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January 2017
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| Demonetisation (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions) |
Forty-nine
percent of the more than 100,000 respondents in a survey ahead of the Union
budget for 2017-18 said the government should reduce taxes to minimise the
impact of demonetisation. The Total
Investment & Insurance Solutions
Thiry-three
per cent of the respondents in the survey, conducted by citizen engagement
platform LocalCircles, said taxes on digital transactions should be dropped. The Total Investment & Insurance
Solutions
On the
question on what should be the top priority on relief in income tax for
citizens, 55 per cent said that the minimum income to be taxed should be
increased whereas 37 per cent said that income tax rates for individuals should
be decreased. The Total Investment
& Insurance Solutions
The poll was
conducted across 200 districts of India and covered areas like income tax,
government spending and allocation, Sawchh Bharat cess, startups, railways,
pollution, healthcare and education.
The survey
also said that 89 per cent of the citizens want the government expenditure on
healthcare should increase to bring it at par with international standards,
with 40 per cent saying that the investment should be used for improving
infrastructure at existing government hospitals.
In another
poll, 58 per cent said that government's top priority in education expenditure
should be to improve governance and number of government schools whereas 32 per
cent surveyed said that it should be used to improve infrastructure in existing
government schools.
When asked
about controlling the menace of pollution, 36 per cent of those surveyed said
that they wanted the government to aggressively fund the public transportation
system to reduce pollution.
In an
interesting response, 37 per cent of those surveyed said that the Rs 6,900
crore ($1 billion) collected through Swachh Bharat cess should be used to
engage citizens and municipality in maintaining cleanliness, while 30 per cent
said it should be used to build toilets and ensure their maintenance.
According to
18 per cent of respondents said the money should be invested in municipal
infrastructure, while 15 per cent voted in the favour of civic reforms and
upgrades.
On the
railways, 47 per cent of respondents wanted safety to be the top priority in
2017 and 24 per cent said wanted improved services and amenities. The Total Investment & Insurance
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For 15 per
cent, the priority was cleanliness and 14 per cent said the priority should be
improving the on-time performance of trains.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
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