Vijay Kelkar

Vijay Kelkar

GST without a seamless input tax credit system fails its core principles

We are losing touch with the soul of the indirect tax

Updated On: 28 Sep 2025 | 9:59 PM IST

Building a better GST: New reforms mark progress, but more is needed

The call for a single rate correctly identifies this multiplicity as a central problem

Updated On: 17 Aug 2025 | 11:03 PM IST

NEET's problems: Look deeper

We should not just solve the proximate symptoms

Updated On: 07 Jul 2024 | 10:14 PM IST

Accelerating India's energy transition

Low-carbon intensity pathways are superior strategies towards net zero for developing countries

Updated On: 14 Jul 2023 | 10:43 PM IST

Many roads lead to GST

The solution to many difficulties that we see today lies in a sound indirect tax system

Updated On: 16 Oct 2022 | 9:55 PM IST

Peace with diplomacy: A Global South perspective for Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine is the most recent clash between the West and the rest of the world's perspectives

Updated On: 05 Jul 2022 | 11:11 PM IST

Beyond virus: Setting course for a V-shaped recovery with right decisions

It's time for thoughtful decisions through 2020 and 2021, where the desired outcome is one where private investment in 2025 is superior to the value seen in 2011 in real terms

Updated On: 07 Apr 2020 | 1:40 AM IST

GST Council should seize the initiative: Tax policy should be inclusive, transparent

IMF's macroeconomic theories are not in sync with situations on the ground

Updated On: 03 Nov 2016 | 8:49 AM IST

Vijay Kelkar: Fiscal reforms in a federal framework

NITI Aayog should strive to be a vibrant think tank albeit with substantial financial muscle, says the writer in the first of a two-part series

Updated On: 01 Nov 2016 | 10:58 PM IST