The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 13, 2003

Freeing trade with Singapore
THE FEWER THE barriers to bilateral trade the greater the chances for nations to tap to the full their economic potential. This applies as much to the Singapore-India Free Trade Agreement that has been on the anvil since the New Delhi accord in ... More

ECONOMY

Supply chain integration — Link to industrial recovery
The firms are moving ahead and meeting the challenges of integrating all the levels of the supply chain. The bullwhip effect is being tackled by moving towards a centralised information system which makes demand changes in the market visible to all t he links in the supply chain. More

TAXATION

Gifts galore in a formula theme
T. C. A. Ramanujam on a tax avoidance practice that is easy to adopt More

A folly, gross and total
S. Murlidharan on the absurdity of deduction from gross total income More

A matter of status
R. Anand on a Calcutta High Court decision on determining the period of stay in India More

Teeing off with e-TDS
Mohan R. Lavi on the mechanics of e-filing of TDS returns More

A crisis of service
INDICATIONS are that the proposed Constitution (95th Amendment) Bill would be passed by Parliament. This amendment seeks to transfer service tax collections by the Centre to States. But the Central Excise department ... More

VAT, in the name of god
THE Church of England may face increased repair bills to its buildings after the European Commission rejected the Chancellor's Budget proposals to cut the rate of VAT to 5 per cent. The Telegraph reports that ... More

TERRORISM

Anniversary of what?
THIS week the world observed the second anniversary of the felling of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York by conspirators and terrorists who had as their objective the US icon. The word "icon" has been ... More

WTO

The side-show at Cancun
With the anti-globalisation protests becoming a routine at most international conferences, and with officials and NGOs presenting parallel events and briefings, both participants and media-persons find it difficult to keep abreast of the goings-on ar ound them. An added feature at Cancun are pro-free market groups which are showing how free trade can help the lot of the poorest citizens, says G. Srinivasan. More

WTO's score on September 11: 301 not out
EVEN as its Fifth Ministerial at Cancun weathers the storms of protest, the WTO is transcending a different type of watershed. A press note on the world trade body's Web site — dated, ominously, September 11, 2003 ... More

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