NEW DELHI, NOV 20: Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Saturday that the government was determined to deepen taxation reforms, and will make changes reflecting the changes in its next annual budget."The government is determined to go for deep tax reforms and that is something we will attempt in the short-term, in the forthcoming budget, carrying forward from where we left in the last budget," Sinha told a business conference. Replying to a question from an industrialist on the level of Indian interest rates, the Minister said: "We agree that interest rates are high. High interest rates continue to be of concern to us." "We cannot let high interest rates hamper Indian industry. We will strive to bring them down. We'll take significant steps soon," he said.
