Jaipur
In a wide ranging interview with ETV Rajasthan, in the program Aamne-Saamne with host Dr. Anita Hada Sangwan, Dr. Subramanian Swamy was his erudite self as he listed four things that he would do, if he were to be the Finance Minister:
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Abolish Personal Income Tax – To boost India’s economy, the government should do something that immediately has a positive effect on people’s mindset and that would be the step of abolishing Personal Income Tax. The fiscal fallout of this can be managed in many ways, including auction of Coal mining, Telecommunications Spectrum etc.
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Simplify Excise Duties – There are about 2788 commodities on which Excise duties are levied today. Of these, the government gets 90% of the revenue from the top 21. Therefore simplify the Excise duties, remove the 2767 items and in the remaining 21, make it standard for each commodity (i. e. do not have sub-classification e. g. Fiber/ Cotton/ Rayon etc.)
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Enable Agriculture in India – India is one of the cheapest producers of Agriculture based products. The Government should encourage this sector by making it easy for farmers to store/ ship/ process goods they make. India is one of the few countries in the world that allows agricultural production year round and the government should take steps to ensure that this is enabled to the fullest extent. It may need India to engage with the rest of the World in WTO by rationalizing tariffs etc.
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) – Allow FDI only in those projects that come with technical know how. Retailers such as Walmart, if allowed, will obliterate the small Mom and Pop stores in the country because of the lower interest rate that they enjoy in the United States.
He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a definite plan in his mind in terms of how he wants to approach India-Pakistan relations and that the country should give him room to execute it rather than scrutinizing and second guessing his every move. Answering to a question as to whether he was disappointed about not being a part of the Cabinet, he replied that he neither asked for it nor wanted it and therefore there is no question of being disappointed.
Dr. Swamy said that for the year 2016, his Trishul of initiatives will be Ram Mandir, National Herald Case and Sunanda Pushkar.
On the issue of Rahul Gandhi’s British citizenship issue, he stated that Rahul Gandhi himself has stated his British Citizenship in his filings (he was the Company Secretary) and therefore knew fully well what he was doing.
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His first book NDTV Frauds has been published and is an Amazon Bestseller.It ranked second among all eBooks that were self-published in 2017.
His second book, The Gist of GSTN which too is available on Amazon as an e-Book and as a paperback.
His third book, The Rise and Fall of AAP is also available in print version or as an e-Book on Amazon.
His fourth book, C-Company just released to rave reviews and can be bought as a print version or as an e-Book on Amazon.
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Both of them are good enough! no doubt about it.
Dr Bimal Jalan,Ex Guv’nor of RBI who had managed the economy in the best possible manner during PM,Vajpayee will be better as he had brought inflation under control,insulated India from the S.E.Asian crisis.He is also BJP MP in the Rajya Sabha.
Even with that huge bindi….DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY!!
We need real work that will turn around our economy, provide finance with easy access where it is needed the most, and practice discretion in FDI keeping the interest of Bharat in mind. People need to be deburdened of excessive tax shackles and empowered to show their entrepreneurhsip prowess.
If Suppose Jaitley is changed from the FM portfolio, Modi must consider Dr.Swamy. However Congress will cry for this as a REWARD FOR NH.. He revived the economy when it was zero ! He has all the powers to improve it.