Two sides of the coin: Tax incentives and revenue forgone

Clear, transparent and credible legal, technical and political processes a must to deter rent seeking

Budget 2013: 10 per cent surcharge on the super rich is justified and needed

But this needs to be accompanied by measures to improve compliance and wealth tax collection

The idea of a COVID-19 cess: Good for the Centre, bad for states

New tax rates can be introduced instead, especially on the super-rich whose incomes have been relatively less affected

What does it take to tax the rich?

There is no doubt that we will not be able to fix the inequality crisis and build a more equal world without making the rich pay their fair share …

Carbon tax: Kenya to charge motorists ‘traffic jam fee’ to curb emissions

Under the plan, the government seeks to introduce a fee on automobiles driven in zones marked as heavy traffic areas

Cess excess: How India’s states remain deprived of what revenue Centre collects

Collection of cesses, surcharges strong tool for central govt to generate revenue, but at cost of states’ share

What is carbon pricing?

Carbon pricing works by putting a monetary value on carbon, which makes the cost of emitting carbon explicit to those polluting

This electronic aircraft pioneer has crossed orders worth $3 billion, claims CEO

Down To Earth talks to Gregory Davis, chief executive officer of Eviation Aircraft, to learn more about sustainable aviation

Who’s under pressure?

Youtube>> Parliament • Australia

Make trade work for climate

EU’s carbon border tax won’t take us towards a cooperative world required to combat climate change

Slow progress at climate meet

South Asia

Who is an actual “Sikkimese”?

The Supreme Court judgement of January 13 this year continues to cause ripples across Sikkim. Here is what it is all about

Green corpus

Create an environment fund, say participants at a recently-held conference

Taxation and inequality: expectations from Union Budget 2013-14

It is imperative that the forthcoming Budget recognises that fair taxation policies are at the core of addressing inequality in the country

Australia axes carbon tax

Prime Minister Tony Abbott justifies the decision, saying tax cost jobs and forced energy prices up

Europe threatens carbon tax on Third World

EU’s Carbon Border Tax: Is it regressive and protectionist or an incentive for global decarbonisation?

This measure is being imposed in an already uneven context, say experts

All you need to know about the energy conservation bill

Bill has provisions for regulating energy consumption by equipment, appliances, buildings and industries

In conversation with South Africa’s central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago

“There is nothing monetary policy can do to produce the engineers that the country needs in order for its economy to grow.”

Right end of the stick

Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

73% of the wealth generated in India in 2017 went to the richest 1%, while the poorest half of the population saw only a 1% increase in their wealth

Davos 2023: UN chief urges credible net-zero pledges; slams ‘Big Oil’ firms

Guterres compared fossil fuel sector to the cigarette industry in the 1970s, where businesses were aware of the harmful health impact

Who is economically secular?

The rich have the chance to get richer in an economic crisis while the poor face the prospect of sinking deeper in poverty

Will India’s recycling sector collapse under the new GST regime?

Under the new GST regime, all categories of scrap now have a high tax rate of mostly 18 per cent