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Articles 21221 through 21320 of 53943:
- Chidu Bats For Growth (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
With the coming assembly elections in mind, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday presented the Union Budget for 2006-07 in the Lok Sabha, keeping harsh reforms at bay, proposed no changes in personal Income Tax rates and lowered customs and . . .
- Kumaraswamy Hails Budget Proposals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
'Chidambaram has tried to bridge urban-rural divide'
I will pursue the issue of funds for infrastructure: Kumaraswamy
Budget lacks programmes for rural development: Yediyurappa
- ‘Bush Is An Undesirable Visitor’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
While BSP’s national general secretary and party counsel Satish Chandra Mishra said that the court had restored the status as existed before September 3, 2003, when the MLAs had defected in two groups of 13 and 27, . . .
- Focus On Renewable Energy Sources: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
The Railway Ministry has withdrawn orders prohibiting serving of chicken and eggs in any form in railway catering units or mobile catering units.
- Fm On The Defensive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Considering the rate of inflation of around 4.2 per cent at present, the 7.2 per cent increase over the last budget allocation actually means that the defence expenditure will remain at the last year’s level.
- No Change In Lpg Prices Now (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
The four public sector fuel retailers – IOC, BPCL, IBP and HPCL – registered a net loss of Rs 2,898 crore this fiscal and were hoping that Finance Minister P Chidambaram would rationalise duties on domestic LPG. With the declared coods status, . . .
- Farmers May Find Debt Not So Odious (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
To push up the farm income in the rural areas, the Minister proposed to increase the corpus of Rural Infrastructure Development Fund in 12 tranches to Rs 10,000 crore.
- India Readies Red Carpet For Bush (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Air Force One, carrying US President George W Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, and members of his official, business and media delegation, is tentatively scheduled to land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here around 7.30 pm on Wednesday.
- Tigers Set Riders For Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
A senior leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels has said further negotiations with the government will be pointless if Colombo does not act on pledges made at peace talks in Geneva last week.
- 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.
- Nuclear Separation Scenarios (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Mar 01, 2006)
The moot question is, whatever the plan, will it be acceptable to the U.S.
- For Mature, Strong Bonds (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 01, 2006)
That much used word is an understatement when describing the readers' response evoked by the appointment of the Readers' Editor for The Hindu; the first in any Indian newspaper. There was an avalanche of letters — a representative selection . . .
- ‘J&k Militants Have Ties With Al-Qaeda, Taliban’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has admitted that terrorists operating in Kashmir have nexus with the al-Qaeda, Taliban and Pakistani extremists which is a “very dangerous” combination.
- 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.
- ‘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.......
- Delhi Declaration Still Relevant, Says Mikhail Gorbachev (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 01, 2006)
President of erstwhile Soviet Union foresees a great future for India-Russia ties
"Reliance on the use of force, on the role of the world policeman cannot do any good, but can only make processes more painful and provoke explosion"
- Elbaradei Plays Peace-Maker (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Mar 01, 2006)
The moderating influence of Mohammad ElBaradei, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) appears visible in the report on Iran that was circulated among the grouping's board members on Monday.
- Iaea Says No Evidence Of Iranian N-Weapons Plan (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Mar 01, 2006)
Report likely to influence agency's Vienna meet
- Union Budget Evokes Mixed Reactions In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Very few proposals that specifically benefit the State
- 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.
- Budget : Hike In Outlay For National Highways (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
With the focus on creation of physical infrastructure to meet the challenges of globalisation,
- 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.
- Nothing In It For Farmers, Says Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Budge will cause price rise, says the former Prime Minister Vajpayee
Ignores middle class, gladdens affluent: Advani
Allocation for infrastructure poor: Rajnath
A rather timid exercise: Yashwant Sinha
- Service Tax Hiked To 12 Per Cent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
No change in corporate and personal IT rates
15 new services brought under tax net
Six services go out of net
Revenue target for service tax Rs. 34,500 crore
- Outlays Up For Social Sector Programmes (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Mar 01, 2006)
No change in income, corporate tax rates
In a measured budgetary exercise, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday sought to provide the necessary push to agriculture and various sectors of industry to spur the growth momentum and build infrastructure
- 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
- Lucky And Wise (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Mar 01, 2006)
An exercised journalist asked P. Chidambaram at his post-budget press conference whether he would have to pay 12 per cent service tax on all the cash he withdrew from an automatic teller machine.
- Fast Breeders For Energy Security (Tribune, O.P. Sabherwal, Mar 01, 2006)
The question is often posed — why fast breeder reactors? What is the special place of fast breeders in India’s nuclear power programme? The simple answer is that fast breeders are the route to India’s energy security, . . .
