Who must the government tax this Budget 2012?

The prime task before Pranab Mukherjee this year is to reboot the investment cycle by rebuilding business confidence.

This can partly be achieved by orchestrating a move towards fiscal rectitude so that private investment is not crowded out by government overborrowing.

Hhow can the finance minister raise revenues without additional taxation?

But, how can he raise revenues without additional taxation? And if he must tax, where must he go looking for additional revenue?

From corporates, who are anyway reluctant to invest, or hitherto untaxed or undertaxed sectors like agriculture and services?

A Firstpost panel of economists examines the finance minister’s options.

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