Dear Sir/Madam, THREE interesting news items appeared last month. The first referred to the Independence Day promise by the Prime Minister that by the end of the current Plan, every district will have a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a new National Rainfed Area Authority to focus on problems of dry-land farming, and one crore hectares to be brought under irrigation. The second was on the recommendation by former space scientist, Dr U. R. Rao, that the new drive on developmental aspirations should be based on the new found "knowledge society". The third pertained to the suggestion by Mr Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies, that people should be moved from agriculture to the manufacturing and services sectors to make India globally competitive on the export front............... Further Information Source: Business line www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/24/stories/2005092400201000.htm regards ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear Sir/Madam,       T HREE interesting news items appeared last month. The first referred to the Independence Day promise by the Prime Minister that by the end of the current Plan, every district will have a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a new National Rainfed Area Authority to focus on problems of dry-land farming, and one crore hectares to be brought under irrigation.   The second was on the recommendation by former space scientist, Dr U. R. Rao, that the new drive on developmental aspirations should be based on the new found "knowledge society".   The third pertained to the suggestion by Mr Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies, that people should be moved from agriculture to the manufacturing and services sectors to make India globally competitive on the export front...............   Further Information Source: Business line http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/24/stories/2005092400201000.htm www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/24/stories/2005092400201000.htm         regards   ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your partner now.