
…and passed concerning a vast array of topics. But what happens to these laws after they are passed? Laws are not just about what you can’t do, they are also about what you can do, what you’re protected from, what sort of rights you have, what recourse you have and to varying degrees, what your duties are.
Turning back the clock, India had one of the most regressive tax systems back in the late 1990’s. Four of every five rupees earned as the tax was through indirect taxation. The tax reforms of 1991 under the leadership of Dr. Manmohan Singh was a breakthrough year towards…
…the Congress and made it more representative of the nation-in-the-making.
In recent decades, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi brought in the Panchayati Raj to strengthen local governments, the UPA government conceptualised the National Advisory Council (NAC) to deepen democracy and brin…