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Economic Survey: The Constitutional Amendment on GST will create a common Indian market, improve tax compliance and governance and boost investment and growth

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..... Economic Survey: The Constitutional Amendment on GST will create a common Indian market, improve tax compliance and governance and boost investment and growth - Budget Dated:- 31-1-2017 - News - Economic Survey: The Constitutional Amendment on GST will create a common Indian market, improve tax compliance and governance and boost investment and growth. The Economic Survey states that t .....

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..... he world GDP is expected to grow because of a fiscal stimulus in the United States but points out that there are considerable risks. Economic Survey: Addressing the Twin Balance Sheet problem of over-indebted corporates and bad-loan-encumbered Public Sector Banks will be vital. The Economic Survey 2016-17 presented in Parliament today states that against the backdrop of robust macro .....

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..... -economic stability, the year was marked by two major domestic policy developments-the passage of the Constitutional Amendment, paving the way for implementing the transformational Goods and Services Tax (GST), and the action to demonetize the two highest denomination notes. The GST will create a common Indian market, improve tax compliance and governance, and boost investment and growth; it is al .....

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..... so a bold new experiment in the governance of India s cooperative federalism. The Survey Report says that demonetisation has had short-term costs but holds the potential for long-term benefits. Follow-up actions to minimize the costs and maximize the benefits include: fast, demand-driven, remonetisation; further tax reforms, including bringing land and real estate into the GST, reducing tax rat .....

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..... es and stamp duties; and acting to allay anxieties about over-zealous tax administration. These actions would allow growth to return to trend in 2017-18, possibly making it the fastest-growing major economy in the world, following a temporary dip in 2016-17. The Economic Survey 2016-17 states that the year was also marked by some tumultuous external developments. In the short-run, world GDP gro .....

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..... wth is expected to increase because of a fiscal stimulus in the United States but there are considerable risks. These include higher oil prices, and eruption of trade tensions from sharp currency movements, especially involving the Chinese yuan, and from geo-political factors. Another serious medium-term risk is an upsurge in protectionism that could affect India s exports. The Survey states th .....

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..... at the year also saw a number of legislative accomplishments in the country. In addition to the GST, the Government: Overhauled the bankruptcy laws so that the exit problem that pervades the Indian economy--with deleterious consequences highlighted in last year s Survey--can be addressed effectively and expeditiously; Codified the institutional arrangements on monetary policy with the R .....

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..... eserve Bank of India (RBI), to consolidate the gains from macroeconomic stability by ensuring that inflation control will be less susceptible to the whims of individuals and the caprice of governments; and Solidified the legal basis for Aadhaar, to realise the long-term gains from the JAM trifecta (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile). Beyond these headline reforms were other less-heralded but nonethe .....

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..... less important actions. The Government enacted a package of measures to assist the clothing sector that by virtue of being export-oriented, labour-intensive could provide a boost to employment, especially female employment. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) successfully finalized the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform. By facilitating inter-operability, UPI has the potential .....

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..... to unleash the power of mobile phones in achieving digitalization of payments and financial inclusion, and making the M an integral part of JAM. Further FDI reform measures were implemented, allowing India to become one of the world s largest recipients of foreign direct investment. The government has also adhered to a steady and consistent path of fiscal consolidation. The major short ter .....

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..... m macro-economic challenge is to re-establish private investment and exports as the major drivers of growth and reduce reliance on Government and private consumption. Addressing the Twin Balance Sheet problem-over-indebted corporates and bad-loan-encumbered public sector banks-a legacy of the years surrounding the Global Financial Crisis will be vital. Looking further ahead, societal shifts at .....

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..... the level of ideas and narratives will be needed to overcome three long-standing meta-challenges: inefficient redistribution, ambivalence about the private sector and property rights, and improving but still-challenged state capacity. Doing so would lift an economy that is oozing with potential. In the aftermath of demonetisation, and at a time of gathering gloom about globalization, articulating .....

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..... and embracing those ideational shifts will be critical to ensuring that India s sweet spot is enduring not evanescent. The report says that India seems to be a demographic sweet spot with its working age population projected to grow by a third over the next three decades providing it a potential the growth boost from the demographic divided which is likely to peak within next five years. The .....

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..... Survey report also states that the Swachh Bharat which has the objective of ensuring safe and adequate sanitation, water security and hygiene has been a part of serious policy issue which would promote a broader fundamental right to privacy for women in the country. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - .....

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