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Mamata upset with service tax on Railways, protests
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is among the MPs who are upset with Pranab Mukherjee's Union Budget. The reason for Mamata being upset is that the Railways will no longer be exempted from service tax for transportation of goods, which means her please all Budget may not go according to plan. So it seems that the Railway Budget and the Union Budget could that have now widened the differences between Mamata and Pranab - both leaders from West Bengal.
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Ingredients:
250 gm condensed milk
1 ½ Litres milk
10 almonds (sans skin and soaked in water)
1tsp poppy seeds
2tsp fennel seeds
4 crushed cardamoms
6 peppercorns
Crushed ice cubes
Method of Preparation:
1. Crush and blend the cardamom, fennel seeds and almonds till they make a paste.
2. Blend the paste with the rest of the ingredients.
3. Strain the mixture.
4. Make sure the serving glasses are half filled with ice.
5. Pour in the mixture.
6. Garnish with rose petals (optional)
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Notwithstanding the grand show put up by Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, perhaps it's time for Indian Railways to be deprived of its big day in Parliament. If the ability to deliver a separate budget continually causes in successive railway ministers delusions of grandeur, the belief that they run a little kingdom and must do in miniature all the things that the government believes it is responsible for, then the railway budget definitely does more harm than good.
No fare hike, 54 new trains announced in Rail Budget
New Delhi: Passengers were spared a fare hike, freight rates were lowered for some essential items and 54 new trains announced in Rail Budget for 2010-11 that promises a new model to promote private investment in expanding the world's second largest railroad network under a single management.
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- Railways to be lead partner for Commonwealth Games
New Delhi: Railways will run a special exhibition train across the country to mark the Commonwealth Games to be held here apart from being the lead partner of the mega sporting event.
- Spirited Rail budget by Mamata has Sonia in splits
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi would never have smiled so much publicly as she did today during presentation of the Railway budget by Mamata Banerjee, which by all accounts was a spirited exercise.
- Railways to start special 'Bharat Tirth' tourist trains
New Delhi: In a bid to promote tourism, Railways will be launching 16 special 'Bharat Tirth' trains connecting popular tourist sites as also pilgrimage centres in different parts of the country.
- Slew of concessions announced in the Railway Budget 2010-11
New Delhi: A slew of concessions, including for carriage of foodgrains, kerosene and fertiliser, were announced by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in her budget 2010-11 today.
- Railway stocks slide post Budget
Railway stocks have fallen more than 7% from their intra-day highs in the absence of major positive announcements in the Railway budget.
Mamata at feisty best as she delivers rail budget
New Delhi: Combative, hectoring and ploughing on regardless of the commotion around her, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was at her feisty best Wednesday when she presented the railway budget for a marathon two hours.
- Rail budget promises new model to develop network
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday presented rail budget for the next fiscal with the promise of a new business model to encourage private investment along with social commitment but without privatisation.
- Mamata Banerjee to announce Rail Budget at 1200 hrs
Mumbai: Mamata Banerjee's second Railway Budget under the UPA government will be announced today at 1200 hrs. Even before the announcement following developments were seen at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
PM’s prudence note ignored, Rail Budget will bear Didi stamp
New Delhi: In October 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh forwarded a note prepared by the Planning Commission to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on the problems being faced by the Indian Railways and the ways these needed to be addressed. “The next budget must include a minimum increase of 10-15 per cent in second class passenger fares with no increase for freight,” one of the recommendations stated. When Mamata presents the Rail Budget tomorrow, she may do just the opposite: hike the freight rates while leaving the passenger fares untouched.
This year’s Railway Budget is round the corner. As usual, the focus of Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee would be on number-crunching revenue earned and spent, the number of new lines added, revenue allocations and, ofcourse, some favouritism to Bengal.
- Passenger fare hike unlikely in Rail Budget
New Delhi: For the seventh year in a row, passenger fares are unlikely to be revised in the Railway Budget to be presented Wednesday as Mamata Banerjee is once again set to reach out to the common man with populist measures.
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- Mamata mulls co-branding to create swanky train stations, in-flight comfort
Plan to raise ad revenue 10-fold in one year to Rs 1,000 cr
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- 15 more Duronto trains may be launched
New Delhi: The Railway Ministry is planning to launch 15 more Duronto Expresses in the coming budget, as the end-to-end non-stop train has caught the fancy of passengers.
How do the Foreigner Brahamin Politicians and Parties, Media, Cibvil society, NGO and Intelligentsia DUPE us and EXECUTES Social Economic Political Ethnic Cleansing, Budget Session of Indian Parliament REFLECTS and Showcases very well as being the part of the same Ruling Hegemony and Political Alliances, UPA allies mount pressure on govt to roll back fuel price hike! Just read the Zee News item of Reality show Post Modern in the US Promoted Free Market Democracy!
Zeenews BureauNew Delhi: A day after Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her anguish over hike in fuel prices post Budget 2010, another UPA ally DMK on Saturday demanded an immediate roll back of increase in petroleum prices. The UPA ally said the move would have a 'cascading effect' on food prices at a time when the Centre and states were ‘grappling with high food inflation’.
In identical letters to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi sought their immediate intervention for a rollback, at least on the price of diesel to 'protect farmers and the common man'.
The move by DMK and TMC came even as Finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee clearly ruled out the reversal of hike in fuel prices.
Karunanidhi said he wanted to draw their attention to the 'far reaching implications' of the hike.
