The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 09, 2002

Tough concoction
PRIMA FACIE, the new medium-term tea export strategy being considered by the Tea Board appears well formulated. But it is doubtful if the industry will be able to implement either easily or quickly the recommendations seeking sizeable ... More

ECONOMY

Ballooning revenue, fiscal deficits
ACCORDING to the figures till end-December 2001 released by the Controller of Accounts, the Centre's revenue receipts were only 57 per cent of the projected receipts for financial 2001-02; the corresponding figure for end-December 2000 was 65 per ... More

POLITICS

Past and future
IT IS said that every saint has a past and every sinner a future. This essentially means that every human being has a "good" and "bad" aspect of life. Alternatively, no person's life can be only "good" or only "bad". Assuming that a nation has a ... More

TAXATION

The burdensome baton
Whether a successor company can claim deduction for discharging the liabilities of the predecessor firm depends a lot on how the takeover agreement is drafted, says T. C. A. Ramanujam More

Cast it wide
With the direct taxes option shrinking, there is a greater compulsion to widen the tax base, says T. N. Pandey More

Bumps on the merger route
TODAY, the buzzword across industries around the globe is `restructuring'. In India, too, several companies are entering into mergers to become globally competitive. Thanks to the economic liberalisation, the Government has offered opportunities ... More

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