The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 16, 2003

Let brokers migrate
IT IS PERHAPS a sign of the times that the Government is inclined to permit stock brokers to enter the business of commodity futures. And why not? Integration of various markets is a global phenomenon. World over, forex, money, bond, stock and ... More

ECONOMY

Correct regional disparities, rural-urban divide
If the widening regional disparities and the growing rural-urban divide are not arrested and reversed soon, they will not only continue to pull down the overall economic growth rate, but also lead to serious social strife in the country. It is time policy-makers viewed the situation with a new sense of urgency and initiated measures to contain the damage, says S. D. Naik. More

POLITICS

Time to discard the reservation crutch
ON TUESDAY, the Cabinet approved — "with rare alacrity", according to one report — the setting up of a committee on reservation for the poor among the upper castes. The committee will be headed by Mr L. ... More

TAXATION

Knowhow smokescreen
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses a recent case on patents, copyrights and trademarks More

Is there a farce in the rulebook?
S. Murlidharan on how family settlement could be an unfair tax-planning device More

Sweating it out on ESOPs
Mohan R. Lavi on a recent case on the taxation of employee stock options More

Why a burdensome man
T. N. Pandey questions the need for an ombudsman for the I-T Department More

Power-interest-business tangle
R Anand on a case dealing with determination of profits from new undertakings More

ECONOMICS

The driving force behind food adulteration is economics
PURITANS in economics, who usually speak stuff that not many understand, often worry that their field has got infiltrated by people who do not mind stooping down from the high reaches of economics to get their message ... More

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