The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 03, 2003

Anatomy of the Budget
UNDER Article 112 of the Constitution, a statement of estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government of India has to be laid before Parliament in respect of every financial year which runs from April 1 to March 31. This statement titled ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

A probe into profit fall
THE summarised budget estimates of ABC Ltd for 2001 is given in Table 12 along with the actuals. The company wants a detailed investigation into the fall in profits. During your investigation, you find that prices of materials and wage rates ... More

The Budget hangover
BUDGET 2003 proposes to abolish tax on long-term capital gains from shares. The former Finance Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has criticised the move. Your comments. -- Radhika Vasudevan, Chennai I have been a strong critic of the ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Good system = good governance?
Can IT systems really make a difference in preventing Enron-style scandals, asks Jonny Cheetham More

TRENDS

On the job in Jakarta
STORY so far: Often we blame others for our woes, but in retrospect it might appear that we could well have avoided most of the problems if only we had done our homework properly. There could be more truth behind the saying, ... More

BOOKS

Markets, dark and deep
HOW to mange in times of financial crises? Dangerous Markets, by Dominic Barton and his co-authors, provides the answers. Financial crises are simply too important and too costly to shareholders and societies to leave unmanaged, states the ... More

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