-PTI Says sharp decline in fuel subsidies points to a hike in petrol and diesel prices to international levels CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat today said that the Union budget has "failed" to address the major concern of the masses and questioned the reason behind cutting Oil subsidy and increasing the tax concession for the corporates. "There has been a sharp decline in petroleum subsidy, for diesel, petrol and other Oil products....
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Budget Is a Clever Attempt to Mislead Public: AAP
-Outlook Aam Aadmi Party today alleged that the Budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram was a "clever attempt to mislead" public ahead of elections as it offered little remedy for the key problems facing the Indian economy. In a statement, the party claimed that the common man has reasons to feel "disappointed, if not cheated" with the Budget. "The Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister is a clever attempt to mislead...
More »Economic Survey: Focus on subsidy is Budget highlight: PwC
-MoneyControl.com The Survey calls for a re-prioritization of expenditure especially in the subsidy front by cutting down the subsidy bill in case of Oil and Fertilizer and by increasing the efficiency of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and Direct Benefit transfer. “The Survey calls for a re-prioritization of expenditure especially in the subsidy front by cutting down the subsidy bill in case of Oil and Fertilizer and by increasing the efficiency of...
More »Slash subsidy, raise prices of diesel and LPG: Economic Survey
-PTI Claiming that the "downturn is more or less over", the pre-Budget Economic Survey on Wednesday projected an optimistic 6.1 to 6.7 per cent growth in the next fiscal and made a strong call for cutting subsidises. While pegging the GDP growth at an estimated 5 per cent for the current fiscal, the Survey tabled in Parliament by finance minister P Chidambaram said "...the overall economy is expected to grow in the...
More »Economic Survey 2013: Indian agriculture largely a success story
-The Economic Times It is consoling that despite a deficit of 8% in south-west rainfall during 2012-13 compared to its long period average (LPA), agriculture's contribution to GDP growth is likely to be around 1.8%. It is also good news that the revised figure of agri-GDP for the 11th Plan as a whole is 3.6%, up from 3.3% estimated earlier. Gross capital formation in agriculture as a percentage of agri-GDP has almost...
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