Budget 2011: Govt should remove service tax on consumer broadband, says MP Vijay Kumar of Sify

MP Vijay Kumar, Chief Financial Officer, Sify Technologies shares his wish list from Union Budget 2011:

I hope there will be an enhanced focus on e-governance initiatives through higher fund allocation and acceleration of deployment efforts. Through the budget, the Government should reiterate its commitment to DTC, GST and Companies bill. With reference to the Broadband industry, the Government should remove service tax on consumer broadband for the next 5 years. This will significantly increase the penetration of household broadband connections and this in turn positively impact the economic growth of the country.

Of course the issues of transparency, corruption and inflation are overarching. Controlling food prices should be a priority; the Government should increase its focus on agriculture by granting incentives to encourage cost effective production and higher acreage of agricultural land.