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Budget cuts: Defence, welfare, nuclear power face the axe
One reason the cuts are needed is a rising subsidy bill. The finance ministry expects the burden for providing cheaper fuel to jump by nearly Rs 50000 crore r, above earlier estimates of Rs 43,000 crore. #Numbers #Defence #Chidambaram #rural #roads #Welfare #Budget 2012
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Withholding tax cut: Pranab has chosen to favour big biz
The FM's decision to cut the withholding tax from 20 percent to 5 percent will bring in hot flows and make the country more vulnerable to external winds. #HowThisWorks #Debt #Budget 2012 #Gaar #Pranad Mukherjee #Withholding Tax #Current account
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Pranab's budget math has already gone for a toss
Less than a month-and-a-half after the budget was presented, it seems the subsidy bill on food and fuel will be missed by miles #Pranab Mukherjee #Subsidies #Food Security Bill #Union Budget 2012-13 #Fuel Subsidies
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Did Pranab-da pull a fast one on Voda and P-notes?
How could the Vodafone law change has just been a clarification when it was there on the statue book in 1922, asks one expert. #Pranab Mukherjee #Vodafone #Budget 2012 #Gaar #P-Notes
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For Pranab-da, the unkindest cut came from 'Shochin'
Why the finance minister had to deal with the brickbats while the man with the bat was the showstopper on Budget Day. #Pranab Mukherjee #Sachin Tendulkar #Budget2012
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Budget will make hospitals healthier, not taxpayer
The exemption for Rs 5,000 spent on preventive healthcare announced by Pranab Mukherjee would make the private health sector, said to account for a large share of Indian economy, healthier. #Government #Insurance #Healthcare #Budget 2012
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Cleveland SceneState Budget Bill Includes Restrictions on Student Voters
As the state budget heads toward the Republican-led Senate, a move to tie in-state tuition to in-state voting rights has stirred debate throughout Ohio. The way it stands now, if someone is 18 or older and has established residency in Ohio for 30 days pr #Ohio #U.S. Republican Party #Ron Amstutz
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Wausau Daily HeraldTestimony: Make room for transit in state budget
The following testimony was given by Jean Abreu, a representative of the local Everyone Has a Place Bus Task Force, to the Joint Finance Committees state budget listening session in Wausau last month: We are deeply concerned that budget cuts will result #
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The Oneida Daily DispatchCanastota Board of Education approves $26.1 million budget after nearly-silent public hearing
Approximately 80 Canastota area residents came out for the budget hearing presentation given by District Superintendent Frederick Bragan and School District Business Leader, Matthew Stevens Tuesday night. Following the presentation, both questions and co #Matthew Stevens