OPINION
EDITORIAL
Taxing disputes
GIVEN THE QUANTUM of mobilisation by the Centre and States, the nearly Rs 25,000 crore locked in tax disputes involving major corporate entities may not seem large. After all, the Centre and the States collectively raise over Rs 3 lakh crore in ...
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POLITICS
Model poll conduct
IN RECENT days, the Election Commission has either been approached by political parties, or has taken a stand on its own, on specific issues cropping up during the ongoing poll campaign, the allegation in case of a ...
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Anti-incumbency neutralises voter apathy
The first phase of elections saw 55 per cent polling. Since this preliminary figure is likely to be revised upwards, there is no strong evidence so far indicating voter apathy in the general elections. It can be argued that the prevalence of strong a nti-incumbency sentiments among the electorate has become an important factor containing voter apathy, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
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TAXATION
A search for legality
T. C. A. Ramanujam on how a search fizzled out in the courts
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A wealth of irrelevance
Has the current wealth tax regime lost its significance, asks T. N. Pandey
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Can greasy palms slip through `business'
R. Anand on a recent case that discussed the allowability of bribes as business expenditure
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We don't have a human analyser machine yet
A PUBLIC Notice from the New Delhi Commissioner of Customs talks of a new gadget installed in the Noida Special Economic Zone. It is the `precious metal analyser machine' and it is taking over work that humans used to ...
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BOOKS
If elections become covert auctions, governance goes to gallows
APART from rolling beads and handling cash, Indians as a nation start counting only on two occasions: First, when a one-day-international is getting tense in the last few overs, and so every run counts. And, second, ...
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