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GST is a Welcome Reform For SME businesses
Rejoinder: GST is a welcome reform, especially for small and medium businesses! This is a rejoinder to the two recent columns at CRI by Dr. Kiran Kumar Karlapu and Mr. Harsh Gupta, both arguing against the proposed introduction of GST in India. Let me start this rejoinder with a live...
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A Statistics Hitjob to Deny the Gujarat Development Story
A rejoinder to an article titled “Gujarat: Myth and Reality” authored by Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar, a Congress-nominated Rajya Sabha MP and former Member of Planning Commission. With much grudge, one must hand it to Congress. How can it convince well-educated and qualified professionals to twist facts, take selective data and present...
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Petrol Price Hike – The Myth of Subsidy!
The Petrol Price has been hiked by over 10% overnight, and as usual, specious arguments about “loss making Oil PSUs”, “sharp depreciation in Rupee” and “Government cannot subsidize the Rich for their petrol cars” are spouted to justify this humungous hike! A quick 101 on the building blocks of the...
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A government that destroys
Policy Foibles of the Government Destroying Vibrant Sectors “This has been the most destructive period of regulatory environment I have seen in 16 years” is the exasperated voice of Mr. Sunil Mittal of Airtel on the recent regulatory prescriptions for the 2G spectrum auctions. This statement is remarkably true not...