GST Bill Passed by the Parliament: A New Beginning for the Indirect Tax Regimen in India
3rd Aug, 2016 was a historic day for the Indian democracy, economy and cooperative federalism. The GST Bill was passed on this day by Rajya Sabha to replace raft of different central, state and local taxes with a single ….
Transforming Railways Stations: Here comes the Achhe Din for Rail Passengers!
The Indian Railways recently, in its quest of providing thrust to the rail infrastructure, awarded the Habibganj project near Bhopal to a private consortium. This can be seen as the start of Achhe Din for as many as 400 railway stations across India awaiting their redevelopment….
Amit Shah has transformed BJP, the intellectuals are wrong about him
Nehruvian historians and intellectuals with cleverly camouflaged loyalties will always desist – now and later – from analysing impartially Amit Shah’s tenure as BJP president. That is a given. One can hardly expect that they would examine and accept the positive change that he has ushered into the…..
Transforming Indian railways: Analysing the work of Railway Ministry
Siddharth Singh । । The two years that have gone by would be recognized as significant in the history of Indian Railways. These shall be seen as the years when the Railway Ministry broke away from tradition and convention and abandoned the business as usual approach.
GST: Stage II Structural Economic Reform Gains Ground
While subsidy abolition and trimming has been operative for nearly two years, starting with the various petroleum products; the GST juggernaut has begun to move at last, after more than a decade in the works. And the Modi government will make every effort to see it into operation…
The New Law To Conserve And Protect Forests
The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, introduced in the Parliament in 2015, has been passed in the Monsoon Session of 2016. The enabling provisions for releasing and making use of the funds to the tune of Rs. 42,000 crores, which were lying unused with the Central Government for ….
Jihad With Its Back To The Wall, And Staring Down The Barrel
The world keeps turning, albeit more turbulently than usual in 2016. And each day, comes the news of fresh atrocities perpetrated by the troops of radical Islamic terrorism. It is killing dozens of innocent civilians, men, women, children, the sick, the dying, even the handicapped; victims include…
FDI norms relaxed: Boost for the Indian Economy
Recently Modi government relaxed norms for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in various sectors in India with the object of giving a boost to the Indian economy. New sectors have now been opened up where FDI can be brought in either via automatic route or through …..
Articulating The Past History
Anirban Ganguly || A third category of people who have spread a Goebbelesian propaganda against Mookerjee’s legacy are the communist apologists. For them, his legacy is troublesome. They have, therefore, tried to marginalise any genuine nationalist who has challenged their world
Requirements for the NAM initiative to Help Transform Indian Agriculture
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi –led government has announced the ambitious goal of doubling income of farmers by 2022. Progressing towards such a goal requires integrated economic, institutional, technological and governance reform initiatives not just in agriculture sector….
