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State of the Indian Economy - Challenges and Way Ahead
1. Statement by Mr. R V Kanoria, President, FICCI
‘Current state of the Indian Economy: Challenges and the way ahead’
Interactive media session
Federation House, June 4, 2012
The current economic crisis in India
# India is in the midst of a grave economic crisis. This is substantiated by our growth trajectory
over the last one year along with the trend movement in other critical macro-economic
parameters.
# This is not our first brush with rough economic weather. We faced an economic crisis of equal
proportions in 1991. We faced it again in 1997 as a result of the Asian crisis. The great recession
of 2008 that engulfed the entire world also tested our resilience.
# When faced with economic adversity, we, as a nation, have risen to the occasion. Be it 1991,
1997 or even 2008, the country was ruled by coalition governments, which took tough
decisions. We are confident that the present government too is capable of taking tough
decisions in the interest of the country.
# There has to be a clear recognition on part of the ruling parties and the opposition that we
are in a crisis situation. Natural calamities or external threats unite us. Economic calamities can
be just as devastating and require a similar response. We urge the national polity to stand
united and strengthen the hands of policy makers to act proactively and decisively.
Factors behind the crisis
# The combination of low growth, high inflation, high fiscal deficit and highest ever trade /
current account deficit has raised a lot of concern.
# The deterioration in the economic situation has been marginally attributed to developments
taking place abroad.
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2. # While the sovereign debt crisis in the EU and the general weak economic situation in the
developed world do have a bearing on us, our current economic problems, in FICCI’s view, are
largely a result of domestic factors.
# Excessive monetary tightening, delays and uncertainty over key economic legislations, projects
delays on account of factors including stalled environmental clearances, problems in land
acquisition, prolonged pause in reforms and an atmosphere of unwillingness in decision making
in bureaucracy need to be urgently reversed. I would like to particularly highlight
deterioration in the state of public finances in recent times.
# In 2007-08, tax and other revenue receipts amounted to Rs.5.4 tn while total expenses were
Rs.7.1 tn, implying a shortfall of Rs.1.7 tn. This was funded largely by Government borrowings
of Rs.1.3 tn (other capital receipts like loan recoveries and fresh deposits in Government saving
schemes, contributed the balance). Effectively therefore, the Government over-spent its
income approximately by a third and financed nearly one fifth of its expenditure through
borrowings. Over a period of four years, this situation drastically worsened.
# In 2011-12, Government revenue stood at Rs.7.7 tn while expenses were Rs.13.2 tn. This
amounted to a shortfall of Rs.5.2 tn which again had to be funded largely by borrowings (Rs.4.4
tn). As a percentage of GDP, the fiscal deficit was 5.9 per cent but as a percentage of revenue,
it was 68 per cent. Effectively therefore, the Government now borrows almost two thirds of
what it earns and one third of what it spends.
# The reality is that a large chunk of Government expenditure comprises committed payments –
for instance, interest payments at Rs.2.8 tn, defence spending at Rs.1.8 tn and appallingly,
subsidies at Rs.2.2 tn. Additionally, the welfare programmes instituted over the past few years
will entail spending commitments to service the NREGS, oil and fertilizer subsidies and now, the
food subsidy bill which will cost Rs.1.5 tn per annum. This alone is three times the NREGS
expenditure.
# It is difficult to imagine that with such a weak fiscal position we can drive the growth engine.
Mending the fisc is therefore important. I say this because growth is important for overall
social cohesion.
# When I say social cohesion, I refer to the all important objective of creating jobs and
meaningful employment opportunities for the millions who join the work force every year in
India. With 550 million people below the age of 25 years, our requirements are so huge that
we need to evaluate all policy decisions in the light of this single overarching objective. If we
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3. fail to do so then we shall in India face a situation what Aung San Suu Kyi recently described (at
the WEF meeting on East Asia) in the context of Myanmar – that the problem of youth
employment is like a ‘time bomb’. Our demographic dividend will become a demographic
disaster.
