The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, May 03, 2003

Crushed some more
IT IS A pity the vegetable oil sector continues to receive rather indifferent treatment at the hands of policy-makers. It is bad enough that the Government does not have a long-term strategic growth plan for the Rs 60,000-crore oilseeds-based ... More

TAXATION

A bit taxing, a bit technical
A. Pradeep on issues in e-com taxation More

On road to harmony
The amendments relating to royalty practically harmonise the domestic law with the treaty law, says T. C. A. Ramanujam More

What's in store for NRs
Mohan R. Lavi on the proposals relating to the taxation of non-residents More

Time value of money
R. Anand on how the department can do better treasury management More

A case of wrong sequencing
A Central VAT ought to have been the precursor to the State VAT, says S. Murlidharan More

CREDIT POLICY

Monetary and Credit Policy — Optimism or irrational exuberance?
The RBI Governor's opting for an easy monetary policy, at the risk of being viewed odd in terms of prudence, is with the hope that it would strengthen the process of recovery and send a powerful signal to investors. S. Sethuraman wonders if Dr Bimal Jalan's optimism is justified. More

EDUCATION

Strong feet
ON THURSDAY, the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi, said: "As long as I am HRD Minister, I will not allow the education sector to be opened up for commercialisation or allow it to come under any Western influence". ... More

COTTON

Bt cotton: What freedom of choice?
I THANK Mr Sharad Joshi, former Chairman of the now defunct Task Force on Agriculture, for having read my article (Biotech: No panacea for farm sector's ills, Business Line, April 15) and offered his critique (Farmers want freedom, not ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Masked accounting, quarantined governance
WE NOW know that the deadly SARS was festering in China for months though the authorities there played down the threat and kept the media in the dark. Coming under pressure, the blackout about the disease is slowly lifting and the Ministry of ... More

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