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Are they coming of age? Can an individual standing trial accused of serious crimes pardon himself, preemptively? America’s judicial system has to answer, says
Devangshu Datta Punjab needs to rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse. Instead of limiting its ask to MSP, it should seek freedom to use its lands.
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The government is reportedly considering imposing a cess or surcharge on taxes to at least part-finance the vaccination expenditure in the upcoming Budget. Given the state of the economy, most economic agents would not be in favour of higher tax liability. However, it s also true that in the given situation, with a significant increase in the deficit and public debt, the government will want to mobilise additional resources to minimise the wider macroeconomic implications of its finances.
In this context, our
lead editorialnotes that it makes sense for the government to impose a cess or surcharge to fund the vaccination programme. But it should be mindful of several issues in doing so.
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Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up
Akash Prakashdescribes the risks to this The government has predicted that the economy would recover in the second half of the current fiscal year … (But) economic recovery either stopped in the third quarter or it stopped showing up in recovery in employment.
Mahesh Vyasgives details
Nivedita Mookerjitalks of the tale of committees in the run-up to vaccine.
But there have been plenty of committees before ever since Covid arrived on the scene. Do those still meet in some form or the other?
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