Bharat Jhunjhunwala Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman has increased the marginal tax rate on high net worth individuals (HNIs) from about 35 per cent till now to 42.7 per cent. “Marginal” rate of 42.7 per cent means that the taxpayer will have to pay income tax...
Read moreSantosh Kumar Dash Change is good. At least that is what we believe when it comes to technology which makes yesterday’s technology obsolete. If you have Ola/Uber, Swiggy/Zomato, Paytm/FreeCharge/PhonePe, and Flipkart/Amazon in your smartphone, life becomes easy. But such disruptive technological changes too have unpleasant...
Read moreGuru Prasad Mohanta NITI Aayog, the Government think tank, recently released the country’s Health Index, which highlights individual states and Union Territories. The report has both good and bad news. The good news is that health outcomes of some states are almost on par with...
Read morePiyush Ranjan Rout Cities today are developing less as automobile-centric ones, although vehicles continue to dominate the cityscape. Most cities big or small today are in the process of creating infrastructure and policies that encourage cycling and walking. Even cities similar to Indian metropolises of...
Read moreKushankur Dey The Narendra Modi led NDA government is presenting the maiden budget of its second term today. It is a critical task for the government as the economy in general is sagging, GDP growth rate is declining, unemployment has reached an alarming level, and,...
Read moreSN Misra The Child Development Index-2019 (CDI-2019), developed by the UK-based non-profit organisation Save the Children, has ranked India at 112, down from 103 in 2004. While the world has made significant progress in child health, education and nutrition, India has fared poorly among middle-income...
Read moreSantosh Kumar Mohapatra Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari presented his maiden and full budget for the fiscal 2019-20 June 28. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the budget was development-oriented, pro-poor, pro-women and that it reflected the aspirations of the people of Odisha. Opposition leaders described...
Read moreSudha Devi Nayak You cannot miss the overarching presence of Lord Jagannath in every aspect of life in Odisha, never more so than this time of the year when it is Ratha Yatra and the Lord steps out of His abode with his siblings for...
Read moreNatabar Khuntia Disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts are recurring in Odisha at regular intervals, causing loss to human and animal life, shelters, productive assets, civic infrastructure, standing crops, forests, and drinking water sources, among other things. The after-effects of natural calamities, particularly cyclones,...
Read moreJayakrishna Sahu The enactment of a stringent rape law in 2012-13, following the Nirbhaya case, was expected to act as a strong deterrent to such barbaric crimes. But the reality is disheartening; the rate of such crimes is on a frantic rise as usual. Recently,...
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India is hoping to turn its economy into an US$ five trillion powerhouse, and the Modi government says it will...
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It is a momentous day for Indian space science today. Chandrayaan II should by now be streaking through the vast...
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The Indian Banking sector continues to take major hits in terms of bad debts, or defaults in repayment vis-a-vis huge...
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The political circus in Karnataka is turning murkier and murkier. With chief minister HD Kumaraswamy (HDK) obtaining the resignation of...
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