The Gujarat Model

The Curiosity:

Many are trying to understand the characteristics of the Gujarat Model. The attempts made to deconstruct the Model are as many and as fragmented as those made to prove the UFOs

Practice and Implementation (Theory follows practice !!)

Unlike other models of governance, where the practices are put into place based on the theories, the reverse is the case with the Gujarat Model, where the co...

A List of Suggestions For Mr Rajan, Governor RBI

I am sure Mr Rajan must have been fed up with the lists of "Do" s and " Don't"s received from various ,( and most of them from very respectable) levels . But such a fear should not and could not prevent me from penning a few issues which I think are relevant. Many issues may not be directly under his scope and command, but I am placing them since they do affect his performance and he certainly has an access to the relevant corridors. So here we go 1.. We need to play from the front foot ...

The Great Trader !!

The role of Finance Intermediaries, Analysts , Consultants and the Funds Managers is under the public scrutiny ..the author feels .."rightly so !!" We all have lost faith in many of them ( am keeping some exceptions, to prove this statement !!) There is no doubt that a vast number of investors have lost a huge amount of money during this financial turmoil, which still continues,unabated . Naturally the blame game has started. Coming straight to my topic,I feel that the financial intermediar...

The Tumbling Rupee

A lot is being said about the way the Rupee is falling almost every day. The Finance Ministry , the RBI and most of the Economists appear quite clueless. Various reasons are being rolled out from various corners .Starting from...politicians are planning to bring back their stacked Foreign Currencies, the US market is looking up , so the FIIs and other PE investors are transferring their investments from India to US or Euro zone ,the trade deficits are mounting , and so on.But the single bigg...

Taxation of services – An education guide

http://www.servicetax.gov.in/EducationGuide.pdf

This is very good updation placed on Central Board Of Excise and Custom (CBEC) website. It gives guidelines for understanding the service tax related matters.

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