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Monday, June 1, 2015

Indian kitchen is inflicted with ACCHE DIN!MON Key Baaten NOT to help the masses facing cash crunch! Service tax goes up to 14%, effective today Oil crash advantage would not help much as 14 percent service tax to break the back bone of domestic economy!

Indian kitchen is inflicted with ACCHE DIN!MON Key Baaten NOT to help the masses facing cash crunch!

Service tax goes up to 14%, effective today

Oil crash advantage would not help much as 14 percent service tax to break the back bone of domestic economy!

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'Acche din aa chuke hain,' says PM Narendra Modi

'Acche din aa chuke hain,' says PM Narendra Modi

Mon Key Baaten! Criticising the anti-minority comments made by Sangh 

Parivaar leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 

Monday said he would not tolerate any discrimination or violence 

against any community.


Indian kitchen is inflicted with ACCHE DIN!


Oil crash advantage would not help much as 14 percent service tax to break the back bone of domestic economy!


MON Key Baaten NOT to help the masses facing cash crunch!


Free market economy protagonists talks much about inequality justifying the trickling trickling growth as they are aware of the fact that this bloody inhuman Anti Nature Economy for the ruling hegemony means to create and promote Money Making Guillotines and the exclusion and ethnic cleansing have nothing to do with equality or justice.


Governance is all about free flow of capital and unabated money making. Thus,the government in the greatest Emerging market has to be business friendly!


Thus,the Nintey Nine percent masses have to suffer most and have to be declassified as HAVE NOTS as all resources have to be capyured by the HAVES!


The solution is ready made!Corporate responsibility with Tax Holiday and Tax Overload against the masses as it happens to be the curious case of GST And DTC.GST killing the federal constitutional structure of nation is meant NON Stop Business for Money making and immediate IMPACT of fourteen percent Service Tax is loaded against those Have Nots who have to pay the tax for the Haves to make money.


Thus,Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had proposed in his budget to raise service tax from 12.36 percent to 14 percent. The proposal would take effect from June 1, Monday. The tax would be levied on all services including, expect a small negative list, causing a costlier lifestyle.


People have started receiving messages from their service operators, conveying the increase in service tax rate which will have a resulting impact on the bills.

0.5 per cent hike will be brought in railways under effect from today in the AC and First Class fare and freight costs. At present, 3.7 per cent service tax is levied on the aforementioned services. From today onwards, this will go up to 4.2 per cent, as told a ministry official.

Jaitley had said in Budget speech, "To facilitate a smooth transition to levy of tax on services by both the Centre and the States, it is proposed to increase the present rate of service tax plus education cesses from 12.36 per cent to a consolidated rate of 14 per cent."


Social Sector schemes means government expenditure to sustain cash liquidity as without purchasing power of this bloody Have Nots the myth of the greatest Emerging market might not be sustained at all.


Thus,Jet fuel price was hiked by a steep 7.5 per cent on Monday and rates of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 10.50 per cylinder in step with global firming of rates.

The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, in Delhi was raised by Rs 3,744.08 per kilolitre (kl), or 7.54 per cent, to Rs 53,353.92, oil companies announced on Monday.

On May 1, ATF price was hiked by a marginal Rs 272 per kl or 0.5 per cent to Rs 49,609.84.


Following global trends, the price of non-subsidised or market-priced domestic cooking gas (LPG) was hiked to Rs 626.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi from Rs 616 till yesterday. The price hike comes on the back of a Rs 5 per 14.2-kg cut in rates effected from May 1. Non-domestic LPG, which consumers buy after exhausting their quota of 12 bottles of 14.2-kg each at subsidised rates, will cost Rs 626.50 as against Rs 616 per 14.2-kg cylinder.


 Households are entitled to 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg each or 34 bottles of 5-kg each at subsidised rates of Rs 417 or Rs 155, respectively in Delhi. Any requirement beyond this has to be bought at the market price.


 While the market priced or non-subsidised 14.2-kg cylinder will cost Rs 626.50 from today, the 5-kg pack will cost Rs 318.50. Following similar trends, rates of market-priced 19 kg LPG cylinder has been hiked to Rs 1,151 per bottle from Rs 1,134. Rates vary from state-to-state depending on the incidence of local sales tax or VAT. 


Jet fuel constitutes over 40 per cent of an airline's operating costs and the price cut will reduce the financial burden on cash-strapped carriers. No immediate comment was available from airlines on the impact of the price hike on passenger fares. 


