SURVEY-REFORMS 2 LAST

The Survey also stressed on an efficient taxation system
by the proposed new tax regime under Goods and Services Tax
(GST).
It also called for better convergence among government
schemes in order to avoid duplications and leakage and to
ensure that benefits reach the targeted groups.
"Private sector participation in social sectors, such as
health and education in the form of public-social-private
partnership, could be one of the possible alternatives...,"
the Survey said.
It added that the government should give priority in
developing rain-fed area besides effective marketing links for
better returns to the farmers.
The survey called for improvement in the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, such as shifting
to permanent asset building and infrastructure development
activities to reduce transaction costs, better monitoring and
extension of the scheme to urban areas. PTI