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New Delhi: The Union Budget 2011-12 proposes to amend the Indian Stamp Act. Presenting the Budget in Lok Sabha Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that a bill will be introduced shortly to amend Indian StampAct, 1899.

New Delhi: In the Budget Speech the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said the rollback of fiscal stimulus which was implemented over 2008-09 and 2009-10 to mitigate the impact of global financial crisis on economic slowdown in India will continue this year as well, to build economic resilience.

New Delhi: The Union Budget 2011-12 has laid a special emphasis on reducing the compliance burden of small tax payers by introducing simplified return form called ‘Sugam’. The Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee while presenting the Budget said that the small tax payers who fall within the scope of presumptive taxation can utilize the new simplified form Sugam.

New Delhi: The Union Budget 2011-12 has emphasized on the need to improve governance through tackling corruption.

New Delhi: The Union Budget 2011-12 seeks to improve the quality of governance through strengthening Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES).

New Delhi: Some additional measures for good governance have been proposed in the Union Budget 2011-12.

New York1: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for full compliance with the arms embargo placed on Côte d'Ivoire, in the wake of reports that Belarus has provided attack helicopters to forces loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo.

What next in Jammu and Kashmir? The developments that have been taking place since the past few weeks have given fresh relevance to the question. A close look at these developments shows that they are more positive than negative.

New Delhi: If the initial stock market reaction is of any value, the union budget has met more than the expectations of the corporate sector. Transport stocks, construction stocks, realty stocks, automobile stocks, bank stocks, education stocks, PSU index, stocks of the oil, steel, capital goods and FMCG all bounced back immediately after the budget announcement, indicating a positive forecast for the economy in 2011-12.

New Delhi: The Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee has tried to lift up the national mood and restore credibility of the UPA Government with a predictable fiscal exercise blending an array of tax reliefs for all income groups, higher social spending and a dose of reform measures, in the Union Budget for 2011/12 he presented to Parliament on February 28.