Vijay Kelkar

GST launched: Arun Jaitley says GST will boost GDP, make tax evasion harder

Addressing the launch of GST, Jaitley said implementation of the unified tax should be seen as a beginning that will expand the nation's economic horizon

GST Council fixes 4-rate structure: All you need to know about the 'extremely complex' tax reform

India may have got more of what the country was trying to avoid - a complex tax system

Ratan Tata, Nilekani, Vijay Kelkar team up for Avanti Finance, a tech-based micro fin co

The initiative aims to leverage on the social sector presence of Tata Trusts and also the rapidly evolving India Stack (JanDhanAadharMobile), UPI and payments bank ecosystem

Simplifying tax rules: Govt needs to put an embargo on retrospective law to past cases

The finance minister has said that he has accepted “a number of recommendations” of the Easwar Committee which was set up in October 2015 with a mandate to make recommendations for simplification of tax laws

Infrastructure development: Kelkar panel on PPP revival submits report to Jaitley

Jaitley in his last budget speech had said that PPP infrastructure development model has to be revisited and revitalised.

Kelkar panel says no to revenue-sharing model for deep sea blocks

Under the present regime, oil companies can recover all costs -- of successful and unsuccessful wells -- from sales of oil and gas before sharing profit with the government.<br />

Planning Comm 2.0: Experts put their heads together on new avatar for central body

Suggestions made by the different experts have been noted and would be forwarded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Fiscal gap: Govt bluffs again, but no one is fooled

Why does the government go on pretending the fiscal deficit is under control when it isn't?

Kelkar's deficit target seen 'extremely ambitious'

The slippage in fuel subsidies is inevitable as the government has already exhausted 91 percent of budgetary provision.

Why Chidambaram may not swallow the Kelkar pill

The government is unlikely to accept the Kelkar panel recommendations