The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 28, 2006

EDITORIAL
Planting transparency
Consumers have a right to know not only how safe the GM crops are, but also how scientifically they are grown. More

AGRICULTURE
Inflation and deteriorating terms of trade for agriculture
Commodity prices may be rising but have not benefited the producers. For farmers the terms of trade have been worsening. The solution lies in an efficient marketing system. More

ECONOMY
WANTS, WELFARE AND INFORMATION PROBLEMS
Moving from `Gandhigiri' to `Gandhivaad'
`Wantlessness' ignores problems of welfare and information and thus the concept needs to be expanded to inclusive growth — a difficult task that has to be undertaken, says A. VASUDEVAN. More

ACCOUNTANCY
The sealed fate of company seal
Company seal is a relic of the past and is no more relevant: Apex court More

Raising the standard
A four-point plan to improve the audit part of internal control reporting provisions of the SOX Act was announced recently. More

A `storm' that rages on in auditing
Whether it is corruption or bureaucracy, the best cure is publicity and transparency, and the adoption of sunshine policy. — MR LI JINHUA, AUDITOR GENERAL OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
True hero of a turnaround
At a recent function in Chennai to kick off Indian Bank's centenary celebrations, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, recalled that in 1996 the big question was whether or not the bank would survive. He ... More

BOOKS
Gaps in GAAP
One of the many signs of globalisation is the adoption of international standards for accounting. "Companies are implementing IFRS, US GAAP, inter alia, to meet international investors' expectation, permit benchmarking of their performance ... More