OPINION
EDITORIAL
Broaden the Net further
THE TELECOM REGULATORY Authority of India's recommendations for greater broadband access are timely and welcome considering that the country's Internet subscriber base has remained largely unchanged since 2002. The drastic slashing of import duty ...
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POLITICS
The `exit' problem
THE exit-poll problem is now with the courts, and there is little doubt that it will take awhile for a decided view to crystallise. In any case, the Supreme Court has made it clear that the elections for the 14th Lok ...
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TAXATION
A differential that can't be defended
A recent ruling by a Bombay tribunal may be a boon to foreign companies, says T. C. A. Ramanujam
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Clash of maxims
Disputes can become entrenched when interpretation can favour both the sides, says S. Murlidharan
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All in a jeep drive with gold in the boot
ABOUT 12 years back, Amrutbhai Dhudhabhai Prajapati was driving his jeep taxi (GRW 7181) from Deesa to Dhanera, and he had five passengers. On the way, Deesa Rural Police intercepted the jeep and recovered foreign ...
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MONETARY POLICY
Monetary Policy — How to make it more credible
Coordination among regulatory agencies is now more vital than before and imparts structural flexibility and improves financial integration. It needs to be strengthened with periodic mandatory meetings of regulators to exchange information and to lay out strategies to meeting incipient systemic problems. The outcome of these meetings should be rendered credible by following good communications policies and transparency practices, says A. Vasudevan.
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BOOKS
Voters are faceless and politicians mere faces
MARKETS are fidgety as much as netas whose fates are sealed in ballot boxes. Even as the guessing game continues and the last phase polling is several days away, you can save yourself some tension by reading ...
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CARTOON
Sticklish issues
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