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Articles 11321 through 11420 of 22438:
- Now Quantify The Benefits: Are Huge Tax Exemptions Justified? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 02, 2006)
The government’s decision to provide a comprehensive estimate of the revenue foregone on account of various preferential tax treatment in the 2006-07 budget is welcome.
- Focus On Business Continuity (Business Line, RANA KAPOOR, Mar 02, 2006)
The measures proposed in this year's Union Budget reflect on business continuity with stable direction, and will further augment medium and long-term growth.
- Two Cs And Two Ds Make Four As (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Mar 02, 2006)
Making the top grade in four dimensions: Civil society and commerce, democracy and demography, India, to give a Hollywood metaphor, is the world's Million Dollar Baby. This has been so for long, though it has not won many contests because . . .
- Budget Has Few, But Good, Capital Market Initiatives (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Mar 02, 2006)
The Budget is on expected lines. It is a continuum Budget. In fact, most of the experts were of the view that a “no change” Budget would actually be a good Budget
- Bihar Gets A Budget, Finally (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
After over a decade, a full-fledged budget — setting out its top priorities for the state — and a finance Bill was presented in the Bihar Assembly today in a clear shift from the earlier trend of Vote-on-Account that nearly became a practice...
- Govt Vows More For Poor, Budget Banks On Growth (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, Mar 01, 2006)
The government pledged on Tuesday to boost spending on health, education and rural infrastructure to help the poor, unveiling an annual budget designed to foster growth and rein in the country's federal deficit.
- Bush To Begin India Visit, All Eyes On Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 01, 2006)
- U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in India on Wednesday on his first visit to the world's largest democracy, hoping to elevate a new friendship between the two nations into a strategic partnership.
- Right Approach (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 01, 2006)
Like in the private sector there is need for adopting a performance-oriented approach in the Government administration too.
- Don’T Mis-Underestimate Dubya (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Mar 01, 2006)
The Bush family has an uncanny knack of knowing where the future will happen, says Jaithirth Rao
- Nailing The ‘Bad Guys’ (Indian Express, KALYANI MENON-SEN, Mar 01, 2006)
Delhi Police Commissioner Dr K.K. Paul addressed a public meeting in Delhi recently on the initiatives being taken by the Delhi Police to curb crime in the city.
- At Peace With The World (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Mar 01, 2006)
Staying healthy, abstaining from offering unsolicited advice and being cheerful all the time reflects an individual's quality of life
- 3½ Looking At 10 (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Mar 01, 2006)
Budget wants 10% GDP growth. It hopes economy will be on autopilot
- Back To The Villages In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 01, 2006)
The Chinese Government last week announced an ambitious new rural policy that focusses less on indiscriminate growth and more on redistribution of resources and rebalancing of incomes.
- Was Bush Speech A Warning On Separation? (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 01, 2006)
Relegating India to status of `recipient state' in the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership seen as pressure tactic.
- Full Text Of Finance Minister's Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Union Budget 2006-2007
Speech of P. Chidambaram
Minister of Finance
February 28, 2006
Mr. Speaker, Sir
It is my privilege to present the Budget for the year 2006-07.
- No Change In Personal And Corporate It (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Mar 01, 2006)
Proposing no change in the personal and corporate Income Tax, the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has slashed excise duties on a number of items, including small cars and aerated soft drinks, and brought 16 more items like ATM . . .
- ‘Aam Aadmi’ Let Down: Left (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
The Left parties, crucial outside allies of the ruling UPA, on Tuesday blasted the Union Budget, terming it “regressive”, even as the Opposition expectedly called it anti-farmer and pro-rich.......
- 'Make Udhagamandalam Best Holiday Destination' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Scope for promoting tourism in hill station enormous: Governor
Udhagamandalam must be made the most sought-after vacation destination in the country, said the Governor, Surjit Singh Barnala, while inaugurating a training programme, . . .
- N.D. Tiwari Hails The Union Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Would help in achieving 10 % growth rate soon
Uttaranchal Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari on Tuesday described the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram as an instrument aimed at accelerating the pace of India's . . .
- New Block To Be Opened At Technopark By October (Hindu, T. Nandakumar, Mar 01, 2006)
Entire floor space in the 12-storey building, Tejaswini, has been booked
- From Eisenhower To Clinton To Bush (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 01, 2006)
The India-U.S. relationship cannot easily graduate into a strategicjugalbandhiwithout all shades of Indian nationalism feeling comfortable with Washington's global agenda.
