BUSINESS
Karnataka’s domicile-based reservation is a bad idea that will fail in court
Similar reservation by Haryana was struck down. Skilling mismatch in the job market is a challenge. But reservations are not the solution
BUSINESS
Reducing the proportion of cesses in tax collections will allow the budget to produce a bigger bang for the buck
Budget 2024: Capex undertaken by states leads to a bigger multiplier than centre’s investments. ‘Divisible pool’ of taxes needs to be higher
BUSINESS
MSP announcements didn’t pander to farmers. But NDA’s welfare promise makes it impossible to ignore them
Modi 3.0 has built its welfare commitments on the foundation of five years of free cereals. It makes the current-pattern of MSP sticky
BUSINESS
Indexing tax slabs to inflation is a fair way to treat tax payers
Inflation erodes the value of money and brings people at lower levels of income into tax net because slabs are adjusted infrequently. Tax payers deserve better
POLITICS
Naidu’s real test will be getting a special financial package for Andhra. Cabinet posts not so important
Cabinet portfolio allocations are not the correct measure to judge the leverage TDP has extracted from the coalition government. It could be because the real test for N Chandrababu Naidu will be the concessions he extracts for Andhra
