Putting Sri Lanka together (N Venkataraman, South Asia Monitor)

Returning to Jaffna last week after three decades, on a visit to see the reconstruction after the end of the brutal civil war, was an emotional experience. My first visit to Jaffna, accompanying the Indian force commander, Lt Gen Depinder Singh, was in October 1987. The sound of AK-47 rifle fire, as our helicopter landed in Jaffna, is etched in my memory. Things were very different now, when I landed at Jaffna’s Palaly Airport

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Bad offshoot of Mauritius tax treaty (N Venkataraman, South Asia Monitor)

The amendment to the over three decade old Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty (DTAA) between India and Mauritius has been seen as a progressive and much overdue tax reform measure. In another two years, an entity which is a resident of Mauritius, cannot avoid paying income tax on capital gains arising in India. This is expected to plug a huge source of revenue leakage and capital flight

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