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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

[Ways-2gain] Union Budget FY11 Expectations: A tightrope walk [1 Attachment]

 
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As the markets gear up for yet another Union Budget, the mood remains sombre. With economic growth surprising on the positive, the government now faces the tough task of balancing stimulus withdrawal while maintaining growth momentum. The momentum in economic growth (CSO estimates of FY10 GDP growth at 7.2%) now calls for withdrawal of stimulus measures. The RBI has already taken the first step forward (with ~40% of the stimulus already withdrawn) in this direction. We expect the government to commence the rollback of fiscal stimulus measures by reverting excise and customs duties to the pre-crisis levels. We, however, expect continued thrust on the flagship social spending schemes (e.g. NREGS) and Bharat Nirmaan program – both of which could see a reasonable increase in allocations in the current budget. We also expect the right policy stimulus on infrastructure sector. On the reforms front, we expect a mix of rhetoric (largely on the GST and Direct Tax Code) interspersed with some action – especially around foreign ownership in insurance. Divestments have, so far, met with reasonable success and consensus expects divestments continuing into fiscal 2010. As benefits of revenue buoyancy (led by pick-up in tax collections) get offset by elevated expenditure and higher subsidies, we do not expect any significant decline in absolute borrowings by the government in FY11. We expect the Centre's fiscal deficit to decline to 5.7% of GDP (on a revised base) in FY11.

The budget is expected to be positive for the following sectors:

Sector

Comments

Agri/Agri-related

With Food Security being the priority and agri inflation the priority, expect increase in allocation towards agriculture, irrigation and agri infrastructure.

Engineering/Capital Goods

Thrust on schemes such as APDRP and RGGVY to continue and engineering companies to be key beneficiaries

Financials

Expect capitalization of PSU Banks to be passed during the budget. Hike in insurance FDI limit could be a key positive

Infrastructure

Focus on infrastructure spending to continue which will continue to drive order flows for construction companies and asset ownership opportunities for infrastructure developers.

Oil & Gas

Clarification on Section 80 IB deduction on Gas exploration for Pre NELP and NELP I-VII blocks

Real Estate

Affordable housing could be the theme for the budget

 

And negative for the following

Sector

Comments

Automobiles

Excise duty on small cars, 2Ws and CVs likely to be hiked by 4%

Cement

Excise duty concessions announced in the stimulus packages to be removed

FMCG

Roll back of stimulus – excise duty increase from 8% to 10%  to be marginally negative

Telecom

Increase of MAT rate from current 16.5% could see lower reported earnings while hike in customs duty to impact future capex plans of telcos

 

The bull-run in the markets through 2009 has been (temporarily) halted by rising concerns around monetary tightening and funding of the outsized fiscal deficit. The global economic scenario has also thrown up negatives around the weak fiscal position of countries in the EU and weaker-than-expected consumption growth in the US. We expect the markets to remain weak going into the budget as uncertainties around the stimulus withdrawal get priced in and inflation concerns take centre-stage. Any slippage on these counts raises the possibility of a stern monetary policy action, which could rub off negatively on the markets. However, we eventually see inflation stabilizing which implies that the rise in lending rates would be only gradual - and thereby not a threat to growth. We maintain our medium term positive stance on Indian markets as the outlook for earnings remains healthy (expect 30% + earnings growth for the Sensex in FY11). Reiterate our 12-month target for the Sensex at 20,000.

 

 

Pathik Gandotra / Sameer Bhise

pathik@idfcsski.com / sameer@idfcsski.com 

IDFC - SSKI Research

 

 
 
 
 
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