04 Jul
Videos

Voting Patterns in India | Praveen Chakravarty | TEDxMDAE

https://youtu.be/SaQpT08WGaI The 2014 elections in India are considered to be landslide elections. But, were they really? What does data tell us? Watch to find out. Praveen Chakravarty is a Visiting Senior Fellow in Political Economy at IDFC Institute. His work focuses on analysing electoral data to glean insights to aid policy making. He is also working on a book that presents Indian society through the prism of voter choices. He is also a member of the Primary Markets committee of the Securities & Exchange Board of India, an independent Director in the TVS...

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04 Jun
Macro Economy

Holiday ends for Mauritius

Ajit Ranade Praveen Chakravarty June 04, 2016 India signed a tax treaty with Mauritius in 1983 that gave Mauritius the sole right to tax investment gains made by investing in India. The 2016 budget session of the Parliament saw the ushering in of a monetary policy committee for deciding interest rates in the country, a bankruptcy code for smooth recovery of debts and end of a tax holiday with a tiny island nation, known more for its idyllic beaches — Mauritius. All laudable achievements. The Mauritius treaty change was an executive decision, unlike the other two, which were legislative. We argue below that the...

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