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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Indian budget 2009-10</title>
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		<title>Union Budget 2009-10: Pranab Increases IT Exemption Limit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shantanu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to provide interim relief to small and marginal taxpayers and senior citizens, the Finance Minister of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the Union Budget 2009-10 today. This years budget witnessed a gradual hike in the income tax exemption limit.
The income tax exemption limit for senior citizens of the country was raised by Rs.15,000, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Budget 2009: A People Oriented Budget?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shantanu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Union Budget 2009-10 presented by the Finance Minister of India, Pranab Mukherjee, proved to be a &#8216;populist&#8217; one. The Finance Minister promised to halve the poverty by 2014 as he laid focus on employment, infrastructure and agriculture.
The Finance Minister declared new incentives for farmers, 45 percent jump in funds for Bharat Nirman, India&#8217;s flagship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget anti-poor and serves Congress&#8217; interests: Raman Singh</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAIPUR/NEW DELHI - Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Monday termed the union budget as &#8220;anti-poor&#8221; and aimed to serve the Congress party&#8217;s &#8220;political interests&#8221;.

Singh, who is in New Delhi, told reporters that the budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in parliament &#8220;is anti-poor. The budget has taken care of the Congress partys political interests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s budget places common man above fiscal responsibility (Commentary)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sushma Ramachandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has pleased the &#8220;aam aadmi&#8221; (common man) but made the &#8220;khaas aadmi&#8221; (the elite) unhappy in his 2009-10 budget proposals. Constrained by the global recession and domestic economic strains, he has provided a much awaited further stimulus to the economy by raising plan expenditure by as much as 25 per cent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youngistan welcomes &#8216;aam aadmi&#8217; focus of Indian budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI/BANGALORE - Students and young professionals Monday hailed Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee&#8217;s &#8216;aam admi&#8217; focus of the union budget with many rejoicing over tax sops and interest subsidy in education loans.

&#8220;Tax exemption is definitely the best news as far as I am concerned. It may not be phenomenal, but it at least takes some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress says budget progressive, opposition calls it &#8216;routine&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-says-budget-progressive-opposition-calls-it-routine-100762/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The ruling Congress said Monday the budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was progressive, but  the opposition parties termed it as &#8220;routine and inconsequential.

&#8220;Budget 2009 is progressive, inclusive, growth oriented and balanced. It has a lot of things for a lot of sectors and a lot of people,&#8221; Congress spokesperson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Union Budget 2009-10: Roundup</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/growth-inclusion-social-uplift-are-focus-of-indias-budget-roundup-100732/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Promising to reinstate India&#8217;s high economic growth, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday presented a $204-billion annual budget with more funds for welfare schemes and infrastructure, along with a declared &#8220;vision&#8221; to reach the fruits of progress to each of the country&#8217;s 1.17 billion people.

Acknowledging the rising expectations of a restless, young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget is positive, realistic, say industrialists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/budget-is-positive-realistic-say-industrialists-100659/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The union budget for 2009-10 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday is &#8220;positive&#8221; and &#8220;realistic&#8221; and both the business community and the common man would benefit from the budgetary proposals, leading industrialists in the country said. 

&#8220;I am reasonably happy with the budget,&#8221; said Deepak Parekh, chairman of Housing Development Finance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government to set up another panel on oil pricing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The government will set up another expert group on oil pricing, barely a year after the B.K. Chaturvedi committee had submitted its report that linked domestic prices of petroleum products to international rates.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced in his budget speech Monday that an expert group would be set up to advise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sensex slips 870 points as budget disappoints (Roundup)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sensex-slips-870-points-as-budget-disappoints-roundup-100642/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - In its worst performance in recent weeks, a key index of the Indian equities markets ended trade Monday nearly 870 points down from its last closing figure, as investors blamed lack of policy announcements and increase in minimum alternate tax on corporates for the negative reaction. 

The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget a fair effort to achieve 9 percent growth: Moody&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/budget-a-fair-effort-to-achieve-9-percent-growth-moodys-100621/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The union budget may not be a &#8220;please all&#8221; budget, but it is a fair effort by the government to achieve 9 percent growth while coping with the challenge of 6.8 percent fiscal deficit, says the research arm of Moody&#8217;s.

