Monetary & Fiscal Policies: by Anupriya Sharma (1) Sohaila Sawhney (8) Pratiek Sahu (39) Arnab Roy (47) Kathiresan
Monetary & Fiscal Policies: by Anupriya Sharma (1) Sohaila Sawhney (8) Pratiek Sahu (39) Arnab Roy (47) Kathiresan
Monetary & Fiscal Policies: by Anupriya Sharma (1) Sohaila Sawhney (8) Pratiek Sahu (39) Arnab Roy (47) Kathiresan
POLICIES
By
ANUPRIYA SHARMA(1)
SOHAILA SAWHNEY(8)
PRATIEK SAHU(39)
ARNAB ROY(47)
KATHIRESAN(48)
ECONOMIC POLICY
•Set of instruments used by the govt. to achieve its
predetermined set of objectives.
•It is the second best approach
distribution
•Different kinds are :
•Monetary Policy
•Fiscal Policy
Monetary Policy
Monetary policy refers to the credit control
measures adopted by the central bank of a country
regarding the availability of money and cost of
money to achieve macro-economic objectives.
Monetary policy operates through varying the cost
availability of credit. There variations affect the
demand and supply of money in the economy.
Objectives Of Monetary Policy
1. Price stability
Prevents unnecessary loss to some and undue
advantage to others.
Keeps the value of money stable, eliminates cyclical
fluctuations in business
Helps in reducing inequalities of income and wealth
Margin requirements-
A certain amount set as margin while giving loans
Central bank increases it during inflation.
Regulation of consumer credit
-any transaction above 2 lakh monitored by govt.
Rationing of credit
-inorder to control credit
-Has 4 variants
Banks become cautious
Direct actions
-central bank initiates direct actions against commercial banks
2.QUANTITATIVE INSTRUMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Automatic Stabilization
Compensatory
Discretionary
INSTRUMENTS OF FISCAL POLICY
Taxation
Government Expenditure
Public debt
METHODS OF FISCAL POLICY
.
CURRENT
SCENARIO
MONETARY MEASURES
•Consumer finance loans may rise marginally but it will not affect much of the
growth, as demand for consumer goods is very strong and may not be impacted
by a 25 basis point hike in key policy rates.
BUDGET 2010
Additional Rs 1,65,000 Crores for bank re-
capitalization
Rs 3000 Crores for agricultural impetus
Interest subvention of 2% to be extended for
handicrafts and SMEs
Economy can achieve GDP growth of 10%
Interest subvention for housing loans up to 1 lacs
Allocation to defence raised to Rs 1.47 lac Crs
Hope to implement Direct Tax Code from April
2011
BUDGET 2009
Fiscal deficit up from 6.2% to 6.8% of GDP
‘Aam admi’ is focus of all programmes and schemes .
IT exemption limit raised; Rs 15,000 for Sr.citizens
Limit raised by Rs 10,000 for tax payers, including women
10% surcharge on personal income tax scrapped
Fringe Benefit Tax abolished
No change in corporate tax
Commodity Transaction Tax abolished
Minimum Alternate Tax hiked to 15% from 10%Rs 500 cr for
rehabilitation of Sri Lankan Tamils
Total expenditure crosses Rs 10 lakh crore in history of India for
first time.
(cont.)
100% tax deduction on political donation
Rs 100 cr one-time grant to expand banks in unbanked areas
Rs 2,000 cr rural housing fund under National Housing Bank
Full interest subsidy for students in select institutions. Five lakh
students to benefit
Rs 2,113 crore allocated for IITs and new IITs
Rs 3472 cr for Commonwealth Games from Rs 2112 cr
Income Tax returns to be made simpler
Share of direct taxes in revenue increased to 56% in FY’09
Budget 2009 Modifications