The GST Council should move expeditiously to simplify the GST structure as well as its administrative details before it is…
The way forward to minimise BEPS is not to treat multinational enterprises and their affiliates as independent entities, but to…
Budget 2018: The Budget proposes a number of interventions, but a close look at the allocations does not convince anyone…
The time is opportune for creating a fiscal council to monitor the calibration of rule-based policy, that is appointed by,…
The centre would do well to remember that Offsetting the fiscal disabilities of the states is critical to achieving and…
The finance minister’s unveiling of the Rs 9 trillion economy-booster plan, involving the Rs 2.11 trillion recapitalisation of public sector…
All the attempts at fiscal consolidation will come to nought if any attempt to provide fiscal stimulus is made by…
The government continues to claim that it has scored a goal without admitting that it is a self-goal—DeMo caused significant…
Lack of capacity of the state is not merely a matter of incompetence. It has more to do with ‘special…
Housing the commission under the finance ministry will undermine its independence; make it answerable to Parliament only
The responsibility of implementing NITI’s recommendations lies with both the Union government as well as the states.
What is being proposed is a highly complicated structure with four tax rates, in addition to exemption, a low rate…
The growth estimates put out by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) in the Second Advance Estimates of National Income for…
It is in allocating resources for public investment where the finance minister has been stingy. Increase in public spending on…
It is not the Finance Commission, but the Union government that determines the transfers to the states
The govt will have to tread carefully between wiping the tears of disruption that demonetisation caused and kick-starting the revival…
Although the developments during the first seven months of the fiscal year are similar to the situation that prevailed in…
The announcement by the prime minister on November 8, that currency notes with face-value of R500 and R1,000 will no…
