I have followed with a lot of interest and now amusement the hysterical debates on television and social media platforms after Mr Subhash Chandra Garg, former finance secretary, pointed out in a television debate that...
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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...
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...
Monitor Those Vaccine Side Effects
Our system of tracking long term side effects and breakthrough infections leaves a lot to be desired The government has finally got around to admitting that some “potential thromboembolic events” – or formation of blood...
The Pre Budget Podcast 3 – Fixing the Economy
Sanjay Kumar, Partner and National Public Policy Leader of Deloitte India joins Prosenjit Datta, Editor in Chief, Prosaicview to discuss what the Budget can do to speed up the recovery and put India back on a sustained...
Allowing Foxes in the Hen House
The suggestion of the RBI Internal Working Group that corporations should be allowed to own banks is a bad idea It is a bit difficult to understand why the Internal Working Group (IWG) of the Reserve Bank of India bats...
