Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

P. K. Bhargava

Abstract

Agriculture contributes about 45 per cent to the national income of India and provides livelihood to 70 per cent of the population. Accordingly it has been accorded a high priority in our Five-Year Plans. However, it is unfortunate that the plan documents do not state any policy regarding the mobilisation of surpluses from the agricultural sector nor have the State Governments laid down any guiding principles for the purpose. The object of this paper is to state clearly that the incidence of direct taxes on the agriculturists is declining and thus there is sufficient scope for mopping up surpluses from this sector to accelerate the economic development of the country.

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P. K. Bhargava

Abstract

An inherent gap in the revenue requirements and resources of federating units is a striking feature of many well-established federations. This gap, except in war-time, has been growing and stresses the need for balancing factors. In all federations balancing factors have thus to play a role of paramount importance in bridging the fiscal gap.

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