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Focus on jobs, farms, and fiscal consolidation: Economists tell PM

Economists also favoured re-imposition of the long-term capital gains tax on listed securities and mutual funds

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Sanjeeb MukherjeeArup Roychoudhury New Delhi
Fixing agricultural issues, generation of jobs, and fiscal consolidation dominated the deliberations at a pre-Budget meeting on Wednesday between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Cabinet colleagues, and economists and sectoral experts. In the day-long meeting, attended also by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, economists suggested that the fiscal consolidation road map be adhered to, even as corporation tax be reduced from the current rate of 30 per cent.
 
Economists also favoured the reimposition of the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax on listed securities and mutual funds, and the extension of the holding period of short-term capital gains (STCG) tax to three

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