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Fresh bad loan accretion of PSBs almost stopped: Bibek Debroy

08 Feb 2018 Evaluate

The Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister EAC-PM), Bibek Debroy has said that the fresh non-performing assets (NPAs) accretion of the public sector banks (PSBs) had almost stopped. He said “Many NPA figures are floating, I think India’s bank NPA is not more than Rs 3 lakh crore.” However, he indicated that according to recent Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, bad loans of PSBs stood at Rs 7.34 lakh crore at the end of Q2 FY18, a bulk of which came from corporate defaulters.

The EAC-PM chairman also said that it was perfectly possible to scrap income tax and other direct taxes and replace them with indirect taxes, but indirect taxes could never be progressive. Referring to issue of low income tax collection, he said that one reason is that the number of personal income taxpayers is so low is because the rural sector is completely out of purview of income taxation. He added that it is a state subject, so the Union government cannot do anything.

Adding further, Debroy said “But the question I am asking is how many of us are arguing that tax should be levied and if such a tax is levied, then obviously, it should be levied above a certain threshold.” He also said that fiscal profligacy had its cost. Besides, he pointed out that fiscal deficit for the current financial year was higher because the goods and services taxes (GST) could be counted only for 11 months. He added that had it not been, fiscal deficit would have been closer to 3.2 percent of GDP this fiscal.

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