Governance

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Governance : A decade of paradoxes

IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of...

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Governance : Writing for a decade… in vain?

FROM the second issue of gfiles, I have been writing in almost all issues, mainly on governance and civil services. I have lost...

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Governance : Single tax a Utopian dream

“In the interest of the prosperity of the country, a King shall be diligent in foreseeing the possibility of calamities, try to avert...

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Governance : Reforming the Income-Tax Act

IN an era of voluntary compliance under the Income Tax Act, 1961, where nearly 99 per cent of income-tax returns are being accepted...

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Governance : Equalising force

WITH the budget fervor and excitement having settled down after introduction of the Finance Bill, 2017, in Parliament on February 1, 2017, it...

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CAPPING IRON ORE PRICES : A myopic view

INDIA’S beleaguered iron ore mining industry is lurching towards yet another crisis. After being battered with production cap, environment-related clampdowns, labyrinth of taxes...

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Governance : Unbecoming of an exchange

NATIONAL Stock Exchange (NSE) has in the recent past been in the news for all the wrong reasons. A stock exchange has two...

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Governance : BUDGET 2017-18 No carrots, only sticks

IN the two days since the commencement of the Budget Session of Parliament on January 31, 2017, three important events followed in quick...

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Governance : Civil Services Booting out the incompetent?

IN mid-January 2017, Chhattisgarh State Home department, complying with the order of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) dated January 5, gave compulsory retirement...

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Governance : Incomplete judgment

ACCIDENTS are a common occurrence on the roads of the country. There can also be no denial that a large number of them-to...