The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 20, 2003

Opening access to power
THE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY Regulatory Commission allowing anyone to freely wheel electricity generated in one region to another on the transmission lines criss-crossing the country is a step forward in implementing the much-acclaimed Electricity ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Why a straitjacket for NPO accounting
K. Shivakumar on the lacunae in the recent guidance of the ICAI on accounting and auditing in `not-for-profit' organisations More

The elusive search for independence
K. Srinivasan on the company law proposal on independent directors More

More stick for erring directors
DISQUALIFICATION of directors of public limited companies, till date an insertion in clause (g) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956, now gets legal sanction with the passing of the Companies (Disqualification of ... More

Are they sadder in Sudder Street?
YEARS after much was in the news about the goings-on in the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), there is finally some action from the Department of Company Affairs (DCA). A show-cause notice has ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

SAARC in India's strategic vision
At a time when much of South Asia is in foment, the SAARC summit is scheduled for January first week in Islamabad. Lest the meeting is reduced to an India-Pakistan soap opera, New Delhi has to go with a positive agenda. Top priority must be the signi ng of a framework agreement on SAFTA, and sending the message that economic cooperation cannot be stymied by the territorial ambitions or imagined grievances of members, says G. Parthasarathy. More

A head for Competition Commission
As the Competition Commission's chief task is to decide whether a particular trade practice is harmful for the market, the economy or consumers, the top slot would require the expertise of an economist. If the right persons are not appointed at its f ormative stage, a useful opportunity will be lost. More

BOOKS

Operation `Blood Money'
ACCOUNTANTS are usually busy with books and records, tax referencers and law tomes. Fiction has little place in bean-counters' shelves, yet a book that they may find interesting is The Devil's Banker by ... More

LETTERS

Why use stamp paper at all?

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