"You are fully aware that the Centre and states are grappling with the issue of high food inflation in recent months," the Chief Minister said.
"Any increase in the price of diesel will have a cascading effect on food prices as well as prices of other essential commodities. Therefore, I seek your immediate intervention for a rollback at least on the price of diesel so as to protect the farmers and the common man.”
DMK on previous occasions had opposed fuel price hike, with party's senior leader and MP TR Baalu protesting against it in Parliament last year. Mamata Banerjee has stormed off to Kolkata where her party will protest against the fuel hike today by way of a rally.
“We are not happy with the increase of price of petrol. If they roll back their decision it will be appreciated by us. It affects the poor people," TMC MLA Sudip Bandhopadhyay was quoted as saying.
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Criticising the increase in petroleum product prices in the Union budget, the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Saturday said that it would directly affect farmers.
"Farmers depend on diesel for irrigation and making it expensive will hit them hard," BKU President Mahendra Singh Tikait said.
Describing the budget as "anti-people", he said increase in fuel prices would have a cascading effect on the cost of all essential commodities.
UPA allies DMK, Trinamool demand rollback of fuel hike
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Our honoured Friend Kapil Krishna Thakur called me last day while I was busy in analysing the Union Budget and discussing the Fiscal strategy and Revenue Resource management and Allocations with Economists, Social Activists, Journalists, Intellectuals, Trade Union Leaders and Ambedkarites countrywide online or On Telephone, Cell Phone and Noting the Political Reactions and browsing Media Coverage. He had Nothing to do with the Budget Economics.
Mr. Thakur is an eminent Bengali SC Writer famous for subaltern studies and his Novel UJANTALIR UPOKATHA. Mr. Thakur and Dr. Nistish Biswas, a CPIM card holder leads Leftist Dalit Movement in Bengal involving Brahamins and caste Hindus. Both are associated with Bengali Refugee Coordination committee. I have been working with them until CPIM and the Marxists Stabbed back passing the Citizenship amendment Act in Parliament in Consent and Collaboration. Since then I never visited the Nandan Bangla academy Premises nor the Left Brahmin Front Sponsored BOOK Fair Kolkata. They are also associated with Matua Movement.
One of them, Mr. Sukriti Biswas, a writer, trade Union leader and President of Republican Party Athawale in Bengal, have been instrumental to launch Refugee Movement in Bengal led by Matua faction.
We have Nothing against the Refugee Coordination Front. In fact, the Coordination leader Nirmal Mandal in absence of the Convener Dr. Subodh Biswas, accompanied me in a few meetings in Garchiroli and Chandrapur refugee areas which I visited very recently. I am indebted that he cooperated me to convince our people for the Mass Mobilisation , we do try our best.
I had to write a report on my recent visit in the Maharashtra part of Dandakarany for Nikhil Bharat, edited by Mr. Thakur. He has some objections against the Historical fact of Brahaminical Vengeance involving Partition and in accordance to him, Election of Dr. Ambedkar was Nothing to do with Partition Holocausts as not only Bengal but Punjab is also involved in it. For him, Two nation Theory adopted by Muslim League and Mr. Md. Ali Jinnah are basically responsible for Partition. It is politically correct in accordance with the Partition History written by the Brahamins.
We discussed the point in detail and I tried to convince him that Mr. Jinnah appeared very late in Indian politics while the Caste Bias was the Prominent Alchemist in Bengali demography under Brahaminical hegemony which was upset by Harichand Thakur and Guruchand Thakur with their Chandal Movement leading to Real Mulnivasi Renaissance in India.
Rather I tried my best that it is not Partition, but demographic readjustment in Bengal to ensure Brahaminical dominance breaking up Dalit Muslim unity and discussed the role of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in Shayam Haq Ministry led by Praja Krishak Party while the Muslim League was in the margin and The Two nation Theory was yet to be adopted.
I discussed the Hindu Mahasabha role and role of Bengali Brahmins in Partition and Refugee Policy adopted by the Ruling Hegemony , their Segergation and Persecution.
But Mr. Thakur and his friends believe to lead a Bengali Dalit Movement assisted by the Brahamins and seem quite Hostile to the Brahaminical Conspiracy theory. I suggested him that he may abort Dr. Ambedkar episode and Vengeance theory and rather may focus on Unique Identity Number and Citizenship Amendment act for the time being until I write up everything related to caste Bias and Chandal Movement and the following Turmoil in Bengal.
Mr. Thakur is working on the topic for decades as I am a Fresher in Ambedkarite Movement.
I have no objection if he gets his point but he must Co Operate in our Mass Mobilisation against the Economic Social Ethnic Cleansing. I would rather write with more details and more facts on the topic some time later. he agreed.
But the Question is Unanswered, provided Muslim League and Jinnah were the Only responsible factor for Indian Holocaust, how we do prove the relevance of Dr. Ambedkar, Jogendar Nath Mandal, Mukunda Bihari Mallick, Harichand Thakur, Guruchand Thakur , PR Tahkur, Jyoti Ba Phule and Shambahji Maharaj,Ananakali, Periyar, Sido Kanu, Birsa Munda and scores of Dalit Mulnivasi Icons!
let us discuss it some time later. i am writing these lines just to inform you so that you might also CONTRIBUTE!
