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Towards a Less Taxing GST: D.K. Srivastava

Towards a Less Taxing GST: D.K. Srivastava

by D.K. Srivastava |Aug 13, 2025

India's GST is still an incomplete story, as a large share of sales pertaining to petroleum products, agricultural products, electricity, and real estate remains outside its purview.

Union Budget 2024-25: Medium-term growth in focus

Union Budget 2024-25: Medium-term growth in focus

by D.K. Srivastava |Aug 5, 2024

By adhering to fiscal reforms, the Budget has provided a solid foundation for robust medium-term growth in India

Fiscal Reforms Hit Pause Button

by D.K. Srivastava |Feb 5, 2019

The shift might be aimed at boosting disposable incomes of farmers, middle-income class and workers in the unorganised sector.

The share of agricultural output in total output has been steadily falling. Photo: Purushottam Diwakar

Farmers Hostage to Output-Price Cycles

by D.K. Srivastava |Jun 24, 2017

Policymakers have always thought of temporary relief to farmers ignoring the chronic nature of the ailment.

Revenue shortfall and missed chances in Budget 2015

by D.K. Srivastava |Mar 17, 2015

With the continuing downslide of inflation, the central and state governments may be looking at falling buoyancy of their tax revenues even in 2015/16, writes DK Srivastava.

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Modi govt's pursuit of fiscal deficit target will hit growth: DK Srivastava

by D.K. Srivastava |Jul 22, 2014

Chances are next to nil that the revenue targets can be met. Further, the central government has rarely succeeded in meeting disinvestment targets and some slippage is quite likely.

Is it the right time to completely deregulate fuel prices?

by D.K. Srivastava |Feb 7, 2013

Ernst & Young's D. K . Srivastava says the right time to de-administer oil prices is when international crude oil prices are softening. Given the recessionary world economic situation, there may b...

The Coming Up government has more than doubled the import duty on gold ore bars and ores and increased the tax on refined gold.

News that you may have missed this fortnight

by D.K. Srivastava |Feb 2, 2013

It is the right time to completely deregulate fuel prices and limit petroleum subsidies to targeted users of kerosene.