« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs   5 small savings options that save tax under Section 80C  ITR filing 2025: How often can Indian taxpayers switch between new and old income tax regimes?  Tax planning for 2025: How to maximise your savings before March 31 deadline  New income tax bill reaches Parliament: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables I-T Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha  5 major changes in the last 6 months every taxpayer should know! «  Shift in accounting policy led to lower grading: GIC... DCA-Plan panel turf war delaying Competition Policy road map... » IMC submits budget wish-list December, 27th 2006 The President, Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC), Mr Narayan Patel, in an pre-budget submission to the Union Government on Indirect Taxes, said, "the real issue is no longer India's high rate of growth, but whether the country could sustain that rate of growth. The Union Budget 2007-2008 must make the high growth trajectory more sustainable." It has been suggested the Government move faster towards fuller Capital Account Convertibility to counter inflationary risks and lower indirect taxes to international rates. The memorandum also favours replacing multiple taxes with a Goods and Service Tax, as this would increase the tax-GDP ratio by 2 per cent. The IMC memorandum wants the government to tax agricultural income.