Tag: India

Governing Tax Expenditures: Lessons from Four Advanced and Emerging Market Economies

 , and | 2 March 2026
Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Brazil, Domestic Revenue Mobilization, France, India, Tax Expenditures, United Kingdom
This blog builds on four Tax Expenditures Country Reports published within the series hosted by CEP and IDOS, and shows how Brazil, France, India, and the United Kingdom govern tax expenditures across three critical dimensions: benchmark definition, reporting, and evaluation. ... continue reading

Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy: Insights from India

 and | 3 April 2025
Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: Energy, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, India, Renewables
India is making significant strides toward affordable, secure and clean energy with the help of ambitious economic policy packages. Yet, like in other countries, many challenges remain. ... continue reading

Tax Expenditures and Tax Incentives for Investment: Challenges and Opportunities in India and Beyond

 11 February 2025 | New Delhi, India | By Invitation
Conferences, Fiscal | Tags: GTED, GTETI, India, Tax Expenditures
India has in the recent years engaged in a process to rationalize the use of tax incentives for investment and, more in general, simplify the tax system. Going forward, India’s efforts to simplify its tax system along with adoption of GloBE will have implications ... continue reading

Economic Policies for Affordable, Secure and Clean Energy. Insights from India

 10 February 2025 | New Delhi, India | By Invitation
Fiscal, Roundtables | Tags: Energy, India, Industrial Policy, Renewables
India has made significant progress over the last decade to deliver energy to its citizens and the economy. At the same time, many challenges remain... ... continue reading

Tax Expenditures Country Report: India

 | 7 October 2024
Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, India, Tax Expenditures
India's tax landscape is intricate, with various direct and indirect taxes administered by different bodies, such as the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2017 ... continue reading

A Step into the Right Direction: The India-EFTA Trade Agreement

 | 1 May 2024
Trade, Blog | Tags: EFTA, Global Value Chains, India, Intellectual Property Rights, Trade Agreements
The new trade agreement between India and EFTA States includes commitments on an important yet often overlooked form of trade restrictions: local content requirements. ... continue reading

Services in the India-EU Free Trade Agreement

 | 30 October 2023
Trade, Research Papers | Tags: EU, India, Services Trade, Telecommunications, Trade Agreements
EU and India have common objectives to lead the digital transition in an inclusive and sustainable manner while safeguarding privacy, security and competition. ... continue reading

Services in the India-EU Free Trade Agreement

 | 18 April 2023
Trade, Policy Briefs | Tags: EU, India, Services Trade, Telecommunications, Trade Agreements
EU and India are both committed to the global trading system, and both are concerned with making the digital and green transition work for all. ... continue reading

Services Trade and the Gender Wage Gap: The Case of India

 and | 31 May 2021
Trade, Blog | Tags: India, Inequality, Services Trade, Wage Gap
India’s female labour force participation rate is less than half of the global average and the gender wage gap is substantial. With higher tertiary graduation rates and excelling in frontier skills for the future, women constitute a talent pool that India can ill afford to ... continue reading

Paris to Nairobi

 | 23 December 2015
Trade, Blog | Tags: Climate, India, TPP, TTIP, WTO
Trade negotiations didn’t have the happy ending of COP-21. But they portend major changes for the WTO. This month has witnessed two important events whose outcomes point to different conclusions for the future of multilateral cooperation. While the Paris Agreement belied pessimistic expectations and produced ... continue reading