The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India: A Study in the Provincial Decentralization of Imperial FinanceP. S. King & Son, Limited, 1925 - 285 pages |
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... land tax was the heaviest impost of the Imperial revenue system in operation . The underlying doctrine of the tax in India has been that it is of the nature of rent paid by the cultivator to the State in virtue of the theory that the land ...
... land tax was the heaviest impost of the Imperial revenue system in operation . The underlying doctrine of the tax in India has been that it is of the nature of rent paid by the cultivator to the State in virtue of the theory that the land ...
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... revenue may be increased to an almost inconceivable extent . A land tax of this nature was sure to blast the very production of that wealth which industry would have otherwise brought into being . The land tax was so heavy that the ...
... revenue may be increased to an almost inconceivable extent . A land tax of this nature was sure to blast the very production of that wealth which industry would have otherwise brought into being . The land tax was so heavy that the ...
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... revenue thus lost was made up by enhancing those that were continued to be levied , particularly the land tax . The latter charge has always been officially denied , but none the less it remains true that the land tax has been ...
... revenue thus lost was made up by enhancing those that were continued to be levied , particularly the land tax . The latter charge has always been officially denied , but none the less it remains true that the land tax has been ...
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... revenue laws are harmful to the resources of the people they must blame none ... Land Rev. 662.308 64 enue to 1855-6 Sekyer and 9.729 20 1836-7 Abkary Excise ... land revenue . Was the money raised by such injurious taxes without ...
... revenue laws are harmful to the resources of the people they must blame none ... Land Rev. 662.308 64 enue to 1855-6 Sekyer and 9.729 20 1836-7 Abkary Excise ... land revenue . Was the money raised by such injurious taxes without ...
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... revenue raised , can only be regarded as protective in their character . Thus the bulk of the money raised by ... land ways , 580 miles of waterways and 80 miles of telegraph . Or speaking in terms of money spent , we find that for the ...
... revenue raised , can only be regarded as protective in their character . Thus the bulk of the money raised by ... land ways , 580 miles of waterways and 80 miles of telegraph . Or speaking in terms of money spent , we find that for the ...
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adjusting assignment administration amount annual Assam assigned revenues authority balances Bengal Bombay British India Burma Central and Provincial Central Government Central Provinces Civil Committee constitution contributions decentralization deficit Department Resolution different Provinces divided heads duty dyarchy economy estimates Excise Executive Executive Government expendi favour Federal Finance Department Financial Statement fixed assignments funds Government of India Governor-General in Council grant heads of revenue Imperial Finance Imperial Government Imperial system Imperial treasury income tax increase Indian Legislature John Strachey lakhs Land Revenue levy Madras matter ministers Office Oudh Parliament permanent settlement political principle proposed Provincial Budgets Provincial Finance Provincial Governments Provincial Legislature provincial revenues Punjab receipts Reforms responsibility responsible government result revenue and expenditure revenues of India revision rules rupees scheme of Provincial Secretary share Stamps subject to legislation surplus system of divided taxation tion Total transferred United Provinces vinces vincial yield
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