Canalways -- Best bet to reduce pollution
Transport planners at the helm of policy-decision in New Delhi are somewhat obsessed with 13,000 km quadrilateral road linkage, disregarding the huge cost involved but are not adequately concerned about other cheaper, more eco-friendly and energy-efficient alternatives, particularly in urban economic planning.

Realty investments in metros are smarter risk
Sooner or later, no column worth its name can resist the temptation to dip into east Asia's nightmares to come up with a piece of what it imagines is a piece of economic folk wisdom.

Tax implications for technical services rendered by foreign partners
With the rising cooperation between Indian and foreign enterprises on the technical front and liberalisation in rules for payment of technical services fees, the taxability of such amounts in the hands of collaborators has resulted in litigation before courts, and several applications being filed with the Authority for Advance Rulings.

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