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Union Budget
PM asks FM to play it Right
The finance ministry is likely to present a Budget that will focus largely on expenditure management, significantly dilute the provisions of fringe benefit tax and give the right reform signal by cutting the peak customs duty by 5% to 10%.
Ministry to adopt differential power policy towards state, pvt players
The power ministry will follow a differential approach for public and private sectors to achieve the ambitious goal of generating 60 gw power by the year 2012.
 
 
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