PIB 17th January legacyias.com/pib-17th-january/ January 18, 2020
Contents: 1. Finance Commission gets presentation from IMF on Resource Mobilization for the Next Five Years 2. “Apna Urea – Sona Ugle” brand of HURL 3. DGTR initiates 34 anti-dumping, 6 safeguard investigations in 2019-20 4. ‘Centre of Excellence in Blockchain Technology’ in Bengaluru 5. Novel coronavirus outbreak in China 6. Concession Agreement signed for construction of Z-Morh tunnel in J&K
FINANCE COMMISSION GETS PRESENTATION FROM IMF ON RESOURCE MOBILIZATION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS Details International Monetary Fund (IMF), Fiscal Affairs Department, gave a presentation to the 15th Finance Commission on “resource mobilization over the next five years” The discussions were centered around options for improving the tax resources of the general government, with special focus on improving the revenue realization from the GST Current collections are significantly below an estimated revenue frontier for the country, arrived at using robust panel data analysis of comparator countries rationalization of the rate structure as well as improvements in compliance and collection efficiency of GST and other taxes can move India much closer to the frontier 1/3