-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The major changes in GST rates in the 28 per cent bracket and measures to simplify filing and compliance are seen as an effort by the government to correct an "IMAge problem" dogging the tax reform in key consumer and trader constituencies ahead of the Gujarat elections. It was felt a perception had gained ground that middle class activities like eating out and items like cosmetics...
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Poor south west monsoon rainfall sours hope for good foodgrain output
The phenomenal growth in foodgrain production witnessed in the 2016-17 crop year will not repeat this year. Early prediction by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare shows that the kharif foodgrain production in 2017-18 may likely to fall by 2.8 percent as compared that in the previous year. The kharif foodgrain production is expected to decline from 138.5 million tonnes in 2016-17 to 134.7 million tonnes in 2017-18. Readers...
More »Drought of management -Asha Ramachandran
-The Statesman The ongoing flood situation in several parts of peninsular India has left people confused. Just a few months ago, the states were declared drought-hit with a severe drinking water crisis. Yet, IMAges of the 2015 floods in Chennai are still fresh in one’s memory. Reports of the recent floods in Bangalore and Mumbai poured in even as the region was declared to be facing the worst drought in recorded...
More »Revolution that wasn't -Pratap Bhanu Mehta
-The Indian Express Demonetisation was part of a political IMAgination that is closer to a technocratic authoritarianism. Revolutions are often paradoxical things. In the minds of the revolutionary, they conjure up IMAges of radical change. But reality is more recalcitrant. It makes a fool of the revolutionary, exacerbating those very things that the revolution seeks to change. Demonetisation has turned out to be no different. It was a populist measure, done in...
More »80% of people against demonetisation: Survey -Ashlin Mathew
-National Herald Contrary to what PM Narendra Modi and his colleagues claim that the nation supported demonetisation, a new study has found that only 20% were in favour of the move or confused. The rest against it That demonetisation has been a disaster has been acknowledged by all, except by those walk through the corridors of power. But, now there is an additional set of statistics to back the sensible thought. According...
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