsidy/

207 Rao, M. Govinda. Between the devil and the deep sea.


/Petroleum Prices/Fiscal Deficit/Petroleum Subsidy/

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208 Rao, T.N.R.. Crude realities in a globalised world. The


/Petroleum Prices/Petroleum Infrastructure/

209 Semwal, Gaurav. Looking for oil. The Financial Express,

July 8, 2008 p.6.

/Petroleum Exploration/

210 Singh, Puneet. A level playing petro field. The Financial


/Petroleum Prices/

211 Srinivasan, Raghuvir. Fuelling a diesel crisis. Business

Line, July 2, 2008 p.8.

/Petroleum Prices/

212 Srinivasan, Raghuvir. Where's the windfall profit for a

tax?. Business Line, July 16, 2008 p.8.

/Tax Policy/Windfall Profit Tax/Petroleum Policy/

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

213 Narendranath, K.G.. Drug regulations fail reality tests.


/Pharmaceutical Policy/Pharmaceutical Regulations/

POVERTY

214 Dayal, Raghu. What ails the laggards. Business Line, July

25, 2008 p.9.

/Millennium Development Goals/Poverty Reduction/

215 Edwin, Tina. Inclusive business model could serve the poor.


/Poverty Reduction/Inclusive Growth/Business Model/

POWER

216 Jack up distribution to light up India: McKinsey. The


/Power Reforms/Power Distribution/Transmission Losses/

217 Mishra, Jaideep. Inter-state power trading needs policy

backup . The Economic Times, July 29, 2008 p.17.

/Power Trading/

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218 Mishra, Jaideep. Recast market design in power. The


/Power Demand/Power Supply/

219 Mitra, Soumya Kanti. Nuclear deals benefits emerging

economies. The Financial Express, July 16, 2008 p.8.

/Nuclear Power/

220 Nair, S.K.N.. Reflections on the power mix. Business Line,

July 19, 2008 p.8.

/Nuclear Power/Power Generation/

221 Nandan, Jiwesh. A multi exchange scenario for competition.

The Financial Express, July 29, 2008 p.8.

/Power Trading/Power Sector Reforms/

222 Narendranath, K.G.. 1 2 3 go: the N-deal, if passed, could

open up new vistas for equipment makers for nuclear power.


/Nuclear Power/Nuclear Deal/Power Generation/

223 Ojah, Oineetom. Rural power plan fails to light up villages.


/Rural Electrification/RGGVY/

224 Padmapriya, J.. Power policy leaves south reeling under

perpetual power shortage. The Economic Times, July 30, 2008

p.14.

/Power Policy/Power Demand/

225 Sasi, Anil. Hydel power output likely to fall sharply.


/Power Generation/Hydro Power/Rainfall/

PUBLIC FINANCE

226 Fiscal deficit rises on high expenditure. The Financial


/Fiscal Deficit/Government Expenditure/

227 Palit, Amitendu. Fiscal deficit, unrated. The Financial


/Fiscal Deficit/

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RAIL TRANSPORT

228 Dayal, Raghu. Imperative of new rail freight corridors. The


/Railway Freight/Freight Corridor/

229 Viswanathan, Vijayalakshmi. Putting rail freight back on

track. Business Line, July 12, 2008 p.8.

/Rail freight/

SERVICES SECTOR

230 Chandrasekhar, C.P.;Ghosh, Jayati. New light on business

services. Business Line, July 15, 2008 p.9.

/Services Growth/

231 Panagariya, Arvind. A quiet revolution in service delivery?.


/Service Delivery/

SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES

232 Raju, Yerram. Sick SME's and the Chakrabarty clinic. The


/Credit Availability/SMEs/

STEEL INDUSTRY

233 Firoz, A.S.. Steel prices: government to do all?. The


/Steel Prices/

234 Narendranath, K.G.. Only in India have steel prices dipped

recently. The Economic Times, July 9, 2008 p.9.

/Steel Prices/Steel Exports/

235 Roychowdhury, Indronil. Give us our daily steel, cry

exporters. The Financial Express, July 30, 2008 p.4.

