![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Saturday, January 26, 2002 |
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OPINION EDITORIAL A snooze for VAT THE CLOCK HAS been turned back by a year for the scheduled switchover to a VAT regime. The new D-Day is to be April 1, 2003 and not the approaching fiscal start. It is often the case that in matters involving hard policy choices, an approaching ... More ECONOMY Will higher inflation spur growth? FOR various understandable reasons, a powerful viewpoint has gained ground in recent months calling for a larger fiscal deficit and a higher growth rate of money supply than the current 15-16 per cent per annum. The proponents of this view ... More TAXATION A VAT of worries THE present tax base for mobilisation of revenue is quite narrow. There is excessive dependence on the manufacturing sectors' performance for revenue mobilisation by the Centre and the States. It has reduced both flexibility and revenue growth. ... More TERRORISM Of criminals and terrorists THERE is now a concerted effort to describe the perpetrators of Tuesday morning's violence resulting in the death of some policemen in Kolkata as criminals, as opposed to terrorists. At least, this is what is indicated from Thursday morning's ... More FINANCIAL MARKETS Single regulator: A troubled exercise THE Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which is currently inquiring into the stock market scam, is set to extend its remit for recommending the appointment of a `super-regulator' for the financial sector. This would form part of its report on ... More INCOME TAX The incentive disincentive T. C. A. Ramanujam on why exemptions and deductions have become a drag on revenue mobilisation More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in |
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