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VAT
is dat? |
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Value Added Tax is desirable,
indeed. VAT not only makes the indirect tax structure efficient
and transparent, it also makes it easier for India to defend
anti-dumping or anti-subsidy investigations launched by trading
partners. |
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RPOs
to DPOs |
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There are at least three reasons
why the external affairs ministry’s recent directive to states
— to set up district passport offices by January 1, 2002 — ought
to be welcomed. |
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PRO
BONO PUBLICO: S S Tarapore
Central bank’s sermon from the mount |
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The Reserve Bank of India’s
Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2000-01 takes
stock of the financial sector reform process, but while providing
an excellent status report, it also subtly indicates for whom
the bell tolls. |
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SIXTH
SENSE: Murali Gopalan
GAIL gets into proactive mould |
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The Gas Authority of India
has indicated that it is keen on accessing the LNG terminal
of the 2,184mw Dabhol Power Company. |
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EAVESDROPPER:
Good diplomacy |
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Call it good manners
or whatever, one important caller on former Pakistan prime minister
Benazir Bhutto Sunday was Islamabad’s envoy to New Delhi Ashraf
Jehangir Qazi. |
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DOHA
ASSESSMENT—III: Pradeep S Mehta
India has no reason to be afraid of ‘competition’?
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In the context of a multilateral
competition policy, the Doha Ministerial Declaration notes:
“Recognising the case for a multilateral framework to enhance
the contribution of competition policy to international trade
and development.. |
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HOME
TRUTHS: Mimmy Jain
Of showmen and pin-pricks |
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As a child, I was always scared
of injections, well, anything that came with a needle attached.
I remember shivering with fear and whimpering when it was time
for the annual round of inoculations, but I never had anything
like the gumption Amma described in her childhood, when she
actually bolted herself into the bathroom to escape an injection. |
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STATES:
C R Rathee
Haryana yet to implement SC order on homes for quarry workers
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Migrant workers employed in
the stone quarries on the Faridabad ridge in Haryana may not
get a roof for their families in the foreseeable future despite
the Supreme Court directive to the state government to construct
dwelling units for them and recover the cost from the lease-holders. |
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Q &
A: Y H MALEGAM
‘UTI’s brand equity will be attractive if encashed now’
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It has been almost a month
since the Malegam Committee Report was thrown open for public
debate by the Board of Trustees of the UTI. At present, comments
from the public, unitholders and employees are being considered
by UTI. Sujata Mody spoke to Y H Malegam to get
his views on the public perception of the recommendations made
in the report. |
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