The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 07, 2006

ECONOMY
Policy myopia and the economic disconnect
India's inherent social problems have taken the backseat because of the short-sighted social and economic reforms. More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Public-private partnership is the way to build infrastructure
The shift towards public-private partnerships is primarily driven by the inadequacy of budgetary resources. An enlarged role of PPPs also provides an opportunity to introduce competitive suppliers of infrastructure services, leading to improvement in the quality and services, and a reduction in costs. — DR MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, PLANNING COMMISSION More

TAXATION
TDS liability in payments to foreign collaborators
TDS applies not only to the amount paid, which wholly bears income character, but also to gross amounts, the whole of which may or may not be income or profits of the recipient. More

Mimamsa principles of interpretation to resolve a tax case
"When there is a conflict between the purpose and the material, the purpose is to prevail, because in the absence of the prescribed material a substitute can be used, for the material is subordinate to the purpose." More

Leg-up to bank mergers?
The Income-Tax, Act, 1961 generally frowns upon trafficking in losses so much so that normally loss suffered by A cannot be carried forward, much less set off, by B. But Section 72A not only relaxes this thaw, but extends the normal aggregate ... More

LIFESTYLE
Pegs for a peg
The Press Club at Delhi's Raisina Road, housed in a Second World War army barrack, was once the exclusive haunt of some very senior and serious journalists. No ordinary soul would venture to enter this ... More

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