Expensive Periods
During a research about taxes, the author’s attention was drawn to the facts of luxury taxes. There she discovered that tampons and pads come under the umbrella of luxury...
Indian Economy on a Slippery Oil Slope: Centre Must Give up Part of Bounty Collected through Duty
It is appalling to see the authorities openly stating that the time had not come to cut excise duty as global crude prices had not reached that high. Embarrassingly,...
Financial Frauds Continue Since Ages…
Financial frauds are perhaps as old as human civilisation. Tapati traces the antiquity of the swindle, as recorded in various ancient civilisations. Kautilya lists forty kinds of misappropriation of...
Policy Experiments May Sabotage Food Self-Sufficiency
The keenness of the BJP-led government runs contrary to its party’s pledge of ‘flourishing agriculture’ taken in its 2014 election manifesto, as well as the government’s own emphasis on...
Modi Govt. Talked Tall, but Always Fell Short: Budget Virtually Admits GST and Demonetisation Big Mistakes
The government would, without doubt, fail in doubling farm incomes by 2022 as promised. The kind of investment required to make that dream come true just did not exist....
Digitisation: Is it a Boon or Bane?
Money was a simple sack of grains in olden times when barter was used. As the economies grew larger and more complex, the need arose for something, which could...
Balancing the Books
We just crossed over to a new financial year in India, on April 1. This is the time to balance the books, says humourist Soumya, tongue-in-cheek. Read more in...
Depending on the Kindness of Strangers
The benevolence of strangers have time and again helped hapless people. Rita tells us about ‘crowdsourcing’ and ‘crowdfunding’ and how these have become a popular way for people to give...
Made in China: Are we Funding a Brutal Regime by buying Chinese Products?
One of the most important elements used to power the mobile phones – Lithium is found in abundance in a region, which China claims its own – Tibet! Post illegal...