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Debunking claims of fiscal discrimination

India, March 25 -- Various Opposition-ruled States especially from south India have complained of 'discrimination' and 'unfair' treatment under the present scheme of sharing financial resources betwee... Read More


Rationalise and simplify GST

India, March 20 -- A Group of Ministers (GoM) set up by the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Council is currently reviewing the new tax regime with a focus on 'simplification' and 'rationalisation' as key... Read More


The practice of offering freebies must stop

India, March 11 -- Barely a week before the Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to announce the schedule for the polls for Lok Sabha elections when the Code of Conduct will come into force, the ... Read More


WTO deadlock over agricultural subsidies

India, March 6 -- The 13th ministerial conference (MC) of WTO (World Trade Organisation) held on February 26-29, 2024 in Abu Dhabi has ended in a deadlock. This is because India leads about 80 countri... Read More


MSP methodology and farmer demands

India, March 2 -- Co-terminus with the legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all crops, another demand raised by the farmers relates to how the MSP is fixed. They want it to be calculate... Read More


Farmers' demands are impractical and unrealistic

India, Feb. 19 -- After three years of hibernation, farmers mostly from Punjab are back on the roads with over a dozen demands from the Union Government. If taken on board, these are sure to spell dis... Read More


Balancing welfare and fiscal responsibility

India, Feb. 15 -- Seen in the backdrop of 250 million persons coming out of poverty during the last nine-and-a-half years of incumbent government (as per a recent report released by Niti Aayog), Prime... Read More


Delink disinvestment from the Budget

India, Feb. 13 -- In a briefing following the presentation of the interim Budget for the financial year (FY) 2024-25 by the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2024, Finance Secretary ... Read More


Tread the WTO quagmire with caution

India, Feb. 1 -- In a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture (CoA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) - held on October 2, 2023, in Geneva, the European Union (EU) agreed to consider India's deman... Read More


Is the Government's debt sustainable?

India, Jan. 26 -- Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that India's general government debt - it comprises the debts of the Centre and states - will overshoot 100 per cent of t... Read More