The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 22, 2005

Regulating the NBFCs
NON-BANKING FINANCIAL COMPANIES, whether or not accepting public deposits, are a motley lot not so easily amenable to regulation and supervision, given their heteromorphic characteristics. But their USP is this diversity that gives them the ... More

BUDGET

Should all deductions and exemptions go?
Deductions and exemptions have been the subject of much debate. Those opposed to them must realise that they are a significant part of the people's savings that form the bedrock of a nation's long-term investment strategy to set up the infrastructure needed to sustain economic growth for the next ten years at 8 per cent per annum, says H. P. Ranina. More

TAXATION

Smaller family suffers
Hindu law reforms should usher in tax neutrality as well, says More

Where the assessee won because the taxman slept on
THIS is not about Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, a TV sitcom, but about Sarabhai M. Chemicals vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Vadodara, a case that occupied the Supreme Court recently. The company manufactures ... More

When reopening turns revolting
T. C. A. Ramanujam questions the fairness of opening completed cases in the wake of retrospective amendments More

Truckloads of confusion — II
S. Sridharan summarises the notifications and circulars on service tax impacting goods transport agencies More

SOCIAL WELFARE

A shaft of sunlight
THESE DAYS, without fail, the papers are full of news stories which invariably suggest that there is a devaluation in standards relating to human behaviour. There are screaming headlines about rape, about bank ... More

BOOKS

After disaster people don't give up, but bounce back
IN MUMBAI, a woman rents out her comfortable apartment and moves out to a shack beneath a bridge, despite the risk of flooding and fire in the new place. Why so? "That way, she can pay for her daughter's education," ... More

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