The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, April 13, 2002

Troubled ties
THE LATEST ROUND of trade talks between India and Bangladesh was yet again a difficult process, necessitating an extension of negotiations after a breakdown. While this has been the case ever since Bangladesh gained independence, the ... More

ECONOMY

A good tag
ONE remembers the brave face the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, put on after presenting his Union Budget for 2002-2003 when he said that, this time around, there would be no "rollback" of any major proposal and that he was fed up with the ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

The paternity question of profits
PROFIT is a dirty word for many puritans. As if to justify such a view, businessmen are often apologetic about making profits as, otherwise, you would not find so many of them sponsoring social causes or making donations to temples. I am not ... More

FERTILISERS

Options for using surplus urea
The requirements of domestic units engaged in the production of complex fertilisers, are met almost entirely from imports. A portion of these requirements can be supplied by the integrated ammonia/urea plants having a surplus after fully meeting thei r commitments under the Essential Commodities Act. The Government must ensure optimum utilisation of the domestic production capacity. More

POLITICS

Business-friendly Gujarat: A paradox?
THIS is definitely fire-fighting of a different kind. `Operation Damage Control', to put the business house of Gujarat in order, sputtered to a start just a few days ago, just before the Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, left for the Bharatiya ... More

TAXATION

Needless knottiness
THE one obvious contribution that the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has made to direct tax laws, especially the Income-Tax Act, through his five consecutive Budgets has been to load the Finance Acts with numerous tax provisions. Over ... More

Width sans depth
For widening the tax base, the host of amendments proposed in the Finance Bill, 2002 may not be good enough, says T. C. A. Ramanujam More

Demons in the bond regime
Shorn off the glitches, the CBDT's approach to deep discount bonds is refreshingly new, says S. Murlidharan More

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