The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 13, 2003

More protection for overseas investments
IN PRINCIPLE, THE Government's proposal to make the Securities and Exchange Board of India consent mandatory for overseas companies seeking to raise monies from Indian investors through Indian Depository Receipts (IDRs) can hardly be faulted. ... More

POLITICS

Iraq contracts and US doublespeak
THERE SHOULD be no cause for surprise at the recent US decision to award prime reconstruction contracts in war-scarred Iraq to a few select countries. According to a statement made by the US Deputy Secretary of State ... More

TAXATION

Throwing stones into still waters
The law has got settled in the matter of re-assessment procedure, says T. C. A. Ramanujam More

No entry for earthmovers
Rajan D. Gupta and Joseph Prabakar on whether earthmoving machinery should be subjected to entry tax More

When laws clash
R. Anand on a recent case that looked into an apparent conflict between statutes in the matter of income recognition More

A war of words
Mohan R. Lavi looks at a Tribunal case where it became necessary for the ITAT to probe the veracity of contentions put forth More

WTO

Re-write the farm trade rules
While food is the most basic need, and farming the livelihood for three-quarters of humanity, the future of food and farming is being shaped by inequitable agreements imposed on the people of the world. It is time to go beyond texts dictated by rich countries, and rewrite the rules to ensure food sovereignty, sustainability, farmers' welfare and protection of the environment, says Vandana Shiva. More

INVESTOR PROTECTION

Splitting shares over face-value
If the regulator feels the Indian equity market has reached the stage where investors can deal with so many different parameters, it could do investors a service by linking dividend declaration to the scrip's quoted value. More

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