Governance
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Governance : It is the economy, no politics, stupid
WHATEVER be the form of government, winning elections and governance have largely depended on catchy slogans, especially the economic ones. Whoever said ‘man...