OPINION
EDITORIAL
SC lends a hand to banks
THE SUPREME COURT upholding the constitutional validity of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interests Act 2002 is only a partial victory for the banking industry. For years, a plethora of ...
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ECONOMY
Rethinking productivity for better lifestyles
In a large developing country such as India, one needs to rethink the kind of productivity that can truly provide everyone with a decent life. India's hi-tech centres are full of people with low-tech or no skills at all who make available their labou r in myriad ways while elite engineers write software and design computer chips, says Kumar Venkat.
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POLITICS
Elections and the funding conundrum
The state funding of elections amounts to the public being forced to bear the costs of campaigning, particularly in countries and states that are bankrupt. Such force goes against the very tenets of democracy that the pro-state funding of elections l obby would like to safeguard, for at the very basic level, democracy is nothing but the freedom enjoyed by individuals to make informed choices.
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TAXATION
Plants can outgrow buildings
The controversy whether building is plant continues to engage the courts, says T. N. Pandey
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A solid case on essential liquid
T. C. A. Ramanujam on subsidising public welfare through tax deduction
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Steer clear of neither-here-nor-there situations
Porus F. Kaka on the interpretation of tax treaties
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A few lessons on commodity markets
THE Kaksons Tradeways case that came up before the Bangalore CESTAT illustrates an interesting situation for those tracking international trade. The question here was about free access to imports from a SAARC country. ...
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EDUCATION
Meddling game: Murli Manohar vs Margaret Thatcher
WE HAVE come to a point in management education when half the lectures are from Joshi and the other half, from the corridors of law. Judges are getting busy with balance sheets of B-schools and parents are counting ...
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CARTOON
Sticklish Issues
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