FICCI’s twelve point action program to address the crisis situation
# The challenges we face are not insurmountable. It requires tough and bold decisions.
1) First, government should eschew the temptations of a premature welfare state and announce
an immediate moratorium on any additional expenses on doles.
Given the present state of its finances, the country can ill afford handouts. Under NREGA,
greater emphasis should be laid on focused need based asset creation such as infrastructure
and wages should not exceed productivity of labour in agriculture and other rural activities.
The sums already allocated for welfare schemes should be distributed in an efficient manner
as envisaged under the ‘direct transfer of subsidies’ program linked to the Aadhar platform.
2) Second, expedite the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
A major landmark reform that could alter the dynamics of Indian industry and exports –
making both more competitive – is the introduction of Goods and Services Tax. The move to
GST has been inordinately delayed. This should change and GST should be introduced at the
earliest. I reiterate that in a crisis situation the national polity needs to come together and the
government owes it to the nation to build consensus.
3) Third, ease the monetary policy and bring down interest rates by 200 bps and CRR by 100 bps.
It is acknowledged that inflation in India is largely a supply side problem. To deal with such a
problem using monetary tools may not be the right approach. Rather, at a time when more
supplies – both for agri-commodites and industrial raw materials – are needed, a high
interest rate environment, by disincentivising investments and hence greater supplies, may
actually worsen the inflation situation. The RBI needs to fine tune its monetary policy stance
and start bringing down interest rates. A beginning in this direction has been made but we need
to see further movement here with a cut of 200 bps in interest rates and 100 bps in CRR at the
earliest.
4) Fourth, do not pass the Land Acquisition Bill in its present form.
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4. The Bill restricts the use of ‘irrigated multi-cropped land’ for infrastructure development
(except linear projects) to merely 5 per cent of the multi-crop irrigated area in a district. This
clause of the Bill will effectively render about 55 million hectares, or 40 per cent of arable land
beyond the scope of acquisition. Further, the Parliamentary Standing Committee has suggested
to replace ‘multi-cropped land’ in the Bill with ‘any land under agriculture cultivation’ to ensure
food security. This would effectively render 142 million hectares (or 43 per cent of total land
area of the country) out of the purview of acquisition for industry or infrastructure. Most of this
land falls in the Indo-Gangetic plains, which encompasses areas of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, the most densely populated regions of the country and also in
the maximum need of development.
If the conditions in the Land Acquisition Bill come into force we will find it extremely difficult to
achieve the targets that we have set for ourselves for investments in infrastructure and
manufacturing sectors over the coming years. The consequent impact on job creation will be
devastating.
The Land Acquisition Bill in its present form would stop in its tracks the gradual shift in labour
force we are seeing today from agriculture to industry and services. Does the government, by
its own actions, wants to condemn agricultural labour to low paying unskilled jobs. I think all
implications of the Land Acquisition Bill have not been thought through with the focus being
only on solving immediate problems. We feel that this Bill should not be passed in its present
form.
5) Fifth, provide fiscal stimulus for investments across sectors.
CSO data shows that growth rate of Gross Fixed Capital Formation during the period 2006 to
2008 was in double digits (between 13 to 16 per cent). In the last two years this figure has come
down to 7.5 per cent (2010-11) and 5.6 per cent (2011-12) respectively. The slowdown in
growth in investments is deeper in case of the private sector. This trend must be reversed and
we urge the government to look at measures such as providing accelerated depreciation, re-
introducing investment allowance and scrapping MAT for infrastructure projects as all of
these would give a fillip to investment activity without significantly affecting government
finances. In fact, given the state of play in the economy, the government should take a fresh
look at the concept of MAT.
6) Sixth, push through with FDI policy reforms in areas where action is possible outside of the
Parliament.
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5. There are two areas where FDI policy action has been held in abeyance for a long time. These
include opening up the multi-brand retail sector to FDI and allowing foreign carriers to pick up
stake in domestic airlines via FDI. Discussions on each of these policy decisions are at various
stages and do not require Parliamentary approval. Government must ensure that these reach
their logical conclusion as both these measures would enhance overall growth in the
economy including creating farm to fork linkages for the benefit of agriculture.
