The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 22, 2005

Farm talks flounder
BY PRESSURING THE Government to evolve a national consensus before making any commitment at the Hong Kong Ministerial scheduled for December, the alliance partners may have done the farm sector a big favour. Demanding a White Paper on the World ... More

POLITICS

Storm in a coffee cup
For how much longer will the people of West Bengal have to suffer the presence of such people who profess to call themselves politicians but whose only vocation appears to be to upstage each other in the public eye and switch colours when an opportun ity of advantage elsewhere beckons? More

TAXATION

Facts, not merely fax
T. C. A. Ramanujam on a case where the valuables carried by an individual were seized based on inadequate information More

An anomaly that needs rectification
Any adjustment of capital losses and gains should only be allowed if the assets are of the same category, says M. S. Parthasarathy More

Two streams of assessments
R. Anand on disputes over disallowance of personal expenses impacting fringe benefit tax More

Motor vibrator regulating the flow into a screw feeder
WHAT is usually a simple thing for most of us is often complex for the taxman. One such problem was about `motor-vibrator with actuator', that came up in the Western India Plywoods Ltd vs Collector of Customs, ... More

BOOKS

The economics of subterfuge
On the prowl apparently are Economic Hit Men, highly paid professionals who cheat countries out of trillions of dollars, by funnelling money from the World Bank and foreign `aid' organisations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families which control natural resources. The EHMs use multilateral agencies to foment conditions that make nations subservient to corporatocracy. D. Murali offers a reading of the Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by Jo hn Perkins. More

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