Category Archives: Commentary

Making Profit in India is a Crime

The Modi government of India has made it legal (sic) that any business in India cannot make profit! If they make profit then they go to jail. The recently implemented new tax regime GST (goods and service tax) has a new amended clause in it, clause 171, which debars producers from making profit; any profit […]

Should Indians pay taxes to become a developed nation?

The finance minister of Narendra Modi government Mr. Arun Jaitley recently, in the Institute of Chartered Accountants while celebrating Chartered Accountants  Day (sic), said that India should have a “new normal” with citizens ready to pay the taxes they need to pay and a new mindset to move from a developing nation to a developed […]

Discrimination is a Human Right

Recently a woman named Tailin Lyngdoh from Meghalaya was removed from the Delhi gold club premises by staff officials because she was wearing a traditional dress ‘Khasi’ and was apparently looking like a ‘maid’. The union government minister Mr. Kiren Rijiju has protested against this incident by saying that it is a clear case of […]

Textile and Diamond Merchants are Up in Arms against GST

On one side farmers in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat etc., states are protesting against the policies of the BJP government, and now merchant/traders and manufacturers are also up in arms against the central government’s new tax regime of GST (Goods and Service Tax). Yesterday the local textile industry of Surat city called for a shutdown […]

The Suffering of Indian Farmers

Farmers from various states of India like Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat etc., are right now agitating against their local state governments demanding, mainly, cancellation of their debts as well as better minimum support prices of their products. In the on-going agitation already six farmers have been killed by police firing. This agitation is a […]