Ms Mamata Banerjee has EMERGED as the latest subaltern Icon involving herself in Matua Movement. She greets you with SALAM but she Never says HARIBOL! Mamata has renamed Kalighat Railway station as Bhagat singh and Balley Ganj with Bahadur Shaha Jafar! We have nothing against it. But she could not RUN any MATUA Express linking the Refugee Matua Landscape as well as Humanscape while She introduced Bharat Tirth Express trains to sustain the Manusmriti Rule.
Ms Mamata is the Railway Minister in India and leads the Second Largest Qualition Party Trinamul Congress. She opposes Military option to deal with Maoism. But she keeps mum in the Cabinet and creates the environment of the Political Homework of false cease fire and Dialogue Offer most Necessary to justify the Ethnic Cleansing.
Mamta weeps every time quoting Lalgarh and censors her Party MP Kabir Suman opposing Operation Green Hunt.She Never utters a single word about THIRTY Million Tamil and Bengali SC Refugees and even more ST Population stranded in Cross Fire between Security Forces and Maoists in Fave states of Dandakaranya!
Mamata presented Populist Railway Budget this year with Full Bloom Dreams without managing any Resource and Revenue. She got Rs. Seventeen Crore allocation for Railway from union budget. She did not hike rly fare or Frieght rent and denied PRIVATISATION while declaring One Thousand KM railway tarck in accordance with Private Public Partnership Scheme.
Mamata is using Rly premises and Land for Open market. Rly catering and E Ticket Booking have already been Finalised. Now she proposes Plants and Hospitals with Community India INCs involvement.
Mamata has just opted for Reliance and Hinduja just for example to dislodge Tata Motors from Bengal and thus Pumping in Change Balloons with High Noted passionate sub altern Pro Muslim Posture.
Being a Cabinet Minister and presenting Populist Rly Budget, ironically she Opposes the Union Budget creating suspended Fiscal Space and strategy. We the People have to bear INDIRECT Tax to Feed her Dreams an she would Never Resign and pose most Committed as Protesting the Economic reforms in Public and in fact EXECUTING the master Plan of Economic social Ethnic Cleansing. And it is the most SCIENTIFIC Brahaminical Zionist Methodology of Mind control which ENSLAVE and Bonds our people!
UPA ally and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to roll back the price hike in petro products but said she did not want any 'confrontation'.
"Common people face hardship in case of price rise. I am running the Railways with difficulty without increasing fares. I appeal to the Prime Minister and Soniaji to reconsider the hike," Banerjee, who is also the Railway Minister told reporters here.
Under the previous UPA government too there had been rise in prices of petroleum products, she pointed out.
Banerjee said West Bengal government should also reduce cess on petroleum products as it was high in the state.
Banerjee's reaction came on a day when DMK, another key constituent of the UPA government, demanded an immediate rollback of fuel price hike.
Earlier, Trinamool Chief Whip in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay said his party was unhappy over the hike and would express its annoyance on the floor of the House when the union budget is debated. Asked whether the party would support the cut motions planned to be moved by BJP on petro price, he said "let us see the developments. We will act as the situation develops."
Trinamool Congress had earlier said the party was not consulted on the decision to increase the prices of petrol and diesel.
Sibal for private sector involvement to build rural schools
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on saturday lamented that private sector is not showing much eagerness to be involved in the expansion of elementary education in the country, especially in the rural areas.
Holding that investment on human capital is the key to development of the country, he said the government wants the private sector to be involved in a big way as it wants to expand the education system.
About 93 per cent of primary schools in the country are in private sector. There are not enough people in rural areas having the capacity to pay, he said.
Sibal said the government will never allow private sector to make profit from education and share it among shareholders. But they can make profit and plough it back for the development of the institute, he said.
"No country in the world allows profiteering in education. If education has reached excellence without shareholders getting into the act, why cannot it happen in India," the minister said in reply to a question. Sibal said the country will need another 800 universities and nearly 20,000 colleges in the next ten years to increase the enrolment rate in higher education from 12.4 per cent at present to 30 per cent.
Some UPA allies share opposition's view on price rise: BJP
BJP on Saturday said the magnitude of price rise issue was so big that even some UPA allies have joined the opposition in slamming the government on the spiralling cost of essential commodities.
Taking a dig at the UPA, he said even Cabinet Minister Mamata Banerjee is on the "warpath" on the issue.
Accusing the government of being "cruelly indifferent" to the plight of common man, Prasad said the BJP and the NDA will use "all instruments of parliamentary procedures" to rake up the issue in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
The BJP has already said that it would move cut motion and oppose the budget when it is put to vote.
"We are going to oppose the Budget. Cut-motion is a prerogative available in the Lok Sabha and we will definitely bring it to censure the government on its anti-people policies," senior BJP leader and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha had said reacting to the budget proposals. Rly Budget combines social objectives, viability
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Updated: Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 at 1805 hrs IST
New Delhi: The Indian Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee is sensible. Responding to the present situation she has presented a realistic approach to the Railway Budget. Some may call it a “populist” Budget and corner her for presenting such a Budget with an eye on the forthcoming poll in her home state, West Bengal. But the country’s poor who are reeling under the impact of soaring prices need a healing touch.