- Duty Cut Will Help Woo Fdi, Says Montek (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
It also observed that the budget focusses on boosting spending on health, rural infrastructure and education and sees the implementation of further tax reforms.
- Heritage Status Sought For Fort At Gingee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Proposal on Kailasanathar Temple also sent to UNESCO
- When Silence Speaks Just As Loud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 01, 2006)
If one has come to expect high drama from the annual budget, the United Progressive Alliance Government's third budget presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was singularly lacking in it.
- Far From The Full Measure (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Mar 01, 2006)
Inhibited by political pressures, Chidambaram has not gone the whole way to strengthen and stimulate the economy, writes S.L. Rao.
- Why Less Hype Is More Health (Telegraph, SHUBHASHIS GANGOPADHYAY, Mar 01, 2006)
Everything in this budget is consistent with what we want India to be in the next ten years, writes Shubhashis Gangopadhyay The author is director, India Development Foundation, Gurgaon
- Sachar Panel: A Demoralising Element (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
I am sure those who are news freak must be aware of Sachar Committee.
- A Clear Roadmap (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 01, 2006)
I believe that the purpose of the Union Budget is to provide a long term direction for rapid and sustained growth.
- Conditional Concessions On Farm Loan Interest Rate (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Mar 01, 2006)
Food subsidy is budgeted at Rs. 24,200 crore for the year 2006-07
- With Hope And Confidence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 01, 2006)
By leaving personal income tax unchanged, the Budget for 2006-07 may have dampened the enthusiasm of the salaried people who were waiting for some extra cash in their pocket, but it has other benefits for individuals.
- Pc's Budget Not Taxing; Cars, Idli-Dosa Made Cheaper (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
With key elections round the corner, the finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday presented a political Budget, re-asserting the UPA government's social commitments. However, the Left -allies at the Centre but already making grounds . . .
- In Line With Cmp, Healthcare Gets Big Push From Chidambaram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Health and education, according to the Finance Minister P Chidambaram, enjoy primacy in the Budget this year. The health allocation was increased by 22 per cent this year. For 2006-07 it is Rs 12,546 crore compared to Rs 11,000 crore last year.
- Anonymous No Longer, Ngos Must Pay Tax (Indian Express, DEEPTI BHASKARAN, Mar 01, 2006)
Barring an institute or a trust run wholly for religious purposes, any other charitable institution will now have to pay income tax on donations received from anonymous and pseudonymous donors. The Budget today introduced Section 115 BBC in order . . .
- ‘India’S Success Marred By Social Inequality’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 01, 2006)
The post-1991 dismantling of India’s nationally regulated economy has been accompanied by a rapid growth of social inequality and economic insecurity, according to an analysis published by the World Socialist Website (WSWS).
- India Raises Defence Budget (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Mar 01, 2006)
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram on Tuesday unveiled India’s budget for the year to March 2007 with a total federal government outlay of $126.8 billion or Rs5639.91 billion, of which $20 billion or Rs890 billion are earmarked for defence, . . .
- Upsetting Atm Tax (The Financial Express, Pooja Bansal, Mar 01, 2006)
It’s good that this Budget has no hard reforms and is a people-friendly one. It would be a lot easier for the middle-class to afford a car as the prices of small cars will go down. However, nothing much is in store for those wanting . . .
- As The Crisis Deepens (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 01, 2006)
ACTS of terror and disruption in Balochistan have now become a daily occurrence and seem to be assuming new dimensions.
- Towards Greater All-Round Growth (The Financial Express, MUKESH AMBANI, Mar 01, 2006)
Union Budget 2006-07 sends out a clear message about the government’s priorities—higher investment in the farm and rural sector, with a pronounced commitment to social equity. This, in turn, is expected to translate into dispersal . . .
- Poll Wonder For Bengal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
The Left MPs from West Bengal were quick on the draw to find fault with what the finance minister had to offer today and it was ironic that the Speaker had to caution against a “running commentary”
- Good Nukes, Bad Nukes (Washington Post, David Ignatius, Mar 01, 2006)
Juxtaposed this week are the two poles of the emerging world: India and Iran. They are alpha and omega, the dream and the nightmare.
