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Will the FM stop international fraud C. Sivasankaran from looting people again?

Media is filled with advertisements of a newly floated organization, AIWO, inviting people for an international event at...

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From Privacy Invasion to Economic Strain! | Finance Matters, 07 March 2025 | Editorial

The Income Tax Bill, 2025 is raising serious concerns about privacy and government overreach. Under this new law, tax of...

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The (Few) “People’s Budget”

The budget this year has been touted as a middle class friendly budget. The proposal of no income tax for those with yea...

Coverage General National Finance Union Budget

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Budget 2025: Income Tax & the Growing Inequality Gap | Finance Matters, 25 January 2025 | Editorial

The Union Budget is only a few days away and speculations that the Income Tax will be reduced is high. As the speculatio...

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Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

The skewed trend of individual income tax payers contributing more to the union government’s coffers than corporates has...

Coverage General Indian Economy Union Budget

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The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

The fiscal challenges of maintaining a low fiscal deficit are used to curtail the entitlements of labour in India. The l...

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September 16, 2026

Thomas Franco

Will the FM stop international fraud C. Sivasankaran from looting people again?

Media is filled with advertisements of a newly floated organization, AIWO, inviting people for an international event at Fairmont, Mumbai. It’s named Longevity Summit India – 2026. It says: “A platform where longevity science, luxury wellness and human potential converge to shape the fut...

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March 12, 2025

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From Privacy Invasion to Economic Strain! | Finance Matters, 07 March 2025 | Editorial

The Income Tax Bill, 2025 is raising serious concerns about privacy and government overreach. Under this new law, tax officials will have the power to access personal emails, social media accounts, bank details, and investment portfolios—not based on solid evidence, but on mere suspicion. This means...

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February 18, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya

The (Few) “People’s Budget”

The budget this year has been touted as a middle class friendly budget. The proposal of no income tax for those with yearly income up to 12 lakh rupees was celebrated across news rooms ad nauseum. Right before the Delhi elections the budget was used as a tool to woo the sizeable middle class populat...

Coverage General National Finance Union Budget

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January 26, 2025

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Budget 2025: Income Tax & the Growing Inequality Gap | Finance Matters, 25 January 2025 | Editorial

The Union Budget is only a few days away and speculations that the Income Tax will be reduced is high. As the speculations are heating up, just a few days back Oxfam released the Wealth Inequality Report 2024 – Takers, not Makers – bringing out some startling findings. The report says &#...

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February 18, 2025

Pranay Raj

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

The skewed trend of individual income tax payers contributing more to the union government’s coffers than corporates has its basis in the tax break given to corporates five years ago. The Budget at a glance establishes that the share of government revenue from income tax (tax on individuals) at 19% ...

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December 23, 2022

Thomas Franco

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

The fiscal challenges of maintaining a low fiscal deficit are used to curtail the entitlements of labour in India. The labour codes even take away existing rights. The e-Shram portal has over 28 crore registrations, but no benefits are available to them. EPF benefits, including a pension of Rs 3,600...

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Will the FM stop international fraud C. Sivasankaran from looting people again?

From Privacy Invasion to Economic Strain! | Finance Matters, 07 March 2025 | Editorial

The (Few) “People’s Budget”

Budget 2025: Income Tax & the Growing Inequality Gap | Finance Matters, 25 January 2025 | Editorial

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

Will the FM stop international fraud C. Sivasankaran from looting people again?

From Privacy Invasion to Economic Strain! | Finance Matters, 07 March 2025 | Editorial

The (Few) “People’s Budget”

Budget 2025: Income Tax & the Growing Inequality Gap | Finance Matters, 25 January 2025 | Editorial

Budget 2024-25: Income Tax Contributes More to Govt Revenue Than Corporations

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?