State-owned fuel retailers, Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) revise jet fuel and non-subsidised LPG prices on the first of every month based on average imported cost and rupee-dollar exchange rate. The same on petrol and diesel is done on a fortnightly basis.


Service tax raised to 14%, mobile bills to inflate


Increased service tax will have an impact on mobile phone 


subscribers as well as railway passengers, and important 


sectors such as banking, airlines and construction.


The government has raised service tax from 12.36 percent to 14 percent with effect from June 1. The move will impact mobile phone subscribers and sectors such as railways, airlines, banking, insurance, advertising, architecture, construction, credit cards, event management and tour operators.

Mobile operators have already been informing their subscribers about the hike. Railway passengers will also be impacted by the increased service tax. Fair for First Class and AC classes in passenger trains has gone up by by 0.5 per cent from June 1. "Currently, 3.7 per cent service tax is levied on train fares for AC Class, First Class and freight. This will go up to 4.2 per cent from June which means the rise is only 0.5 per cent," Economic Times quotes an official as saying.

According to reports, the service tax hike will ensure its smooth transition into a consolidated General Service Tax (GST), which is expected to be rolled out by April 2016. "To facilitate a smooth transition to levy of tax on services by both the Centre and the States, it is proposed to increase the present rate of service tax plus education cesses from 12.36 per cent to a consolidated rate of 14 per cent," Finance minister Arun Jaitley had said in his budget speech.
This year's budget has a lot of focus on the technology. Railway Budget 2015-16 envisages "SMS Alert" service in advance about the updated arrival/departure time of trains at starting or destination stations, integrated customer portal, Wi-Fi, On- line information on latest berth availability on running trains, an integrated mobile application including station navigation system, etc. Read Railway Budget 2015-16: Technology to play a crucial role

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Government spending: Numbers don't lie

The Modi government's priorities are revealed by what it spends on
The best way to judge what any government really believes in is not to listen to what it says, but to consider instead what it does. And there is no better way of finding out what is close to the Narendra Modi government's heart than to check what it spends its money on. The provisional estimates of the Union government's expenditure for 2014-15 are now out, giving us an idea about what the government spent on, compared to what it had promised in its budget. These numbers don't lie.
Remember Modi's famous 5 Ts? To build brand India, he had said, he would focus on five Ts—talent, tradition, tourism, trade and technology. At least as far as tourism is concerned, the government isn't putting its money where its mouth is. It spent only 46% of the budgeted plan expenditure on tourism during the fiscal year.
Recall all the talk about the focus on renewable energy? That turns out to have been mostly hot air, as seen from the mere 53% of the budgeted amount spent during 2014-15 by the ministry of new and renewable energy. Similarly, the Prime Minister has made no secret of his fondness for yoga. But spending by the department of Ayush (ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy) has been a mere 43% of the budgeted plan expenditure. Indeed, the ministry of health and family welfare has spent only 76% of the amount it was allowed as plan expenditure under the 2014-15 budget.
Does the government's heart bleed for the poor and is housing for the masses a priority? The government has often expressed its concern for these matters. But facts on the ground don't seem to support what it says—spending by the ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation was a mere 45% of the budgeted amount. Much has been said about the need to raise agricultural productivity and crop yields. But precious little has been done in the Modi government's first year in office. The department of agricultural research and education has spent just two-thirds of what it was allowed under the budget.
Talking about smart cities is in vogue. But our present un-smart cities don't get much money. Spending by the ministry of urban development was 60% of the budget. You can't do much development with cuts of that magnitude.
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The government has repeatedly said that water will become a pressing issue for the country. Yet the ministry of water resources' plan spending was a mere 37% of its budget. And for all the tom-tomming about the government's Clean India campaign, spending by the ministry of drinking water and sanitation was 79% of the budgeted plan expenditure in the last fiscal year.
But what did the government spend on? In one word, infrastructure. The ministry of road transport and highways spent 95% of its budget, and the railways used up 96%. The government's focus on infrastructure is very clear—this is one sector where its spending record matches its talking record.
Modi is also very serious about the Make in India campaign, seen from the fact that the department of industrial policy and promotion spent 97% of the amount allotted to it in the 2014-15 budget. The Digital India initiative is another pet project, evident from the 89% spent by the department of electronics and information from its budgeted amount. But spending by the department of telecommunications was a mere 38% of its budget allocation.
Has the Modi government cut back on social spending across the board? Not really. The women and child development ministry spent a decent 87% of the budgeted plan expenditure. The ministry of rural development saw its plan spending cut to 83% of the budgeted amount. The human resource development ministry's spending was 80% of its budget. While these cuts have affected social programmes, they are not huge compared with some of the examples given above.
The details of plan expenditure as a percentage of the budgeted amount, along with those of many other ministries and departments, are given in the accompanying chart. They have been culled from the website of the Comptroller General of Accounts, which has recently put out the provisional estimates of the Union government's accounts for 2014-15.
The government had slashed spending in the last financial year in a desperate effort to rein in the fiscal deficit and the axe has fallen brutally on plan expenditure. Nevertheless, as the details show, the cutbacks have been far from uniform and the pattern of spending gives one a fair idea of where the government's priorities lie.
Manas Chakravarty looks at trends and issues in the financial markets. Your comments are welcome at capitalaccount@livemint.com
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কাঠের নৌকা: মুখাবয়বঃ বিশেষ উপন্যাস সংখ্যা

