Random Reeflections Archives - Centre for Financial Accountability

Income Tax Bill – Opportunities Ignored – Weapons Sharpened

The Income Tax Bill 2025 was a great opportunity to bring real changes to the tax system of the country. The top taxpaye...

General Random Reflections

Article

A Government without Accountability? Is it a death of Democracy already?

“Democracy is by the people, for the people, and of the people.”-Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA (1861-65) We...

General Random Reflections

Article

The Government saving Madhabi or Adani

A sitting minister in Singapore, Eswaran, has recently been sent to jail to serve a one-year term on corruption charges...

General Random Reflections

Article

Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker

India is ranked 45th in the Pension Grade System of 47 countries. The USA ranked 22nd is a capitalist country but 1...

General Random Reflections

Article

Federalism Under Attack; Will The State Wither Away?

Random Reflections India is a federal union of states. Without the states, there is no union. Fiscal federalism means th...

General Random Reflections

March 10, 2025

Thomas Franco

Income Tax Bill – Opportunities Ignored – Weapons Sharpened

The Income Tax Bill 2025 was a great opportunity to bring real changes to the tax system of the country. The top taxpayers in the country are actors and not the corporate richest and politicians, many of whom are minting money. Donations to political parties and electoral trusts are exempted from ta...

General Random Reflections

Article

November 26, 2024

Thomas Franco

A Government without Accountability? Is it a death of Democracy already?

“Democracy is by the people, for the people, and of the people.”-Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA (1861-65) We claim to be the largest democracy. Are we? Two latest developments raise this question. The first is the support one individual, Gautam Adani, and his company could get to increas...

General Random Reflections

Article

October 25, 2024

Thomas Franco

The Government saving Madhabi or Adani

A sitting minister in Singapore, Eswaran, has recently been sent to jail to serve a one-year term on corruption charges involving acceptance of a golf set, tickets to attend an expensive show, etc. Can you imagine this happening in NaMo’s “washing machine” government? In any o...

General Random Reflections

Article

September 3, 2024

Thomas Franco

Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker

India is ranked 45th in the Pension Grade System of 47 countries. The USA ranked 22nd is a capitalist country but 100% of its population is covered under a pension system. In most countries the employer, whether government or corporate, has to provide a pension to their employees. In India, pen...

General Random Reflections

Article

January 24, 2024

Thomas Franco

Federalism Under Attack; Will The State Wither Away?

Random Reflections India is a federal union of states. Without the states, there is no union. Fiscal federalism means the allocation of taxes to the states. However, after the introduction of GST, the states have very limited scope of raising resources by themselves. In the year 1919 as well as in 1...

General Random Reflections

Article

Categories

Random Reeflections

Income Tax Bill – Opportunities Ignored – Weapons Sharpened

A Government without Accountability? Is it a death of Democracy already?

The Government saving Madhabi or Adani

Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker

Federalism Under Attack; Will The State Wither Away?

Income Tax Bill – Opportunities Ignored – Weapons Sharpened

A Government without Accountability? Is it a death of Democracy already?

The Government saving Madhabi or Adani

Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker

Federalism Under Attack; Will The State Wither Away?