Huge thanks to the team for rounding up all the excitement around the GST reforms.
The CRR cut due this Saturday, pumping around 62000 cr in the first tranche acting as a catalyst for this huge fiscal reform could be a great economic upliftment after a series of uncertainty and weaker results from the industrialists. Now the question arises, how do the firangs see us an investment, are these reforms an internal celebration or an invitation for bigger opportunities?
China's high-speed rail corridors are facing a serious debt crisis. Underutilization and high operational costs have made these projects unsustainable.
Hey Sagar - it's true that in a sense, there's Chinese oversupply of high-speed rail. But there's also a possibility that the cost is worth it, their major rails enjoy a lot of crowd. In time, the costs should ideally pay themselves over
GST simplification is one of the best structural decision of this government. Having too many cess was not a way to do the business. The current tax structure has been a lot more thoughtful then you can expect from bureaucracy and our finance minister, remember popcorn tax. But I think they over did it, there should not be any exceptions on GST. A 5% gst is not a very big deal for consumers. This create a incentive for lobbying to get exemption and very hard for the next government to move any item away from exemption list. Small benefits for consumers big hole for government.
Huge thanks to the team for rounding up all the excitement around the GST reforms.
The CRR cut due this Saturday, pumping around 62000 cr in the first tranche acting as a catalyst for this huge fiscal reform could be a great economic upliftment after a series of uncertainty and weaker results from the industrialists. Now the question arises, how do the firangs see us an investment, are these reforms an internal celebration or an invitation for bigger opportunities?
China's high-speed rail corridors are facing a serious debt crisis. Underutilization and high operational costs have made these projects unsustainable.
Hey Sagar - it's true that in a sense, there's Chinese oversupply of high-speed rail. But there's also a possibility that the cost is worth it, their major rails enjoy a lot of crowd. In time, the costs should ideally pay themselves over
GST simplification is one of the best structural decision of this government. Having too many cess was not a way to do the business. The current tax structure has been a lot more thoughtful then you can expect from bureaucracy and our finance minister, remember popcorn tax. But I think they over did it, there should not be any exceptions on GST. A 5% gst is not a very big deal for consumers. This create a incentive for lobbying to get exemption and very hard for the next government to move any item away from exemption list. Small benefits for consumers big hole for government.
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