The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Larsen's legacy
IN THE HISTORY of contemporary India a number of foreigners have in their own way helped shape the country's destiny. Annie Besant, Alan Hume, C. F. Andrews are names that readily come to mind given their roles in giving a practical shape to the ... More

ECONOMY

The EU push to development finance
The European Union is the world's biggest provider of development assistance. Following its renewed commitment to the UN target at the 2001 European Council in Sweden, the EU decided to step up its development assistance. More

ENVIRONMENT

Cartagena Protocol — A wake-up call for biosafety
NOW that 50 countries have ratified the first international treaty on biosafety, Cartagena Protocol is all set to come into force on September 11. The protocol, once implemented sincerely, will not only save and ... More

TAXATION

National Tax Tribunal — The mirage of better efficiency
THE Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, has proposed the creation of a National Tax Tribunal (NTT) and the setting up of 50 additional Benches of the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). These have been announced as ... More

GENDER

Getting women into Parliament — Why the quota system is crucial
THE Women's Reservation Bill has been put on the backburner once again with the BJP coming out with the improbable suggestion that one-third of the Lok Sabha constituencies should have two MPs — one male and one ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

How not to measure FDI
India needs to shed its bias towards the dollar value of FDI, and switch to the utilitarian approach. It can gain much by switching to measures of performance that include the number of `jobs', innovative leadership, methods, processes, organisation structures, and incentives that would make FDI work. Like China, India must nourish FDI, say G. Ramachandran and Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti. More

WTO

Towards Cancun WTO Ministerial — Bring subsidy issue back into focus
AT PROBABLY the last officially organised public symposium in Geneva (June 16-18) before the forthcoming WTO Ministerial at Cancun in early September, the writing was clearly on the wall: Agriculture has for all ... More

LETTERS

VAT and its effects

Need for transparency

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