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Many like me must be excited about FM’s proposals about the education sector significant increase in allocation for education- Sarva Shiksha Aviyan, extension of Mid-day Meal for 13.9 crore children and up to upper primary schools, setting up of 6,000 … Continue reading →

I thought I must also write about my views on the budget 2008 presented yesterday. For senior citizens, the exemption limit has been raised to Rs 2.25 lakh. I don’t bother about enhancement of exemption limit at my age when … Continue reading →

I listened to the budget speech as religiously as I used to do earlier when it was necessary for adding to my professional excellence at work. Mr. Chidambaram had proposed two missions in his first budget as UPA’s Finance Minister … Continue reading →

The survey tabled by the Finance Minister has some interesting data about the country’s economy and obviously for its people to look at future with hope. It also says that with some constraints on the road to growth removed, the … Continue reading →

Every one who watched the news channels during the time Laluji presented the Railway Budget 2008 in Lok Shabha yesterday must have observed three distinct happenings on the screen. I don’t understand why the budget presentation should be so long … Continue reading →

Many things are happening in the country that assures of a great going in manufacturing sector. While the big manufacturing companies are trying to expand the wings, even SMEs are contributing in a major way. The opening of defence equipment … Continue reading →

I am reading these days two books related to the emerging India: ‘Planet India’ by Mira Kamdar, a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute, and ‘Billions of Entrepreneurs‘ by Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard … Continue reading →

Media organized many debates on its channels. People in general were critical of Raj Thackeray and also his cousin now. But many raised a question, why should the CMs of the states not create jobs for their men? With employment … Continue reading →

I found the main door of Shakti Mandir closed. Only after going through the newspaper on return from the walk, I could understand the reason of the closure of the temple. The temple was closed, as it was a period … Continue reading →

It is not only the biggies of India Inc that are innovating new products such as ‘Nano’ of Tata Motors. Even at grass-root level, many unknown innovators are doing their best to inventing products and processes to bring a significant … Continue reading →