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Business News > Mint Authors > Sanjay Kumar

Sanjay Kumar

ARTICLES BY SANJAY KUMAR

Individual promoters participating in buybacks will face a 12% surcharge on capital gains, clarifying earlier confusion in the bill.

The 12% surcharge: who's affected and who benefits from new share buyback rules?

3 min read . 30 Mar 2026

The jury is still out on whether the informal sector is actually being tracked better. (REUTERS)

GVA data haze: Has India been overcounting the output of its informal sector?

5 min read . 29 Jun 2025

The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) recently prepared a draft of revised Guidelines for Statistical Data Dissemination and placed it in the public domain for comments. (Mint.)

The government must review its proposals on access to official micro-data

4 min read . 20 Feb 2025

While the simplified filing process and lower tax rates are appealing, 28 percent of taxpayers still preferred the old tax regime due to its beneficial deductions and exemptions.

Pre-budget outlook: How to make new tax regime attractive, simplify compliance

3 min read . 06 Jan 2025

The Joint Parliamentary Committee is scheduled to meet early next year and begin consultations with various stakeholders. (Somnath Sen)

One nation, one election: Consultation time has begun

4 min read . 25 Dec 2024

An expansion plan for the health sector has been laid out, probably to signal that all sections of society are being looked after, as health remains a concern for a large section of people, cutting across identities of caste, religion, gender, class, etc.

The budget reaches out far and wide with well-crafted messages

4 min read . 02 Feb 2024

In 2004, 66% of Muslims were opposed to the idea of uniform laws for all citizens. (HT_PRINT)

The idea of a Universal Civil Code: What Indians at large think of it

3 min read . 10 Jul 2023

Does corruption matter when India votes, an analysis in 5 charts

3 min read . 30 Mar 2023

A poll win needn’t mean approval of a government’s performance

4 min read . 19 May 2022

Given that consumption is the main driver of our economic growth, putting more money in the hands of the individual would definitely give fillip to consumption (Photo: iStock)

Govt's fiscal position and what to expect from Budget 2022

5 min read . 17 Jan 2022

Voters in Uttar Pradesh are all set to participate in one of the most significant state elections ahead of the Lok Sabha polls of 2024. (PTI)

What explains the communal campaigns in UP polls

3 min read . 04 Jan 2022

Poll tickets and welfare promises are tools for political parties to attract women voters. (AP)

The emerging vote bank that every political party wants to tap

3 min read . 27 Oct 2021

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference, AAP's Chief Ministerial candidate for Uttarakhand election Col. Ajay Kothiyal is also seen (PTI)

The dark horse in Uttarakhand's assembly elections

3 min read . 12 Oct 2021

BSP has been popular among Dalit voters in parts of India, and once ruled a state such as Uttar Pradesh. But the BSP has not been the Dalits’ popular choice in Punjab.

BSP tie-up won’t help Akalis: It’s advantage Congress in Punjab 2022

3 min read . 01 Sept 2021

The biggest test for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections lies in Uttar Pradesh in 2022

Why it will be difficult to dislodge BJP from UP

3 min read . 19 Jul 2021

File photo: Muslim women during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC (Photo: PTI)

Time for BJP to rethink its NRC-CAA agenda

3 min read . 08 Jun 2021

In 2020, the second Modi-led government unveiled equally ambitious reforms in India’s farm laws that would have made it easier for companies to buy directly from farmers, (Photo: Mint)

The public opinion on farm laws has turned

3 min read . 11 May 2021

People gather as they celebrate at George Floyd Square after the verdict was announced in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (AFP)

Why underprivileged citizens are most likely to fall prey to police excesses

3 min read . 04 May 2021

Theni: Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam during an election campaign, in Theni district. (PTI)

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021: Why DMK-led alliance has an edge

3 min read . 30 Mar 2021

Residents stand in a queue to cast their votes during Kerala local body elections. (File photo PTI)

Left alliance well-placed to end Kerala’s see-saw voting pattern

3 min read . 10 Mar 2021