OPINION
EDITORIAL
Disappointing draft
THE DRAFT FRAMEWORK agreement circulated to World Trade Organisation members has crystallised fears that the developed economies, mainly the US and the EU, will not recede from their stand on the contentious issues figuring in the Doha Round, ...
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POLITICS
The colour of investment
THE ruckus over the proposed enhancement of the foreign direct investment limit in telecommunications, civil aviation and insurance has muddied UPA relations to such an extent that an important member of the Left party ...
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TAXATION
Marginal relief marginalised
T. C. A. Ramanujam comments on a few half-hearted measures that the Budget proposes
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Warp and weft of Cenvat
S. Sridharan on the excise implications for the textile industry
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A positive judgment to negative absurdity
T. N. Pandey on an apex court decision interpreting Section 80HHC
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Dodger trap in tax database
The proposal to make the Department collate TDS particulars could mean danger ahead for tax-evaders, says S. Murlidharan
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TEXTILES
Textiles and apparels — Preparing for the big leap
The textile and apparel industry is yet to overcome some of the major challenges facing it if it has to succeed in becoming a major outsourcing centre for international retailers. The huge backlog of modernisation because of decades of neglect is a major problem confronting it. India will have to strive hard to move up the value chain by capitalising on its inherent strengths and making the most of the growing synergy between the textiles and apparel segments, says S. D. Naik.
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BOOKS
To all those missing daughters
ON that fateful Friday last week, the Kumbakonam calamity was already top on international news feeds, reporting of the blaze in an ill-fated girls school. And for India-watchers it was one more occurrence that ...
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