India Inc urges FM to reduce tax burden, earmark more for capex in upcoming Budget

India Inc urges FM to reduce tax burden, earmark more for capex in upcoming Budget

NEW DELHI : On the second day of Pre-Budget consultations on Thursday, Union Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman met representatives of India Inc . and listened to their suggestions, which included increasing the capital expenditure, simplifying the tax regime and introducing new production-linked incentive ( PLI ) schemes.

Sanjiv Puri, President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) suggested that the capex spending should be increased by 25 per cent over the revised estimate of 2023-24.

Puri also demanded a high-powered expert group be set up to review the Fiscal Responsibility & Budget Management (FRBM) Act. Enacted in 2003, the […]

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