Ukushoda kwezimali kuSabelomali sika-2008 kuphoqe imboni yezindiza elahlekelwe yimali ibe yindawo edabukisayo, kodwa ungqongqoshe wezokundiza komphakathi uPraful Patel usaqhubeka nokuba nethemba lokuthi uzobatholela isivumelwano esihle ngokuphishekela izifundazwe ukuze kwehliswe intela yokuthengisa kuphethiloli wendiza yendiza (ATF). Umnyango wezokundiza komphakathi ubufune ukufakwa kwe-ATF ohlwini lwezimpahla ezimenyezelwe ukuze amazwe angakwazi ukukhokhisa intela yokuthengisa engaphezu kuka-4%.

Njengoba iSabelomali sango-2008 sithule ngalolu daba, amathemba emboni yezindiza ezindleko eziphansi zokufakwayo asashabalala. Lokhu kwenzeka naphezu kokuthi i-Economic Survey ivumile ukuthi kuyanda ukulahlekelwa okudalwe abathwali basekhaya. Ukulahlekelwa okuhlanganisiwe nokunqwabelanayo kwezinkampani zezindiza phakathi no-2006-07 bekucishe kube ngama-Rs 2,000 crore okulindeleke ukuthi ikhuphuke ifike ku-Rs 2,800 crore emalini yamanje.

Ephendula ngeSabelomali, umongameli we-UB Group kanye no-CFO u-Ravi Nedungadi uthe: “Isabelomali sibe nokudumala okukhulu njengoba umqondo wakudala usalokhu uthi ukuhamba ngendiza kuwubukhazikhazi eNdiya. Lo mqondo awukashintshi nakancane.” Iqembu le-UB, eliphethwe ngu-Vijay Mallya, liphethe inkampani yezindiza i-Kingfisher Airlines.

Izinkampani zezindiza zasekhaya zisebenza ngaphansi kwengcindezi ye-margin eyedlulele, ngenxa yokuncintisana okunzima, okuholela emalini ephansi yendiza kanjalo nesivuno esiphansi. Isimo siba sibi kakhulu ngenxa yentengo kaphethiloli ephezulu ecishe ibe ngama-40% ezindleko zokusebenza zenkampani yezindiza. Ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwentengo kaphethiloli, izinkampani zezindiza bezisebenza ngokukhokhisa uphethiloli umfaniswano yize ziqhudelana. Izindleko zikaphethiloli zenyuke izikhathi eziningi ngonyaka odlule kanti ezinye izinkampani zezindiza zisaqhubeka nokukhokhisa isiminyaminya naphezu kokuphikisa okuvela kumnyango wezokundiza komphakathi.

Engxoxweni yangaphambi kwesabelomali kumnyango wezokundiza komphakathi, isikhulu somnyango wezezimali sithe i-ATF ngeke yengezwe ohlwini lwezimpahla ezimenyezelwe ngaphandle kokwakha ukuvumelana phakathi kohulumeni bezifunda. "Kuze kube manje awukho umbuso oveze ukuthi ulungile ngokuletha i-ATF ehlazweni lezimpahla ezimenyezelwe ngaleyo ndlela uhehe intela yokuthengisa engu-4% yomfaniswano," esho. Akumangalisi ukuthi iSabelomali singenaso isimemezelo sokunciphisa umthwalo wentela ku-ATF.

Ungqongqoshe wezamabhanoyi uPraful Patel, owayenemihlangano eminingi nongqongqoshe wezeziMali u-P Chidambaram ngaphambi kweSabelomali sika-2008, usenethemba. "Sizoqhubeka nokuphishekela uMnyango wezeziMali kanye nezifundazwe ukuze kulungiswe izintela ku-ATF," esho ngemuva kweSabelomali.

Izinkampani zezindiza ziye zaveza ukuthi Isabelomali sika-2008 sathula kukho konke ukukhathazeka okukhulu kwemboni yezindiza ngaphandle kokususwa kwentela yokungenisa kwamanye amazwe ezilinganisweni zendiza enophephela emhlane. Lesi sinyathelo sizokwenza ukuqeqeshwa komshayeli wendiza enophephela emhlane kushibhe kancane.

“Imboni yezindiza e-India, izwe okumele libe ngeyesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni, ayikanikezwa isikhundla sengqalasizinda. Zonke ezinye izindlela zokuxhumana njengezikhumulo zezindiza, amachweba, izitimela zinikezwa isimo sengqalasizinda ngaphandle kokuhamba ngendiza eNdiya, ”kusho umsunguli we-Air Deccan uKapt GR Gopinath. Nakuba i-GoAir MD isamukele isinyathelo sikahulumeni sokunaka kakhulu izindaba zabantu nje, udumele ngobudedengu bezidingo zomkhakha wezokundiza.

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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

“The airline industry in India, a country which is set to become the third largest economy in the world, is still not accorded the infrastructure status.
In a pre-budget communication to the civil aviation ministry, a finance ministry official had said that ATF cannot be added to the list of declared goods without building consensus among state governments.
“The budget was a big disappointment as the old mindset still persists that air travel is a luxury in India.