The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, April 19, 2003

Taxing fuels
IT IS A recommendation that could not have come at a better time. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals, in its latest report tabled in the two Houses, has recommended that the Government rationalise the duty structure ... More

POLITICS

Plot thickens
ONE HAD thought of writing this week on something else other than the Iraq conflict, but the issue continues to unfold in such diverse ways that one cannot but return to the subject, even at the cost of boring the reader. The latest turn of ... More

TAXATION

The expat spat
The proposed tightening of RNOR norms could affect remittances, says T. C. A. Ramanujam More

Taxman thru the scan
S. Murlidharan runs Jaswant's `medical' proposals through a `lab' test More

Booster for the bourses?
R. Anand on whether the recent proposals on capital gains exemption to listed equity would impact the stock market More

VAT went wrong?
After much hype VAT implementation has been postponed. Mohan R. Lavi analyses the reasons More

VAT: Sources of discontent
There are opinions for and against the introduction of VAT. However, if this tax is to be introduced and administered effectively, it is important to identify the basis for discontent and address the underlying issues. R. Kavita Rao looks at the basic features of the tax. More

ROADWAYS

A load of scarcity from a cliff-hanging truck
IF trade is the lifeblood of economy, transport could well be called the pressure that makes the flow possible. As with most busy people, `pressure' has been building up and the arteries seem to have got choked. So, when transporters engage in ... More

INCOME TAX

The discovery of `inventions'
K. Srinivasan on the welcome proposal to accord tax benefit to individuals for inventions More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Justice delayed is justice denied
The average pendency, or the time taken to pass a judgment in a criminal case in India, is estimated at 10 years and for civil cases 20 years. By these estimates, the Special Court's decisions may be quick, but the fact remains that a decade to take a decision in cases of such public value can only erode confidence. More

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