The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 18, 2006

Moving ahead with SAFTA
PAKISTAN'S RECENT RATIFICATION of the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement constitutes a big leap forward for the SAARC exercise. Trade is an important part of the regional cooperation envisioned under the umbrella of the South Asian ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

Putting life into the letter of law
Courts have to put life into the letter of law by giving a construction which is fair, reasonable and in conformity with its purpose. Where the intention of the Legislature is unclear, it is the Court's duty to discern the intention in the context o f the background in which a particular section is enacted. More

TAXATION

The long and short of rights
TAX treatment of capital assets when transferred depends on various factors, such as, whether the asset is movable or immovable, long term or short term, and so on. The classification of assets into long/short term is ... More

The promotion commotion
ADMINISTRATION of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 has posed enormous challenges in the recent past. Technology has permeated several areas of the administration and is a necessary part of the overall scheme of the Act. The ... More

Logistically speaking
S. Sridharan on the VAT challenges in supply chain management More

Hot chase of an architect amidst office furniture
THE Kersi Kapadia case is an interesting one. He is an architect who designed furniture for M&M, and who unfortunately became the target of the taxman, as one learns from a recent issue of Excise Law ... More

An unwitting tax liability?
S. Murlidharan on the GACL-Holcim deal More

GENDER

On the magic of being work sisters
What began in 1972 as a lone mission to bring women together is today a 7-lakh-strong movement. Determined to organise women workers so that they could enjoy the same benefits that organised labour received, Ela R. Bhatt founded the Self-Employed Wom en's Association (SEWA). We Are Poor but So Many tells the story of how SEWA has come to be the largest primary union in India. Ela weaves in her story too, says D. Murali, making the book a worthy read for the weekend. More

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