The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 27, 2009

OPINION

INTERVIEW: Climate change is essentially a bargaining problem
The 88-year-old Nobel winning economist, Thomas Crombi Schelling, was in Delhi to give a lecture on issues in climate change at the invitation of the World Bank and ICRIER. Prof Schelling won the Nobel Prize for “having ...

BUDGET: Revenue mobilisation avenues
The biggest problem facing the Finance Minister in preparing this year’s Budget will be the fiscal and revenue deficits. A recent Brooklyn Research Institute paper argues that revenue deficit is a more serious problem as it is ...

FOREIGN TRADE: Licence to speak
Under the exchange control regulations, a liaison office can only act as a communication channel in India for its overseas head-office and is not permitted to undertake any commercial or business activities in India. The permitted activities for ...

INCOME TAX: For the welfare of charities
Section 115BBC in the Income-Tax Act was inserted by the Finance Act, 2006 for taxing anonymous donations (ADs) in certain cases. Following the enactment of this section, charitable institutions fall into three categories — ...

INCOME TAX: Let’s get real
That successive amendments to the Income-Tax Act have reduced it to a quilt-work of amendments and twisted it out of shape is known to everyone. Its labyrinthian provisions are mind-boggling and benefit tax consultants ...

EDITORIAL: The CECA effect
On paper at least the economic ties between India and Singapore are progressing satisfactorily with the tariff reduction and elimination schedules of the 2005 Comprehensive Economic and Cooperation Agreement (CECA) being honoured. The ...

LETTERS: Timely reminder
This is with reference to “Pause before divesting” (Business Line, June 26). Divestment is a policy that has both economic advantages and ...

LETTERS: Stress-free education
In an attempt to reduce the trauma of children and parents, the Human Resource Development Minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, wants to make Class X examination ...

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

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