Statement: Should all the indirect taxes in India be combined into a single tax on all commodities?

Arguments:

1. Yes. This will considerably simplify the tax collection mechanism and the cost of collecting tax will also reduce.
2. Yes. The manufacturers and traders will be benefited by this which in turn will boost tax collection.
3. No. No other country has adopted such system.

Arguments:

1. Yes. The present stock of coal will not last long if we continue mining at the present rate.
2. No. We do not have alternate energy source of sufficient quantity.
3. No. This will put millions of people at a disadvantage and their lives will get adversely affected and also the industry.

Arguments:

1. Yes. This is the only way to bring about uniformity in the educational standards.
2. No. This is administratively impossible.
3. Yes. This will make the degrees procured by students, comparable for offering jobs.

Arguments:

1. Yes. Privatization will make these institutes financially healthy, competitive and quality conscious.
2. Yes. Privatization is the key of the new era - can we survive without it?
3. No. Standard of education of these institutes will fall.

Arguments:

1. Yes. They are equally capable.
2. No. They have to shoulder household responsibilities.
3. Yes. They should also go into the outside world.

Arguments:

1. Yes. It is the present management theory.
2. No. Many workers are illiterate and so their contributions will not be of any value.
3. Yes. Employees-owned companies generally have higher productivity.
4. No. Employee-union ownership drives up salaries and wages.

Arguments:

1. Yes. This is the only way to sustain present rate of technological development in India.
2. No. The Indians settled abroad send huge amount of foreign exchange and this constitutes a significant part of foreign exchange reserve.
3. No. The practical knowledge gained by Indians by working in other countries help India develop its economy.

Arguments:

1. Yes. It is wrong to smoke away millions of money.
2. No. It will throw thousands of workers in the tobacco industry out of employment.
3. No. The government will lose huge amount of money as it will not earn by way of taxes on these products.

Arguments:

1. Yes. They get friendly with local people and are manipulated by them.
2. No. By the time their policies and schemes start taking shape, they have to leave.
3. No. This will create a lot of administrative hassles and cause a lot of inconvenience to the officers.

Arguments:

1. Yes. This is the only way to reduce the risk of exposing people to some diseases.
2. No. Each individual should have right to choose what he wants.
3. No. There is no confirmed evidence that such products have adverse effects on human body.
4. Yes. It is banned in many other countries also.