7) Seventh, extend the price decontrol mechanism to diesel and other oil products.
India’s rising deficit (trade and current account) is largely due to rising imports of oil products.
Import of these commodities should be managed through policy action. Recently, price of
petrol was increased by the government. FICCI welcomed this move. Government should now
think of decontrolling the price of diesel. If this measure cannot be implemented
immediately, then government can consider imposing a higher duty on imported diesel cars.
Inadvertently the government is encouraging imports of oil products and also creating an
automobile industry dependent on subsidy.
8) Eighth, take steps to energize the coal sector by fostering competition.
Availability of coal has become a major concern. This is hurting industry and taking a direct toll
on power generation and manufacturing. The government must consider introduction of
commercial mining with participation of private coal production / coal mining companies.
Also, as the process of granting environment and forest clearances is stalling exploration plans
government must come out with a mechanism that ensures time bound clearances for such
projects.
Further, reforms like setting up of a coal regulator and allowing coal swapping as a tool to
optimise physical movement of coal in the country should be considered. Finally, a graduated
and controlled break up of Coal India Limited will both create competition and ease the fiscal
situation.
9) Ninth, strengthen frameworks for raising funds for infrastructure financing in the economy.
Infrastructure is a key enabler for growth in the economy. Besides developing a robust
inventory of bankable projects, we need to look at all possible avenues to raise long term funds
for supporting such projects. We urge the government to lay greater emphasis on developing
the corporate bond market, leveraging insurance and pension funds for investments in
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6. infrastructure sector and for developing the municipal bond market for financing urban
infrastructure.
10) Tenth, pursue the objective of food security through productivity increase and agriculture
marketing reforms.
The recent bout of inflation has highlighted a weak spot in our planning process. This relates to
shortage of food products whose demand is already on the rise. As income levels in the
economy increase, the demand for food in general and protein rich items in particular goes up
at a fast pace. We are already witnessing this in India and unless we take appropriate measures
to increase supply of food items such as pulses, milk and milk products, meat, fish and eggs etc,
food inflation would become endemic and derail the growth process. The 12th plan presents a
good opportunity for the government to focus its efforts on enhancing production of such
items.
Additionally, steps should be taken to improve marketing and distribution of food products in
the country. One of the key reforms here is for the states to implement the amended APMC
Acts in letter and spirit. Here the central government should take the lead and demonstrate
its commitment to agri-marketing reforms by implementing APMC Act in states ruled by the
Congress party.
11) Eleventh, fast-track implementation of critical policies and projects.
There are several important policies that are awaiting implementation and which could (once
implemented) give a boost to the manufacturing sector in the country. Some of these policies
include the National Manufacturing Policy and the National Electronics Policy. These need to
be expedited. Likewise the PCPIR and the Information Technology Investment Regions policy
should be activated on a fast track basis.
We need to do a rigorous follow up on large scale private and public sector projects particularly
in the infrastructure domain and ensure that outstanding issues are dealt with expeditiously. In
this context, FICCI welcomes the decision of the PMO to set up an investment tracking system
for mega projects and would be happy to render all support it can for effective functioning of
the same.
12) Twelfth, address the issue of repatriation of black money to immediately mitigate the BOP
situation by entering into global revenue sharing agreements.
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7. The White Paper brought out by the government on the issue of Black Money alludes to a
scheme whereby some governments between themselves have entered into special
administrative agreements for revenue sharing. As part of these agreements, the government
would get a share of taxes on assets held by their residents abroad without disclosing identity.
The government should urgently hold discussions on this subject and arrive at a methodology
in a time bound manner to enter into similar agreements.
The suggestions that have been outlined above are certainly not exhaustive but if acted upon
with urgency will go a long way in boosting business confidence and in improving the
investment environment in the country.
Our ultimate objective is to bring growth back to the 9 per cent mark and then push the frontier
further. Our suggestions are aimed at improving the health of the national economy. We
understand that the stalling of the growth process and policy inactions hurt the common
people of the country the most for what we lose in the process are valuable jobs and sources
for generating income. We must grow and grow fast and generate sufficient employment
opportunities for all.
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