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India in future is going to be a younger India with nearly 70 percent of India being of working age in 2025. Its demographic dividend of a relatively young population as compared to developed nations is an opportunity in the offing. The budget has addressed the higher education and skill development needs by a substantial higher allocation of funds, though no direct tax benefit has been given.
While the Finance Minister has said that his priorities were directed towards making taxes moderate, payment simple and collection of taxes easy for the tax collectors, the changes proposed result in higher indirect tax collection by over Rs. 11000 cores. He admits that there has been a healthy growth in indirect taxes in 2010-11 and as such peak tax rates have not been tinkered with.
FII’s can invest directly in Mutual funds – This gains importance as MF industry has been battling volatility and cash crunch. The disinvestment target of Rs.40,000 cr is as expected. The previous highest disinvestment done by the govt was Rs.23,550 cr in 2008-09. Doesn’t surprise me much because given the response Coal India Limited (CIL) got last year, the companies that are lined up this year are IOC, MMTC and Rashtriya ISPAT ltd might also get positive response from the market. But FM has assured that the 51% govt holding in all the PSUs would stay. Sudden and full disinvestment would only result in.
The government has collected over Rs 300 crore in penalties from new telecom service providers that failed to roll-out their networks within the stipulated timeframe after getting licences and spectrum.”As of last Friday, we have received Rs 300.04 crore penalties, as against total claim of Rs 370.55 crore,” Department of Telecom Secretary R Chandrasekhar told PTI.
Leading drug makers today said that higher excise duty proposed in the Budget 2011-12 would make medicines costlier and hurt the common man. Further, pharmaceutical industry players also feared that imposition of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on Special Economic Zones would adversely impact their profits, since most export units of drug firms are located in various SEZs.
In a nationwide crackdown on bogus ration card holders, over 2.8 crore ineligible ration cards have been deleted from July 2006 till now in different parts of the country, Parliament was informed today. Maximum 59.67 lakh bogus ration cards were deleted in West Bengal during the period, Food and Public Distribution minister K V Thomas said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
The Government has decided to get a fresh study conducted on unaccounted income/ wealth both inside and outside the country brining out the nature of activities engendering money laundering and its ramifications on national security. The proposal was approved by the Government in January, 2011. The study will be conducted by three national institutes with inputs from various ministries/ departments. The institutes have been finalized and the study will be assigned to them after making necessary provisions. The institutes will be given a time frame of eighteen months to complete the study.
Indian Economy on Higher Growth Path; Resilient to Both External and Domestic Shocks:FM. Increase in International Crude Oil and Other Commodity Prices is a Matter of Concern. Emphasizes Need to Step up Investment in Agriculture Sector Both by Private and Public Sector to Achieve 4% Growth. Calls for Increase in Private Sector Savings . Infrastructure Financing a Big Challenge and Requires Innovative ideas and New Models . Manufacturing Sector Productivity Needs to be Increased . Finance Minister addresses 83rd AGM of FICCI
The WPI inflation in mineral oils increased to 16.7 per cent in January 2011 from 7.9 per cent in the corresponding period last year. This is mainly because of the rise in crude oil prices (Brent) in international market, which rose to US $96 per barrel in January 2011 from US $77 per barrel in January 2010 and US $45 per barrel in January 2009. The weighted contribution to overall inflation of mineral oils (weight 9.36%) was 19.7 per cent in January 2011 compared to 9 per cent in January last year.
The Union Budget 2011-12 aims to sustain economic growth, strengthen infrastructure, moderate the price rise, particularly of agricultural produce and reduce social imbalances through inclusive development. Presenting the budget 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that the budget is a transition towards a more transparent and result oriented economic management system in India. He said while developments on India’s external sector have been encouraging, continued high food prices have remained our principal concern. He said that the trend revealed shortcomings in distribution and marketing system. The Finance Minister said that huge differences between wholesale and retail prices are at the expense of remunerative prices for the farmers and competitive prices for consumers.
