Preamble In my Macroeconomics Course in College, I was introduced to the Canons of Taxation are principles that guide the design of a fair and efficient tax system. Adam Smith, in his book *The Wealth of Nations*, introduced four fundamental canons of taxation: Equity: Taxes should be proportional to the taxpayer’s ability to pay. This… Continue reading Indexation and Canons of Taxation: Have We Learnt Anything from Angel Tax?
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2023 India Healthcare and Lifesciences Investment Outlook
Since 2013 our algos have been accurately predicting the investment heatmap in the healthcare and life sciences in India which were predicting with 95% accuracy on the sectoral investment cycle in India till the end of 2019. Since the Covid Pandemic in 2020 we lowered levels of prediction accuracy like we started back in 2013.… Continue reading 2023 India Healthcare and Lifesciences Investment Outlook
What’s Next? Operation Himalaya?
Preamble Operation Ganga was an evacuation operation by the Government of India to evacuate the Indian citizens amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, who had crossed over to neighboring countries. This involved transport assistance from the neighboring countries of Romania, Hungary, Poland, Moldova, Slovakia to reach India. Over 20,000 medical students were evacuated in… Continue reading What’s Next? Operation Himalaya?
Budget 2022: When is Healthcare’s Amrit Kaal Coming?
Preamble On 1 February 2022, our Hon. Finance Minister presented her fourth budget in the Parliament and introduced the “Amrit Kaal” in Point 4 of her speech, “we are marking Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, and have entered into Amrit Kaal, the 25-year-long leadup to India@100. Hon’ble Prime Minister in his Independence Day address had set-out… Continue reading Budget 2022: When is Healthcare’s Amrit Kaal Coming?
2022: Healthcare and Life Sciences Investment Outlook
Since 2013 our algos have been accurately predicting the investment heatmap in the healthcare and life sciences in India which were predicting with 95% accuracy on the sectoral investment cycle in India till the end of 2019. Since the Covid Pandemic in 2020 we lowered levels of prediction accuracy like we started back in 2013.… Continue reading 2022: Healthcare and Life Sciences Investment Outlook
Why is India’s National Digital Health Mission is likely to succeed?
Background Last year the Government of India announced the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM). We were asked to review and comment on the draft as one of the stakeholders in healthcare. This inclusive approach to involve the various stake holders was never seen before. We believe that COVID-19 and NDHM has increased the pace of… Continue reading Why is India’s National Digital Health Mission is likely to succeed?
Why India is not selling its Healthcare Assets Under National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) 2021?
Preamble On 23 August 2021 the government announced a National Monetisation Pipeline of INR 6 tn, (~2.6% of GDP), aimed at monetising its brownfield infrastructure to fund greenfield ones. Most of these projects will be concentrated in the roads, railways, and power sectors and no monetisation of India’s healthcare assets. NMP provides the guide to… Continue reading Why India is not selling its Healthcare Assets Under National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) 2021?
Healthy Financial Relief Package for People’s Health
Background Last week, India’s Finance Minister announced a slew of financial relief to the stimulate growth and improve the healthcare infrastructure of the country which has been affected badly by the second wave of Covid. The package worth INR 0.62 million crores can be sub divided in three broad themes: Those that improve the financial… Continue reading Healthy Financial Relief Package for People’s Health
Privileged to be Part of World’s Largest Vaccination Drive on 21 June 2021
Introduction I went for my first vaccine shot yesterday (21 June 2021). Little did I knew that I would be amongst the first 2000 of the innoculatees on the Covin App (I am informed that there were 2000 vaccination centers that logged in the Covin App at 9 am. I was numero uno at Wockhardt… Continue reading Privileged to be Part of World’s Largest Vaccination Drive on 21 June 2021
A Tale of Two Medical Systems: Revolution Ahead?
Background The current spat between the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Baba Ramdev of Patanjali is like a modern version of Charles Dickens’ famous novel A Tale of Two Cities, that led to the French Revolution. The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) has decided to execute a Black Day on the 1st of June… Continue reading A Tale of Two Medical Systems: Revolution Ahead?