Railways with its vast network provide connectivity and cheaper mode of transportation for the common man. Keeping in view this aspect, the minister effected no change in passenger fares. Maxium service charge on e-tickets for sleeper class has been reduced to Rs 10 and that for AC class to Rs 20. The freight rates too witnessed no hikes. Rather she gave the right signal by reducing freight rates by Rs 100 per wagon for foodgrains and kersone for domestic consumption. The reduction is small gesture and signal to others in the government not to increase transportation cost, particularly when there is a move to increase the prices of petroleum products. The Delhi state government should have thought twice before it recently effected about 65% hike in city bus fares and should have done what Ms Banerjee did.
Ms Banerjee has also incorporated the objective of South Asian connectivity by proposing rail links to Bangladesh and Nepal. Rail connectivity to Kashmir and the remote northeastern part of the country will be undertaken. Humble efforts are proposed to address the carbon footprints. Plans are made for achieving social objectives and roping in the private sector in medium and long terms project without privatizing the railways.
The railways would not incur loss. As per the projections of the minister, the gross traffic receipts for the year 2010-11 is estimated at Rs 94,765 crore as against Rs 88,356 crore in the previous year. The net revenue for the railways would be Rs 9,782 crore after meeting the total expenses of Rs 87,100 crore.
In the year 2009-10 which is likely to end by March 31, 2010, the net revenue earning is likely to be Rs 6, 490 crore. After meeting the full dividend liability of Rs 5,539 crore, there will be a balance of Rs 951 crore with the railways.
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Protests over Mamata's budget hit Orissa rail services
Bhubaneswar, Feb 26 : Train services were hit in several parts of Orissa as protesters squatted on tracks Friday alleging neglect of the state in the railway budget.
The activists of Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BJD) staged 'rail roko' (stop rail) for two hours at several stations in the state.
Hundreds of party activists squatted on rail tracks in the Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore, Rourkela and Bolangir districts.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee presented the railway budget in parliament Wednesday.
"Year after year the state is being neglected in the railway budget. We strongly protest this," said Sanjay Das Burma, a BJD legislator.
Rohit Pujari, a BJD leader from of Sambalpur, said: "Only few kilometers of rail tracks have been constructed in the last 16 years. It speaks volumes of the neglect of the state."
Orissa had demanded about Rs.1,805 crore worth allocations but got only Rs.836 crore in the budget.
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The new issues of the post-suppression magazine are now available below. There are still threats from the government to ban the magazine again and in fact Swapan Dasgupta, who published the Bengali version of the magazine in Kolkata, was arrested in early October 2009, a couple months after the ban on the magazine was lifted! Through the end of 2009 Dasgupta and two others still remained in jail. (See: PDF version or MS Word version.) Worse yet, Swapan Dasgupta was mistreated and refused adequate treatment for his medical conditions. This led to his death while still in police custody on Feb. 2, 2010. (For more information, see his 3-page obituary: PDF format [409 KB], or MS Word format [41 KB]).
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[** MAOIST_REVOLUTION **] Maoist Offer 72 Day Cease-Fire, Talks with Indian Government
This is a very significant (and politically astute) offer. Singh and Chidambaram will have a hard time rejectiing this peace initiative by the Maoists. The terms are very simple--both sides stop military operations in order to begin negotiations. The CPI (Maoist) has stated that stopping all mining operations and tearing up the MoUs in the adivasi areas, and releasing villagers accused of Maoist ties during Operation Green Hunt are at the top of their negotiating agenda.
The Maoists are also making an attempt to reach out to liberal intellectuals and human rights groups who have generally opposed military actions by both the government and the Maoists while exposing the government's human rights abuses. The Maoists have also timed the 72 day cease fire period to expire on May 7, around thee time of the arrival of the monsoons, which makes it very difficult to launch new military operations.
Maoist Rebel Offers Cease-Fire, Talks with India
Washington Post, February 23, 2010
NEW DELHI --India responded cautiously Tuesday to an offer by a top Maoist guerrilla leader for a cease-fire and talks with the government, with the home minister saying he would wait for a formal proposal before considering the offer. Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said he wanted a short, simple statement from the rebels without preconditions before responding to the offer by Kishenji, a senior Maoist leader in eastern India.
On Monday, Kishenji told television channel NDTV in the eastern state of Orissa that "Our revolutionary violence will stay on hold for as long as state terror is put on hold." If the government puts "violence on hold, not for 72 hours but for 72 days, then we will immediately stop our revolutionary violence," Kishenji said.
That would require the government to halt its Operation Green Hunt offensive - aimed at flushing the militants out of their forest hide-outs - from Thursday until May 7.
Kishenji also called for "liberal intellectuals and human rights groups" to mediate talks between the rebels and the government.
But the government ruled out any preconditions for talks with the rebels. "I would like no 'ifs,' no 'buts' and no conditions. Once I receive the statement, I shall consult the prime minister and other colleagues and respond promptly," Chidambaram said in a statement.
Inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, the rebels have fought for more than four decades demanding land and jobs for farmers and the poor. About 2,000 people - including police, militants and civilians - have been killed in the past few years.
The rebels, who have tapped into the rural poor's growing anger at being left out of the country's economic gains, are now present in 20 of the country's 28 states and have an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 fighters. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called them India's biggest internal security threat. Some local governments in central and eastern India are unable to function because of rebel attacks.
In response to the government offensive, the insurgents have blown up train tracks, attacked railway stations and assaulted railroad employees. Last week, they killed two dozen police at a security camp in the village of Shilda, about 105 miles (170 kilometers) southwest of West Bengal's capital, Calcutta.
