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Month: February 2020
P Chidambaram writes on Budget 2020–Indian Express
The so-called tax concession given to the income tax payer in the lower brackets has cluttered the tax structure and created confusion. Budget 2020-21 was presented
VP Menon: An unsung hero of modern India | Opinion – analysis – Hindustan Times
On a sunny spring day in 1914, a young Malayali walked into the Government of India’s summer offices in Gorton Castle (in the then Simla).
Will content moderation measures by FB & Twitter resolve information disorder? Do solutions lie only with platforms? | Deccan Herald
The term ‘fake news’ – popularised by a certain world leader – is today used as a catch-all term for any situation in which there
Statistical jugglery can’t hide India’s burgeoning food subsidy bill | Deccan Herald
One of the myriad numbers in Budget 2020-21 that caught attention related to the food subsidy bill. The revised estimates of 2019-20 showed that, at
Ruling undermines reservations | Deccan Herald–
The Supreme Court judgement last Friday on reservations in government service is problematic because it might provide an excuse to governments to deny reservations to
RBI offers CRR exemption to banks for lending to auto, housing, MSMEs–Business Today
The central bank said banks can claim first such deduction from net demand and time liabilities of 14 February for CRR exemption In a bid
Budget 2020: Vivad Se Vishwas Bill – moving towards a disputeless tax–Business Today
The introduction of the bill in the Lok Sabha on February 5 has garnered renewed hope amongst taxpayers and authorities of settling long-standing disputes in
RBI offers growth pills after FM Nirmala Sitharaman ignores slowdown | Deccan Herald
Seldom has the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) marched in lock-step with the government the way it is doing now. Seldom has the government depended so
Homebuyers object to Insolvency code amendment, approach parliamentary committee – The Economic Times
MUMBAI: The Forum for People’s Collective Efforts (FPCE), a national lobby of homebuyers, has approached the Jayant Sinha-headed parliamentary standing committee on finance with its objection
Revenue department’s crackdown on GST evaders: Traders to mandatorily declare GSTIN in documents from Feb 15 – The Financial Express
EY Tax Partner Abhishek Jain said the requirement to provide GSTIN in bill of entry/shipping bill will help plug GST revenue leakage and ensure that
‘करोना’चा हाहाकार –महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
दिल्लीहून पुण्याला येणाऱ्या ‘एअर इंडिया’च्या विमानात एका चिनी प्रवाशाला उलटी झाल्याने तिथे झालेला गोंधळ, विमान उतरल्यानंतर संबंधित प्रवाशाची पुण्यातील नायडू रुग्णालयात केलेली रवानगी, अन्य प्रवाशांची
How much money will you get if your bank goes bust? | Business Standard Column
Finally, the deposit insurance cover has been raised five-fold to Rs 5 lakh — a huge comfort for small depositors, some of whom have been
द्विराष्ट्रवादाचे मढे! |लोकसत्ता
द्विराष्ट्रवाद सिद्धांताचा इतिहास अभ्यासल्याविना राजकीय सोयीसाठी कुणावरही खापर फोडता येतेच, पण इतिहास माहीत करून घेतला तर काय दिसते? भारत-पाकिस्तान यांच्यातील फाळणीची मागणी होण्याआधी, १९२४ साली
RBI MPC: Easing without cutting–Economic Times
By Siddhartha Sanyal The MPC’s decision to keep the repo rate unchanged in February is no surprise. Given the spike in retail inflation prints in
Free Registration of FIR: Towards Good Governance–Economic Times
By: Vinay Kaura How can we measure crime? The simplest answer would be the official crime statistics. But in a country such as India, dependence on these
A clarification: Lost in detail–Economic Times
By Sachin Dave If one were to pass by a conference room in one of the country’s best tax consultancies in Mumbai, one would think a
Food for thought: Agricultural policies are leading to distortions. Turn them around to raise farm incomes–Times of India
It is reasonable to surmise an economic policy is a mess when all the stakeholders are unhappy. The continuing disgruntlement over onion prices and policy
Bravo SC: It has done well to halt the reservations juggernaut, a modern holy cow–Times of India
The Supreme Court has done well to halt the quota juggernaut with a ruling that makes eminent sense: states are not bound to provide quotas
पुनर्वसन प्रकल्पास ‘फ्री एफएसआय’ – डॉ. जितेंद्र आव्हाड | eSakal
पुनर्वसन प्रकल्पासाठी परवानगी नको ‘अनेक झोपडपट्ट्या या शासनाच्या मालकीच्या जागेवर आहेत. तेथे पुनर्वसन प्रकल्प राबवयाचा असेल, तर शासनाची परवानगी घ्यावी लागते. त्यात वेळ जातो. तो
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