/Steel Production/Steel Prices/

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SUBSIDY

236 Acharya, Shankar. Subsidies to perdition. Business Standard,

July 10, 2008 p.9.

/Power Subsidy/Fertiliser Subsidy/Petroleum Subsidy/

237 Das, Sandip. Rs 22,000 crore govt dues push FCI's borrowing

costs. The Financial Express, July 18, 2008 p.4.

/Food Subsidy/

SUGAR INDUSTRY

238 Jagannathan, Prabha. Sugar decontrol essential, but take

farmers on board. The Economic Times, July 9, 2008 p.9.

/Sugar Policy/Sugar Decontrol/

239 Krishnan, Aarati. Sugar needs release from control.


/Sugar Policy/Decontrol/

TAXATION

240 Mishra, Vivek. An unfinished agenda: VAT needs finetuning

to meet the goals. The Economic Times, July 30, 2008 p.14.

/Value Added Tax/Tax Policy/

241 Narendranath, K.G.. GST plans yet be far from reality. The


/Goods and Services Tax/Tax Policy/

TELECOMMUNICATION

242 Sridhar, V.;Raja, S.R.. The next big mobile wave. The


/Mobile Service/Value Added Service/Regulation/

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

243 Gurumurthy, S.. Foreign exchange derivatives and

'Armstrong' palanisamys. Business Line, July 4, 2008 p.8.

/Textile Exports/Foreign Exchange Derivatives/Exports

Growth/

244 Strauss-Khan, Dominique. Govt turns a Nelson's eye to poor

man's cloth. The Economic Times, July 22, 2008 p.10.

/Man-made Fibre Spinning/

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TOBACCO INDUSTRY

245 Ghosh, Partha.. Policy on FDI in tobacco caught in haze .



TRADE

246 Arun, S.. Brazil walks away, but China joins India to fight

US at WTO. The Financial Express, July 29, 2008 p.4.

/WTO/Trade Negotiation/

247 Arun, S.. Developing countries ignored at WTO: Nama-11. The


/WTO/Non-Agricultural Market Access/Trade Negotiation/

248 Arun, S.. Doha round talks sways, shows signs of breakdown .The Financial Express, July 29, 2008 p.2.

/WTO/Trade Negotiation/Doha Meet/

249 Arun, S.. G-33 calls for major cut in farm subsidies by the

rich. The Financial Express, July 21, 2008 p.1.

/WTO/Farm Subsidies/

250 Arun, S.. India firm on services sector as part of WTO deal

. The Financial Express, July 26, 2008 p.2.

/WTO/Services Trade/

251 Arun, S.. The main issue was livelihood of millions of poor

farmers. The Financial Express, July 30, 2008 p.4.

/WTO/Trade Negotiations/Agricultural Trade/

252 Arun, S.. Unfinished trade agenda hurting Doha Round. The


/WTO/Non-Agricultural Market Access/Trade Negotiation/Doha

Meet/

253 Arun, S.;Verma, Sunny. Re depreciation hurts exporters as

predictions go haywire. The Financial Express, July 3, 2008p.1.

/Rupee Depreciation/Exports/

254 Bahnumurthy, N.R.. Is the widening current account deficit

a cause of concern: Second-order effects could fuel

inflation. The Financial Express, July 14, 2008 p.8.

/Current Account Deficit/

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255 Chandrasekhar, C.P.;Ghosh, Jayati. Balance of Payments: do

we need to worry?. Business Line, July 29, 2008 p.9.

/Exports/Imports/Trade Imbalance/Balance of Payments/

256 Das, Kasturi. WTO ministerial must address biopiracy

concerns. The Economic Times, July 14, 2008 p.20.

/WTO/TRIPS/

257 De, Prabir. India uses services route to globalise. The


/India-Malaysia Trade/Services Trade/Merchandise Trade/

258 Debroy, Bibek. The end, for now. The Financial Express,

July 30, 2008 p.6.

/WTO/Trade Negotiations/

259 Defrosting Doha. The Financial Express, July 21, 2008 p.7.

/WTO/Doha Development Agenda/Trade Negotiation/

260 Dhar, Biswajit. Next agenda: India must ensure services are

part of WTO talks. The Economic Times, July 31, 2008 p.19.