Another group of suspected rebels later raided a village in eastern India and killed at least 12 people in an apparent act of revenge after several guerrillas were captured and turned over to police. On Monday, a guerrilla fighter was killed when rebels attacked a police camp in West Bengal, said Manoj Verma, a local superintendent of police.
The four-fold promise
Toy balloons apart, this Budget was full of pleasant surprises. The crisis had become a reason to argue that India had done right not to allow more private banks to operate. The FM's speech has brought a sense of balance back by indicating that India will make progress on providing financial services to its population.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee delivered more in Budget 2010 than was expected. It was a chal lenging job to roll back the stimulus in a small and calibrated manner, as well as lower the fiscal deficit significantly. But, the FM delivered more than this tight- rope balancing act.
He laid out the big picture on fiscal consolidation by reducing government debt, as recommended by the Thirteenth Finance Commission. He promised that the Direct Tax Code and the Goods and Services Tax will be implemented from April 1, 2011.
These would be vital ingredients in allowing the government to meet its fiscal consolidation targets. However, some of these announcements were expected, and perhaps not fulfilling these expectations would have created negative sentiment. What came as a pleasant surprise were some new initiatives in the budget speech.
First, the FM announced the setting up of an apex-level Financial Stability and Development Council to strengthen, institutionalise and maintain financial stability. The need for such a body has been acutely felt after the global financial crisis.
In the nascent field of financial stability there is an understanding that taking steps to address issues of risks to the financial system as a whole can require giving directions to all regulators.
On his own a regulator, such as the equity markets regulator, or the banking regulator, may not be able to see risks building up and may not tighten norms when required. This means a body over and above the existing regulators is required.
Also, in the Indian context, this may involve taking decisions about unregulated entities, as it did in the case of the investment banks in the US. Today we may not know where trouble may arise but if it does, these trouble spots should not fall between the cracks in regulation.
Further, the public anger seen in the US and UK public on the use of taxpayer money to help out big banks has shown how politically sensitive this issue can become. Tomorrow, if in India, taxpayer money has to be used for bailing out a private financial institution that can create a risk to the system as a whole, the government could find itself facing all kinds of allegations.
Commercial rentals to jump 10% with service tax
New Delhi: Rentals of commercial properties are expected to rise by 10 per cent after the Budget today proposed to bring all lease agreement of shopping complexes, malls and vacant lands under the ambit of service tax.
Besides, development of real estate complexes will also attract service tax, unless the entire consideration for the property is paid after the completion of construction.
"This step will add to the cost and it will be a huge burden on owners. Rentals of commercial property will go up by 10 per cent and it will lead to inflationary pressure," apex realty body Credai resident director GP Savlani told PTI.
Global realty consultant Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj (JLLM ) country head Anuj Puri also said rentals of office and retail space are likely to increase by 10 per cent.
The Finance Minister said all commercial agreements or contracts between lessor and lessee for rent and lease would come under the service tax net with retrospective effect from June 2007. It will also apply to all agreements for undertaking construction of building or structures on any vacant land for commercial use.
There is, however, no clarity on whether residential properties will be considered as ''complexes'' for inclusion under the ambit of service tax.
While Puri of JLLM said it should not be valid on housing properties, another global property consultant CBRE said service tax is likely to be charged on first time home buyers.
Source: PTI
Baby diapers, sanitary napkins to cost more
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has not been too kind to women, including young mothers, as he has proposed to levy an excise duty of 10 per cent on baby diapers and sanitary napkins in his Budget.
Besides, the budget has not even spared clinical diapers required for patients.
"Full exemption from excise on baby and clinical diapers and sanitary napkins is being withdrawn. These items will attract duty at the rate of 10 per cent," the memorandum to the Finance Bill 2010 said.
On top of it, mosquito nets will also cost more, as the same have been brought under the ambit of excise net to be levied at four per cent. However the exemption has only been withdrawn on mosquito impregnated with insecticides.
Expectedly, young mothers are not pleased about the prospect of paying more for maintaining their babies'' hygiene.
"The rates are already high. One packet of 10 pieces costs around Rs 100 and monthly Budget for a baby on this head works out to be not less than Rs 1,200-1,500", said Preeti Sonker, mother of a year-old baby girl.
Source: PTI
Jaipur/Surat: Finished jewellery makers of Jaipur and the workers working in the textile industries of Surat expressed their disappointment over the General Budget 2010-2011 presented by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament on Friday.
- Budget allocation for sports comes down
New Delhi: The budget allocation for sports this year has gone down from last year's Rs 3706 crore to Rs 3565 crore, a major chunk of which has been earmarked for the Commonwealth Games scheduled for October 3 to 14.
- Life insurers to save, policyholders to benefit
Chennai: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's budget may have rejected major demands of life insurers, but the proposal to treat life insurers at par with the mutual fund sector in respect of service tax is expected to add around Rs.300 crore to their kitty.
- Indirect tax kitty to yield net gain despite direct tax relaxation
To ensure net gain of Rs 20,500 crore for the govt even as relaxation will lead to a revenue loss of Rs 26K crore The current surcharge of 10% on domestic companies has been reduced to 7.5%. But at the same time, the rate of Minimum Alternate Tax has been hiked from the current 15% to 18% of book profits.
- Partial rollback: First steps towards a slow and cautious exit
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has decided in favour of a more calibrated and sequenced exit from the fiscal stimulus provided to the economy that was powering down two years ago.
