Raising
revenue
This is with reference
to Amir Zia's article ‘The rural card’ (July 15). The recent Sindh budget shows
a deficit of about Rs21 billion, which can be converted into surplus by
reducing expenditures or increasing receipts by a nominal four percent. One way
to increase receipts is by increasing the amount of agricultural tax. But this
step cannot even be considered, for it will make many in the government and
assemblies poorer.
As for how we can reduce
expenditures, one way to do it is by stopping the deployment of up to 10 police
mobile vans (with six policemen in each) for Sindh government VIPs, MPAs and
others who serve no evident purpose except, of course, making our lives more
miserable. I'm sure there are more ways to balance the budget, if only the
provincial government decides to do it.
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
Printed in The News, July
17, 2013
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