Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Takehiko Nakao, supporting the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, has said that its introduction will integrate India as “truly one single economy” and will help attract more foreign investments. Commending various reform measures taken by the government, Nakao said the pending issue of GST can be done, and it will boost growth. He further added that Indian economy should be integrated as truly one single economy and rationalisation of tax, the GST, as the government is seeking, is very important reform.
Nakao lauded the Budget 2016-17 proposals on the farm sector, and also stressed upon the need for more reforms and pushing infrastructure development. He said that one of the important agendas for India is to push infrastructure investment and it need to invest more in infrastructure. He also said that government needs to have more tax revenue to GDP ratio to do all these things. Tax to GDP ratio including state taxes can be larger. He said that Land acquisition is another area, which requires reform and State governments can frame their own land acquisitions laws.
The ADB chief further said that “We are now expecting that Indian economy will continue to exceed 7 percent in fiscal year 2016-17 and 2017-18 and we are now looking at the number again. The global economy and the Asian economy as a whole are in some form of adjustment.”
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