/WTO/Services Trade/

261 Doha ambushed (Ed). Banking, July 31, 2008 p.8.


262 EU offers to cut farm tariffs by 60pc in global trade pact.


/Agricultural Tariffs/WTO/

263 Jayanthi, C.. Intra-Asian trade and investment looking up.


/Intra-Asian Trade/Free Trade Agreements/

264 Kanth, D. Ravi. India, six others to resolve difference on

Doha Round. Business Standard, July 24, 2008 p.14.

/WTO/Free Trade Agreement/Doha Meet/

265 Karmakar, Suparna. Doha was designed to fail. Business



266 Low demand hits exports growth. Business Standard, July 2,

2008 p.2.

/Exports/Exports Growth/Imports/

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267 Mehta, Pradeep S.. Lets up the ante on agriculture. The


/Agricultural Trade/Agricultural Tariff/Agricultural

Subsidy/WTO/Non-agricultural Market Access/

268 Narendranath, K.G.. India should press for new nama

modalities. The Economic Times, July 1, 2008 p.10.

/Non-agricultural Market Access/Trade Negotiations/WTO/

269 Narlikar, Amrita. Deadlocked on Doha. The Financial Express,

July 19, 2008 p.6.

/WTO/Doha Development Agenda/Non-Agricultural Market

Access/

270 Sen, Amiti. Chill sets in at WTO mini-ministerial meet .


/WTO/Trade Negotiation/

271 Sharma, Ashok B.. Revised WTO texts do not offer much tothe developing world. The Financial Express, July 16, 2008

p.8.

/WTO/Non-Agricultural Market Access/Developing Countries/

272 Siddiqui, Huma. Despite tensions, Sino-Indian trade on the

fast track. The Financial Express, July 2, 2008 p.8.

/India-China Trade/

273 Srinivasan, G.. WTO meet on services crucial to India

exports. Business Line, July 24, 2008 p.10.

/Services Exports/WTO/

274 Stumbling over substance (Ed). Business Line, July 1, 2008

p.8.

/WTO/Trade Negotiation/Agricultural Trade/

275 Suresh Babu, M.. Is the widening current account deficit a

cause of concern: invisible cushion the oil price shock.


/Current Account Deficit/

276 Trade deficit widens to $90.1 billion in 2007-08. TheFinancial Express, July 29, 2008 p.4.

/Exports/Imports/Trade Deficit/

277 Zaman, Arif. The key to unlocking the value of Safta. The


/Free Trade Agreements/SAFTA/

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TYRE INDUSTRY

278 Seth, Yogima. Tyres : stacked against heavy odds. The


/Tyre Prices/Tyre Imports/

WATER RESOURCES

279 Srinivasan, G.. Rural water supply: no smooth flow.


/Water Supply/Rural Areas/

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AUTHOR INDEX

Acharya, Shankar

236

Ahuja, Vishwavir

24

Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria

75

Arango, Tim

61

Arun, S.

187, 246, 247, 248, 249,

250, 251, 252, 253

Bahnumurthy, N.R.

254

Bajaj, Khushagra2

Balachandran, G.

170

Bandyopadhyay, Kaushik Ranjan

188

Barua, Abheek

25, 143

Baskar, B.

144, 145

Behuria, Sarthak

117

Bery, Suman

76

Bhalla, Surjit S.

26

Bhat, U.R.

50

Bhatia, Dilip

146

Bhattacharjee, C.R.

118

Bhattacharya, Saugata

27

Bhusnurmath, Mythili

77, 78

Bose, Kunal

3

Chakrabarti, Rajesh

79, 140

Chandrasekhar, C.P.

80, 231, 255

Chandrashekhar, G.

60

Chatterjee, Vinayak

169

Chaturvedi, H.

81

Chaturvedi, Sandeep

189

Chidambaram, P.

190

Choudhury Ranbir Ray

191

Collyns, Charles

148

Damodaran, Harish

4, 55, 193

Das, Kasturi

256

Das, M.K.

