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Crowd control in GST

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Giving money away is not easy, even if it is to the government in lieu of essential servicesNeelkanth Mishra | Last Updated at November 6, 2017 23:28 IST (This was published in the Business Standard: link) Crowd control is as much about psychology as it is about hard policing. If 5 per cent of the … Read more

Fools rush in (GST)

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GST is a reform long delayed. But there may be good reason not to hurry it through now.Written by Neelkanth Mishra | Updated: September 23, 2016 6:06:22 am (This was published in the Indian Express: link) Deadlines help. Hard ones help even more. After all, years of false starts have turned the goods and services … Read more

Modi government @2: Reassess the report card

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They ignore the extremely high risk of an attempt at privatisation being effectively stillborn, unacceptable to state governments.Written by Neelkanth Mishra | Updated: June 6, 2016 1:12:11 am (This was published in the Indian Express: link) Even after weeding out extreme opinions, of the diehard supporters and the trenchant critics, whose hard stances reduce the … Read more