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The bitter cup of auction
PREDICTABLY, THE PERSISTING downturn in the tea industry and ways of reversing the trend dominated the meeting the Commerce Secretary, Mr Dipak Chatterjee, had with the industry representatives in New Delhi. The slide began in the second half of ... More

ECONOMY


Will war force good governance?
"Governance has been a source of mounting worry in recent years as familiar national entities seemed to dissolve and the polity fragment into squabbling regional segments with no philosophical rationale. As parties based on principles gave way ... More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS


How to reform tariff?
While the Customs duty structure in some developed countries is modelled in such a way that peak tariffs are fixed at high levels despite low average tariffs, there is a long way to go in reforms, despite our efforts at reducing peak and average tari ff rates. More

TAXATION


Niggling doubts on MAT
S. Murlidharan on how the law on book profit tax bristles with ambiguities More

Online offline
THE taxman in the UK had to suddenly pull the plug out of its online tax return filing system when security became a major concern. The online self-assessment service was shut down on Monday after assessees reported seeing information in their ... More

TERRORISM


The `X' factor
THE destruction of the World Trade Centre last year, when a "stateless" group struck, began a new era in international brinkmanship. Consider what Washington has to say about the current India-Pakistan confrontation and, in particular, the ... More

ECONOMICS


Debby and Amir: The dream-weavers
THE last thing I expected economists to be doing was watching movies. Because the serious-minded would consider it a wasteful exercise to see a white screen where fleeting images shadowbox. But when I read about the presentation made by Prof ... More

INCOME TAX


Unaccounted burden
T. C. A. Ramanujam highlights the problems faced by the I-T Department in tracking down black money More
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