OPINION
CORPORATE DISPUTES
More riveting than a soap
A BREAKING real-life story seems set to give all the popular television soaps a run for their money. The viewers are agreed that it is `riveting stuff' and this appears to be driving such ...
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COMPANY LAW
The law on brotherhood
Mohan R. Lavi looks at the Reliance drama from the company law perspective
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EDITORIAL
Favourable Easterlies
THERE ARE TWO ways of seeing the partnership accord signed between India and the Association of South-East Asian Nations in Vientiane on Tuesday. The first is of course the importance of the accord to India in terms of cooperation in sectors as ...
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AGRICULTURE
Amendments to seed law Yet to germinate fully
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has sought amendments to the Seed Act, 1952 in the light of the ongoing farm crisis in the State following the failure of seeds in cotton, maize and other crops (The Hindu, October ...
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ACCOUNTANCY
Wanted watchtowers, not ivory towers
K. P. Joseph on the need for reforms in the country's supreme audit institution
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Get the right price
Sankar Ray on why deals in distressed assets have to be fair to the sellers too
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Tick to tickle the accountant whom everybody else ticks off
HOW do you tell an accountant in a crowd? Well, he's the balancing figure, after you're finished with everybody else. No flattering description, this is, of the proverbial number-cruncher, who is recognised more for his ...
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Ethical dilemmas in decision-making
LIKE accountants, economy, busy as it is with the use of resources, has nothing to do with ethics. "However, the Chinese word for economy Jing Ji (or Ching Chi) is related to ethical value," inform ...
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NBFCS
Critical role for non-banking finance sector
The architecture of the financial system has to be recast to ensure the growth of the economy along with adequate availability of credit to the fastest growing sectors of the economy. The aims of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy can be ach ieved if and only if the role of non-banking financial institutions, including the unincorporated bodies, are recognised, encouraged and integrated in the financial system, says R. Vaidyanathan.
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Effective transport system
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