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No More March Ending Jokes next year Onward in MP


Calcutta to Kolkata, Bombay to Mumbai, from roads to cities to even states, renaming and reforming small British Policies has been in the trend for quite a time now, And this time it’s the fiscal period.

A few days after when the Prime Minister favoured for January-December as a fiscal year, Tuesday Madhya Pradesh announced that it will implement this suggestion by presenting its next annual budget in December this year, 2017. Government representative  Narottam Mishra declared the decision after the Cabinet meet conducted by the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.




Prime Minister had proposed the third governing council meeting of NITI Aayog held last week on Monday. Narendra Modi stated that the move could have a remarkable impact on the economy of this nation. The current financial year runs from April to March. The change in Madhya Pradesh’s fiscal period makes the financial year, coincide with the calendar year.



In the meeting, Modi had spoken
 “Because of poor time management, many good initiatives and schemes had failed to deliver the anticipated results,”
adding that it’s necessary to develop resilient arrangements that could function encompassing diversity. He hollered for taking the debate into the state Assemblies and the Parliament.




The April-March fiscal period back-number in India date backs to 1867 from the era of British Raj. It coincided with the British financial year. Obviously!!



Things were not proper prior to that as well. Before 1867, India’s financial year was May-April. But yeah, lets blame the British now.




Hey, but why?
Why the change? Is there any reason behind or it’s just how we “Indianize” the British names of cities such as Calcutta to Kolkata or Bombay to Mumbai?

Well, Yes and No. Yes, there is a reason and No, this is not that…

One of the prime reasons behind the reform in the financial year as averred by NITI Aayog, which issued a paper upholding the move previous year, was the obstacles faced by the governments in procuring statistical data in references to monsoons and agricultural income. The revision in the fiscal period will enable the government to execute the budget reckon exercise more effectually as it will get periodical access to critical statistical data.

So yeah, this thing is serious, so serious that Government is acting up.



A panel was implemented by the Government to suss out the matter in 2016. A parliamentary panel gave yes for the matter to be taken ahead. Many statutes and taxation laws will be needing revisions for the reform to actually realize. However, the economic long-run benefits are anticipated to outweigh the immediate costs and hurdles relating to the implementation of the change.

It will also promote simplicity of doing business in the state numerous big multinationals and investors who follow January-December fiscal.

OOOoooo


Well, we do not really see things through. What seems a simple change has such big impacts it’s hard to say. We should be positive regarding these impacts up to the point they are positive.

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