Tax trauma – The Hindu (Sep 23, 2017)
For a reform that was cracked up to be India’s biggest tax overhaul since Independence, the roll-out of the goods and services tax is off to a less-than-desirable start. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)
- trauma (verb) – a distressing or disturbing, torment experience.
- glitch (noun) – problem, difficulty, issue/complication.
- be cracked up to be (phrase) – be believed/said to be (used to hint that something has been explained too positively).
- overhaul (noun) – a thorough examination, revamp, recondition.
- roll-out (noun) – official launch / introduction.
- reiterate (verb) – repeat, say again, restate.
- chink (noun) – weak point, opening, gap.
- impasse (noun) – stalemate, deadlock, stand-off.
- implication (noun) – consequence, result, ramification/repercussion.
- stumble (noun) – fall, collapse, foundering.
- reckoning (noun) – calculation, estimation; evaluation.
- cramp (verb) – hinder, impede, inhibit.
- ramp up (phrasal verb) – increase something.
- better off (phrase) – in a more desirable/advantageous situation.
- rebound (noun) – an increase in something (value, amount) after a decline.
- misplace (verb) – loss, miss, mislay.
- trigger (verb) – prompt, provoke, stir up.
- unease (noun) – fright, fearfulness, anxiety/panic.
- tweak (noun) – adjustment, modification, alteration.
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