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Policy Roundtable on Taxation of Transactions
April 22, 2008, Dewan-e-aam, The Taj Mahal Hotel
Man Singh Road, New Delhi 110 003, India
08.30 Registration and coffee for invitees
Backdrop
09.10 Dr. Susan Thomas
Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Session One: From Taxation of Turnover to GST
Chair
Dr. Kirit Parikh
Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
09.30 Opening remarks by the chair
09.40 Dr. M. Govinda Rao
Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
10.00 Discussant
Satya Poddar
Senior Partner, Indirect Tax, Ernst & Young
10.10 Questions
10.30 Coffee break
Session Two: Low Transactions Costs: The Purpose of Financial Sector Policy
Chair
Dr. Jaimini Bhagwati
Additional Secretary (ER), Ministry of External Affairs
11.00 Opening remarks by the chair
11.10 Dr. Susan Thomas
Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
11.30 Discussants
P.H. Ravikumar
Managing Director, National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange
11.50 Questions
Session Three: Not the only game in town: The international dimension
Chair
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
12.10 Opening remarks by the chair
12.20 Dr. Percy Mistry
Chairman, Oxford International (UK)
12.40 Discussants
Vidhu Shekhar
Vice President, National Stock Exchange of India
13.10 Joseph Masseyr
Managing Director & CEO, Multi Commodity Exchange of India
13.30 Close of Roundtable followed by Lunch
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