UPPCS Prelims 2024 · GS Paper I: According to the Economic Survey, 2022 – 23, what fiscal policy response did the…
According to the Economic Survey, 2022 – 23, what fiscal policy response did the Government of India undertake in response to the aggravated global supply disruptions ?
- 1. Decreasing food and fertiliser subsidies
- 2. Increasing taxes on fuel and imported products
- 3. Reducing taxes on fuel and certain imported products
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Answer (a) & explanation
Option (a), only 3, is correct. The Economic Survey 2022-23 says that in response to the worsening global supply disruptions after the Russia-Ukraine war, the government cut taxes on fuel and on certain imported products. Central excise duty on petrol and diesel was cut in November 2021 and May 2022, and customs duties on some inputs, like edible oils and steel raw materials, were reduced. Statement 1 is wrong: food and fertiliser subsidies were raised, not cut, including the free foodgrain scheme. Statement 2 is wrong: taxes were reduced, not raised. Concept: the RBI raised the repo rate by 250 basis points from May 2022 to February 2023 to fight inflation.
Government cut fuel and some import taxes; it raised subsidies.
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