Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, November 11, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, November 11, 2002 |
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OPINION EDITORIAL Licence to cut THE UNION COMMUNICATIONS Minister, Mr Pramod Mahajan, has announced he is seriously lobbying with the Finance Ministry for a reduction in the licence fees payable by telephone companies. Cellular companies pay 35-42 per cent of their gross ... More TELECOMMUNICATIONS Will the Centre give in to the telecom lobby? SHORTLY after one of the greatest human tragedies — the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984 — one of the chaps involved in public relations for Union Carbide was feted by an association for the role he played in "managing" the adverse fall-out ... More POLITICS TAXATION A reformer in a hurry Dr Kelkar has opted for a "big bang" approach in preference to a gradualist option. The broad thrust of the Task Force recommendation in favour of simplification of tax policy, reduction of tax rates, removal of anomalies, and improving tax collectio n is to be welcomed. Also praiseworthy is the proposed tax rental arrangement for taxing agricultural income. The recommendations deserve careful consideration by all concerned, says S. Venkitaramanan. More WATER MANAGEMENT 
Do we really need a water regulator?THE non-commercial approach of the provision of water services over the years has seen the sector caught in a vicious circle. The low level of investment has deteriorated the service levels which, in turn, have created the lack of willingness to ... More MANAGEMENT The logic and magic of change The energy to transform stems from an awareness of the current reality in the company, and the possibilities it sees around it. The more sensitive an organisation is to the needs of its customers, and to the benchmarking practices employed elsewhere, the more easily it can implement the changes that are essential. More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 
World integration without FDITHE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has rightly said that India needs to integrate itself with the rest of the world. He says India needs to attract large amounts of FDI in order to do so. However, we must examine if it is possible to ... More CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporate governance: Only in letter, not in spirit CORPORATE governance has once again become the focus of media attention following the debacles of Enron, Xerox and WorldCom abroad, and Tata Finance/Ferguson at home. The issue gained the personal attention of the US President, Mr George Bush, ... More LETTERS Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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