The Eastern Economist August 6 1948

The sober Declarations of Rights of the British Parliament the passionate Declaration of Rights of the French Republic the measured rhetoric of the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 are all landmarks in the histories of the countries to which ' the'y relate. [...] To those of us who see the economic future of the country in terms of the capacity of the nation to raise new enterprise without detriment to the community the happenings in this idustry must come as a grievous blow. [...] The trend of the cost of living index in Kanpur the U. P.'s biggest industrial centre may be taken as an indicator of the direction of the economic wind in the province. [...] The first of these is expected to come into being soon although two conferences to take place during this month one at Bombay of shipping interests and the other at New Delhi of the Standing Commitee of the Ministry of Commerce will consider the final shape that will be given to the idea of the corporations. [...] Research in Food In his inaugural address to the seventh meeting of the technical panel of the Food Mi iistry the Minister for Food pointed out that while it i; necessary to cater to the needs of the urban population and of the middle and upper classes it would be dangerous to ignore the requirements of the vast mass of the rural population.