The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 06, 2002

Taxing incentives
THE KELKAR COMMITTEE on direct taxes has quite rightly pointed to the existence of a dichotomy between the profits that companies declare to their shareholders and that disclosed to the tax authorities. . It is quite easy to see why this has ... More

ECONOMY

Globalising the financial sector
If the extraordinary trust the people have reposed in the financial system is to be made to work for the country, the government must act before it is too late and make it contemporary and efficient. And, with action in the financial sector, India's reform process can regain the precious momentum, says Mieko Nishimizu. More

Poverty reduction — Will World Bank's strategy work?
FOR many, the 1980s and the 1990s were decades of increasing wealth. New technology, liberalisation and growth of trade, saw the world's economy growing. But, at the same time, the gap between the rich and the poor grew wider, and the number of ... More

POLITICS

Fourth Generation leadership — China's changing colours
Power in today's China is wielded by consensus and not by the diktat of a single individual, however eminent. Infatuation with class struggle is now replaced by obsession with growth rates. In this milieu, the ensuing Party Congress will anoint the n ew leadership. More

Enthusing voters
A facetious piece titled "For Turnout Turnabout'' by the New York Times columnist, Mr William Safire, is a healthy reminder that voter behaviour in both the US and India have remarkable similarities. The number of voters turning up at the ... More

WTO

Developing countries and trade imbalances — Concerted action called for
With advanced countries attempting to widen the agenda at the WTO Ministerial at Cancun next September, and seeking trade-offs, the development dimensions of the Doha Round may be whittled down considerably. India and other leading developing countri es must forge a collective strategy to ensure that the outcome is development-friendly. More

E-GOVERNANCE

Turning in an effective e-government
"This generation will be the last to tolerate standing in line; the next generation will expect to be online." — Douglas Holmes E-GOVERNMENT refers to efforts to use the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, to deliver ... More

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