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‘The road to Lok Sabha polls in 2019 will be paved with sops’

Saurabh Mukherjea - 16 November, 2017

All the actions by the government in the past month suggest that the government is trying to please all segments of the economy.

GST rate cut shows reformist intent of Modi govt

Neelkanth Mishra - 13 November, 2017

GST rate cuts will help formalisation and boost business. Relaxation of return filing procedures should help smaller firms embrace the tax reform.

Simplifying GST rates

TN Ninan - 10 November, 2017

When the idea of a GST was introduced, no one had intended (or dreamt) that there would be four rates of tax other than the zero rate.

It’s an illusion that Modi govt controls India’s economic destiny

Saurabh Mukherjea - 10 November, 2017

A heady era has lulled investors into believing that India’s omnipotent PM determines India’s economic destiny. But things might be about to change.

Talk Point: To his credit, Modi accelerated the growth of the 1990s

Y. K. Alagh - 9 November, 2017

Other economists may call it the ‘Gujarat model’, but keeping industrial growth high and improving agriculture are keeping the state’s development high.

Big test for BJP as Himachal goes to polls today

Chitleen K Sethi - 9 November, 2017

50 lakh electorate to cast votes to choose between six-time CM Virbhadra Singh of Congress and septuagenarian BJP leader, Prem Kumar Dhumal.

Talk Point: One should not hyper-analyse a particular shot fired in a war

T.S.R. Subramanian - 8 November, 2017

Demonetisation was the first major formal recognition by the Government of India that the issue of black money needs to be tackled decisively. What has India gained and lost from demonetization and what are the lessons learnt?

GST Council likely to prune list of items falling under 28% slab

Pragya Kaushika - 7 November, 2017

Many items could be brought under 12 per cent tax bracket as the government is trying to find ways of introducing a lower GST slab.

‘With Dhumal as CM face, Modi & Shah want to escape blame for BJP’s impending defeat’

Chitleen K Sethi - 4 November, 2017

Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh claims voters will reject BJP because of policies such as note ban and GST.

Too many losers

TN Ninan - 3 November, 2017

If there are too many losers due to decisions like GST and demonetisation, macro-demand will suffer and undercut growth.

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