The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 30, 2002

SEBI vindicated?
THE SECURITIES AND Appellate Tribunal upholding the SEBI decision in the L&T open offer case must be welcomed. The circumstances of the Grasim-L&T case correspond very closely to the ACC case where the Tatas sold their stake to the promoters ... More

TAXATION

Kelkar report: Uncharitable counsel on trusts
The Kelkar Task Force seems, rather uncharitably, to have followed the Parthasarathy Shome panel in its recommendation that charitable trusts be brought within the tax net. If the Kelkar recommendations are accepted, it will only hasten the demise of philanthropic institutions. More

Seized of the matter
The Kelkar Task Force has looked at enforcement from a right perspective, says T. C. A. Ramanujam More

A case of poor service
The Kelkar panel has given service tax the short shrift, says T. N. Pandey More

Educated, but not enlightened
S. Murlidharan on making education relief more meaningful More

PEOPLE

Philosophy of political liberalism
In this tribute to John Rawls, who passed away on November 24, P. R. Brahmananda describes the philosopher's ideas on political liberalism and underscores their relevance to the Indian polity, which is struggling to reconcile the principle of live and let live with the aggressive and powerful forces that are now usurping the political agenda. More

TRENDS

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Spices Board steps in to check cardamom, pepper imports

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LifeStyle mulls food retailing venture — Earmarks Rs 60-cr investment

Fiscal deficit up 20.8 pc in April-Oct

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Small Investor

Looking back
Nov. 17-Nov. 23
Vision 2020: Less-taxing proposals to enhance revenues

Kelkar report — More woes for salaried, aged