Good and simple tax – The Hindu (Sep 15, 2017)

Good and simple tax – The Hindu (Sep 15, 2017)

India’s goods and services tax regime is nearing the end of its first full quarter since roll-out this July. Revenue collections from the first month appear robust,….. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. glitch (noun) – problem, difficulty, issue/complication.
2. roll-out (noun) – official launch / introduction.
3. corroborate (verb) – confirm, verify, validate.
4. exchequer (noun) – funds, resources/finances, treasury.
5. fiscal room/space (noun) – the flexibility of a government in its spending choices, and, more generally, to the financial well-being of a government (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
6. rationalise (verb) – streamline, make more efficient, hone/simplify.
7. stimulus (noun) – spur/encouragement, impetus, boost.
8. expeditiously (adverb) – quickly and efficiently.
9. bound to (adjective) – certain, sure, very likely, guaranteed.
10. crimp (verb) – compress, limit.
11. unjust (adjective) – wrong, unfair, undue.
12. scale up (phrasal verb) – increase.
13. setback (noun) – problem/issue, difficulty, misfortune.
14. switchover (noun) – an instant change of one (system/method) to another.
15. ever-changing (adjective) – developing, continuously changing.
16. landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
17. conducive (adjective) – good for, helpful to, instrumental in.
18. coincidence (noun) – co-occurrence, coexistence; concurrence.

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