The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 16, 2006

OFFHAND
India's tax system
A recent working paper prepared by the IMF under the title "Making India's tax system pro-growth" gives a balanced and constructive analysis of the country's efforts to make its tax structure support and speed ... More

REFLECTIONS
60 years gone by, nation holds precious little
After Nehru, a grimness descended which continues to hold the nation in thrall. More

VIEW POINT
A clash of cultures?
Last week, on a trip to The Hague — the political capital of the Netherlands — a friend and I were having a quiet dinner at a restaurant, sitting out in the open and generally seeing life pass by through alien eyes. Indeed, one ... More

ZERO BASE
Dose of poison when pesticides enter food chain
About 350 pesticides are used on the foods we eat, and to protect our homes and pets. They can cause health problems, such as birth defects, nerve damage, cancer, and other effects that might occur over a long period of time. More

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