&#8220;Indias 2009-2010 fiscal budget may not please all, but is a fair effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangaloreans cheer hike in income tax exemption</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGALORE - Salaried residents of Bangalore have welcomed the proposed increase in income tax exemption limits for women and others by Rs.10,000 and scrapping of the fringe benefit tax (FBT).

Senior citizens in this IT hub are also happy with an increase in their tax exemption limit by Rs.15,000.	 	
Out of six million population in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher education gets boost, IITs, NITs bag Rs.21 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Continuing its thrust on higher education, the union budget 2009-10 Monday proposed to allocate over Rs.21 billion for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs).

I am allocating Rs.2,113 crore (Rs.21.13 billion) for IITs and NITs, which includes a provision of Rs. 450 crore for new IITs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High GDP growth, inclusive development to be key challenges: Finance Minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Presenting the General Budget 2009-10 in Lok Sabha today, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the Government has clearly recognized and identified the challenges to boost Indian economy specially at a time when the world is still struggling with an unprecedented financial crisis and an economic slowdown.

Elaborating on challenges, the Minister pointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unique identity number to be rolled out in 12 to 18 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI -  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will establish an online database with identity and biometric details of Indian residence and provide enrolment and verification services across the country.

Presenting the budget proposals for the year 2009-10 in Lok Sabha, Mukherjee said: &#8220;The first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s defence budget stays at Rs.141,703 crore (Second Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - India&#8217;s defence expenditure during 2009-10 remains unchanged from Rs.141,703 crore ($28 billion) allocated in the interim budget earlier this year - which was a hike of 34 percent over the previous year.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the budget in the Lok Sabha, had a word of cheer for soldiers and junior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sensex down 770 points as budget disappoints (Second Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - Investors in Indian equity markets were disappointed with the 2009-10 budget, resulting in a key index plummeting by more than 700 points even as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was presenting the document. 

Soon after 2 p.m., the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,962.12 points, fell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finance Minister outlines focus areas for 2009-10</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finance-minister-outlines-focus-areas-for-2009-10-100444/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - In presenting the budget for  2009-10, Finance  Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday outlined some  focus areas.ukherjee  pointed  out  that  the  policies  in  a  medium  term perspective would have to pay attention to the following:

(a)	sustain  a growth rate of at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget a difficult balancing act: Rangarajan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/budget-a-difficult-balancing-act-rangarajan-100434/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor C. Rangarajan said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee&#8217;s union budget presented in parliament Monday was a difficult balancing act.

On the one hand the government has to raise public spending to boost the economy and on the other hand fiscal deficit has to be controlled, Rangarajan said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights of union budget for 2009-10 (Fourth Lead)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/highlights-of-union-budget-for-2009-10-fourth-lead-100430/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Highlights of the union budget for the current fiscal presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha Monday:

- No change in corporate tax rate 	 	
- Income tax exemption limit for senior citizens increased by Rs.15,000, for women and others by 10,000 each    	 	
- New indirect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pranab peppers speech with Gandhi, Kautilya quotes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pranab-peppers-speech-with-gandhi-kautilya-quotes-100425/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - In preparing some of his fiscal proposals, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee found inspiration in Mahatma Gandhi and Kautilya, both of whom he quoted in his budget speech Monday.

In concluding his budget speech, Mukherjee turned to the Father of the Nation.	 	
&#8220;Mahatma Gandhi said and I quote, &#8216;Democracy is the art and science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Fails to Whip markets, Sensex Plunges by 700</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/budget-fails-to-enthuse-markets-sensex-plummets-100375/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - Even as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was presenting his budget for 2009-10, a key index of the Indian equities markets dived by 700 points from its last closing figure at 2 PM.

Around 12.25 p.m., the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,962.12 points, was ruling at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Budget 2009-10</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/union-budget-2009-10-100304/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Indian is eagerly awaiting the biggest Budget ever, amidst the slowing down economy.  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee would present Union budget for this fiscal from 11 this morning. What remains to be seen is how the Union Ministry strikes a balance between allocation of resources to funds for welfare scheme and minimizing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights of Union Budget for 2009-10</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/highlights-of-union-budget-for-2009-10-100288/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Highlights of the union budget for the current fiscal presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha Monday:

- Tax department to work on early introduction of  Saral 2 forms
- Stimulus for print media extended from June 13 to Dec 31
- Rs.1,000 crore to accelerate irrigation projects
- Agriculture development fund [...]]]></description>
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