urrently, GST has 4-tier slab of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, while essential items are zero rated. The government has detected Rs 20,000
Day: February 28, 2019
GST: India’s transformational GST has some hits, few misses–Economic Times
By Sumit Dutt Majumder There were certain basic objectives of introduction of GST. One was to substantially reduce, if not eliminate, the cascading of taxes by
Universal Basic Income: Why Universal Basic Income is a bad idea–Economic Times
A UBI offering even poverty-line income will cost maybe 10% of GDP, and the entire net revenue of GoI is barely 8% of GDP. Ten
A patchwork approach to GST problems – The Hindu
Transparency and simplicity in the tax regime are casualties of the GST Council’s recent decisions It has the best intentions, but the Goods and Services
Counter strike: Responsive & responsible–Economic Times
India has hit back at Pakistan for the terror attack at Pulwama that killed more than 40 Indian paramilitary personnel. India’s air strike within Pakistani
RCom-Ericsson case: Investors oppose Anil Ambani-led firm’s plea to use IT refunds to settle dues at NCLAT – The Financial Express
Financial creditors of the debt ridden Reliance Communications Wednesday opposed its plea to release the Income tax refunds to clear dues of Ericsson before the
Recapitalisation not enough, PSU banks need Rs 1.64 lakh crore to deal with future losses – The Financial Express
Government’s latest capital infusion of Rs 48,239 crore in PSU banks announced on 21 February 2019 may not be sufficient to support significantly stronger lending
No real boost – The Hindu BusinessLine
Giving in to hectic lobbying by real estate developers, the GST Council has make multiple tweaks to Goods and Services Tax for residential property, slashing
Decoding the Ordinance on unregulated deposit schemes – The Hindu BusinessLine
The recently-promulgated Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance 2019 ruffled a few feathers with news reports and legal experts expressing concerns over how the ordinance
