5 lakh new tax payers have been due to demonetisation, Arvind Subramanian said.
Here are the highlights:
- The medium term (outlook) looks good... but there are worries for the near term. There is a trend deceleration heading towards deflation, that isn't slowing down. That is a worry: Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian
- Non-Performing Assets (NPA) are a big growth challenge: Arvind Subramanian
- A series of factors weighing on the economy like bad loans, high debt levels of some corporates: Arvind Subramanian to NDTV
- Are farm loan waivers sustainable? Farm loan waivers could add to deflationary pressures on economy. Since you have a ceiling, states have to cut down on other expenditure to compensate for farm loan waivers which means cutting down on infrastructure funding: Chief Economic Adviser.
WATCH: Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian to NDTV #EconomicSurvey | @arvindsubraman LIVE: https://t.co/hMlRpgrUU6 pic.twitter.com/gltDGtk5tw
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 11, 2017
- Over the next few years, inflation is expected to be lower than what we had in the past: Arvind Subramanian to NDTV
- Inflation is low and this is because of good decisions taken by the government and the RBI. Some of the factors are temporary and the trend might reverse (for inflation) somewhat, but it will go up and settle at a reasonable level: Chief Economic Adviser
- Interest rates still high: Real interest rates are rising and the cost of lending is high. Over the next few years, inflation is expected to be lower than what we had in the past. We should expect 3% or 4% inflation going forward. In the next few years, we can expect inflation to remain low. Both in terms of scope and need for the economy, there is potential for interest rates (lending rates) to go down significantly. My technical assessment is that interest rates can come down by a fair amount. I am not the authority, so won't get into the numbers of it, said Mr Subramanian.
Chief Eco Adviser Arvind Subramanian said inflation is low in #EconomicSurvey, earlier today
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 11, 2017
Watch @arvindsubraman: https://t.co/hMlRpgrUU6 pic.twitter.com/ezmhPgyyXl - More people now in tax net: GST has eased the logistics of businesses and increased turnover time. The removal of tax posts and borders has helped to a great extent. We see 13.5 lakh new tax payers after GST. And over 5 lakh new tax payers due to demonetisation. So both have had their positive effects. They (taxpayers) are coming into the net and can now be monitored at all times and that is a big success.
- Note ban: Boost to digitalization: People now hold 20 per cent less cash than they did before demonetisation and that is a great trend. It shows signs of moving towards a less-cash economy. Digitisation is on the rise and that is good for the economy, Chief Economic Adviser told NDTV's Vikram Chandra.
Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian to NDTV | Explaining why big jump in additional taxpayers, but not much increase in taxable income pic.twitter.com/SNaOZiOL35
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 11, 2017
- The big benefit of GST, i.e. invoice matching, will come in over the next few months. Under that old system, a consumer saw only the state VAT on their invoice, but in reality there was also an embedded central excise and other levys. Now they see a higher GST rate, but there is no embedded central excise and does away with all other levies too. So the higher number does not mean a higher tax. People need to be made aware of it.
- Growth Slowing, But Still Reasonable: We aid farmers in various way - loan waivers being one of them. We can do something for the farmers where they can sell directly, whether we can transfer money to them directly. We can help them find a better and easier marketplace for them to sell their produce.
People now hold 20% less cash than before #Demonetisation-that's a great trend: Chief Eco Adviser Arvind Subramanian to NDTV @arvindsubraman pic.twitter.com/GNrHe2M1RE
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 11, 2017
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