Going behind the scenes with director Mira Nair.
Of all the Indian films screened in Toronto, three stood out for Aseem Chhabra -- A Death in the Gunj, Mostly Sunny and An Insignificant Man.
Hindi Medium works because it manages to stretch itself beyond its scrubby elements, easy half-baked jokes, lessons about consumerism and our love for English, into a simple story about a boy who would do anything to see his girl smile, feels Sreehari Nair.
India has just had one of the worst quarters in export earnings.
The biggest disappointment was the compromise on the promised corporate tax reduction path.
'On the tax front, most of the Budget proposals are sensible'.
Structural changes to government finances could be focus of the Union Budget, says Mihir S Sharma.
There is much work to be done to design a good GST.
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After setting up a committee under N Rangachary last year to look at taxation issues regarding the sector, the government has issued several notifications in the last eight months.
The challenge is to convince productive sectors that a lower general rate would benefit all and remove the prevalent system of favours targeted towards narrow industry and service sector groups.
Agricultural incomes can be taxed without hurting farmers, as a substantial section - the small and marginal ones - will remain outside the tax net simply because their incomes are likely to be below the basic exemption limit of Rs 250,000 per annum that is extended to all taxpayers in India, finds out Ishan Bakshi.
This means taxpayers might continue to enjoy exemption on maturity of their investments
Gujarat is a flourshing state but its business model is not so well accepted at national level.
A brief report card on Modi's ministers.
If Mr Rajan's citizenship is considered relevant for heading an organisation that issues sovereign currency, should the provenance of a participant in a critical function of a sovereign democracy not count as well?
An A-Z of Bachchanalia, the letters expanding into unforgettable bits of his filmography.
To begin, the Budget has no doubt attempted to address uncertainty.
The new numbers did not apparently pass consistency checks with production, inputs, or movements in the National Stock Exchange.
Tasher Desh is staggeringly-original film, writes Raja Sen.
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian's interview.
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