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CONTRACT FARMING
Can contract farming strengthen agriculture?
Responses to Sticklish Issues dated May 7 More

ACCOUNTANCY
Break-even in merged plants
Analysis of the December 2006 ICWA (Stage I) paper on CMA More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Too many `development' trouble spots?
Send in your comments to Sticklish@thehindu.co.in

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SOFTWARE
Software development
Is software up-gradation a taxable service under maintenance and repair service? Aakash Kumar Finance Bill, 2007 has inserted an explanation to the definition under Section 65(64) and the amended definition is as follows: Management, ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Gold or gold-backed securities?
The Sage was bemused as he picked up the newspaper. A new record had been established for the amount of money that the gold industry had been able to raise in two days on the hype of Akshaya (never diminishing) Tritiya. The ... More

ECONOMICS
Currency value and inflation
The Consumer Price Index is no doubt the best index to measure inflation. But which among the four sets of CPI is the best to arrive at the overall inflation for the country? Or is there any other methodology? Also, can you elaborate on the ... More

EVENTS
Just Do IT
B Ramakrishna - Dy DGFT (Retd) - Ghaziabad - krishnabr1942 at gmail.com, G K Ramachandra - Ferrogreen Technologies P Ltd - Bangalore - ramachandra.gk at gmail.com, Gunpreet S. Sethy - New Delhi - newscanindia at vsnl.net, K. Ravishankar - Chennai ... More

INCOME TAX
Revision of belated returns
I have filed a belated return for the assessment year 2006-07. However, I have discovered some omissions in my return and there exists a tax liability in respect of capital gains. I propose to pay my taxes with interest immediately and file a ... More

ESOP: Changes beyond the fringe
Amendments to the Finance Bill, 2007 recommend further changes to the original proposal on taxation of ESOPs (Employee Stock Option Plans). What are the tax provisions affecting ESOPs in the hands of employees and the employer, as proposed by the ... More

PEOPLE
Introspect to better yourself
Mr Bala J. Raman is Co-Founder and President, Congruent Solutions. He has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of ... More

BOOKS
Imaginary lines
After Columbus's return from his first Atlantic crossing, there was `a tremendous jurisdictional dispute over newly discovered lands' between Spain and Portugal, `the two most powerful maritime rivals in Europe'. Thus narrates Neil Armstrong in ... More

Keep processes simple and measurable
The link between strategy and results is management, or the so-called middle management, says Praveen Gupta in Six Sigma Business Scorecard (www.tatamcgrawhill.com). "Conventionally, management by objectives (MBO) has been the ... More

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