http://www.thehindu.com/ The Internet edition of The Hindu, India's national newspaper en-us Copyright 2009 The Hindu Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/hindux.gif http://www.thehindu.com/ 468 50 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754781000.htm PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday expressed strong disappointment over the Union budget, saying the word “Bihar” was not mentioned even once during the course of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s budget ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754831000.htm Eligible students from economically weaker sections will get full interest subsidy on education loans Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754801000.htm Human face of reforms won Congress the election, so `inhuman face must wait Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754841100.htm Ensure that the money is spent rightly: Opposition Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070756271800.htm Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754791000.htm Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754851100.htm NEW DELHI: The government’s Central Plan for the first time crossed the Rs.10 lakh crore mark, as against a paltry outlay of Rs.193 crore in the first Budget. Of this, nearly 70 per cent will be towards non-Plan expenditure and the ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754861100.htm NEW DELHI: Women will have to wait for a few years before the schemes announced in the 2009-10 budget for their empowerment yield results. Most of the schemes will be implemented over a few years. Giving a fillip to women’s ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754871100.htm NEW DELHI: The flagship programmes of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) have seen an increased allocation in the Budget proposals for 2009-10. The outlay for the ambitious Bharat Nirman programme of six schemes for the development of ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754881100.htm NEW DELHI: Seeking to set in motion the process of a possible decontrol of the petroleum sector, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday announced the setting up of an expert group on the pricing of petroleum products, in keeping with the ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754891100.htm Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754901100.htm NEW DELHI: Responding to demands by the oil and gas industry as well as the Petroleum Ministry, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday announced restoration of tax breaks on profits made from production and sale of natural gas, but ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754911100.htm Economic situation turning for the better: Finance Secretary Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754921100.htm Fringe Benefit Tax, Security Transaction Tax, Commodity Transaction Tax go Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754931100.htm CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Monday thanked Primer Minister Manmohan Singh for the allocation of Rs. 500 crore in the Union budget for the rehabilitation of the internally displaced persons and reconstruction of the ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754951200.htm NEW DELHI: The defence allocation saw Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee increasing the pension for retired service personnel, based on the recommendations of a committee headed by Cabinet Secretary K. M. Chandrasekhar. The panel was set ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754971200.htm NEW DELHI: The UPA government on Monday limited itself to just proposing to draft the National Food Security Bill, under which it plans to make available 25 kg of foodgrain at Rs.3 a kg to each Below the Poverty Line (BPL) ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070754981200.htm NEW DELHI: The Left parties on Monday described the Union budget 2009-10 as “grossly inadequate” in meeting the challenges of economic recession, growing job losses and declining purchasing power of the masses. While the ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070756451800.htm NEW DELHI: Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi arrived here on Monday on a four-day visit. Gen. Mohammadi’s visit comes as part of the commitment between the two countries for regular ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070756461800.htm KOLKATA: Communist Party of India (Maoist) spokesman Gour Chakraborty, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, was remanded to police custody until July 18 by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate S.S. Anand at the Bankshal ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070756501800.htm New Delhi: The government has appointed 12 Additional Solicitors-General (ASG) – seven for the Supreme Court and five for High Courts. The seven ASGs, who will work along with Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati and Solicitor-General ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/07/stories/2009070756532000.htm NEW DELHI: The Centre will launch a new project for modernisation of the employment exchanges in public-private partnership. The aim is to help a job seeker register on-line from anywhere and approach any employment exchange. Announcing ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009