-The Hindu Data on demonetisation’s contribution to the deepening economic slowdown may have been suppressed Was a task force report that recommended a new law to replace the more than 50-year-old Income Tax Act, 1961 suppressed because it inadvertently provided factual evidence for the debilitating impact of demonetisation on the formal corporate sector? On September 1-2, 2017, at the Rajaswa Gyan Sangam (an annual conference of senior tax administrators), Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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Biscuit-maker Parle says it may have to sack 8,000 to 10,000 workers amid slowdown in sales
-Scroll.in The company said higher taxes in the GST system had forced it to increase prices. It caused consumer demand to fall. Biscuit maker Parle Products Private Limited on Tuesday said it may lay off almost 10,000 employees if the demand slowdown continues, The Economic Times reported. “We have sought reduction in the Goods and Services Tax on biscuits priced at Rs 100 per kg or below, which are typically sold in...
More »Raghuram Rajan issues warning alert for Modi govt on economy
-BusinessToday.in According to former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, the slowdown in the economy "very worrisome", and he called for pressing reforms to boost the economy and energise the private sector to invest as well as a fresh look at the way GDP is being calculated Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said the economic slowdown in India is "very worrisome" and has called for a fresh look at the way GDP is...
More »Explained: Why One Nation, One Ration Card scheme could be a boon for poor migrants -Mehr Gill
-The Indian Express Essentially, the ONORC scheme has been launched keeping in mind the internal migration of our country. Last Friday, the Government launched the pilot project for the inter-state portability of ration cards between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and between Maharashtra and Gujarat, as part of its ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme. “It is a historic day. We have started off inter-state portability of ration card pairing two states...
More »The Modi Government is facing a serious cash crunch -- thanks to GST -Shoaib Daniyal
-Scroll.in More than a tenth of GDP is provided by Government expenditure. This is (more) bad news for the Indian economy. In 1773, the British Parliament passed the Regulating Act, appointing a governor general to oversee all of British India. This law marked the beginnings of the Central Government of the British Raj, the single most significant institution to shape the Indian subcontinent for the next two centuries. It continues till today...
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