The @GST_Council meeting on Dec 21 should favourably consider the GoM's recommendation to raise GST on tobacco & sugary beverages. Beyond that, further tax reforms are needed on these products in the interest of public health. I discuss its merits in today’s @the_hindu.

RT @theliverdr: Good evening! As promised here are full original reports of analysis from The Citizens Protein Project 2. It can be downl….

RT @KulikovUNIATF: Check out new blog: Rethinking #taxes on #tobacco and sugary drinks in India 🇮🇳. India is witnessing a significant rise….

Happy to share our @WorldBank blog with Mohan Nagarajan on using health taxes to curb rising tobacco, alcohol & sugary drink consumption in India. Hope the GST Council’s rate review seizes this opportunity! #TaxForHealth #NCDs @GST_Council @nsitharaman .

RT @SanerDenizen: #MustRead: yet another piece from the author."As the GST council undertakes deliberations on rate rationalisation & struc….

As #GST turns 8, I write in today’s @the_hindu on how this landmark tax reform—despite its many achievements—has fallen short on tobacco control in India. I hope these concerns are addressed in the ongoing GST rate rationalization exercise.@GST_Council @FinMinIndia @nsitharaman

Pleased to share our new article published in BMJ Tobacco Control, which estimates the impact of the GST on tobacco use prevalence in India. The full paper is available here

RT @satishacharya: The darkest chapter!.#Emergency

RT @theliverdr: Dear friends, good morning Sunday! .An announcement. Please read till the end. The Citizens Protein Project - 2 .A call fo….

RT @theliverdr: Attention! The American Heart Association has dropped their 2025 update on alcohol and the heart. This is intense. Here is….

RT @RijoMJohn: My piece in @the_hindu today dispels one of the key arguments the tobacco industry in India (& elsewhere) makes about cigare….

RT @pbhushan1: Must read: A scathing critique of the SC’s observations & order in the Professor Mahmudabad case by @pbmehta .“The SC has un….

RT @_YogendraYadav: Shocking, this arrest of Prof Ali Kahn Mehbubabad, Ashoka University. Please read this post by him and ask yourself: W….

RT @vinodscaria: #COVID19 excess deaths in #India .Data doesn't lie .19.7L excess deaths in 2021 .~ 6x the official COVID19 deaths. The sca….

RT @GorwayGlobal: The primary job of Members of Parliament is to represent their Constituents in Parliament. The primary role of Parliamen….

Pleased to share my first co-authored paper in @NEJM. Honoured to contribute as an economist to this @IARCWHO-led study evaluating policy effectiveness in reducing alcohol consumption. Check the full paper here:

Pleased to share the publication of my first work for the @WorldBank, co-authored with @araujoec. This report examines the health tax landscape for tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages in India. You can read the full report here.

RT @jayanjthomas: A stunning reversal of roles: the US, the greatest free-trade champion, is today erecting tariff barriers. China, once hi….

RT @nit_set: 1. Baba Ramdev is pushing his Patanjali products using communal messages. While he indulges in this shameful tactic in public….

RT @RPrasad12: FDA has uncovered “significant” data falsification in multiple bioequalence studies by the Mumbai-based contract research or….

RT @theliverdr: Hello @bryan_johnson, I have posted rational and logical questions regarding your BluePrint which I have gone through, and….