MULTAN: The government should lower the revenue deficit of the country by widening tax net . These views were expressed by All Pakistan Bed-sheets and Upholstery Manufacturing Association President Khawaja Jalaluddin Roomi while talking to Customs Today.
He said that the government should declare the machinery of energy generation duty free for the elimination of energy crisis by setting up small energy production units which will boost the growth of small industry. While talking to the media about Budget of 2015-16, minimum labour wage of labour should be fixed at Rs 15,000 per month and the government should introduce health insurance for the underprivileged people for ensuring those better facilities of health in Budget 2015-16.
Agriculture is the foundation and backbone of our economy so government should provide direct subsidy on their by-products consumed in the cultivation and agricultural growth will increase the boost the national economy he suggested. He said the government must eradicate the issues of farmers immediately to achieve high growth by facilitating them with more technology.
He told that development growth can be achieved only through sustainable economic policies so long term economic policies would be adopted for achieving high growth in the country.
He suggested that government employees should not be burdened with the taxes as they are already facing issues of inflation due to their fixed income so government must provide relief the common man by exempting them small and medium income employees in the budget 2015-16.
New potential tax payers should be come into the tax net for broadening of tax and government should bring tax reforms by covering tax leakage to eliminate the financial deficit of the country he expressed
