Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, March 03, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, March 03, 2002 |
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COLUMNS CAPITAL VIEW With perks, tax-free salary is possible too ONE does not have to take up a job with a company headquartered in the Bahamas or in Saudi Arabia to savour the satisfaction of a tax-free salary. A similar arrangement could well become the norm if Mr Sinha's Budget proposals are carried ... More EYE ON THE MARKET 
As India Inc is pampered: Savers sweatTHE policy framework is becoming so focussed on cutting interest rates without the necessary economic framework that it appears wholly dictated by the incessant demands of India Inc. Increasingly, things are becoming difficult for savers. The ... More TAKING COUNT Large deficits mean higher taxes ECONOMIC reality does not completely conform to economic theory. There are always deviations from the theoretical framework. However, in India, the theoretical prognosis of the implications of large deficits has now been borne out by facts. The ... More SIMPLE ECONOMICS Savings vs consumption THE 2002-03 Budget has made it less attractive to save. You will receive only a 10 per cent tax rebate, instead of 20 per cent earlier, if you invest in small savings/life insurance, and only if your income is less Rs 5 lakh. This has prompted ... More TAX TALK Guideline value for computing capital gains Losses arising on the transfer of short-term capital asset may be set off against long-term capital gains and vice-versa. The loss, if any, which cannot be so set off shall be carried forward and set off against income under `capital gains'. More
Returns and assessments SMALL INVESTOR 
`No incentive to invest or save' — Mr Arun Kejriwal, Director, KRISEXTREMELY disappointed with the Finance Minister for hitting the middle classes hard, Mr Arun Kejriwal, Director, KRIS (Kejriwal Research and Investor Services), expects some rollback on dividend tax, a measure that is bound to ... More IN FOCUS Allowing RIL to bid for IPCL -- Why the Govt is wrong THE proposed merger of Reliance Petroleum with Reliance Industries is likely to ignite afresh the controversy over whether the latter should be permitted to bid for the privatisation of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd (IPCL). The Government ... More FD WATCH HUDCO: Shelter for seniors HUDCO'S fixed deposit programme is suitable for risk-averse investors, especially senior citizens. Deposits of up to three years can be considered. The longer-end tenures can be avoided due to the lower incremental returns offered and a possible ... More FUND WATCH Tax-savings schemes -- Visible lack of interest THIS is time of the year when investment for tax saving purposes is at significant levels. But tax savings schemes of mutual funds seem to be totally out of the reckoning, not only in the last two months but for much of 2001-02 as well. This is ... More COMMENT Budget: Unintended consequences WHEN mutual funds were favoured in earlier years by the Finance Minister, there was an unintended positive consequence for the government. Inflows were diverted from the banking system into mutual funds. The implication was that monies were ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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