Positive business environment, low inflation imperative for high growth: FICCI

20 May 2014 Evaluate

Industry body FICCI has highlighted low inflation and a positive business environment as the top supportive factors for India to get back to high growth path. The FICCI‘s president Sidharth Birla has said that country needs to create investor confidence by revitalizing domestic investors and strengthening governance, policy certainty and capital friendliness.

Sidharth Birla further asserted that India also needs to implement GST by 2015 and revisit subsidies and revamp the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA). Industry body also recommended measures to improve the tax environment in the country include resolve retrospective/ capital raising tax-related issues and rebate income tax for small start-up businesses. Regarding the land acquisition issue, the FICCI highlighted the need for a comprehensive review of the Land Acquisition Act urgently.

At present, Indian economy is struggling with slowdown and its growth slowed down to a decade low at 4.5 percent in FY13 and 4.6 percent during the first three quarter of FY14. High inflation, unfavorable tax environment and land procurement and environment clearances issues have been impacting the business sentiments in the country. Prevailing high inflation has impacted the purchasing power of consumer, whereas land and environment clearance issues have stalled the development of big infrastructure projects. 

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