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FISCAL DEFICIT
2016-17 expected to be challenging from scal point of view; time is right
for a review of medium-term scal framework
2015-16 scal decit, seen at 3.9 per cent of GDP, seems achievable
Credibility and optimality argue for adhering to 3.5 per cent of GDP scal
decit target
PUBLIC FINANCE
Remove tax incentives for small savings, as mostly the rich benet from
them
Impose tax on gold since it is hoarded by the rich
Rs 1-lakh-crore subsidy going to the rich from the government
Fast-growth years for GDP have led to larger inequality in India; need for
measures like wider property tax in the context of smart cities
Only four per cent of Indians pay income tax; this has to rise to about 23
per cent
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Trade:
The Survey also had particularly pointed recommendations about the
direction of Indias trade policy, saying introspection is overdue on issues
including its continued support to farmers that are controversial at the World
Trade Organization.
The Survey concludes India should resist calls to seek recourse in
protectionist measures, especially in relation to items that could undermine
the competitiveness of downstream rms.
The Centre has recently imposed price controls on the import of steel, which
auto rms have protested.
Reforms inclined towards rich: Bounties for the Well-off
The survey makes a case for unpopular reforms, such as bringing
agricultural incomes in the tax net, rationalisation of fertiliser subsidies
estimated at Rs. 75,000 crore (excluding arrears) and the withdrawal of tax
benets which benet mainly the rich.
Restricting the cooking gas subsidy to 10 cylinders from 12 at present,
raising the levels of property tax and desisting from raising the income tax
threshold. This needs to be done while taxes and duties on domestic and
commercial LPG users are aligned
Venturing into the politically sensitive issue of fertilizer subsidy, whose
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Challenges ahead:
Raising pay for government employees as per 7th pay commission
Bail out banks without increasing borrowing.
Challenge of creating good jobs is proving difcult
Too many regulations have harmed job creation worker-centric rule
needed
Competitive federalism is needed to reduce bottlenecks in clearances
Transparency and simplicity needed in power rates
Easier power supply to encourage Make in India
Disappointments:
Failure to pass a goods and services tax, underperformance on
disinvestment and privatization,
Incomplete rationalization of subsidies
Stressed balance sheets of banks and private companies.
Need of the hour:
Improved investments in education and health, where India fares the worst
among BRICS nations and adequate attention to agriculture could realise
the potential.
In the wake of four seasons of weak rainfall and consequent adversity,
agriculture has served a wake-up call, demanding attention from policy
makers.
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Way ahead
A clear strategy on disinvestment extending to sale of majority government
equity and Commitment to credible scal consolidation is what investors
will primarily look for.
But beyond the budget, the governments efforts to get at least two
important legislation those relating to the GST and a comprehensive
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Fiscal consolidation:
While making arguments both for and against the current path of scal
consolidation, the Survey seemed to argue overall for a less stringent scal
consolidation path
The Survey concludes that even a gradual recovery of nominal growth
which, thanks to deationary pressure has been lower than expected, driving
the debt-to-GDP ratio upward would be sufcient in any case to deal with
the debt problem it had cited as the main reason for sticking to the current
scal consolidation path.
In one of its more specic recommendations, the Survey suggested higher
property taxes, which it said would put sand in the wheels of property
speculation. Smart cities require smart public nance, the Survey noted, and
sound property taxation is vital to Indias urban future.
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Strengthening the state by improving scal relations between the rich and
the poor is one of the two main messages of the Budget, Comment.
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J@LS@ 10daysago
ThanksBABA!!!
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YaswanthReddy 11daysago
Deservemorethanathxs
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Ramesh 12daysago
Babaji..isn'tit20152016surveyinstead20162017..??
Correctme..ifi'mwrong..
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Admin >Ramesh
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Yes,itisEconomicSurvey201516.
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VishalRana>Ramesh 12daysago
RameshitsFY20162017SurveyBecauseitsaforecastfor1617
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Abhishek>VishalRana 11daysago
Economicsurveyisnotfuturepprediction,itsthereviewoflastfinancial
year.SoitshouldbeFy201516.
Budgetdothefutureplanning,sobudgetshouldbeof201617.
Hereiseconomicsurveydefenitionfromindianbudget.nic.in
"AflagshipannualdocumentoftheMinistryofFinance,Governmentof
India,EconomicSurvey201516reviewsthedevelopmentsintheIndian
economyovertheprevious12months,summarizestheperformanceon
majordevelopmentprogrammes,andhighlightsthepolicyinitiativesofthe
government......"
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thevagabond85>VishalRana 12daysago
"Whatisthedifferencebetween201415and201617economicsurvey?"
weclearlyfindthemissinggapof1yearatleast)
However,correctEDinthecontent
"The201516survey,bycontrast,emphasizestheneedfor...."
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