   
Sushanta Kar
May 31 at 9:09am
 
প্রায় তিনদশক বয়স পার করেছে পূর্বোত্তর ভারতের অন্যতম ছোট কাগজ আগরতলার থেকে প্রকাশিত 'মুখাবয়ব'। প্রথম দশকে এর নাম ছিল, 'মুখ'। ১৯৯৯৬ থেকে 'মুখাবয়ব'। সম্পাদনা করেন দুই প্রধান কথা সাহিত্যিক দেবব্রত দেব এবং শ্যামল ভট্টাচার্য। দ্বিতীয়জন সহযোগী সম্পাদক। বর্তমান সংখ্যাটি 'বিশেষ উপন্যাস সংখ্যা—পর্ব এক' , বেরিয়েছিল বছর দুই আগেই। আমরা কাঠের নৌকাতে তুলতে পেরেছি, দেরিতে। তাও উন্মেষ সম্পাদক নির্মল দত্তের সৌজন্যে।... পুরো কাগজ এখানে পড়ুন...
কাঠের নৌকা: মুখাবয়বঃ বিশেষ উপন্যাস সংখ্যা—পর্ব এক, ২০১৩
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PM's Bogus Claims of India OVERTAKING China

PM's Bogus Claims of India OVERTAKING China
Ashok T Jaisinghani

The Narendra Modi Government is making BOGUS CLAIMS that India has OVERTAKEN China by having a GROWTH of 7.5% in the GDP, which is FASTER than that of China. How could the Indian ECONOMY have grown 7.5% in the quarter ending in March when the SENSEX had FALLEN from about 30,000 points to less than 28,000 points? 

   Will the GDP of India grow FASTER if the SENSEX were to FALL to about 25,000 points? The BJP-led Government of Narendra Modi should STOP FOOLING the Indian PEOPLE by making FALSE CLAIMS that India has OVERTAKEN China by having a FASTER RATE of GROWTH in the GDP. 

   We must accept the FACT that the GDP actually FALLS with the STEEP FALL in the PRICES of SHARES. So the GDP must have actually had NEGATIVE GROWTH in the quarter ending in March. 

   Prime Minister Narendra Modi must have got the PLANNING COMMISSION ABOLISHED just to THROW DUST in the EYES of the PEOPLE!! 

   Narendra Modi is definitely a GREAT EXPERT in POLITICS, but he does NOT KNOW much about ECONOMICS. With the MA degree in POLITICS, the Prime Minister is academically and professionally QUALIFIED as a MASTER POLITICIAN. 

   Narendra Modi had SHUT DOWN the Planning Commission because he was getting an INFERIORITY COMPLEX when he met EXPERT ECONOMISTS to discuss ECONOMIC ISSUES like Planning and Development!! Narendra Modi is SCARED of FACING the TOP ECONOMISTS in any debates on India's economic problems!! 

   Narendra Modi just does NOT WANT any GENUINE ECONOMISTS to CHALLENGE his FALSE CLAIMS and BOGUS ACHIEVEMENTS. 
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Report Judicial pronouncements and the challenges ahead on the anniversary of Hashimpura organised by Khudai Khidmatgar

