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India’s Goods & Services Tax and the Neighbourhood

In July 2017, when the Narendra Modi government introduced goods and services tax (GST), there was strong apprehension among some smaller neighbours that it would act as a barrier to shore up their exports to India. The apprehensions were baseless as....

August 24, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , GST , Myanmar , SAARC , FTA , LDCs , trade framework

Vimarsha: ‘State of the Economy: India and the World’, A Talk by Shri S. Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

Shri S Gurumutrthy, Member, Board of Governors, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and Chairman, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), delivered an insightful talk on ‘The State of Economy: India and the World’ under the aegis of Vimarsha on 15 N....

December 06, 2018 Vimarsh , Economic Studies , GST , RBI , Gross Domestic Product , GDP , MSMEs , State of Economy

What does the Economic Survey tell us about National Security?

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

What does India’s Economic Survey 2017-18 tell us about national security? This may sound an unusual question because in traditional understanding of national security and economy are two separate entities which are not discussed together. The two ....

February 05, 2018 Economic Studies , India’s Economic Survey 2017-18 , external trade , Economic Survey , Jobs , gender , skills , science and technology , agriculture , national security , economic reforms , GST

A Round Table Discussion on ‘GST-Making India a Single Market’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on 23 Aug 2017, gathered a powerful battery of former top bureaucrats and economic policy experts including Mr. K.M. Chandrasekhar, former Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Rajeev Kher, former Commerce Secretary, ....

September 04, 2017 Conference , Economic Studies , Conferences , GST , Indian Economy , GDP

जीएसटी की विशेषताओं पर नजर

Rajesh Singh

देश में वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) लागू होने की अहमियत को कई तरीके से समझा जा सकता है। चूंकि जीएसट....

July 22, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , GST , De-monetisation , opposition parties , जीएसटी , 30 June

GST: A New Era in Indian Taxation

Akash Solanki

Indian Economy is poised to enter a new era of taxation in the form of implementation of much awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) with effect from July 01, 2017. The GST Bill was passed unanimously in August, 2016 by the Indian Parliament and after ....

June 29, 2017 Economic Studies , GST , Indian Economy , Tax System , VAT