- The four-fold promise
Toy balloons apart, this Budget was full of pleasant surprises. The crisis had become a reason to argue that India had done right not to allow more private banks to operate. The FM's speech has brought a sense of balance back by indicating that India will make progress on providing financial services to its population.
- The reformer's balancesheet
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had many objectives to juggle in this Budget.
- Air fares to go up on service tax levy
Air travel on all classes in both domestic and international sectors is likely to become costlier with the government expanding the scope of air transport services to attract service tax.
- Petrol, diesel prices likely to increase from midnight
New Delhi: Petrol prices are expected to increase by Rs.2.71 per litre and those of diesel by Rs.2.55 per litre from midnight Friday following Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's budget that restored basic duty on petrol, diesel and crude petroleum as well as raised central excise duty by Re.1.
- Govt provides Rs 1.73 lakh cr to boost infra sector in 2010-11
New Delhi: In order to boost infrastructure, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday gave a lion's share of the total plan allocations at Rs 1.73 lakh crore to the sector, which includes roads, ports, airports and railways in 2010-11.
- Indian rupee to get unique symbol in 2010-2011
New Delhi: The Indian Rupee will this fiscal join the elite league of global currencies like US dollar, British pound and euro that have their unique symbols, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday.
- Tax proposals to hit India Inc in FY11
Mumbai: Manufacturing companies will have to shell out an additional Rs 25,500 crore on 2 per cent increase excise duty for the financial year 2010-11. The rise in excise duty accounts for 21 per cent of profit before tax of manufacturing companies studied here.
- Budget eyes Rs 40,000 cr from stake sales in FY11
The government expects stake sales in state firms to fetch Rs 40,000 ($8.6 billion) in 2010/11, an estimate analysts believe is achievable as most upcoming government offers would draw investor interest.
- Seven out of ten, says Infy CEO S Gopalakrishnan
Bangalore: Infosys CEO S Gopalakrishnan on Friday said the Budget is "reasonably positive" for the IT industry and gave it seven out of ten marks.
- 'Dada' and 'Didi' have failed people: Lalu
New Delhi: This was how RJD chief Lalu Prasad vented his ire against the Union Budget and Railway Budget in his inimitable style.
- Gems and jewellery sector not happy with budget
Kolkata: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's proposal to increase customs duty on gold and silver has failed to excite the gems and jewellery sector that is concerned at not getting any interest relief.
- Govt lifts borrowing in budget, bonds hit
Mumbai: The government will increase market borrowing by 1.3 per cent in the next fiscal year, disappointing bond investors, as it counts on a surging economy and a partial rollback of stimulus measures to cut its fiscal deficit.
Pranab spells out roadmap for growth in Budget 2010
Mamata did injustice to Bihar: Lalu
Yadav alleges that under Mamata, railway is moving backwards.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/110665/mamata-did-injustice-to-bihar-lalu.html
Watch: Lighter side of Mamata's speech
Mamata Banerjee presented the Rail Budget 2010 amidst interruptions.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/110661/watch-lighter-side-of-mamatas-speech.html
I can't satisfy all because I'm not God: Mamata
CNN-IBN's Diptosh Majumdar talks to the Rail Minister in an exclusive interview.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/i-cant-satisfy-all-because-im-not-god-mamata/110660-7.html
BJP slams Mamata's non-Railway projects
BJP alleged she was cheating the people by announcing unapproved projects.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bjp-slams-mamatas-nonrailway-projects/110655-3.html
Nothing new in Mamata's budget: Lalu Yadav
Says railways made turnaround during his tenure but now deteriorating.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/nothing-new-in-mamatas-budget-lalu-yadav/110654-37.html
Mamata strikes back, says don't humiliate Bengal
Admits her sentiments were attached to the people of West Bengal.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mamata-strikes-back-says-dont-humiliate-bengal/110647-3.html
At your service: list of new trains in Budget
Sanskriti Express will mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/at-your-service-list-of-new-trains-in-budget/110644-3.html
When Mamata Express got derailed in Parliament
'Khaali chilata hai (You keep shouting),' she snaps at the Oppn.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/when-mamata-express-got-derailed-in-parliament/110633-3.html
Mamata rules out privatisation of Railways
But she appealed to business houses to join hands for building partnership.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mamata-rules-out-privatisation-of-railways/110630-7.html
54 new trains in Rail Budget
Mamata presented the second Railway Budget of the UPA-II.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/54-new-trains-in-rail-budget/110629-7.html
Tit for tat: Lalu asks Mamata to clarify on accounting
Lalu asks Mamata which accounting system she followed for the budget.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tit-for-tat-lalu-asks-mamata-to-clarify-on-accounting/110624-37.html
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Printable version Mamata Banerjee's Bengal comeback | |||||||
Thousands of billboards and posters of West Bengal's opposition leader, Mamata Banerjee, line the streets of Calcutta. The poster blitzkrieg by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its leader could represent the waning powers of West Bengal's leftist government - the longest serving democratically-elected communist government in the world. Many Calcuttans feel that this flood of pro-Banerjee billboards in the "homeland" of the Indian communists is a sign of her increased popularity, particularly given that in India the volume of publicity during elections is a sign of a party's mass base. "TMC's banners have made it evident that the left coalition has been challenged after a long time," said taxi driver Prashanto Patra. However long-time member of the ruling Communist Party of India (CPI-M), Anindya Ghosh Dastidar, has another view: "Backed by imperialist forces, Banerjee could spend for billboards." But few in the know would deny that Mamata Banerjee is the biggest electoral challenge to the leftist government led by the CPI-M. Political comeback Exactly three years ago, Mamata Banerjee and her party seemed to be a spent political force. In 2006, the TMC won 10% of the seats in a local assembly election, while the left coalition won nearly 80% of the seats. In national elections in 2004, the TMC won only one of the 42 seats of West Bengal state. At that point she was considered something of a "political oddball".
