CII recommends 10-point agenda to government for economic revival

04 Sep 2013 Evaluate

Concerned over the fast deteriorating economic fundamentals of the country, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) recommended ten-point agenda for economic revival to the Government and said that specific steps are urgently required to stimulate growth and to improve investor sentiments. Praising government actions to counter the economic downswing, CII president Kris Gopalakrishnan said that CII, in its ten-point agenda, has recommended a comprehensive set of actions to the government to pick up the economic growth, which slowed down to four year low at 4.4 percent in Q1 FY14.     

CII firstly suggested the government that there is the need to contain Current Account Deficit (CAD) and said that at present, India is losing out to other manufacturing nations, therefore, it is imperative to restore global competitiveness of its exports by restoring strong marketing action in new markets and slash transaction costs. CII’s second agenda focuses on the fiscal consolidation and points towards the Food Security Bill, which will enhance Government expenditure. In third agenda, CII recommended that there is the need to increase availability and reduce cost of capital. It added that RBI's steps to keep interest rates high has made investments unviable, thus it has advised to reduce interest rates by 100 basis points. In fourth and five steps, the CII recommended for promoting investments and stimulating demand by reviving mining projects, invest in public sector savings and implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Further, in other steps, CII suggested the government to focus on the issue of managing volatility in the rupee, mobilizing financial savings and strengthen the power sector. It also recommendation to incentivize Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) through a range of interventions including finance, technology and export promotion. Further, CII said that the government should focus on the implementation of these agendas to revive the economic growth through consistent, transparent and stable tax policy regime.

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