The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 23, 2002

Service tax can wait
IN THEORY, FEW would quarrel with the notion of a tax on services, with the sector accounting for nearly half the volume of economic activity in the country. Using a residuary clause in the Constitution, the Centre began taxing a few services ... More

ECONOMY

Industry — a tortuous 25 years
OF LATE, the academic debate on the state of the Indian economy has focussed a great deal on the industrial sector. This is because the growth rate of this sector has witnessed a sharp deceleration over the last five years, falling below the ... More

ENVIRONMENT

WSSD: World marches on its belly
The UN has identified five themes — water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity — as requiring focussed attention at the World Summit on Sustainable Development. These, coupled with population and poverty and the relationship amon g them, should constitute the nub of the deliberations at the Summit for arriving at a solution acceptable to all stakeholders, says G. Srinivasan More

WATER MANAGEMENT

Water markets exclude the poor
"HOW is it that water which is so useful that life is impossible without it, has such a low price, while diamonds, which are quite unnecessary, have such a high price?" — Adam Smith Within the context of globalisation, Adam ... More

LIFESTYLE

Metastasising malignancy
REPORTS in the media cumulatively create the impression that savage killings are on the rise. Murder for gain, or resulting from feuds, or out of vengeance or passion was always part of the criminal landscape, but these days one notices three new ... More

GENDER

Can new image hide old scars?
THE "bimbo on the bonnet" image of women in Indian advertising and the "See, how thoroughly I've scrubbed the vessels clean" stereotype is, mercifully, changing. And about time too. On Wednesday, it sweetened the morning cuppa that extra bit to ... More

TRENDS

We, the people
We rage against corruption but are entangled in the same web. Our parents have to bribe schools and colleges to get us admitted, even while they complain bitterly. We rail against our politicians and then vote them back into power, even when they hav e been dethroned for corruption. We go to the temple in the morning and in the afternoon accept a bribe for doing something, legal or illegal. We are part of the conspiracy. More

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Cost accountants

American capitalism

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