Nitin Sethi &Amp;Amp; Ishan Bakshi

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CAG audit of GST reveals systemic flaws, not just glitches
Rediff.com28 Aug 2019

The CAG audit and other data suggests it could be far from the efficient new...

'Climate change could push up cereal prices by 29%'
Rediff.com16 Jul 2019

A report authored by UN's panel of scientists from across the world on climate change...

PAN cards not linked to Aadhaar will be cancelled from Sep 1
Rediff.com11 Jul 2019

To validate and continue using the existing PAN cards, citizens will have to link them...

Budget 2019 - Is the Rs 6.63 trillion GST target too ambitious?
Rediff.com8 Jul 2019

A well-established tax system would have a predictable buoyancy - how fast the...

How Haryana govt helped Patanjali to buy lands illegally
Rediff.com24 Jun 2019

When agricultural holdings get fragmented over years, the state government has the...

Patanjali's maze of firms that do shady land dealing in Haryana
Rediff.com21 Jun 2019

Restricted by state government orders, the ownership of such land could not be formally...

How Patanjali 'broke' laws to acquire land in Aravalli hills
Rediff.com19 Jun 2019

The land acquisition, the consolidation process in Kot and a slew of other decisions by...

Reimagining environmental governance won't be easy
Rediff.com30 May 2019

Successive governments focused on altering the clearance processes but largely gave a...

Realty hits green hurdle as NDA's reforms end up in court
Rediff.com16 May 2019

The ease with which city-level master plans are altered and land-use patterns changed...

Rahul's NYAY: Where will the money come from?
Rediff.com27 Mar 2019

Experts say the party is undoing what it achieved through MNREGA by targeting...

Caution: You are still being watched!
Rediff.com24 Mar 2019

The government claims the existing safeguards under the law are adequate, lawful,...

Jan Dhan Yojana powers Modi Sarkar's financial inclusion drive
Rediff.com11 Mar 2019

There were concerns that simply opening a bank account wouldn't constitute meaningful...

Tribal eviction: 'SC order a setback for conservation in India'
Rediff.com28 Feb 2019

Calling the Supreme Court order 'unjust' to the tribals as well as against the interest...

Tribal eviction: Even BJP-ruled states told to file petition against SC order
Rediff.com26 Feb 2019

Party president Amit Shah tweeted that BJP-ruled states will soon be filing review...

Will Rahul be able to help tribals facing eviction?
Rediff.com25 Feb 2019

The Congress president has written to party chief ministers, asking them to file a...

How the fiscal deficit, revenue target numbers stack up in Budget
Rediff.com6 Feb 2019

Ehile the Centre had projected tax revenues to touch 12.1 per cent of GDP in FY19,...

2 members of National Statistical Commission quit over jobs data report
Rediff.com30 Jan 2019

With the two members quitting, the NSC now has only two members -- Chief Statistician...

How 'briefcase' firms are robbing the govt of GST tax
Rediff.com17 Jan 2019

A government report revealed that fake companies floated with fake addresses, issued...

Credit growth of private and non-PCA banks surges, says RBI report
Rediff.com7 Jan 2019

Bad loans, however, continued to rise in the micro, small and medium enterprises category

Does pan-India launch of Rythu Bandhu scheme make sense?
Rediff.com4 Jan 2019

Telangana govt currently provides the state's 5.83 million farmers an income support of...