The Government of Punjab has constituted expert groups to formulate its agriculture policy. Punjab, an agriculturally prosperous state, did not have an agriculture policy, and even though agriculture is a state subject, it was guided and driven by the Government of India. It may be a conscious effort to ensure national food security. The government …
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC) recently announced that effective 18th July 2022, pre-packaged cereals, pulses, curd, milk, etc. will be liable for 5% Goods and Services Tax (GST). Given that these are items of everyday use and need the imposition of tax will hit the wallets of the common people in an already inflation-ridden economy. …
Public policy aberrations are more discerning these days. Some of these are evidence-based, but often these are unsubstantiated and ill-informed. The recent debate on agriculture policy that led to the repeal of farm laws, and data privacy protection due to interception of personal data through PEGASUS, etc., were observed across many countries. In Punjab, the …
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Energy security concerns are a crucial component structuring Indian national and international policy impacting our country’s national development and economic self-sufficiency, its global positioning as an economic and political power and its strategic advantages in international relations. Energy security also emerges as a particularly relevant concern given the contrast between India’s aims of increasing digitalisation …
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In 1956, Charles Tiebout, an American economist devised an economic model (dubbed as ‘The Tiebout Model’) geared at advancing the ‘federal argument’ through a fiscal-financial fusion. The ‘Tiebout Model’ counseled that federal units/states within a country contest for migrant influx while offering an analogue to the private sector by rendering alternative baskets of public goods. …
Governments in India spend massive amounts on subsidies and other welfare measures every year. With scientific, well-designed ‘nudges’, the entire system could become a lot more efficient and impactful. Traces of it can already be seen.
