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... less degree . Many of the conclusions or principles in succeeding chapters are based on the tables published in the appendices . It is not possible to cover all the details set out in these tables and in the “ Civil Estimates " and ...
... less degree . Many of the conclusions or principles in succeeding chapters are based on the tables published in the appendices . It is not possible to cover all the details set out in these tables and in the “ Civil Estimates " and ...
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... less extent ) remission of taxation . Governments must remember that borrowing is not a short cut to prosperity , and a policy of borrowing must be resisted , except for what can reasonably be regarded as productive expenditure . The ...
... less extent ) remission of taxation . Governments must remember that borrowing is not a short cut to prosperity , and a policy of borrowing must be resisted , except for what can reasonably be regarded as productive expenditure . The ...
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... less satisfactory than in Great Britain . Especially in the latter half of the nineteenth century , there are certain dominating characteristics of this literature , and these are : ( 1 ) the historical nature of the work done ; ( 2 ) ...
... less satisfactory than in Great Britain . Especially in the latter half of the nineteenth century , there are certain dominating characteristics of this literature , and these are : ( 1 ) the historical nature of the work done ; ( 2 ) ...
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... less comprehensive but more interesting work.2 Cohn is the happy mean between Roscher , who is as strong in history as he is weak in theory , and the radical Wagner , who puts forward sometimes startling theory illustrated by statistics ...
... less comprehensive but more interesting work.2 Cohn is the happy mean between Roscher , who is as strong in history as he is weak in theory , and the radical Wagner , who puts forward sometimes startling theory illustrated by statistics ...
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... less than twice the pre - War level . During the five years 1918-19 to 1922-23 the deficits in India's Budgets have amounted to Rs.113 crores , 2 necessitating an annual charge of nearly Rs.7 crores , and we have to go back to the five ...
... less than twice the pre - War level . During the five years 1918-19 to 1922-23 the deficits in India's Budgets have amounted to Rs.113 crores , 2 necessitating an annual charge of nearly Rs.7 crores , and we have to go back to the five ...
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Page 123 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 124 - Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.
Page 124 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Page 600 - The Comptroller General shall investigate, at the seat of government or elsewhere, all matters relating to the receipt, disbursement, and application of public funds...
Page 36 - Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice...
Page 570 - Indian peoples, must be judges of the time and measure of each advance, and they must be guided by the co-operation received from those upon whom new opportunities of service will thus be conferred and by the extent to which it is found that confidence can be reposed in their sense of responsibility.
Page 117 - A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another ; such as the excise or customs.
Page 587 - That the right of granting aids and supplies to the Crown is in the Commons alone, as an essential part of their constitution, and the limitation of all such grants as to matter, manner, measure, and time is only in them.
Page 231 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Page 355 - ... of the like kind and quality are sold, or are capable of being sold, at the time and place of importation or exportation, as the case may be, without any abatement or deduction whatever, except (in the case of goods imported) of the amount of the duties payable on the importation thereof : or...