PC is taking waiver to new level. It is now like mortgage. Banks will be paid for in next
FOUR budgets. If this trend continues, think what can happen. All big budget items can be mortgaged. And commitments can go out of control. Very dirty move to take money from future govts. Now total payments are 60k cr over four years. Who is going to pay intrest if total waiver is 60kcr. Is cost of capital free? Are we living in Japan?
I am having doubt that we will have to run our printing press too.
The FM is confident the liberal farm loan waiver package will have a negligible impact on the fiscal deficit. It will be an additional burden of less than 0.25% of GDP every year.
Expect flood of dis-investment in next four years. They are spending money that they don't have. Oil/Fert sibsidy will suck all money they have plus this burden.
Edited by manishdave - 14/Mar/2008 at 2:51am