- No Compromise On Capability (Tribune, Man Mohan Singh, Mar 01, 2006)
THE article has been excerpted from the statement made by the Prime Minister in Parliament on February 27on civilian nuclear energy cooperation with the United States.
- Naxalites Kill 25 Tribesmen (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
In stepped-up violence, Naxalites ambushed two trucks killing at least 25 tribesmen and injuring 34 others, besides hijacking a third truck carrying about 125 villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
- 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.
- India Increases Defence Budget (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 01, 2006)
India, on Tuesday, increased its defence spending by Rs 60 billion for the fiscal year 2006-2007, an increase of 8.94 percent from last year’s Rs 830 billion to Rs 890 billion. While presenting the annual budget, Finance Minister P Chidambaran also . . .
- 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
- No Agreements To Be Signed During (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 01, 2006)
As the US President George W. Bush begins his maiden passage to India tomorrow evening, no agreements will be signed between the two sides — not because there aren’t any but because that is Mr Bush’s personal style.
- Clinching Nuclear Deal Will Be Bush's Great Contribution To Ending India's Isolation: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
"I have promised our Parliament that I will do nothing that will hurt India's strategic programme"
- 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.
- 21st Century Calls For Another Independence Campaign: To Get India Energy Security (Indian Express, CORPORATE BUREAU, Mar 01, 2006)
21st Century calls for another independence campaign: to get India Energy Security
- Iran Defies World On Enrichment (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
N-standoff IAEA circulates report among members ahead of March 6 meet
- 'Trim Your Hair For Bush Visit' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Mind your P's and Q's, trim your hair, cut your nails, polish your shoes, wear blazers and a special word of advice for the women, no gaudy saris please -- just some of the do's and don'ts for Indian security personnel getting ready for the Bush visit.
- Pakistan Hunting Qaeda, Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
* President calls Karzai’s Taliban list ‘a waste of time’
* Wants US to push for Kashmir deal
- India Hikes Defence Budget By 7.2pc (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
India on Tuesday hiked military spending by 7.2 per cent to Rs 890 billion (19.8 billion dollars) in its budget for the year to March 2007 to fund ongoing modernisation, the finance minister said.
- Deal With Us Would Signal India’S Nuclear Coming Of Age’ (Daily Times, Elizabeth Roche, Mar 01, 2006)
While US nuclear experts are sceptical of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Indian experts believe it will bring New Delhi into the global fold of nuclear states
- Maoists Massacre 25 Ahead Of Bush’S Visit To India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Left-wing guerrillas killed at least 25 anti-Maoist campaigners on Tuesday after ambushing a convoy of trucks ferrying the unarmed activists in central India, police said.
- ‘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).
- Wanted More Holidays (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Mar 01, 2006)
There are spoil-sports everywhere, only we have more than our share of them in Pakistan. Usually their sanctimonious outbursts are aimed at innocent young people whom they cannot bear to see enjoying themselves with Klashnikovs and stolen motor cars.
- Implications Of Bush Visit (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Mar 01, 2006)
Soon we will have the US president in Islamabad. What message will the world’s most powerful leader bring us and what advantages can accrue to the country from this event?
- Grappling With The Ghosts Of Russian History (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Mar 01, 2006)
Russian television planned last week to mark the 50th anniversary of a turning point in Soviet history with a documentary. For reasons that are not very clear, the project was abandoned before it could be aired. “I don’t feel they want very much to mark t
- India, Pak To Hold Talks Next Month To Review Air Services (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Mar 01, 2006)
Top officials from India and Pakistan would hold talks next month to review the bilateral air services agreement, to further commercial cooperation and to iron out differences on tariff and non-tariff barriers.
- Causes Of The Sugar Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 01, 2006)
The reported decision by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to step in and check the rising price of sugar will have effect if action is taken against those behind the crisis — those who are involved in the hoarding of sugar, . . .
- Al Qaeda Chief In S. Arabia Among Dead (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
The leader of the Al Qaeda network in Saudi Arabia, Fahd bin Faraj al-Joweir, was among five militants killed in a shootout in Riyadh on Monday, the Saudi interior ministry announced.
- ‘Troops Aggressively Hunting Al Qaeda’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said his troops were aggressively hunting down the Al Qaeda terrorist group and Pakistan was doing all it could in the US-led war against terrorism and not focusing solely on capturing Osama bin Laden.
- Bush Leaves For New Delhi Amid N-Deal Debate (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Mar 01, 2006)
The joint US and Indian efforts to save their nuclear deal continues to dominate discussions in the US capital as President George W. Bush left home on Tuesday for a landmark visit to South Asia which many say is as important as President Nixon’s
- India Hikes Military Spending By Rs 73b (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
India has increased its defence budget by Rs 73 billion to Rs 890 billion for fiscal 2006-07 against the revised defence spending of current financial year at Rs 817 billion, mirroring upward revision of 8.94 per cent.
