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The Eastern Economist July 24 1953
1953
Summary
No method has yet been found for the wise delegation of the Prime Mjnister's responsibilities; and yet the opportunities for such delegation should be large: For example he should be able to leave the problem of the cost of living to the Finance Minister with merely the overiding command that the urban cost of living must be reduced to its March 1952 level in the first instance. [...] It is in the cities and the towns and in the inadequacy of current economic policies of the Central Government to meet the new challenge of unrest in the middle classes. [...] It may even be that the West Bengal Government has a strong vested interest in the enhancement of the Company's reserves; it is no secret in Calcutta that the West Bengal Goverment contemplates the taking over of the tramways on the expiry of the current lease. [...] The latest is the purge in Azerbaijan of M. Bagirov who has been accused of grave violations of his duties." Till now he was regarded as the "strong man" of the area; after having been a party boss he became Premier of the Republic and one of the four alternate members of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party. [...] One of thmajor clauses of the pact solemnly declares that prodution in the two countries will be co-ordinated with the specific object of maximising the trade between the two countries when the plain truth is that this trade is a fraction of their total trade and the co-ordination" contemplated cannot disregard the higher interests of the economies of the two countries in matters not coc
| Title | Pages | Author/Editor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontmatter | 121-121 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| The Prime Minister | 121-122 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Confusion in Calcutta | 123-123 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Statistical Struggles | 124-126 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| The Week’s Notes | 127-128 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| The World Abroad | 129-129 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Overseas Reports | 130-132 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Worldgram | 133-134 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| News in Brief | 135-136 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| A Window on the World | 137-138 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| A Delhi Diary | 139-139 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Employment in War and Peace | 140-141 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Fluctuations in Railway Investments | 141-142 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Book Reviews | 143-144 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Letters to the Editor | 145-146 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| The Business World | 147-150 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Business Notes | 151-152 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Commodity News and Notes | 153-153 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Company Affairs | 154-157 | E.P.W. da Costa | |
| Current Statistics | 158-160 | E.P.W. da Costa |
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