It is not clear how the term “scorched earth strategy” came about. Some point to war reporting by journalists who started using the phrase to describe the tactics of a certain US General in World War 2. Others say it is...
Author - Prosenjit Datta
Prosenjit Datta
Trump’s Tariff’s are not another 1991 moment for India
As US President Donald Trump’s Liberty Day tariff is introduced, several economic commentators have begun saying this is an opportunity for India, not unlike the 1991 balance-of-payments crisis it faced, which led to...
Abhijit Sen Passes Away
Dr Abhijit Sen, renowned economist, former member of the Planning Commission, and the strongest votary of universal Public Distribution System passed away on Monday, 29 August 2022. He was 72. A renowned agricultural...
The Prosaicview Podcast on IBC
In this episode of The Prosaicview Podcast, Veena Sivaramakrishnan, partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and an expert on the insolvency law talks to Prosenjit Datta about the changes that have been proposed as well as...
The Government’s Tax Disputes
Removing the retrospective tax, while a good step, is not enough to solve the tax disputes problem The retrospective tax provision that the late Pranab Mukherjee had introduced as a clause buried in the fine print...
The Prosaicview Podcast on the OECD/G20 Tax Proposal
In this episode of the Prosaicview Podcast, I discuss the OECD/G20 tax proposal that 130 countries have broadly agreed on with Mr Rohinton Sidhwa, Partner, Deloitte India. We discuss its implications for India, the...
Vodafone-Idea Case: Don’t Miss the Woods for the Trees
The troubles at Vi are huge. But they are actually just a symptom of the mess in the telecom industry which needs to be fixed. Vi – the Indian telecom giant formed by the merger of Vodafone India and the AV Birla...
PSUs: The Right Questions and the Wrong Ones
The two most important questions are almost never asked when the decision to disinvest or privatise a PSU is taken Whenever any government in India announces its intention to privatise or otherwise dispose off any...
The Prosaicview Podcast on Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting
In this episode of the Prosaicview Podcast, I talk with Dr Inderjeet Singh, Director – Financial Advisory, Deloitte India about the new Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) norms that the...
Why Petrol and Diesel Prices aren’t coming down
The government’s dependence on fuel tax revenues has grown as its other tax calculations have gone awry Despite the heat generated over petrol and diesel prices, the union government has been unwilling to reduce...
