It’s obvious! Get the engine fixed. The UPA government’s fiscal reforms agenda, however, is like option B. No institutional reforms to reduce waste and inefficiency are being implemented. Drastic tax-reform, mainly to improve revenues, is a priority. Even these revenue reforms are poorly designed and high-risk as discussed below.

><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'><B>Arindam Das-Gupta:</B> Fiscal reform: Why not tackle the waste? </td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>GST is inadequately designed and unlikely to achieve the government

Arindam Das-Gupta: Fiscal reform: Why not tackle the waste?

GST is inadequately designed and unlikely to achieve the governments revenue-boosting goal.

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