The Chamber of Small Industry Associations (COSIA) has requested the Centre to extend the the Duty Entitled Pass Book (DEPB), a tax refund scheme for exporters, by another three years. The renewal of the DEPB was absolutely essential to meet the export target, M R Khambete, President of the city- headquartered COSIA, said in a release here.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said 73,000 villages in the country would have banking facility by next year. By March 31, 2012, banking facility will be available in 73,000 villages across the country going by the current pace of work, Mukherjee said after inaugurating a Punjab National Bank (PNB) branch at Talai under Raghunathganj police station area in Murshidabad district.
Software icon N R Narayana Murthy on Saturday backed Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption and favoured the Prime Minister and the judiciary coming under the ambit of the Lokpal bill. The chairman and chief mentor of Infosys also supported the people taking to streets demanding an end to corruption.
