P>There are about 137 million low-income workers in India with monthly incomes of up to Rs 3,000, for whom retirement is not an option.

Ashish Aggarwal: Blueprint on pension for the masses

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India, today, is in the midst of a significant transformation and its economy is becoming increasingly globalised.

`Unprecedented growth in the aerospace sector`

Former deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha and BJP MP Najma Heptullah speaks to Nistula Hebbar on the women's reservation Bill.

`33% is minimum that is being demanded`

P>India has moved from tongas to metro rail and typewriters to laptops between December 1984 and June 2008.

Sreelatha Menon:Time to bury the Bhopal tragedy ghost?

P>Raising the prices of petroleum products must be at the core of any policy response.

Subir Gokarn: Stress scenario

&nbsp;Our understanding of corporate governance has changed. Earlier we perceived corporate governance as a system that ensures that the manager (the CEO and her team) does not take decision for private gains and does not expropriate shareholders&#39; wealth.

Corporate Governance and Audit

In 2004, under a major unshackling of exchange control regulations, dealing of cross border transactions, including share transfers of Indian companies, were delegated to banks designated as authorised dealers (AD).

Shift in regulatory responsibility and reduced procedures to attract FDI

The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi high court to settle the dispute between Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation) of Japan and an Indian company, Tosiba Appliances Co, over the use of the trade mark Toshiba/Tosiba at the earliest.

SC asks Delhi HC to end row between Toshiba and Tosiba

P>More commodities have been put on the banned list though there's no evidence futures cause a price hike.

A V Rajwade: Cause, effect and correlation

&nbsp;Pan Masala now attracts 8% excise duty after this Budget. In comparison, other goods in the Chapter-21 containing miscellaneous edible preparations attract 14%, which is the general rate of excise now.

Budget 2008-09 - Sin Tax Reversed

P>The revised estimates for GDP in 2007-08 were released last Friday, showing that the Indian economy grew by 9 per cent during the year.

Editorial: Two thresholds

P>Despite the PM's backing, no one is willing to give the National Rainfed Area Authority the time of day.

Surinder Sud: Unwanted appendage

P>The international price of oil is a national problem and the parties should collectively deal with it.

M Govinda Rao: Policy inaction and looming crisis

P>The provision for urgent take-overs bypassing procedure is open to misuse by powerful interests.

M J Antony: Fast track land acquisition

The 12-hour bandh called by the ruling Left Front in West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura to protest against the fuel price hike affected normal life in the three states today.

Bandh hits normal life in Left-ruled states

P>The duty on buses which carry more people is the same as that on small cars, such is our warped policy.

Sunita Narain: Frugality is not poverty

&nbsp;Predictability is a hallmark of good law. The law ought to clearly state the cause-and-effect relationship between people's actions and legal implications.

Indian FDI policy cuts a sorry figure

As is by now well known, the service tax, which has been in force in India for more than a decade, is intended to operate as a destination-based consumption tax.

Services exports: Some issues

A large number of non-resident Indians (NRIs), who make earnings in foreign exchange, keep money in India in non-resident ordinary (NRO) account.

Interest on NRO account to be taxed as investment income

The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has added Para 5.11.4 in the Handbook of Procedures, Vol-1 (HB-1) through Public Notice No.

Protecting exporters from govt bans

The Supreme Court has ruled that a recovery officer of the debt recovery tribunal has no power to confirm the sale of the property of a company under liquidation when the company judge has appointed an official liquidator.

SC set aside auction sale

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