The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, July 26, 2003

Dearer gas
THE RECOMMENDATION BY the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Mr K. C. Pant, to raise prices of domestic natural gas by a little over 12 per cent is surely a step forward in dismantling the administered pricing mechanism in yet another segment of ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

IUC regulation: TRAI again!
In an ideal IUC environment, each player declares its non-discriminatory interconnect offer, with the regulator's role limited to ensuring non-discrimination and full disclosure while developing consistency of approach. A proactive approach factoring in future challenges will promote reliability and healthy competition in the sector. More

TAXATION

For the removal of doubts...
R. Anand on whether explanations have prospective or retrospective effect. More

Brand banega crorepathi?
T. C. A. Ramanujam on a recent case involving the Big B's company. More

NTT: An unwanted entity
Mohan R. Lavi says that the proposed National Tax Tribunal is unlikely to serve its purpose. More

No better time for tax tribunal
In the new economic milieu, interpreting the laws and tackling white-collar crimes are becoming increasingly difficult for courts and tribunals which are manned by generalists who have little or no exposure to fiscal laws. In this context, setting up a National Tax Tribunal should brook no further delay, says T. C. A. Ramanujam. More

TERRORISM

The Tanda message
DURING the past week, the headline which hogged the nation's attention was the Supreme Court's suggestion on the adoption of a Uniform Civil Code. Certainly, the possible political and social impact of this move is ... More

INVESTOR PROTECTION

Economics of information can push investors to indifference
THE drama that Parliament witnesses — in the form of debates that might serve no immediate purpose for the common man — is also enacted in the accounting field. Things such as whether rotation should be of ... More

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