OPINION
EDITORIAL
Impasse at WTO
A MONTH AGO there was some hope that the Doha Development Agenda would receive a shot in the arm with progress being made in the talks on agriculture in the last week of March. But no "concrete" progress was made at that meeting and negotiations ...
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ECONOMY
Why is India such a good growth story?
Many studies, including the much-hyped BRIC report by Goldman Sachs, project, largely on the basis of an improved demographic profile, that India will be the country with the third largest GDP in the next 50 years. But, clearly, the report presuppose s a reoriented Indian state that puts development at the forefront of its agenda, says Alok Ray.
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POLITICS
The mantra of coalition
THE Indian polity today has entered the era of political coalitions. In a sense, this development indicates that the subcontinent's polity and society are returning to their roots. Before Mughal domination, the ...
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TAXATION
Light on a sunset clause
R. Anand discusses an apex court decision on tax benefit for export turnover
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Service thru FAQ
A critique on the recent clarifications on service tax from Mohan R. Lavi
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Keep wives off travel bills
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the downside in footing the travel bill of directors' spouses
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Some fuss about a cess
R. Srivatsan on the tangle between R&D cess and service tax
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Secrets of Om as revealed to a taxman
ASK, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened. However, search and be prepared to travel back half a century, as a recent case before the ITAT Delhi Bench would show. ...
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BOOKS
With median age at 22, India is young and envied
FOR EVERY person who saw the transition of India from slavery to freedom in 1947, we have three now. And by the middle of this century, we would have added another half a billion to our current 100 crore. In the years ...
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