Every tax administration throughout the world collects taxes from its taxpayers in order to garner resources for the government’s public expenditure. Naturally, this process becomes easier for the tax administration if the taxpayers willingly and voluntarily comply with their obligations under the country’s tax code. In enhancing taxpayers’ level of voluntary compliance, three factors play a very ...

Our study reveals that Punjab seems to have become a victim of its own success. After Independence, India had to often rely on food grain imports whenever the monsoons were below normal. The situation became acute when India faced back to back drought in mid 1960s, and heavy imports of wheat under PL 480 made it look as if the country was living "from ship to mouth". No wonder, highest priority for ...

The need to develop a robust public health surveillance system has increased manifold for India because of the ongoing demographic and epidemiological transition and the rising challenges of chronic diseases. In this regard, the presence of robust chronic disease risk factors, morbidity and mortality surveillance mechanisms can go a long way in prevention and reduction of socioeconomic costs associated ...

The purpose of this policy brief is to bring back focus to the debate on clinical research by providing hard data and clarity on issues based on extensive data mining from both secondary and primary sources as well as stakeholder interactions across 4 Indian states and 7 countries across 4 continents. The policy recommendations that follow takes cognizance of the regulatory constraints in low-resource ...

The need to develop a robust public health surveillance system has increased manifold for India because of the ongoing demographic and epidemiological transition and the rising challenges of chronic diseases. In this regard, the presence of robust chronic disease risk factors, morbidity and mortality surveillance mechanisms can go a long way in prevention and reduction of socioeconomic costs associated ...

The need to develop a robust public health surveillance system has increased manifold for India because of the ongoing demographic and epidemiological transition and the rising challenges of chronic diseases. In this regard, the presence of robust chronic disease risk factors, morbidity and mortality surveillance mechanisms can go a long way in prevention and reduction of socioeconomic costs associated ...

The research findings presented in this study are based on legal and policy analysis, field research in terms of stakeholder interviews conducted nationally (Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, and Kerala) and internationally (USA, Europe, China and Indonesia), and information gathered through RTI applications. Admittedly, drug regulation encompasses substantive policy areas such as pharmaceutical ...

This document summarizes the study’s broad policy recommendations along with measures for their operationalization. Some of the major policy recommendations include uniformity in the interpretation of legal terminology contained in the relevant act and guidelines, rationalization of work distribution across regulatory personnel, use of technological tools to bridge the gap in the data available to ...

This paper tries to establish the interrelation between the energy sector and the net zero emission goal, focusing on India’s pathways to a low carbon future. It discusses the dilemma of choosing between growth and sustainability and the co-benefits of transitioning to a less carbon-dependent, renewables-based energy system from both, the global and Indian perspectives. In an emerging economy like ...

The purpose of this brief is to outline some of these opportunities for India in the form of policy recommendations. In the pages that follow, policy recommendations are presented thematically. Each recommendation is supported by a rationale and corresponding challenges that the regulator may face in the process of implementing them. These recommendations are aimed at short/medium/long term goals. ...