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Saturday, November 14, 2009
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Saturday, November 14, 2009 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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OPINION ENVIRONMENT: The challenge of radioactive waste management The end of India’s nuclear isolation in 2008 led to some well-deserved euphoria. India is poised to embark on a massive expansion of its nuclear power programme from 4,120 MW at present. The six reactors already under construction would ... INTERVIEW: Solar power needs funding focus The ‘National Solar Mission’, expected to be released on November 14, 2009, is one of the eight missions identified in the Prime Minister’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). Quite naturally, therefore, ... TAXATION: Unconventional aspects of DTC No progress is possible on being static. As is said, change is the law of nature. But change without any aims and objectives becomes counterproductive, and many changes proposed in the new Direct Taxes Code are, prima ... DOUBLE TAXATION TREATIES: Double take on avoidance In the introduction to the Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2009, the Discussion Paper points out that the Code is not an attempt to amend the Income-Tax Act, 1961 nor is it an attempt to improve upon the present Act. The Central Board of ... EDITORIAL: Taxing time for States The Government’s discussion paper on goods and services tax (GST) leaves many key issues unaddressed, deferring decisions on them to a later date. The paper sees as ideal a regime in which there will be two distinct GST rates and two ... TAXATION: Decoding the DDT regime The first major change proposed, perhaps involuntarily, by the Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2009 is that even the loans and advances given by closely-held companies hitherto taxed as dividend in the hands of the recipients if they happened to ... BOOKS: Pollution taxes vs emissions trading ... LETTERS: Pakistan’s dynamics “Power dynamics in Pakistan” (Business Line, November 12) is an excellent analysis of the situation, though it holds on to some idealism, as revealed by the statement that Genl Kayani is ... Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrashekhar • S Murlidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranabir Ray Choudhury • Rasheeda Bhagat • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh • S Venkitaramanan Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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