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While quoting Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “I must be cruel only to be...
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Mixed bag for IT Industry
Tripti Nagdeote
Information Technology
The plan outlay of Department of Information Technology (DIT) is INR 5362.80 crore (including IEBR of INR 2362.80 crore). The vision and mission for IT sector for the 12th Plan is e-development of India through a multi-pronged strategy of e-infrastructure creation...
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Insurance for critical illness
Despite having health insurance coverage of INR 2 lakh, Mr. and Mrs. Sharma were in deep trouble as Mr. Sharma was suffering from kidney failure. Besides the sickness and trauma, the estimated cost of treatment deeply worried them.
Though INR 2 lakh was not a small amount, compared to the sky high medical...
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Few concessions, more disappointments
Priyalina Basu
Both General Motors and Maruti Suzuki, two automobile majors, told BE that the excise duty on the SUV and big cars were not expected.
In his budget speech, the FM said, “I must be cruel to be kind.” However, experts contend that the proposals demonstrate a pragmatic path of growth....
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High gas prices create chinks in new urea policy
India consumes around 28 million tonnes of urea at present, of which 22 million tonnes are produced in India. There has not been fresh greenfield investment in urea for over 13 years. Can new urea policy augment investment?
To cut the subsidy outgo group of Ministers (GOM) cleared a new urea policy...
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M. K. Saharia
With PM Manmohan Singh set to visit Myanmar in May, it is time to revisit our relations with the strategically important country that can be our gateway to Southeast Asia and China.
ASEAN covers 3% of the total land area of the world, and accounts for 8.8% of its population. With the India-ASEAN free trade in place, trade and economic engagement with bloc...
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Pranab Mukherjee attended programme of the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce and Bengal Chamber of Commerce
The FM Pranab Mukherjee batted for his budget proposals against the tide of disappointment and criticism. Ruling out high inflationary pressure resulting from hike in excise duty and service tax, the FM felt it was not the time to put the brakes on revenue generation but...
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India joins the global café retail bandwagon
The nineteenth century French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand had famously referred to coffee, that pick-me-up of countless men and women around the world, as being “Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.” Whether a king or a commoner, coffee has been, for centuries, the ultimate cup of...
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