-Financial Express Has Demonetisation led to a big increase in the number of people filing taxes and in tax revenue collected? Has Demonetisation led to a big increase in the number of people filing taxes and in tax revenue collected? In other words, have the tax base and tax revenue increased substantially due to Demonetisation? Minister of finance Arun Jaitley, and assorted defenders of the government, do make these claims. Writing in...
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With due respect, Finance Minister -Arun Kumar
-The Indian Express There has been only a marginal increase in the direct tax to GDP ratio after Demonetisation. And the economy didn’t need to suffer for digitisation. The government did not celebrate the second anniversary of Demonetisation, one of its biggest policy initiatives. It has celebrated the anniversary of all other big policies. Why the diffidence? The finance minister did come out with a statement listing the achievements of Demonetisation. But his...
More »Behind India's leap in ease of doing business -Aarati Krishnan
-The Hindu The rankings serve as a trusted ready-reckoner for foreign investors looking to invest in a country Chennai: India’s leap in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings this year has slipped under the radar, in the cacophony over Demonetisation and the RBI-Centre spat. The country has, in fact, been one of the biggest ‘improvers’ in the 2019 study, with its rank shooting up from 100 to 77, among 190 countries....
More »Fake currency network intact -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu But forensic reports say notes are of poor quality, security features not copied Two years after Demonetisation, the fake currency notes seized so far are not of a high quality, a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found. Another Home Ministry official said the network of same fake currency operators was still intact as two years ago, that pushed fake notes from the Bangladesh border. But there was not...
More »Demonetisation, GST held back growth: Raghuram Rajan
-PTI Says 7% growth not enough; centralisation of power a problem. Demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) are the two major headwinds that held back India’s economic growth last year, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has said, asserting that the current 7% growth rate is not enough to meet the country’s needs. Addressing an audience at the University of California in Berkeley on Friday, Rajan said for four years — 2012...
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