Summary: Pricing of Public Resources for sale or lease to Private Parties should be vide a proper auction process that protects the interests of the Public. Taxation should be fair, comprehensive and equitable. All Goods and Services are not the same. Some are Enablers whose consumption enables greater production of other Goods which in turn […]
Summary: Counterfeit Currency debases the value of the lawful currency, increases inflation and acts against economic progress. Counterfeiting Currency and circulating it is a crime and, if done in a Country by another Country, is an act of War. Demonetization of all high value currency and encouraging digital payments is an effective counter response. Simplifying […]
Summary: Confiscatory and ill-concerned tax regimes have motivated citizens to move their monies out of India. We need to now seek to incentivize them to get it back into India for the overall benefit of the Country. A single broad-based Goods and Services Tax regime and doing away with Income Tax will encourage proper tax […]
Summary: A practical and actionable solution to the Agriculture and Farmer problem. Agriculture faces the stress of smaller and uneconomical land holdings and of ever-growing demands, from the ever-growing population dependent on each acre, for food grains, proteins and fruits etc. the tiny farm land holdings, increased costs and scarcity of labour and low […]
Summary: Democracy is a method of Government of the ‘People’ for ‘All the People’. Not a dictatorship of the ‘Majority’ nor appeasement of any ‘Minority’, but with an empathetic understanding of the interests of All. However, as any such system cannot really be designed for all times, a good system should allow for means to […]
Summary: Too many people seek to receive special consideration by claiming to be from a disadvantaged minority and hence, deserving of such consideration. It hence, becomes necessary for us to understand who or what really such a disadvantaged minority is and how to define such a minority, before we talk of necessary special consideration and […]
Summary: The 26/1 I terror attack at Mumbai was allowed to grow from an incident into a major terror attack due to lack of preparation and lack of Standard Operating Procedures and due to a systemic absence of leadership at all levels, willing to stand-up and be accountable.
Summary: A Democracy is only as effective as its electoral system. Our present electoral system suffers from many short-comings that, given the will of the people and support of the Election Commission and the Judiciary, can be easily corrected. ONE NATION, ONE POLL to better reflect people’s choices clearly at that time and allow for […]
Wealth was always seen as representing such tangible resources as given by nature or those grown or domesticated or extracted.
Summary: A Dream Budget should not only be an exercise in accounting; it should be a Policy statement about how to bring about general prosperity for All. Populism and Protectionism should be minimum and based on rational appreciation of the long-term prosperity expected therefrom. History teaches us that both Populism and Protectionism are only short-term […]