The left's successive electoral victories since 1977 can largely be attributed to its policy of partial distribution of farm land among small and marginal farmers. In urban Bengal, the left's inroads into workers', students', women's and intellectuals' collectives have made it virtually impossible for opposition parties to penetrate the CPI-M's vote base. "The CPI-M's control over mass organisations and civil society groups were so well orchestrated that any dissent is always nipped in the bud," says political scientist, Sanjib Mukherjee. But signs of the left's waning popularity began to surface in the 2006 local assembly elections. "The opposition parties got 49.8% of the votes, but only 20% of the seats, whereas the left coalition got 50% of the votes and 80% of the seats," says Debabrata Bandopadhyay, one of the main architects of the land distributions policy and now a major ideologue for the TMC. He explains Mr Banerjee's rise as a product of an alliance between the main opposition parties in Bengal - the Indian National Congress (INC) and the TMC. "The split in the anti-left vote helped the ruling left," he says. Land politics
The other reason for Mamata Banerjee's comeback has been attributed to the West Bengal government's initiative to acquire vast tracts of agricultural land in Singur and Nandigram in south Bengal for the car and chemicals industries respectively. Both projects were withdrawn in the face of resistance from local farmers as well as from urban elites. More than 30 people died in the protracted battle between farmers and state-led security forces, denting the image of the CPI-M-led coalition. It was into this void that Ms Banerjee stepped. Taking up the issues of small farmers, Ms Banerjee, who was earlier aligned with right-wing Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), became a cheerleader of Bengal's rural poor. "A fantastic political merry-go-round took place in Bengal," says Biplab Chakravarty, a political activist and publisher. Ms Banerjee realised that revolutionary action works wonders with the poor. "She resorted to Marxist rhetoric, whereas Marxist parties changed their class position and started acquiring farmers' land for private investors," says Mr Chakravarty. The result is the TMC's election manifesto which states, among other things, that creating economic zones for industry violates labour laws and is "unacceptable". This change in political philosophy has helped Mamata Banerjee to stage her comeback. 'Demagogue' For a long time Mamata Banerjee's lower-class origins worked against her among urban middle class voters.
"She sounded politically naïve, could not speak in English and did not have an intellectual schooling - the Bengali hoi poloi rejected her," said Mr Chakravarty. Added to that was Ms Banerjee's image as a demagogue. Nevertheless, following the land movements, the TMC won the support of a section of the Bengali middle class alongside its rural poor. Some Bengali intellectuals feel that the pressure of leading a people's movement has "matured Banerjee". Ms Banerjee then started talking coherently about her political plans, says writer-activist Joya Mitra, "Her associates were singing those protest songs which the left used to sing 30 years ago to dislodge the landed gentry. "Moreover, her guts to take her mighty opposition head-on, regardless of the fact that she was attacked several times, boosted Banerjee's image substantially," says Joya Mitra. But her metamorphosis has not impressed all. Shibaji Bandopadhyay, director of Calcutta's premier social science institute, points out, that Ms Banerjee was with a right-wing party "even recently". "People are sick of the CPI-M's authoritarianism, so a vote for the TMC is an anti-CPI-M mandate, rather than a pro-Banerjee one," says Professor Bandopadhyay. Communists unperturbed West Bengal's communists, however, are not perturbed by Mamata Banerjee's growing popularity. Sitting in the CPI-M party headquarters, politburo member Shyamal Chakravarty told the BBC that the party's strength would "neither increase nor decrease" in the election. He also refused to accept that the alliance between Congress and the TMC would create any problems. "They aligned in 2001 and we had a thumping victory," he says. Biplab Chakravarty also refused to accept the left coalition is on the defensive because of the setback in land movements. But one thing is clear - the Banerjee-led opposition has seriously challenged the leftist hegemony in West Bengal for the first time in 32 years. | |||||||
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Indian federal finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said the measures had helped to maintain strong growth, but inflation must now be controlled.
The government also pledged to cut debt levels and review public spending.
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India's economy is recovering faster than expected - it grew at an annual rate of 7.9% in the three months to the end of September 2009, after growing 6.7% in the year to the end of March 2009.
