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Digital Dividend Data Taxation's Potential to Transform India's Economy and Redefine Fiscal Policy in the Mobile Era

Authors: Dr.A.Shaji George;

Digital Dividend Data Taxation's Potential to Transform India's Economy and Redefine Fiscal Policy in the Mobile Era

Abstract

The digital revolution in India has seen the country emerge as the highest consumer of data in the world, with the 1.26 billion wireless subscribers in the country consuming hundreds of exabytes of data in a year. A proposal to charge mobile data consumption at Rs 1 per gigabyte is also under study by the Department of Telecommunications, which could earn the government up to Rs 22,900 crore every year, and rise to more than Rs 1 lakh crore in 2030. This paper will discuss the nature of data taxation in the mobile-first economy in India. It also examines how this fiscal innovation may solve budget limits at the expense of becoming digital by analyzing consumption trends and revenue estimates, as well as the previous experience of other nations. The paper assesses consumer, telecom operator, and other digital ecosystem effects, and suggests gradual solutions and implementation approaches. The main conclusions of the findings are that although data taxation has predictable revenue streams that were in line with the economic realities of the 21st century, it must be carefully designed to balance fiscal requirements with equity, innovation, and connectivity objectives. India would become the first trial of a new form of taxation of the emerging economies or a warning sign, and the world is being digitally governed, and the global fiscal policy would be taxed and regulated.

Keywords

data taxation, India digital economy, mobile data tax, fiscal policy India, telecom revenue, digital dividend, data consumption tax, India mobile era.

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