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Some merit in ‘one poll’ idea
Both the Centre and States should focus on governance for a full five years without any distraction and implement structural reforms for sustainable development besides saving tens of thousands of crores in election expenses. Let’s at least debate the idea The Prime Minister’s idea of “one nation, one election” is...
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Draw the line on tax evasion
17 June 2019 | Uttam Gupta -
Imperatives for a new India
04 June 2019 | Uttam Gupta -
Bridge the gap on patent rights
21 May 2019 | Uttam Gupta -
Direct action needed for direct benefits
06 May 2019 | Uttam Gupta -
Incentivise, don’t destroy business
25 April 2019 | Uttam Gupta -
India’s sugar imbroglio
16 April 2019 | Uttam Gupta -
Where are the funds?
05 April 2019 | Uttam Gupta
A case against shareholder interests
The idea floated by high-profile entrepreneurs, seeking dual-class share structure along with differential voting rights for founder-promoters of startups, is flawed. The Government must look for better ways to help small businesses An advocacy group, IndiaTech, representing some of the most high-profile entrepreneurs, has made a submission to the Ministry...
Protectionism hurts e-commerce
Instead of the extreme steps proposed by a new policy, the government should consider a pragmatic and flexible arrangement to address the concerns on protection of sensitive data With increasing penetration of internet, surging middle-class and focus on customer convenience and affordable pricing, online retail commerce in India has grown at...
India’s burden of fiscal dilemma
Allocation for welfare schemes have not kept pace with an increase in revenues due to which the Government had to resort to a window dressing of accounts In the interim Budget presented on February 1, the Government reported a minor slippage of 0.1 per cent in fiscal deficit for 2018-19 against...
Unshackle banks from credit cycle
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is an important legislation that has instilled a sense of urgency among all stakeholders to resolve bad loans but for the momentum to sustain, India needs a committed leadership Banking is inherently a huge profitable business. To get a sense of it, all one needs...
Innovation is not exploitation
Controls on GM crops will curb access to new solutions needed to tackle climate change. Our farmers will be the biggest losers Bt cotton, the only Genetically Modified (GM) crop so far allowed for cultivation in India, is genetically tweaked to kill bollworms that ravage cotton crops. It promises substantial increase...
FDI in retail: The way forward
Only a 100 per cent FDI can create good market dynamics that can address concerns of predatory pricing and market dominance Retailers’ associations have complained to the Government against e-commerce majors such as Amazon and Flipkart giving deep discounts on sales on their platform which is detrimental to the ubiquitous ‘mom-and-pop’...