Khidmatgar Khudai <khidmatgarkhudai@gmail.com>

On 23rd May 2015 Khudai Khidmatgar and Socialist Yuvjan Sabha organised a discussion on "Success and failure of judicial pronouncements and the challenges ahead" where the pivot point of discussion was the recent trial court judgment of Hashimpura and such other similar happenings. The discussion was organised in Gandhi Peace Foundation's auditorium where national level social activists, intellectuals and legal experts participated and students from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia millia Islamai and Delhi University also participated. A couple of people from Haryana and Victims from Hashimpura also attended the program. The speakers mainly highlighted the Hashimpura judgment. Prominent Supreme Court lawyer and legal expert Mr. Anil Nauriya pointed out that in the judgement it was said that no personal accountability can be fixed for an incident like Hashimpura was a flawed stance because there are offences in criminal law like that of unlawful assembly in which offenders are being punished jointly so the court was totally wrong in ignoring that parameter. He added that during the struggle for independence Hunter Committee was formed to look into the Jalianwala Bagh massacre which tried to sweep the wrongdoings under the carpet but the Gandhi-Nehru Committee brought forth the truth. Similar is the case with Hashimpura all the evidence was messed with, the senior police and army officials were never called to court, nobody was held accountable and compensation was not provided. All of this points out to the fact that it is a clear case of degradation of human dignity and police have the advantage of impunity even after committing gruesome and illegal acts. We all need to be aware and more alert and find out collective solutions to such culture of impunity which is practice by police and politicians through dialogue and empowering ourselves with legal knowledge.
Ex- Justice Rajendra Sacchar said when Hashimpura happened we went for fact finding and we prepared a report and sent to the then incumbent government of the state of Uttar Pradesh. Then the Gyan Prakash Committee was constituted and a case was registered against the PAC jawans involved but sadly proper investigation was never done or action was never taken because even after 8-9 years the jawans were still holding their positions and no departmental inquiry was instituted against them. On our request the Supreme Court transferred the case to Delhi. He further added that the gruesome episode that happened in Hashimpura   on that ill-fated day cannot be forgotten. The records of movement of vehicle, arms and the jawans were never maintained properly and also the court did not look into those records which led to weakening the evidence. We are not satisfied with the judgement and we would be following up this case with PUCL in the higher courts through appeal.
Mr. ND Pancholi from PUCL said that Hashimpura has been the worst massacre that happened in India post-independence. The reasons were both communal and political which took away lives of 42 young men mercilessly. The environment that Hindus are under threat has been created since 1984 through special propaganda. The CB-CID report of this incident took 8 long years where 64 people were named as accused and after a wait of 15 years the case was transferred by the apex court and the hearing started only in 2005. The prosecution did do its job sincerely and honestly. Photographer Praveen Jain a key witness who photographed the incident was never called to court and was only considered when he himself turned up at court. Political parties have their own way and do not value the Constitution. The police and politicians have always been hand-in-glove and that is the primary reason police reforms never happen and the reports are never implemented. He ended his speech assuring that the battle for justice should go on.
Prominent Social Activist Apoorvanand said that the hope for justice should not dwindle in our hearts. If we consider the situation as grim at the outset there will be no hope left. Life is a struggle and it's a constant pursuit of success. Our society is diverse and has diverse viewpoints which cannot be subdued legally. To have an ideology is not a crime until it harms anyone. The justice system has a lot of components and to understand the equation we have to be practical enough. Hashimpura is an example of blatant injustice and there are many such examples in history, but we should not lose heart. The people who were victims of the 2002 programe are fighting tirelessly and have not lost hope. Sometimes even you have the correct argument you may not win because the nation is passing through a nationalist phase these days and the targeted communities are Muslims and Christians. But this does not mean Muslims are alone, the fight is being led by people other than Muslims for Muslims as well because it is fight for the country. Muslims chose to remain in India during partition is fact enough to assert that Muslims have better claims in this country then their Hindu counterparts who did not have to choose between remaining in India or leaving for across the border. Muslims in India try to Indian and make efforts too but it has become a challenge when the media, police, army all are driven by Hindutva to give Muslims their rightful place. We have centuries old mixed culture and tradition which we need to protect from these polarising forces. We need to make efforts towards secularism together.
Young Supreme Court lawyer Kabir Dixit said judgments good or bad are never final. We should not give up on the justice system and for this efforts to revive the system should also be made. Our active participation becomes relevant in the context that if we look at both sides of the story where offenders are set free and innocent are put behind bars and are tortured we cannot ignore the situation. But this cannot be the reason to totally lose hope or to blame the entire system. He said if fought well justice prevails and provided the example of Priya Pillai's case.
Khudai Khidmatgar, Fateh Nadvi said that we happy that we are completing 67 years of independence but at the same time I am worried about the future because sense of justice is diminishing and when such situation arises in any nation the nation gets destroyed. We all need to rise against such travesty of justice to save our nation and we need more dialogue and joint efforts.
Khudai Khidmatgar, Faisal Khan who is also a founder closed the discussion emphasising how positive thinking and approach has become a necessity in such tumultuous times. The meeting ended with a two minute silence for the victims of Hashimpura.


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