India – GDP Factors - Non-Indian origin foreign tourist incentive scheme

• Our local tour operators should be given tax breaks and cash refund incentives for bringing in foreign passenger of non-Indian origin. Cash refund incentives must be such a way that the tour operator ensures that the foreign tourist visits 2 or 3 places other than the city of arrival to claim tax refund and stays more than 24 hours in every city. The city of arrival and exit into India should be different to ensure cash incentives and refunds. The typical cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Goa will get some breather and new places can promote their tourism like Shillong, Andaman, religious places, etc. Major international companies like Thomas Cook and domestic majors like MakeMyTrip and yatra make no effort to bring in foreign tourists these tax benefits at airport level by AAI and add-on options to existing booking by airlines and railways. $1000 per passenger if we can bring a great wonder for an untapped billion dollar business. 

• Need all year sports calendar which includes winter sports, indoor volleyball, basketball, golf, ice hockey, beach volleyball, sword fighting etc. DD sports must be given free feed for important matches conducted by private organizations/TV channels since Sports Federation is also a part and its Govt owned
• Tour operators and Airlines must have small desk in every locality. Offline stores of makemytrip, yatra, indigo, air india must be encouraged similar to telecom top up kirana stores
• Telecom companies in India have failed to create payment banks with such a large customer base. Kirana stores if they adopt payments through sms and call it will make a huge difference for the government. 
• Utilize the luggage section of trains to full capacity with separate rate at counters using train and airfare. Show some difference in rates in courier between air and by train by Indian Railways partnering with private courier companies and India post. Show difference in rates for road, rail and air.
• Need to ensure TV channels have 1 minute ad breaks per hour with govt sponsored content approved by PIB. Many of the govt schemes don’t reach the common people knowledge through private channels. Hence the effort DD has put needs to be taken forward by other TV channels. All private channels should fulfill their social obligation and Govt has right to win this case if it has legal issue
• Ensure foreign visitors as many as possible during their winter season. They all want to avoid the peak winter in their countries like in UK and North America. Indian airlines and tour operators have failed to bring them in with offers and local tours by default at reduced rates. Existing booking of airlines and railways remain unused during most peak seasons
• Govt must funds its CSR initiatives through its major organizations like Indian Railways, Indian Oil, etc. to create science labs in govt schools, new indoor stadiums in tier 2 and tier 3 cities, libraries in tier 1 and tier 2 cities, 24 hours super markets in key places owned by these companies since many malls still don’t remain open 24 hours but railways operate 24 hours and supermarkets can play vital business (people like big bazaar and local majors can compete). What obligation has Railways done for CSR activities?
• Time for station development fee like user development fee at airports. Nominal fee ranging from Rs. 10 to Rs. 40 will make a huge difference to build malls and major facilities in railway stations. Real estate can see new energy in major hubs like railway stations.
• All religious places in India must be asked to paste their bank account details for online payments and donations. It should be made a priority to encourage digital transactions so that banks and IT can validate and provide tax reliefs appropriately