It has always been accepted in various apex court rulings that economic policy is not justiciable. It can intervene only if the legislation is seen to violate fundamental rights says Sukumar......
Striking junior doctors turned down Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's invitation for a meeting at the state secretariat, which was called to resolve the impasse, and continued their protest for the......
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, former member, Central Board of Excise and Customs, and Govindrao Adik, MP and General Secretary, NCP, debate the pros and cons of offering amnesty to tax evaders. Sukumar......
It is unfair to judge the CAG only by his reports on 2G, KG, Coalgate and the Commonwealth Games, notes Sukumar MukhopadhyayDoes the Comptroller and Auditor General serve the government or the......
This Budget should have reduced exemptions, not raised tax rates, writes Sukumar Mukhopadhyay Bridging the fiscal deficit and facilitating investments were the prime concerns of Budget 2013.......
There are so many exemptions that one sometimes finds overlapping exemptions and two exemptions for the same item with slightly different nomenclature and conditions, says Sukumar Mukhopadhyay. The......
The first proposal was for a common tax base with states levying service tax, which was then dropped only to be revived now, says Sukumar Mukhopadhyay. The concept of Goods and Services Tax (GST)......