A summary of the budget speech of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Naidu, a former BJP ally, said he will meet non-BJP political leader and convince them about the need to fight collectively against the BJP.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the new deputy chairman of the Planning Commission.
'Some people were saying that we would not be able to form a coalition easily,' she said in Amethi.
In a frontal attack on the Common Minimum Programme of the new Congress-led coalition government, the National Democratic Alliance
UPA's first budget assumes greater significance and will be the real indicator of which way the policies of the government are headed.
But they still have their reservations about economic issues and the proposal to carve out of new states
The Common Minimum Programme will also be made public on Wednesday.
The new Congress-led government on Tuesday promised to 'revitalise' sick public sector units and strictly adhere to the roadmap laid out for divestment of public sector units in the Common Minimum Programme to be unveiled this week.
All India Trade Union Congress General Secretary Gurudas Dasgupta said the Common Minimun Programme was 'inadequate' and not 'acceptable'.
Bharatiya Janata Party President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday described the mayhem in the stock market as a "trailer" of the coming political scenario.
Government will continue to pursue policies to ensure double-digit growth in the coming years while inflation is likely to remain below 5.0 per cent till March end
The market is now likely to 'wait' for signs of softening of crude prices
Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com brings you the latest drama surrounding government formation in Maharashtra.
The Left parties on Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a rollback in petroleum prices and said the Budget should conform with the Common Minimum Programme.
The United Progressive Alliance's much-touted Common Minimum Programme was given a resounding thumbs-down by the stock markets on Friday, with the Sensex crashed by 223 points (4.4%) to close at 4,835.
Preparations for the Union Budget for 2004-05 have already begun, even before the formation of the Congress-led coalition government is in place.
Minister of State for Tourism Gulam Ahmed Mir said 15 chief ministers are ecpected to attend the meet.
'We will do whatever is necessary when the day and moment arrives.' 'As a party which has ruled Maharashtra for most of its existence, we also have our base and turf to protect.'
The education cess will be a 2 per cent surcharge on the total payable tax, and not 2 per cent of total income.
The party supported the bill in Lok Sabha. It will be brought in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
He said the government would provide meal at Rs 10 to common citizens and build a super-speciality hospital in every district of the state.
Rahul also held a 75-km long road show and a Nukkad Sabha in Haridwar.
National interest today demands that Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party seriously think of forming a coalition government -- based on a common minimum programme -- after the next general elections, filmstar-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has said.
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