MSN India brings to you the live webcast of Finance Minister P Chidambaram unveiling the Union Budget 2013.
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Mumbai police rejects Meiyappan's plea
Date 23-05-13 1:44Tooltip Information:
Mumbai police rejects Meiyappan's pleaVideo by:Description: Mumbai Police rejected Chennai Super Kings (CSK) boss Gurunath Meiyappan's plea to give him time till May 27 to appear before its crime branch for questioning with regard to his role in betting and spot fixing in the current edition of the IPL.Rating: 3.75Views: 165
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N Srinivasan rules out resignation: Sources
Date 23-05-13 2:12Tooltip Information:
N Srinivasan rules out resignation: SourcesVideo by:Description: Even as more shocking revelations are coming out from the probe into the IPL spot-fixing scandal each day, the latest being the involvement of Chennai Super Kings CEO and BCCI Chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappa in it, the BCCI Chief reportedly ruled out his resignation over the whole issue.Rating: 4Views: 56
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Bangladesh academician slams Jamaat
Date 23-05-13 2:14Tooltip Information:
Bangladesh academician slams JamaatVideo by:Description: Bangladesh academician Azad Chowdhury has called for the banning of the country's biggest Islamist party, the Jamaat-e-Islami, blaming the organisation for misusing Islam and committing wartime atrocities during the 1971 liberation war.Rating: 4Views: 37
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Kirti: Gurunath's conviction bad for Indian cricket
Date 23-05-13 3:25Tooltip Information:
Kirti: Gurunath's conviction bad for Indian cricketVideo by:Description: Even as the Mumbai Police served a summons to Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI president N Srinivasan, former cricketer Kirti Azad said that Gurunath's conviction will be the darkest day for Indian cricket.Rating: 4Views: 27
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Moscow keen to set up more nuke plants in India
Date 23-05-13 0:32Tooltip Information:
Moscow keen to set up more nuke plants in IndiaVideo by:Description: Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M Kidskin has stated that Russia is ever ready to offer assistance to India in establishing 16 nuclear power generating stations. He further welcomed the Supreme Court of India�s verdict that gave a green signal to the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.Rating: 4Views: 20
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Police to question Meiyappan
Date 23-05-13 0:47Tooltip Information:
Police to question MeiyappanVideo by:Description: Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI Chief N Srinivasan, arrived in Mumbai to face an interrogation in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Meiyappan was escorted out of Mumbai airport by the police and taken for questioning.Rating: 4Views: 10
- ADB sees India's GDP growth at 7% this fiscal
New Delhi: India should see a moderate uptick in economic growth in 2012-13 and 2013-14 as global conditions stabilise.
- Plug loopholes to boost tax revenue: Pranab
Bangalore: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday advised experts to plug loopholes in the taxation laws to ensure that the government got its due share of revenue and to curb avoidance.
- Budget benefits NRIs and quashes tax fears
When a non-resident Indian (NRI) lands in India now, he or she can zoom through customs with duty-free goods worth Rs.35,000 ($685). That's a small increase from the earlier duty-free allowance of Rs.25,000.
- Business worth Rs 20,000 cr hit due to strike, say jewellers
Mumbai: The jewellery sector has foregone business worth Rs 20,000 crore due to the strike in protest against Budget proposals. The strike has also brought gold imports to a standstill, according to an industry official.
- FIIs take tax concerns to Finance Ministry
New Delhi: Call this the GAAR effect. A group of foreign institutional investors on Wednesday met the Finance Secretary, RS Gujral, at his North Block office to get clarifications on the proposed General Anti-Tax Avoidance Rules (GAAR).
- Is the government under-estimating subsidies?
In the Budget, the Finance Minister proposed restricting subsidies to under 2 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012-13. The plan is to further prune this to under 1.75 per cent over the next three years. Many economic commentators are sceptical about this. With high crude oil prices, pending reforms in the fertiliser sector, and the impending Food Security Act, they believe that the subsidy burden is being under-estimated -- just like in the past, when the actual outgo on subsidies far exceeded ambitiously low targets.
- Service tax hike to hit household budgets
Household budgets will be hit hard as the two percent increase in service tax and excise duty contained in the budget for 2012-13 came into effect from Sunday making phone calls, eating out and a host of other things more expensive.
- I-T Act amendment: Not all cases will be reopened, says Pranab
Kolkata: The Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, today clarified that the proposed amendments to the Income-Tax Act, 1962 will not mean re-opening all cases going back to 1961-62.
- Pranab defends I-T Act amendments
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said there is "no other way" but to amend the Income Tax Act with retrospective effect to bring into the net Vodfone-type cross-border deals.
- A weak-kneed govt
The Railway Budget fracas shows that governance has been reduced to farce. The Railway Budget, after being presented to the Parliament, was so drastically altered that there was no question of the Cabinet accepting it as a joint responsibility. And yet, we mouth phrases like ‘a Budget is the joint responsibility of the Cabinet', and so on.
