India's Growth Story – Are We Better Off.. Or, Worse Off..??
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) report, released this week, stating that richest 1% Indians own 53% of the total, second worst in terms of wealth inequality, puts again a question…
Understanding GST (Part II)..
While Central GST (CGST) and State GST (SGST) should be easier to implement, the challenge would be to track the flow of goods and and implement inter-state GST (IGST). In…
Understanding GST (Part I)…
The countdown to the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) has begun with Bihar becoming the second state to clear State GST (SGST) bill today after Telangana. The Parliament…
IMF World Economic Outlook April’17
The world economy is expected to witness a reasonable improvement in growth at 3.5% in 2017 against 3.1% in 2016 as per the IMF report released this week. More importantly,…
Understanding H-1B Visa Program..
The changes in the H-1B visa rules marks the culmination of last few months of intense action and debate on the issue. The issue has just got even more polarised…
Understanding “Compensatory Tariff”..
Honourable Supreme Court’s decision last week disallowing “Compensatory Tariff” to Tata Power and Adani Power brings back this power sector invention into limelight. The compensation had earlier been awarded to…
Strengthening Manufacturing – Case of Apparel and Leather Industries…
The push to Indian Manufacturing sector and ‘Make in India’ campaign can receive a boost from some key sectors whose growth has preceded the growth of the economy across the…