82

Das, Sandip

5, 237

Das, Satyajit

28

Datta Ghosh, Meenakshi

136

Dayal, Raghu

214, 228

De, Prabir

257

Debroy, Bibek

83, 258

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Desai, Jayesh

116

Desai, Meghnad

84

Desai, Nitin

126

Dhar, Biswajit260

Dobhal, Shailesh

141

Dogra, Bharat

7

Doshi, Hiren

194

Duttagupta, Ishani

73

Edwin, Tina

85, 171, 215

Firoz, A.S.

233

Friedman, Thomas L.

119, 128

Ghate, Prabhu

74, 178

Ghosh, Jayati80, 231, 255

Ghosh, Partha.

245

Ghosh, Soumya Kanti

87

Gokarn, Subir

88, 89

Gopalan, Krishna

141

Gopinath, G.R.

22

Gopinath, T.

40

Gulati, Ashok

56

Gupta, Akhil

195

Gurumurthy, S.

243

Haldipur, Rajesh

30

Hassett, Kevin31, 91

Indiresan, P.V.

32

Jagannathan, Prabha

9, 238

Jayanthi, C.

93, 263

Jishnu, Latha

120

Jog, Sanjay

181, 202

Joseph, Mathew

94

Joshi, Dharmakriti

151

Joshi, Sharad

152, 153

Kalra, Krishna95

Kant, Chandan Kishore

54

Kanth, D. Ravi

264

Kapoor, Rajeev

196

Kapur, Sudhir

62, 63

Karmakar, Suparna

265

Karnik, Kiran

135

Katakey, Rakteem

197

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Kattuman, Paul

138

Kaul, Sanjay

57

Krishnan, Aarati

239

Krishnan, N.R.129

Kumar, Nagesh

154

Kurian, Vinson

55

Lahari, Ashok K.

139

Lal, Deepak

96

Lingle, Christopher

155

Lomborg, Bjorn

131

Mahanti, Tushar Kanti

69, 182

Maira, Arun

97

Majumdar, Raj176

Malhotra, Megha

23

Manglik, Jayant

64

Mehta, Pradeep S.

70, 267

Mehta, Sangita

33

Mehta, Vikram S.

199

Mishra, Jaideep

34, 121, 183, 217, 218

Mishra, Vivek

240

Mitra, Amit

35

Mitra, Soumya Kanti

219

Modi, Ajay

11

Mukherjee, Sanjeeb187

Murthy, K.S.R.K.

12

Nair, D.K.

71

Nair, S.K.N.

220

Nandan, Jiwesh

221

Narain, Sunita

132, 200

Narendranath, K.G.

137, 213, 222, 234, 241,

268

Narlikar, Amrita

269

Ojah, Oineetom

202, 223

Padmapriya, J.

224

Palit, Amitendu

156, 227

Pan, Indranil

184

Panagariya, Arvind

230

Pant, Manoj180

Parekh, Ashvin

36

Parekh, Sandeep P.

185

Patnaik, Ila

186

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Persaud, Avinash D.

37

Ponappa, Shyam

203

Prakash, Akash

99

Raghavan, B.S.65, 66

Raha, Subir

204, 205, 206

Raja, S.R.

242

Rajan, Balaraman

23

Raju, S.V.

173

Raju, Yerram

232

Rajwade, A.V.

100, 101

Ram Mohan, T.T.

38, 39

Ramanath, N.S.

33

Ranade, Ajit157

Rao, Bhanoji

102

Rao, Kameswara

122, 123

Rao, M. Govinda

207

Rao, Sheshagiri

174

Rao, T.N.R.

208

Ravi Mohan, P.R.

40

Ravimohan, R.

51

Ray, Alok

103

Ray, Subir

104

Rodrik, Dani

105

Roychowdhury, Indronil235

Sabnavis, Madan

106, 158, 159, 160

Sabnavis, Madhukar

52

Saft, James

41

Samuelson, Robert J.

13, 107

Sangal, P.P.

133

Sasi, Anil

225

Saundararajan, Nirupama

179

Semwal, Gaurav

209

Sen, Amiti270

Sen, Sudipta K.

108

Sengupta, Somini

14

Seshan, A.

42, 161

Seth, Yogima

278

Shah, Ajay

43, 162, 163

Sharma, Ashok B.

15, 124, 271

Sharma, Ruchir

53

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