Overview
Indirect taxes have played an increasingly important role in the Indian economy. Indirect tax was first introduced in India in 1944 in the form of excise duty on Indian products as a measure of protection for goods imported from the UK. In the course of time, it became a well-established tax to shore up government finances. The need for reform in indirect taxes was felt soon after Independence, and several committees were appointed for this purpose. From there, the process of reforms of indirect taxes in India went through ups and downs till the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2017. Indirect Tax Reform in India: 1947 to GST and Beyond maps these developments in detail and analyses the political economy behind it. It also deals with the current problems, the conceptual infirmities and the reforms needed urgently to restrict the disruption it has caused in the economy so far. This book outlines the impact of the past measures and the present changes, and suggests the future course of action for a better future.
Full Product Details
Author: Yashwant Sinha ,
Vinay K. Srivastava
Publisher: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Imprint: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Weight: 0.550kg
ISBN: 9789353289713
ISBN 10: 9353289718
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 01 March 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Yashwant Sinha is a veteran politician of the country and a very senior leader. He has worked as the Finance Minister and Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India. He was also the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, New Delhi, between 2009 and 2014. He has played an integral role in the story of economic reforms of India. It was he who was at the helm when the economy was in the worst crisis, keeping the vigil before the dawn of reforms. Mr Sinha is widely credited for pushing through several major reforms that put the Indian economy on a firm growth trajectory. Among them are lowering of real interest rates, introducing tax deduction for mortgage interest, freeing up the telecommunications sector, helping fund the national highway authority and deregulating the petroleum industry. Mr Sinha is also known for being the first finance minister to break the 53-year-old tradition of presenting the Indian budget at 5:00 pm local time, a practice held over from British Rule days that sought to present the Indian budget at a time convenient to the British Parliament (11:30 am GMT) rather than Indian Parliament. He has written a comprehensive account of his years as the finance minister in a book titled Confessions of a Swadeshi Reformer: My Years as Finance Minister (2007). He is the co-editor of Future of Indian Economy: Past Reforms and Challenges Ahead (2017) and co-author of India Unmade: How the Modi Government Broke the Economy (2018). Recently, he has authored Relentless: An Autobiography (2019). Vinay K. Srivastava is presently working as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Technology and Science, Ghaziabad. Earlier, he was the Dean in the School of Management at Raffles University, Neemrana, and Dean Academics (Management) at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (RKGIT), Ghaziabad. He is the Founder Honorary Secretary of Indian Society for Management Development and Research (ISMDR) and Managing Editor of ARASH. He is also the founder Editor of Saaransh and Raffles Business Review. He is the author of Privatisation of Public Enterprises in India (2007) and co-editor of Public Enterprises and Changing Scenario (2014) and The Future of Indian Economy: Past Reforms and Challenges Ahead (2017). He has published over 70 articles in various journals, magazines and newspapers.
