Praveen G Amol Kalra Taxing Agriculture

Introduction Agriculture – The back bone of national economy Taxing Agriculture in India Secular decline in Agriculture growth Investments in Agriculture

Agriculture – The back bone of national economy

Taxing Agriculture in India

Secular decline in Agriculture growth

Investments in Agriculture

Issues Agriculture Occupation poorly paid Thrust of national economy Agriculture – a non-viable proposition No certainty about the kind of harvest Assessing Income of farmers

Agriculture Occupation poorly paid

Thrust of national economy

Agriculture – a non-viable proposition

No certainty about the kind of harvest

Assessing Income of farmers

Agriculture Tax Its like Sales tax Agriculture – a state subject People no longer inclined Investments in the sector will go down Production adversely hit

Its like Sales tax

Agriculture – a state subject

People no longer inclined

Investments in the sector will go down

Production adversely hit

Treating all sections on equality Export restrictions and Price control Administrative problems WTO(subsidies) Politics involved

Export restrictions and Price control

Administrative problems

WTO(subsidies)

Politics involved