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Isolation : A weak link in Indian public health

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03/07/2020

  1. There are four parts to the public health response to an epidemic: 1) Trace, 2) Test, 3) Isolate, and 3) Treat. Once someone is infected, tracing involves identifying, listing and following up with all the people who have come in contact with the infected person to ensure that …

Applicability of the IBC to public sector enterprises: The case of Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd

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03/07/2020

(Co-authored with Sudipto Banerjee and Karthik Suresh)
 
Since the enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in 2016, the National Companies Law Tribunal (NCLT) has been admitting insolvency cases against public sector enterprises (for example, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Co. Ltd., the Northern …

The myth of India’s import dependence

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03/07/2020

In the wake of the growing military tension on the India-China border, there have been calls for boycott of Chinese products. These have little impact on strategic reality. Equally, the plea that India cannot afford to do without Chinese imports is not a truism.
 
If bilateral …

Challenges of levying taxes on digital services

03/07/2020

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Recently, the United States declared that its trade representative will pursue an investigation under section 301 of the Trade Act, 1974, against Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, the European Union, India, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK for implementing digital services tax. The investigations come at a time …

Holding their breath: Indian firms in an interruption of revenue

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03/07/2020

(Co-authored with Anjali Sharma)
 
India is in a state of lockdown with only essential goods and services getting exemption. This has given a teachable moment on the role of liquid cash in corporate financial policy.
 
Most firms will see a varying degree of …