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"While other goods and commodities are readily available in the market, coaches and wagons are not available off the shelf. Our manufacturing capacity is less and we have to plan years in advance" Feb 24, 2010 The Hindu (15 occurrences) more by Mamata Banerjee BS Yeddyurappa thanks Mamata Banerjee for projects sanctioned for KarnatakaDaily News & Analysis - 41 minutes ago PTI Bangalore: Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa today thanked railway minister Mamata Banerjee for presenting a 'pro-people budget and sanctioning a ... Rly Budget combines social objectives, viability Financial Express Mamata Banerjee requests PM, Sonia Gandhi to roll back petrol priceDaily News & Analysis - 1 hour ago PTI Kolkata: UPA ally and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today appealed to prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to ... Mamata writes to PM, Sonia Gandhi on fuel price hike Press Trust of India Mamata to urge PM to roll back fuel price hike Thaindian.com  Email this storyTrinamool, DMK ask for rollback; FM adamantIBNLive.com - 5 hours ago New Delhi: Not just the Opposition, ally Mamata Banerjee is upset as well. The Trinamool Congress chief has stormed off to Kolkata where her party will ... Mamata urges PM, Sonia to roll back fuel price hike Times of India TMC, DMK demand fuel hike rollback indiablooms Mamata Banerjee trains for Bengal electionsTimes of India - - Feb 24, 2010 Railway minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday made the right noises on the Vision 2020 she had unveiled in December, but focused at least as much on Vision ... Budget for growth & aam aadmi: Mamata Banerjee Economic Times Sachin derailed Mamata Hindustan Times (blog) Deora welcomes union budget, justifies fuel price hikeHindustan Times - 6 hours ago The budgetary proposal has already sparked a demand for a rollback from the Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee. Minister of Petroleum and Natural ... Union Budget 2010 Displeases Railway Minister Gaea Times (blog) Email this storyTamil Nadu gets a fair share from MamataThe Hindu - Feb 24, 2010 The Hindu Suburban travel in Chennai is set to get a boost after the Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee, announced expansion projects. ... Mamata's Railpolitik Hindustan Times ePaper Karunanidhi praises Mamata Banerjee on budget Thaindian.com Karuna, Jaya welcome railway budget Press Trust of India BJP activists protest against Railway BudgetOneindia - 7 hours ago Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), Feb 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists staged a protest in Jabalpur accusing Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee of ... Mamata Banerjee not soft on Maoists: ChidambaramEconomic Times - Feb 19, 2010 NEW DELHI: Union home minister P Chidambaram on Friday insisted that his Cabinet colleague Mamata Banerjee was not soft on Maoists, as is being alleged in ... 'Didi's views on Maoists don't affect govt policy' Times of India Bollywood congratulates Sachin TendulkarOneindia - Feb 25, 2010 A couple of days ago, the Union Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee, had announced the Indian railway budget but no one seemed to be interested in talking ... Railway recruitment exam also in local state languages: Mamata BanerjeeDaily News & Analysis - Feb 24, 2010 ... examinations will henceforth be held in local state languages in addition to Hindi, Urdu and English, railway minister Mamata Banerjee said today. ... Now, rly exam in local language India Today Railways Capex to Increase 2.7% 123Jump.com Stay up to date on these results: |
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Union Budget 2010 - Reactions from the IT Industry, Part IVIT News Online - 1 hour ago Both banking and auto stocks have led the rally as the stock market gave a thumbs up to the Union Budget 2010-2011. The allocation for the power sector has ... Union Budget 2010: No audit for Rs 60 lakh business Economic Times Budget 2010: Little hissing, maximum fur Moneycontrol.com Union Budget 2010: Pay more for yellow sizzleEconomic Times - 7 hours ago Your next jewellery purchase will be a tad costlier, thanks to a 50% hike in customs duty on precious metals. But that's not all. The proposed 2% interest ... India's Union Budget 2010 announces increase in import duty for gold, silver Diamond World Magazine Gold falls on low demand at higher levels Press Trust of India Email this storySensex salutes Union Budget 2010, rallies over 300 ptsMoneycontrol.com - Feb 25, 2010 The 30-share BSE Sensex cheered Union Budget 2010 unveiled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. This is the second budget from the Pranab. ... Sensex gains 238 points this week Hindu Business Line IT relief offset by stimulus rollback: Budget 2010 indiaretailing.com Takeaway for a housewife from Budget 2010Economic Times - 1 hour ago Let's see how the monthly budget of a housewife will be affected by Union Budget 2010. There is some good news from the budget for the housewife in the form ... Union Budget 2010- Existing IITs, IIMs, IISc Face Cutindia-server.com - 4 hours ago The Union Budget-2010 aimed at inclusive growth has made changes in allocating money to various top institutions. The Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee ... 'Allocation for primary edu insufficient' Express Buzz Email this storyUnion Budget 2010 Displeases Railway MinisterGaea Times (blog) - 6 hours ago She is not the only MP who has expressed dissatisfaction with the Union budget 2010. She is unhappy as the Railways will be subjected to service tax for ... Union Budget 2010: Commonwealth Games get lion's share in sports budgetEconomic Times - Feb 26, 2010 NEW DELHI: The October Commonwealth Games got the lion's share in the union budget allocation for sports in 2010-11, though the overall outlay is down to ... Delhi's budget outlay slashed by over Rs1,200 crore Daily News & Analysis Email this storyUnion Budget 2010: Agri machinery to cost lessEconomic Times - 6 hours ago In terms of anti-evasion cases, the Budget specifies amendments in settlement commission rules whereby the restriction that an assessee may seek only ... Budget 2010 - pragmatic, progressive, prudent: KRChokseyMoneycontrol.com - 9 hours ago KRChoksey has come out with a review report on Union Budget 2010-11. The research firm says, through the budget FM has been able to achieve a fine balance ... KPMG: The feel good factor of Union Budget 2010Moneycontrol.com - - Feb 26, 2010 By CA Shabbir Motorwala, Director, BSR & Associates/KPMG Like earlier years, the Union Budget 2010 seeks to align important parameters like curtailing ... Industry welcomes Union budget 2010-11 announcement of investment-linked ... HospitalityBizIndia Common man's expectations from the Budget Economic Times Stay up to date on these results: |
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