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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 July 1877 16 [...] 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. [...] The terms of reference to the Commission were to examine with referenoe to all the interests concerned the Tariff policy of the Government of India including the question of the desirability of adopting the principle of Imperial Preference and to make recomendations.""i1fr1i01:11TCTORY 7. All the members of the Commission with the exception of Mr. [...] At the conclusion of the Bombay evidence on the 3rd March the Commission dispersed for three weeks in order to enable the Members of the Council of State and the Legislatiye Assembly to attend the budget session in Delhi. [...] The break up of the Moghal Empire by multiplying the numher 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 sxundals in the conduct of the early
government politics public policy
Pages
260
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100174
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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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Index
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Backmatter
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