{"product_id":"an-indian-social-democracy-copy-1","title":"Development and Taxation","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"display\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yourdiv\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"display_right\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a collection of selected critical commentaries on various aspects of the Indian and global economies. The author has used a mix of verbal and graphical tools, comprising his thoughts on economic, political economy and social challenges and incorporating analysis, conclusions, and recommendations on those issues. The articles address macroeconomic concerns including the estimation of GDP, savings and growth, inflation and interest rates, financial markets, demonitisation of the currency, land acquisition, and others. They analyse fiscal policy and taxation matters including tax evasion and corruption, and the struggle to improve the ease of doing business. Emerging international economic relations including United Kingdom’s leaving the European Union and India’s economic and strategic relations with Japan, China, Latin America, and, last but not least, with Pakistan, are addressed. Issues emerging from the Group of 20 Nations (G20) are not ignored. On socio-economic aspects, India’s challenges and failures in designing and implementing a range of socio-economic policies are addressed. Health and palliative care, cleaning up India, quality deterioration in the Indian Railways, and the failure to educate Indian youth, are taken up. A selection of essays with political economy and socio-historical perspectives concludes with a final philosophical note—that thoughts can comprise ideas, thus summing up, as it were, the overall stance in the narrative of the included commentaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraise for this book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years that I have been reading Partho’s articles in the Business Standard, I have been struck by his amazing insight and understanding of issues ranging far beyond taxation, of which he is undoubtedly a master, as evidenced by his invaluable contribution to three governments across the world, India, Brazil and the UK. What sets Partho’s pieces apart is the complete absence of arrogance that one might, perhaps, expect from someone of his eminence; instead there is simplicity and an amazing humility, both typical of Partho! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Mythili Bhusnurmath\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e    Consulting Editor, The Economic Times\/ET Now  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI always read Dr Shome’s articles with great interest. The analysis and coverage of issues are greatly incisive and illuminating, reflecting his wide ranging knowledge of taxation and general economics across the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Sukumar Mukhopadhyay\u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/strong\u003eEx-Member, Central Board of Excise and Customs, India\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConcrete inferences from economic and tax-related data and statistics for formulating easy and workable reform measures come naturally from the writings of Dr Shome. His thoughts are always solution-oriented and this is why his writings and reports have succeeded in making immense contribution to India’s taxation reforms. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Santosh Tiwari\u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/strong\u003eEconomist and Journalist, The Financial Express\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr Shome’s articles always reflect an interesting combination of issues and perspectives: from global to Indian, and from economic to social, cultural, political, and historical. Though not an economist, I have always looked forward to reading his articles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e — Carlos Moreno Leguizamon\u003cbr\u003e     \u003c\/strong\u003eUniversity of Greenwich, London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author(s) \/ Editor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParthasarathi Shome\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Chairman, International Tax Research and Analysis Foundation (ITRAF), Bengaluru. Prior to that he was Adviser (Minister of State) to the Indian Finance Minister, and Chief Economist, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), United Kingdom. Earlier he was Chief of Tax Policy, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Professor of Economics, The American University, Washington DC. He received the highest civilian honour of the Brazilian Government, Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross, and the Jeanne S. Mattersdorf Award of the National Tax Association of America as “an outstanding student in the field of taxation and public finance” for his PhD thesis from Southern Methodist University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"glossymenu\"\u003eContents in Detail\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"submenu\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  Preface \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI. Macroeconomy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. 2016 Through a Looking Glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Is there Economics in the 2015 Land Acquisition Bill?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. GDP Estimation Methodology: Exasperating Improvements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4. Inflation and Interest Rates: What is the Reserve Bank’s Policy?  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5. Is 25 per cent of GDP from Manufacturing Robust Policy?  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6. Having a Heart, Using the Head \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 7. Financial Market Behaviour \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 8. India’s Savings and Growth \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eII. \u003cspan\u003eFiscal Policy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 9. Ramifications of Budget 2016-17 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 10. 2015-16 Union Budget: The Must and the Must Not \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 11. 2015-16: A Union Budget with Sense and Sensibility \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 12. The Budget’s Massive Tax Effort \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 13. Year of Fiscal Consolidation \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 14. The Evolving Fiscal Stance \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 15. Dangers and Foibles of Tax Reform\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIII. \u003cspan\u003eTaxation Matters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 16. Taxation Research: Emergence and Progress \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 17. Taxation Research: Interpretative and Administrative Issues \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 18. India’s Effective Tax Ratio \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 19. A Time for Tax Reform \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 20. Tax Evasion as Corruption \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIV. \u003cspan\u003eIncome Tax\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 21. IT Department Statistics-I \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 22. I-T Department Statistics–II \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 23. Mnes’ Tax Avoidance and Overdealt Response \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 24. Corporate Tax Rate and Links to Incentives \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 25. Minimum Alternate Tax on Foreign Companies \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 26. Are Corporations an Enigma? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 27. The Vodafone Affair: The Layout \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 28. The Vodafone Affair: The Deconstruction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eV. \u003cspan\u003eIndirect Tax\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 29. Pushing Forward on GST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 30. GST: Remains of a Decade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 31. Tax Policy and Administration—A Conversation:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003e      If Petroleum is Out, It’s Not GST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e32. An American VAT?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eV. \u003cspan\u003eInternational Economic Relations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 33. Indo-UK Economic Relations After Brexit\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 34. India’s Strategy—Both Japan and China?\u003cbr\u003e      The Answer is No! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 35. The India-Pakistan Phenomenon:\u003cbr\u003e        Ready for Economic Deconstruction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 36. Developed and Developing Societies:\u003cbr\u003e      A Behavioural Hypothesis \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 37. China Must Look Within \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 38. Solving the Euro Zone’s Problems  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 39. The Just-Emerging Asian Economy  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 40. Has the Euro Matter now been Solved?  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 41. Countdown to Cannes  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 42. Hola! Yo Soy America Latina \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 43. Volatile Times  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 44. Venice to Verona via Vittorio Veneto  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 45. Globalisation and G20  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVII. \u003cspan\u003eSocio-economic Policy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 46. Compassionate and Palliative Care \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 47. Supply Constraints for Private Sector Healthcare \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 48. Anatomy of Aswachh Bharat and Alchemy to Swachh \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 49. Indian Railways: Nostalgia and Reality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 50. A Sense of Independence \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 51. A Walk from Kolkata to London? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 52. Children’s Condition: Wither Demographic Dividend? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 53. West Bengal vs Tamil Nadu  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 54. Water Wars: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVIII. \u003cspan\u003ePolitical Economy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 55. A Socio-historical Perspective of Brexit \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 56. Vicissitudes of Modern Democracies  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 57. Indo-UK Economic History in Space Age  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 58. Thoughts as Ideas \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIX. \u003cspan\u003eNewest Concerns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 59. Demonetisation: An (un) Necessary Evil?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 60. 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