Corporatize Indian Railways
ABKI BAAR TAX FREE
SARKAR
India shall become Tax Free when Ministries
owning huge assets start earning from them and contributing to Budget. The
person who can optimize revenue from National Assets is a top of the line CEO
from Commercial arena who should be appointed as National Assets Advisor (NAA) to
PM Sir similar to NSA
Open Letter to Hon’ble Prime
Minister of India Shriman Narendra Modi ji
Respected Sir,
This is my 4th
letter to you on the subject India can be the first totally tax free country
and a trend setter for the entire world. Taxes take away a sizeable portion of
everyone’s hard earned income including of those who govern the country. Though
people have become accustomed to paying taxes but it is the biggest agony for everybody.
Governments have to collect taxes
in order to meet the administrative cost of the country and for providing
welfare support to poorer section of society. In my small wisdom as a retired
CEO I have found Government can earn huge income from the vast kinds of natural
resources, concrete and financial assets and various Intangible powers at its
disposal and do away with earning from taxes.
I have made deep research on the
vacuum in working of government with respect to earning from its assets. And the vacuum is of absence of a CEO who can
advise you for earning optimum revenue from National Assets. I have started conveying the same to you sir
in the sincere hope that my letters shall provoke a thought and a satisfactory
solution benefitting the people may be found one day. I am working on the
simple logic that if every Ministry starts earning from assets at its disposal to
meet its operational and development cost then the Ministry shall not need
budgetary support. I feel right person for making that earning is a CEO from
commercial arena as explained in detail in my letter under file No. ‘PM Sir3’
dated 20 June 2019. I on my part have undertaken to analyze working of every
Ministry of Government of India and shall convey to you my finding so long you
do not appoint a competent CEO to be your National Assets Adviser similar to
the NSA. I have already conveyed you my finding for MOEF in my letter dated 20
June 2019 under file No. PM Sir-2. My
finding is that presently Ministry is drawing some Rs. 3200 crore from budget whereas
the Ministry can contribute some Rs. 25000 crore to it annually. Trees are
renewable natural resource. We can cut and replant trees in 5% of the whole
area under forests – a humongous 8 lakh sq km! That shall give impetus to GDP
and create massive employment.
In this letter I convey my
finding for Railway Ministry. This Ministry is drawing a huge amount of some
60-65000 Rupees per annum (more than 3% of budget) whereas it can contribute a
sizable amount to the budget. The Assets value of Indian Railways is some RS
5,37,670 crores. In private sector a return of 10% on assets value is the
minimum norm. Therefore, Indian Railways should contribute some Rs. 53,767
crore to Exchequer instead of drawing from it. Elimination of Drawl and
contribution to the budget can make a sizable difference of some 7-10% to the
total budget. This contribution shall help in reducing deficit financing in the
first stage and in later years repayment of loans, reduction in interest burden
and ultimately reduction and elimination of taxes.
As for Railways my finding is
that following two steps can turn the table and I explain them in detail in
Annexure ‘A’ and ‘B’. I again say right and competent person to advise you is
the CEO who should be appointed as soon as possible. My submission is only to
provoke a discussion on the subject by competent authorities in Railway
Ministry.
1. Corporatize
Indian Railways (Annexure ‘A’) that shall make huge public finance available
for major expansion projects like Bullet Trains.
2. Open up
Railways for public participation like Airways, Communications, etc. (Annexure
‘B’) to augment capacity substantially and generate additional employment. From
reports it is heartening to note that Indian Railways have already started
working in this direction. This needs to be taken forward in substantial way to
bridge the gap in supply and prepare for burgeoning demand.
With most respectful regards,
Sincerely,
Mr M.K. Agarwal
Retd. CEO
Twitter handle :
@Ramsewak
Mumbai, India
Please ask for Annexure A and B by email at mkagarwal42@gmail.com
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