INDIA’S FISCAL POLICY
COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATTONS,
Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright,
LONDON, December 23. Tho Indian Fiscal Xlonmiission’s first report lias boon issued in a Blue Book. It recommends the Government of India to adopt a policy of protection, expressing the opinion that India’s industrial development has hitherto not been commensurate with her size, population, and resources. The Commission suggests the appointment of a permanent tariff board to investigate the industries’ claims lor protection, and condemns unreservedly the existing cotton Excise duty. In view of its history and associations, it recommends India to start again with a clean slate, regulating the Excise policy solely in India’s interests. No general system of Imperial preference should bo introduced, and any preferences found possible should ho granted to the United Kingdom as a free gift. Regarding other parte of the Empire, preference should be granted only through mutually advantageous agreement. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18158, 26 December 1922, Page 6
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