Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das has said that the new bill relating to resolution of mechanism in relation to stressed assets of financial firms is ready and is likely to be introduced in Parliament soon. He also said that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy law that has been enacted deals with the corporate sector, LLPs and partnership firms, there is another world of financial firms like the banks, the mutual funds or the non-banking finance companies.
Das stated that as far as the financial sector entities are concerned, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced that the government will be introducing a Bill for resolution of financial firms and for which they have undertaken very extensive consultation the bill is ready, and it is ready to be introduced in Parliament. Outlining the focus of the Budget 2017-18, he said that one of objectives it’s was strong fiscal focus. He also said that ‘finding that right balance is very important. You find that right balance by targeting those sectors of the economy where you need to spend more and you target a certain level of debt to GDP ratio, that is the Government of India's borrowing or state's borrowing should be this much by this year.'
Economic Affairs Secretary further said that the FRBM committee chaired by former revenue secretary N K Singh has suggested that the fiscal deficit of both the centre and states put together should be 60 per cent in the financial year 2023. He said although the committee had suggested 3 per cent fiscal deficit for the next three years, the government decided to adopt 3.2 per cent and it is very much within the agenda of fiscal prudence because with 3.2 per cent the government will be able to reach 60 per cent debt to GDP ratio of the general government by 2023.
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