Home > Mint Authors > Vijay Kelkar

Vijay Kelkar

Mint Author

ARTICLES BY VIJAY KELKAR

If electricity is brought under GST, it will substantially enhance cost efficiencies. Particularly, this can have a positive impact on labour intensive industries such as textiles. (Photo: HT)

How India can reinvent the goods and services tax

10 min read . 03 Nov 2021

Is it time for a Vajpayee moment in Indian telecom?

4 min read . 09 Sep 2021

We need a reopening plan for our schools soon

5 min read . 07 Jul 2021

Deepening economic ties with the rest of the world needs to be accompanied by building domestic technology capabilities, so that economic growth is resilient. (Photo: Hindustan Times)

Why India must remain vocal for global

7 min read . 16 Jul 2020

The founding energy of liberal democracy is the pursuit of freedom, of people being masters of their own fate. (Reuters)

Why India is staring at a middle-income trap

10 min read . 02 Dec 2019

Opinion | A sustainable option to fund disaster management in India

4 min read . 27 Jun 2019

A uniform GST rate will improve compliance, completely do away with distortion and promote growth and employment. Photo: PTI

Bringing back the local in the national tax regime

11 min read . 15 Jan 2019

A look at GST revenue since November 2017. Graphic: Mint

Amending the GST law: Let the numbers speak

8 min read . 30 Jul 2018

We expect that by the end of the year, Indian small businessmen will be as fluent with bitcoin as they are comfortable with US dollar bills. Photo: PTI

Six battlefronts for the war on corruption

7 min read . 21 Nov 2016

Photo: Hindustan Times

GST: a contest of competing truths

9 min read . 02 Nov 2016

Finance minister Arun Jaitley. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

GST: Make haste slowly

8 min read . 19 Oct 2016

Finance minister Arun Jaitley. Photo: Reuters

The road ahead for the GST council

9 min read . 14 Sep 2016

Illustration: Jayachandran / Mint

A tax for economic growth

8 min read . 01 Jul 2009

Illustration: Jayachandran / Mint

Reforming the tax system

9 min read . 09 Feb 2009

×

Get alerts on WhatsApp

Set Preferences My Reads Watchlist Feedback Redeem a Gift Card Logout