Browsing by Author "Singh, A."

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Changing Trends of Taxes and Public Debts in India
(2011) Singh, A.; Mehta, S.; Soni, T.
A Review of India?s Future Tax System is under consideration for over last twelve months. Replacing the half century old Income Tax Act, the Central Government is aiming to revolutionize the existing taxation system in India, by ushering in changes in the domains of personal and corporate tax structures. The new tax code is expected to come into effect by 2011 fiscal year. The objective of this paper is to study the impact of the Direct taxes on the public debt position of the economy. The sample consists of time series data for four variables namely Direct Tax revenue, Public Debt, Gross Domestic Product at Factor Cost (GDP) and Yield on Government Securities (IRY) from 1981 to 2009. The data was collected from Indian Public Finance Statistics 2009 and Reserve Bank of India handbook of Statistics. The rationale of this paper is to absorb the trend of changing tax revenue and public debt position in India. Further the public debt and direct tax structure of the BRIC nations is also studied.
Elephants in the Mauryan Age: Significance and Symbolism
(Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Singh, A.
Sexual Deviance and Sexual Violence in the Vālm ki Rāmāya a
(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Singh, A.
The Vālm ki Rāmāya a, a popular epic of the brāhma ical tradition, delineates several behavioural patterns ingrained in different structures, formed to control the conscious and unconscious actions of humans. The recognized behaviour of humans was simplified and classified for the smooth functioning of a particular philosophy and morals. In this paper I will discuss how the Vālm ki Rāmāya a set up norms for the regulation of sexual behaviour of the people. Forging the sexual behaviour was perhaps one of the primary motives of the narration. Sexuality had been visualized in a certain way that often contradicts the natural or untamed sexuality of the genders. Normative structures were more likely to guide the sexual behaviour of women and also to define the relationship of men and women. When we talk about gender and sexuality, relationships and norms of households become very important. In the narrative of the Vālm ki Rāmāya a we find an account of royal households, where the king occupies the central position, whose authority was ‗unquestionable‘ most of the time. It gives an account of the ways adopted by various societies for forging sexual attitudes and behaviour. Apart from kings, men in general secured the most influential place in the gender hierarchy of households. I will also discuss in this paper that how the patriarchal structures were acquiring ‗new‘ shapes for attenuating the domestication of sex and how it was hidden beneath the idea of love, morality, dignity, glory and responsibility. To understand the nature of sexual loyalty and punishment I am considering the cases of four characters namely- Ahalyā, Urvaś , S tā and Rumā.