Report of the Indian Fiscal Commission. 1921-22

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Report of the Indian Fiscal Commission. 1921-22

1922

Necessity for historical treatment 152 The controversy of 1875-6 153 Origin of the agitation the apprehension of the Lancashire trade for its own interests 154 The importance of the duties exaggerated 155 Political dangers arising from the controversy.. 157 Duties attacked as inconsistent with free trade.. 158 Views of the Government of India 159 The resolution of the House of Commons [...] The non-official members of the Council urged the importance of referring to the proposed Commission the question of protection of industries by means of the tariff and the necessity of securing fiscal autonomy for India so that the country might adopt the policy which appeared to be most in accordance with its interests. [...] Consequently the constitutional issue and the fiscal policy of the Government of India were excluded from the terms of reference to the Indian Industrial Commission 2. The importance of the issue of fiscal policy received fresh The Montagu-Chelmsford emphasis from the authors of the Report on Report. [...] The terms of reference to the Cömmission were to examine with reference to all the interests concerned the Tariff policy of the Government of India including the question of the desirability of adopting the principle of. [...] The break up of the Moghal Empire by multiplying the number of independent authorities increased the complication of these dues and in the early days of the East India Company they were recognised as such an impediment to trade that one of the chief privileges which the Company sought and later demanded was exemption from the dues ; and one of the greatest scandals in the conduct of the early
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Pages
258
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144596
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Cover
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Frontmatter
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Chapter I. Introductory
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Chapter II. The History of the Tariff in India
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Chapter III. The Economic Position in India
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Chapter IV. The Importance of Industrial Development
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Chapter V. The Choice between Free Trade and Protection
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Chapter VI. Some Disadvantages of Protection and the Need for Discrimination
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Chapter VII. Outlines of the Scheme of Protection
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Chapter VIII. Supplementary Measures
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Chapter IX. The Principles of Excise Duties
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Chapter X. The Indian Cotton Excise
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Chapter XI. Export Duties
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Chapter XII. Restrictions on the Export of Food Grains
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Chapter XIII. Imperial Preference
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Chapter XIV. The form and Application of the Tariff
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Chapter XV. Foreign Capital
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Chapter XVI. Indian States and the Tariff
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Chapter XVII. The Tariff Board
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Chapter XVIII. Conclusion
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Minute of Dissent
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Appendix to Minute of Dissent
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Appendices
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Index
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