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Posted on 05 July, 2018 , No Comments admin

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on the 4th of July, 2018 settled the law with regard to allocation of legislative and executive powers between the elected…

Posted on 01 July, 2018 , No Comments admin

It has been one year since the country’s switchover to a new indirect taxation system - the Good and Services Tax. One single tax replaced seventeen taxes and…

Posted on 29 June, 2018 , No Comments admin

The first sixty-seven years after Independence from 1947 to 2014 saw a total number of 3.82 crore assesses filing tax returns.  Obviously, in comparison to total population of…

Posted on 26 June, 2018 , No Comments admin

As the Emergency prolonged on, there was one major pressure on Mrs. Indira Gandhi.  International media and world leaders were aghast at the very suggestion that Pandit Nehru’s…

Posted on 25 June, 2018 , No Comments admin

Having imposed Emergency on 26th June, 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi got issued a proclamation under Article 359 suspending fundamental rights.  As a result of this, the right to…

Posted on 24 June, 2018 , No Comments admin

The years 1971 and 1972 were high points in the political career of Smt. Indira Gandhi.  She challenged the senior leaders of her own party and a grand…

Posted on 22 June, 2018 , No Comments admin

Human rights are at the core of India’s Parliamentary democracy and Constitution.  As the world’s largest democracy we gave ourselves a Constitution which guaranteed to every citizen the…

Posted on 20 June, 2018 , No Comments admin

Few days ago Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian met me over video conferencing. He informed me that he would like to go back to the United States on…

Posted on 18 June, 2018 , No Comments admin

The Fourth quarter results of GDP data showed a phenomenal 7.7 percent growth rate and has established India firmly as the fastest growing global economy.  This trend, according…

Posted on 13 June, 2018 , No Comments admin

A few weeks ago P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister in the UPA Government, claimed that frying pakodas is not job creation.  Being cleverer than rest of his colleagues, he…