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Open doors for trade
The Govt should shed its current protectionism. Instead, it should go for an open trade policy by slashing import duties and eliminating non-tariff barriers While presenting the Union Budget for 2020-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had renewed the commitment of the Modi Government to “Make in India.” She saw this as...
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The GST quagmire
08 September 2020 | Uttam Gupta -
Bite the BIC bullet
01 September 2020 | Uttam Gupta -
Snap the stranglehold
25 August 2020 | Uttam Gupta -
Time to be honest
18 August 2020 | Uttam Gupta -
Bailout or blowout?
11 August 2020 | Uttam Gupta -
Powerless power sector
06 August 2020 | Uttam Gupta -
A ‘bad bank’ is a bad idea
28 July 2020 | Uttam Gupta
FDI through front door
The Govt must allow 100 per cent FDI in retail as this will level the playing field for all, eliminate discretion of bureaucrats whose writ is all-pervasive and help small traders On April 22, the California-based US internet giant, Facebook, announced its decision to buy 9.99 per cent stake in Jio...
Future mortgaged for food
Tax collections are far from adequate to pay for free food and the Govt is borrowing heavily to make up for the shortfall, thereby imposing an unsustainable burden on the future generation of taxpayers To shield millions of poor from the devastation caused by the Covid-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had...
Fuel prices are burning
We have an abhorrent situation whereby taxes alone account for about two-third of the price at the pump. The high fuel price contributes to high inflation and higher costs of fertilisers and food During the last three weeks of June, the oil marketing public sector undertakings (PSUs), namely the Indian Oil...
The GST indemnity riddle
Even as States expect full and timely compensation for the shortfall in their tax revenue, vis- -vis a given benchmark, the Union Govt has been making short payment and that too after a time lag The dwindling tax revenue of both the Centre and States since the financial year (FY) 2019-20...
A highly unreasonable request
Granting interest waiver, in addition to deferment, will amount to discrimination among borrowers who decide to avail the RBI’s loan moratorium and others who don’t The Supreme Court was against burdening customers with a loan trap while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by one Gajendra Sharma, demanding a “waiver...
Remodel Google tax
Tech giants are getting away by not paying tax in the source country but the fact remains that their profits are coming from users located within the Indian territory. This anomaly needs to be addressed soon On June 2, the Trump administration announced a probe into digital services taxes that have...
Green the soil
The Centre's decision to ban 27 commonly-used pesticides in all three main categories, namely insecticides, fungicides and weedicides, is a move in the right direction The decision of the Centre to ban 27 commonly-used pesticides in all three main categories, viz. insecticides, fungicides and weedicides, in India has led to consternation among...
