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P Vaidyanathan Iyer: The impatience of being Chidambaram

RAISINA HILL

Sunita Narain: Water riddles

DOWN TO EARTH

Manas Chakravarty: Tales about the Budget

WATCHWORD

Changing the colour of money

TAXATION

Confusion compounded

RBI`s draft guidelines on ownership & governance of pvt banks have sent wrong signals to market

Sanjay Sinha: It's not about money, honey

Participation of the poor in India's century needs institutional reforms

Should turnover tax replace capital gains tax?

DEBATE/ The move may reduce paperwork, but transactions costs will increase substantially

Kala S Sridhar: Beyond the Budget

Ministry of Reforms

Positive signals in a subdued manner

COMMENT: E A S Sarma, Principal, Administrative Staff College Of India

Positive signals in a subdued manner

COMMENT: E A S Sarma, Principal, Administrative Staff College Of India

Sudipto Mundle: Betting on growth

PERSPECTIVE

Arvind Singhal: Growing with the masses

MARKETMIND

T C A Srinivas-Raghavan: Turned over by the tax

Economists say turnover taxes are bad. Why won't the FM pay heed

T N Ninan: Doubts on Day 2

WEEKEND RUMINATIONS

A balancing act

The finance minister has picked a few pockets for the greater good

A V Rajwade: The more things change?

WORLD MONEY/ ...the more they remain the same. Mere changes in policy do not solve problems

T N Pandey: Chidambaram's Budget fails to correct flaws

TAXING MATTERS

T N Pandey: Chidambaram's Budget fails to correct flaws

TAXING MATTERS

Call the Left's bluff