In 2017, Maharashtra implemented an agriculture debt relief scheme that waived debt amounting to ₹18,762 crore. This was followed by another debt relief program in 2019 for an amount of ₹20,497 crore. In the...
Newspapers are full of advertisements praising the Prime Minister for the so-called Diwali gift. Few analysts have come out with the real report card of GST. Convener of Association of Indian Entrepreneurs Mr. K...
Anil Ambani’s loan has been reported as fraud for the second time by SBI:It’s reported by BusinessLine as: State Bank of India has decided to report the loan account of Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM)...
Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) in collaboration with The Wire (as the media partner), Sambhaavnaa Institute & Progressive International, are co-organising a series of webinars conceived to better understand the global moment we are all inhabiting. The eight part webinar series...
There is a euphoria around the “tax bonanza” offered to the middle classes in this year’s Budget. The proposal of no tax for those with annual income up to Rs 12 lakh has been...
Tax authorities claimed that journalism did not serve a public purpose, said the platform. The Reporters’ Collective, an investigative news platform, on Tuesday stated that the Income Tax Department had cancelled its non-profit status....
The Economic Survey 2025 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, projects a 6.3 – 6.8% growth rate for FY 26, ahead of the Union Budget 2025-26. But, what does it mean to the common...
A People’s Blueprint for the 2025-26 Budget! At the threshold of the 2025 budget, the vitals of the economy are causing alarm to those who are bothered to look beyond the hyperbole and manufactured...
Peoples Commission on Public Sector and Public Services has issued a statement on tax structure which the Finance Minister should look into. All over the world there are changes proposed in the tax system...
Few of the Trade Union representatives from the Banking Industry met the Leader of the Opposition with certain demands on the Banking Sector. This came out on Social Media, and the Finance Minister, in...
A hundred days isn’t really enough to evaluate the policies of a regime pertaining to finance and economy, but it is enough so far as to get the drift. And an overview of the...
Leaving people in the lurch is not a new thing for the Modi government. If people have not understood this, it is clearly their fault, they had 10 years to do so.
The election result of June 4 gave a clear message to the ruling dispensation. They were reduced to a minority and had to entirely depend on a few allies to continue to be in...
The first budget of the NDA government seem to have heavily constrained with coalition compulsions, attempt to recognise the real issues on the ground and a response to the Mandate 2024. Yet, it manage...
The skewed trend of individual income tax payers contributing more to the union government’s coffers than corporates has its basis in the tax break given to corporates five years ago. The Budget at a...
