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Stopping thieving through DBT
A lot of pilfering from fertiliser subsidies is happening due to policy flaws. This can be curbed if only the subsidy is given under Direct Benefit Transfer On January 22, 2019, addressing NRIs and Indian-origin people at the inauguration of the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Prime...
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Rationalise regulations for e-commerce
09 May 2024 | Uttam Gupta -
Plug leakages in fertiliser subsidy
02 May 2024 | Uttam Gupta -
With power freebies, debt comes calling
22 April 2024 | Uttam Gupta -
Income inequalities hamper sustainable growth
15 April 2024 | Uttam Gupta -
RBI maintains status quo despite inflation optimism
12 April 2024 | Uttam Gupta -
Address the root cause to stabilise food prices
08 April 2024 | Uttam Gupta -
Sustainable agriculture with nano-fertilisers
01 April 2024 | Uttam Gupta
Debunking claims of fiscal discrimination
Opposition-ruled States, especially southern States, have raised concerns about discriminatory treatment in the current system of fiscal resource sharing between the Centre and the States Various Opposition-ruled States especially from south India have complained of ‘discrimination’ and ‘unfair’ treatment under the present scheme of sharing financial resources between the Union Government...
Rationalise and simplify GST
The GST Council has to make crucial decisions regarding inclusion of petroleum products and streamlining tax slabs to fortify the robustness of the GST system 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...
The practice of offering freebies must stop
Not too long ago, poll freebies used to be an exception. But now it has become a norm with almost every other party promising it 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...
WTO deadlock over agricultural subsidies
At the WTO Ministerial Conference, India stood firm on its stance on public stock-holding programme, drawing strong opposition from the developed countries 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...
MSP methodology and farmer demands
Questions arise about the rationale and implications of adopting Dr Swaminathan's proposed methodology for MSP calculation 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 calculated based on the...
Farmers' demands are impractical and unrealistic
The farmers want the Govt to withdraw from the WTO and all Free Trade Agreements, which is next to impossible in a globally interdependent world 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...
Balancing welfare and fiscal responsibility
The Centre should go for a complete overhaul of its food subsidy programme. It should exclude from the beneficiaries’ list those who are better off 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...
