The FM is not for small and medium enterprises. Fringe Benefit Tax, now service tax on custom software development hike on ED for Packaged Software is all bad. Rather than encouraging people to use software he is discouraging people from using software. Software well used can result in so much...

Dear Public,This is continuation to my earlier blogs. I have attended one of he Budget Analysis sessions and have read ananlysis in different news paper.In this backdrop I wish to raise some questions which lingers in my mind.1)Food security is of prime importance of any nation. Hence, there is no...

The common is euphoric that the FM has doled out a bag of \"sops and benefits\" . One must howver remember that this timing is opportunistic and the UPA Government has done it with the elections in mind. It is therefore a populist and opportunistic budget and not really one...

I really support to give TAX exemption to those who are venturing into any business for the first 5 years. I say it is a must for any organization which are not for profit making say like NGO\'s, or any other social service organizations. I see many IT companies which...

With the likes of Dr Singh and Mr Chidambaram at the helm of affairs it was only logical and expected that the Union Budget would address regional aspirations and national concerns!It has been a damper on both the fronts.Not a word about modernisation of the police forces to deal with...

Preparing the budget for our country is a very tough task. There are bound to be a million suggestions / objections. Any political party in power would definitely want to prepare a popular budget especially before an election year. The opposition will try and pick holes and some of their...

P. Chindaram\'s Budget for 2008-2009 presented to Parliament touches all sections of the society. Though it is being termed as an election year budget but then tell me which government in the world does not provide goodies to the masses prior to election year. Yhis is happening in USA also...

The day came and it went. The budget proposals tabled in the Parliamnet. The FM and the Govt will take credit for initiatives, the opposition will slam the policies. The Left will sit on the fence, not sure whether to support or oppose the policies. The Television channels are full...

The important agenda for most developing countries at WTO are Farm Subsidies. The Trade ministries compare the farm subsidies of various developed countries and negotiatiate for the anti-dumping measures. The agricultural subsidies provided to farmers in most of the developed coutries are extremely high. European agricultural subsidies represent 44% of...