- Journey In Self-Reliance (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Feb 28, 2006)
The inside story of SEWA by its founder — of being poor, women, and self-employed
- Making Of Carnatic Music (Hindu, PUSHPA SUNDAR, Feb 28, 2006)
Traces the traditional music's adaptation to the postcolonial social realities
- Shed These Blinkers (Indian Express, Nilofar Suhrawardy, Feb 28, 2006)
With due respect to the armed forces and their secular stance, and with due respect to the views expressed by Shekhar Gupta on the subject (‘Kitne Musalman hain?’,IE, February 18), one is compelled to raise a small question.
- Tsunami Early Warning System By September 2007 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The integration of design and engineering aspects to be indigenised: Goel
- A Stimulating Study (Telegraph, VIMALA RAMACHANDRAN, Feb 28, 2006)
The independent ASER 2005 survey revealed that India’s school system is not geared to help children learn, writes Vimala Ramachandran
- The Changing Needs Of Labour (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 28, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Bangalore University Launches E-Library (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Over 3.6 lakh books digitised; network of college libraries on the anvil Over 3.6 lakh books digitised; network of college libraries soon
- India Offers Better Returns Than China (Tribune, Sudhir Hindwan, Feb 28, 2006)
Due to the pressure of all-round competition inspired by globalisation and liberalisation, comparisons between the economies of China and India have gained an overriding emphasis.
- Campaign Against Bush Visit Gains Momentum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Committee says "he is not welcome in India;" marches to be organised in Delhi on March 2 and in Hyderabad the next day
"Bush is topmost official of U.S. imperialism, leading enemy of the sovereignty of nations and the peoples of the world today"
- New Admission Policy Struck Down (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
High Court directs State Government to start process of holding common entrance test
- State Of Liberation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Liberation from bondage being the goal of human birth, the systems of Vedanta interpret the state of release according to the fundamental concepts of their philosophies. The Advaita philosophy is categorical that Jivanmukti . . .
- A Sense Of Complacency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
If there is one sentiment that comes through in the pre-Budget Economic Survey presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, it is a sense of complacency.
- Enduring Cultural Traditions Of India (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Feb 28, 2006)
Reinterpretation of India's cultural heritage for the modern youth
- Survey Pegs Growth At 8.1 Pc (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 28, 2006)
Even as the economy is projected to grow at a robust 8.1 per cent in the current fiscal, the 2005-06 Economic Survey cautioned about the risks of inflation, hardening interest rate and fiscal deficit.
- Getting Out Of The Crevice (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Feb 28, 2006)
The proverb: “Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first drive mad”, may seem at first to approximate the vandalism visited on Lahore and Peshawar consecutively on February 14 and 15, by radical mobsters protesting against the publication . . .
- ‘Cashmere For Kashmir’ To Raise Funds For Quake Victims (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 28, 2006)
The Irfan Kathwari Foundation, a charitable group, is sponsoring a fund-raising event in New York next month to help the victims on the October earthquake in Kashmir.
- Guantanamo: The Us Gulag (Dawn, Thomas Wilner, Feb 28, 2006)
The American prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is on the southeast corner of Cuba, a sliver of land the United States has occupied since 1903. Long ago, it was irrigated from lakes on the other side of the island, but Cuban President Fidel Castro . . .
- Aid For Development’S Sake (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Feb 28, 2006)
Almost daily, the United States and Europe brandish threats to impose economic sanctions or cut off development assistance unless some vulnerable government accepts their political strictures. The most recent threats are towards the new Hamas-led . . .
- Budget, Gdp And Unemployment (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Feb 28, 2006)
More people enter the employment market each year but India's growth is not creating enough jobs. The ADB points out that the ratio of employment to economic growth is low. Will the Budget ensure more jobs and happiness?
- Budget Wishlist: For Growth With Development . . . (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Feb 28, 2006)
Increasing labour participation, ensuring equal distribution of wealth and firming up infrastructure projects are all aspects of development that determine growth.
- Budgets Go Beyond Taxes And Expenditures (The Financial Express, DUVVURI SUBBARAO, Feb 28, 2006)
Some deviations from public finance norms are eroding the integrity of our Budget management
- Fake Ration Cards (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Feb 28, 2006)
On coming to power in 1977, the CPI-M hit a gold mine through Bangladeshi infiltration. Many of the Hindus that sought refuge in West Bengal during East Bengal’s fight for independence stayed back.
