The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 11, 2003

Healthy harvest
THERE IS EUPHORIA in the air. A marked recovery in agricultural production — mainly rice, coarse cereals, cotton and oilseeds — in kharif 2003, coming after four years of unsteady growth, has generated among growers, processors and ... More

ECONOMY

Let's keep the yield curve flat
India is among a few large economies with a flat yield curve. This is an extraordinary and positive achievement accomplished by policies aimed at lowering the incremental long-term interest rates over the short-term rates. By keeping import tariffs a s low as possible and the FDI door wide open, India can keep the yield curve low and flat, say G. Ramachandran and S. Naresh. More

Distinguishing between oil and democracy
A RECENT audience participation programme aired by a leading television channel in the country to examine the contours of the post-September 11 world featured the New Delhi-based correspondents of some of the leading ... More

Corruption and development
CAN INDIA develop in economic terms if corruption (in the form of slush money to get projects cleared and files to move, among other things) were to decline? The first question to ask is whether the question itself ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

A tryst with Asian destiny
AT LAST recognition comes knocking for India in Asia. Though one of the biggest countries in the continent in terms of size and military might, the Indian elephant was not recognised as an economic powerhouse by the ... More

TAXATION

The façade of charity
Charity element not imperative for tax benefit, says S. Murlidharan More

A case for mitigation of litigation
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the unwarranted burden that weighs down the tax appellate tiers More

Deeming fiction to its logical conclusion
R. Anand on a decision relating to deeming fiction in computation of capital gains for depreciable assets More

DISINVESTMENT

Why the hurry to divest IOC?
EVERY time a decision is taken, there is invariably a beneficiary, legitimate or otherwise. The Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment's (CCD) decision last week defies logic. This meeting was specifically convened to ... More

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