Praveen Chakravarty writes: On GST, the problem is trust deficit

Praveen Chakravarty writes: GST centralised India’s indirect taxation. It is time to start a national discussion on reversing the course by giving states powers for direct taxation ...

Interview: Restoration of trust between States and Centre essential for smooth continuation of GST system

States should get direct taxation powers, extension of revenue guarantee, says Praveen Chakravarty, Chairman of the Congress Data Analytics Department ...

GST has muddied the entire lake of India’s federalism. SC ruling only put a stamp on it

Fixing India’s ailing GST does not merely entail technical measures to boost tax buoyancy but also re-establishing trust between the Union and states. ...

Why the distortions built into GST are coming undone. With PTR Thiagarajan, Fin Min of TN

Had there been a proportional representation of voting in the GST council either as a proportion of the size of a state or by its contribution to the GST revenue pool, Covid products would have been ...

The end of the road for India’s GST?

The fundamental problem is the erosion of ‘trust’ and ‘trustworthiness’ between the States and the Centre ...

What can India learn on November 3

US conducts its presidential election with 50 different rules for 50 states. As C. Rajagopalachari had said, uniformity is not unity. ...