- Budget? What Budget? Wonder India's Poor (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
When India's finance minister tells parliament on Tuesday how much money he has in the budget to aid millions of poor, it will mean little to many of the people he aims to help.
- Accelerated Rural Water Supply (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Behari, Feb 28, 2006)
The Centre is supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in providing water facilities in rural areas by rendering financial and technical support. This has led to improvement in availability of water as 96.13 per cent . . .
- Jessica And Nitish: That Fatal Touch Of Class (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Feb 28, 2006)
What do the murder of Jessica Lall and the acquittal of her murderers have in common with the ongoing but probably equally fruitless trial of Nitish Katara? And other such cases where the rich and powerful get away, literally, with murder?
- Bias Takes A Nasty Turn (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 28, 2006)
There can be no doubt about this. Growing prejudice in the United States against the Muslim world took a nasty turn as a result of the stance taken by a number of prominent politicians to challenge President Bush over his administration’s . . .
- India, Out Of Step (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Feb 27, 2006)
As the two growing powers of Asia sort out their places in their continent and the world, India has a comparative advantage over China that it doesn't always exploit: its status as the globe's largest democracy.
- U.N. Is Riddled With Scandals, Says Bolton (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton on Saturday declared the United Nations is hobbled ``by bad management, by sex and corruption and by a growing lack of confidence in its ability to carry out missions.''
- From "China Fear" To "China Fever" (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 27, 2006)
China's deft diplomacy is drawing other nations to it: as a model for development, a source and destination for investment, and a trading partner.
- With An Eye On Elections, Chidambaram May Go In For Please-All Budget (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Feb 27, 2006)
Comprehensive farm package to give a push to agriculture and lessen indebtedness of farmers is on the cards
Mantra likely to be growth with consolidation
More simplification in taxation structure
Exemption limit for salaried class may be hiked
- Paying Back In Kind (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Feb 27, 2006)
Most people are ambivalent about ‘brain drain.’ On one hand, it’s hard to blame young doctors or teachers or engineers from poor countries for moving to rich countries where the pay is higher, the working conditions are better, and . . .
- Inclusive Education Needs Funds (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
In March 2005, human resource deve-lopment (HRD) minister Arjun Singh made a landmark statement. He said in Parliament that mainstream education would not reject children with special needs.
- India, U.S. To Seal Many Deals (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 27, 2006)
Ministry of External Affairs silent over visit of American President
India and the United States will sign more than a dozen agreements during the March 1-4 State visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to New Delhi, senior officials handling . . .
- U.S.-India Warmth Follows Indian-American Successes (Reuters, Paul Eckert, Feb 27, 2006)
When U.S. President George W. Bush heads to India on Tuesday, few people in the United States will be paying closer attention to the trip than the nearly 2 million Americans of Indian origin.
- Polluted Services (Statesman, DILIP KUMAR GUHA, Feb 27, 2006)
At the time of Independence, the civil services of India had a fair reputation for efficiency, integrity and discipline.
- Assert Your Right (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 27, 2006)
Most of the people are perhaps aware of just one instance of an aspiring actress in this city having approached the National Commission for Women (NCW) for securing justice.
- Four Medicinal Plant Processing Zones Planned, Says Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
A plantation project at Tuticorin will be upgraded and declared a zone
- Insat 4a - Redefining Tv Broadcasting (Daily Excelsior, G. Madhavan Nair, Feb 27, 2006)
The Indian National Satellite system (INSAT), established in 1983, is one of the largest domestic communications satellite systems in the Asia Pacific region with eight satellites in operation
- Toxic Cockpit Fumes That Bring Danger To The Skies (Hindu, Antony Barnett, Feb 27, 2006)
Dozens of pilots have flown while dizzy, nauseous and suffering double vision on crowded passenger flights. The cause is contaminated air and it can strike without warning - but the cases have been kept from the public.
- Residents Venture Back Out As S.Lanka Violence Ebbs (Reuters, Peter Apps, Feb 27, 2006)
People have returned to the streets in Sri Lanka's multi-ethnic east after talks between the government and Tamil Tigers pulled the island back from the brink of war, but distrust remains.
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