About 49 per cent of the participants expect reduction in income tax rates while 16 per cent seek increase public investment to deal with the challenges posed by demonetisation. Some 59 per cent participants were of the view that the government should drop all exemptions and reduce the income tax rate considerably. India faces a rising cost of healthcare and public investment in healthcare is among the lowest in emerging economies and even worse than the sub-Saharan countries. With this background, 89 per cent people said in the LocalCircles survey that the government should increase public investment in healthcare. About 47 per cent participants of the online survey want the budget to focus on improving safety in the railways.

Source: India Today January 25, 2017 14:35 UTC