- Back To Populism Of Yore (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 01, 2006)
A nation expecting a dramatic script for the economy in the new fiscal will feel a little let down by the Finance Minister's proposals and outlook.
- Full Credit On The Farm Front (Business Line, P. Devarajan, Mar 01, 2006)
Bankers need not wear long faces over the Budget proposal to fix the price of short-term credit (up to three years) to farmers at 7 per cent on loans up to Rs 3 lakh as New Delhi could be taking the losses, if any.
- Minimalist Budget (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 01, 2006)
But FM does well on fiscal management
It is a minimalist Budget, befitting today’s minimalist age. That was only to be expected.
- Sonia Fact-File (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 01, 2006)
Mrs Sonia Gandhi has been criticised by several people on account of her foreign origin.
- 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 . . .
- Fm’S Emergence As God Of Small Things (The Financial Express, YASHWANT SINHA, Mar 01, 2006)
The economy has been on a high growth path for the past three years. Except for some underlying concerns, this trend is likely to continue. What is more, confidence level in Indian economy, in India and abroad, is very high.
- Kashmir Ultras Linked To Al-Qaida: Pervez (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said in an interview to US television channel ABC that terrorists operating in Kashmir have nexus with the Al-Qaida, Taliban and Pakistani extremists and that is a “very dangerous” combination
- Terrorists In Kashmir Have Nexus With Qaeda, Taliban: Pak Prez (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has admitted that terrorists operating in Kashmir have nexus with al-Qaeda, Taliban and Pakistani extremists which is a "very dangerous" combination.
- 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.
- Bush To Visit Afghanistan Despite Taliban Attacks (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The US president, George Bush, is planning a visit to Afghanistan this weekend, his first to the country since the US-led invasion in 2001.
- 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
- Pm: Reciprocity Is Key In Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
"India's strategic nuclear programme will not be compromised"
Asserts that the nuclear scientists' work would not be frittered away
Says there will be no impediment to research and development activities
- Stand On Iran Not Final: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Says India's position could change; efforts on to evolve consensus
The Government on Monday indicated that the position it took on the Iran nuclear issue at the February 5 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was not final
- Don’T Expect Hard Reforms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Political compulsions in view of forthcoming assembly elections may force the Finance Minister to keep hard reforms at bay when he presents the Budget for 2006-07 today. .....
- Fm Harps On User Charges, Calls For Slashing Subsidies (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Projecting a growth rate of 8.1 per cent in the current fiscal, the Economic Survey 2005-06 suggests a slew of measures like accelerating tax and labour reforms, improving the quality of expenditure and promoting infrastructure development . . .
- Railways Withdraws Ban On Serving Chicken, Egg (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 28, 2006)
Catering units asked to follow guidelines
Control room receiving hoax calls
Culling operations completed in Gujarat
Results of human samples awaited
- Governance Of Global Finance (Hindu, A. Vasudevan, Feb 28, 2006)
An institutional perspective along with unusual themes such as gender, risk, politics and democracy in the management of global finance
- Court Seeks Status Report On Bangladeshi Immigrants (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Petition alleges inaction in preventing illegal entry of immigrants and seeks their deportation
- Mullaperiyar Dam: Factors That Are Favourable For The State (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Feb 28, 2006)
It has certain advantages when it comes to legal jurisdictions It has certain advantages when it comes to legal jurisdictions
- Tiger Terrain Again (Hindu, ANAND SANKAR, Feb 28, 2006)
Prerna Singh Bindra's book, The King and I, claims to take a new approach in writing about wildlife conservation
- Us Gives Iran One Week To Defuse N-Standoff (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The United States said that Iran had a one-week "opportunity", before the March 6 meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, to ease fears that it seeks atomic weapons.
- Iaea Readies Iran’S Weapons Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Eu officials said today that they were awaiting confirmation of a preliminary deal between Iran and Russia to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture.
- Govt Gets Opposition Pat, Ally Fire On Iran Vote At Iaea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Taking predictable positions, BJP offered qualified support to Congress in Parliament over Iran vote today while supporting parties — CPI(M), CPI and SP — warned the Government against an adverse fallout if it took an anti-Iran stand at IAEA meeting on Ma
- Russia For Iran's Moratorium (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 28, 2006)
Russia has made it clear any deal with Iran to defuse the crisis over Teheran's nuclear programme must include a resumption of moratorium by Teheran on enrichment activity.
- Militants Killed In Saudi Gun Battle (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 28, 2006)
Slain men linked to attack on oil site
Saudi security forces have killed five more militants, who could be linked to the perpetrators of Friday's foiled attack on Abqaiq refinery, the world's largest, in Saudi Arabia.
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