Agriculture, Infrastructure and Taxes to be the Focus

A slowing world economy, two consecutive bad monsoons and a political logjam in Parliament, apart from a host of other domestic challenges, have created a challenge of greater proportions for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

India, as a nation, should move forward by taking everybody together and, that is why, we speak about the need for faster growth, and inclusive growth. The government should increase its social sector spending to achieve that faster and inclusive growthD. Raja, National Secretary, CPI, and Member of ParliamentMysimplephilosophyisthatgrowthhastobeeitherdemanddriven or policy-driven. The fact is that after 2008 it has been largely policy-driven, whether economic or monetary policies. Sensible policies helped us maintain that edge. For some time we are going to be a policy-led growth economyMukesh Butani, Chairman, BMR Advisors, and Managing Partner, BMR LegalThe Centre is now actually looking at areas where there is real deficit, that is, what's on the ground, and some attempt (is being made) to actually address those. Whether the government will be able to…

You're reading a preview of

Business Today (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 28, 2016

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.