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ister Arun Jaitley said in n aised the investment cap r 50,000 a year. f senior citizens that are o

ures an 8% return, and s aised from 10,000 to r ort to ease the cash ows f ior citizens,” Finance Mi n

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ngs of elders. i he government also ex t n savings instruments, in o citizens depend heavily

ure it will have the bless s re worth 4,000 crore, a he dipping interest rates t The cash ows of senior

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ior citizens. n n the crisis they faced in o ent, which will face elec m

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60,000 for senior citizens ere based on the feed w he Budget proposals. Ho t

revailing levels of p he lot of senior citizens t ortunities as a result of p

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oung may not see a swift y iked to 1 lakh for all se h s said the specic mea e

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rore families, but that’s c ealth Protection Scheme H nd employ a elief as a new road and in r o the salaried class. t YUSHMAN BHARAT: THE BIG THE BHARAT: YUSHMAN A

ering a 1 lakh cover for 8 f he proposed National T ng, education i ut consumers will get no b aitley oered little respite J

e said. h similar announcement of a olds. h ussed on hous c 8 reduction in these duties, ions for three years, Mr. t

ill be modied for this,” w he Budget for 201617 had T enet 10 crore house b nd fo a iesel was carried out with a d ident fund (PF) contribu v

The present RSBY scheme “ nd vulnerable families. a are programme” that will c ise duties on petrol and c cheme s ill for new employees’ pro b

orked out,” Mr. Jha said. w rore people from poor c overnmentfunded health g urance s ionalisation of the high ex t uch as footing part of the s

hape, the details will be s his will benet around 50 t aunch “the world’s largest l ealth in h muchanticipated ra A ite some token measures, p

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aid at a press conference s f secondary and tertiary o inance Minister Arun Jait F hat happens, consumers t f citizens, o ey part in the BJP’s success k

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times of health crises rotection to a more aspira p he Budget un t hones, wearable devices, p he BSE Sensex, which T

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chemes with varying cov s REGA expansion, would N uished in this Budget, with g 1 lakh. No indexation bene

heir own health insurance t ax front was also extin t arm loan waiver and the f ate of 10% for all gains over r

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ear, the Centre settled to y mptions for transport and e ector that has reared its s

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Y India, said. E owever, other H he way the government is t egal tender, and should not l ystem,” Mr. Jaitley said s y 1,800 crore for 201718. cross India would be con a ear. “Balance sheet of AAI

ecurity, Financial Services, S n asset,” he added. a othing new, no change in n ryptocurrencies are not c art of the payment p nd 31 unserved helipads a o handle a billion trips a t ear. This allocation stood at y

hinde, partner – Cyber S ign. He is recognising it as s ndia, said. “There is I r. Jaitley has said that M llegitimate activities or as i uring the next nancial d aid 56 unserved airports s ry by more than ve times t

xposing investors,” Kartik e ime. That is a very positive t ryptocurrency Council of C This is not the rst time “ rypto assets in nancing c rocess is being kicked o p cheme UDAN, Mr. Jaitley s irport capacity in the coun a

nd prolonged crash a rypto assets for the rst c ead of the Blockchain and h dded. a liminate use of these e hich it proposes to expand w or which disinvestment f n regional connectivity O

ay have resulted in sudden m aitley has used the word J ame thing,” Ajeet Khurana, s llegal. This is not true,” he i ake all measures to t he State carrier, Air India, t ore than 900 aircraft. m ABH Nirman — under N

nvestment bubble which i ave missed is that Mr. h anuary 2 said exactly the J isreported that bitcoin is m egal tender or coin and will l s proposed to be invested in i anies placed orders for p ounced a new initiative — n

eightened risk of h llegal. In fact, what people i aitley in the Rajya Sabha on J aid. “This is being s onsider cryptocurrencies c n amount of 650 crore A and the airline com year a also an he government T

urrencies, there is a c hey themselves are legal or t inance Minister Arun F ead of Exchange, Zebpay, H The Centre does not “ ocument said. d assenger trac grew at 18% p er the Budget document. p

perating in such o o comment on whether n t not being a legal tender, i n India,” Nischint Sanghavi, i nalysts. a ivity,” the Budget t ears, domestic air y ion ight operations,” as t

to prevent them from ntity e re not legal tender makes a e treated as such. As far as b ecognised as a legal tender r ndustry players and i ortheast connec n n the last three I ircraft for special extra sec a

icences granted to any l ender. But the fact that they t ryptocurrency is not c ender, according to t orts today. p purchase of two new VVIP “ ap funding for g

n India and despite no i tocks, bonds are not legal s eserve Bank of India that R hem in place of legal t orts and viability p rom about 125 air f as been provisioned for h

overning virtual currencies g hurana said. “So, gold, K eiterated the stand by the r t is illegal to transact using i or revival of 50 air f orts in India to 700 p total of 4,469.50 crore A

With no regulations “ ened by the RBI,” Mr. d is budget speech has h urrencies, but only means c This proposal is “ he number of air t or VVIP ights. f

een skyrocketing. b The Finance Minister in “ oins and currency as c llegal to hold these i rore. c irman could take N urchase of two new aircraft p

hat Bitcoin prices have t Legal tender is only “ conomy,” he added. e oes not mean that it is d ve times to 1,014 jay Singh said NABH A eing provisioned for the b

n the market and the fact i orld,” he pointed out. w shering in digital u peech on cryptocurrencies s und the scheme by f anaging director m ith about 67% of the funds w

ake of misunderstanding w overnments across the g echnology proactively for t tatement in his Budget s reased the allocation to c piceJet chairman and S 6,602.86 crore for 201819,

tand is a good thing in the s osition of almost all the p se of block chain u he Finance Minister’s T aitley, Finance Minister. J as been almost tripled to h The government has in aid. s

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ouncil gives a goahead. C old for longer periods. g o oset the rising oil prices. t ashmi Deshpande, asso R ain, Leader of Indirect Tax J uced the basic excise duty d ilising gold under GMS. b

he second Budget session, provided the GST t rotably deploy the GMS p xcise duty cut in the Budget e ucts under excise ambit,” d et the Centre,” said Pratik n peed diesel, and also re s ight from banks to start mo l

he changes in the GST Act may be introduced in t ysts alike were expecting an l oan products for banks to l re waiting for the green a There are very few pro “ f the cess, the move will be o uty on petrol and high d

onths, to address the same. It may be possible m onsumers and tax ana C nd approve new gold metal a nd gold reneries, in turn, a tated purpose. s ame due to the introduction s 6 per litre additional excise

he GST Council meeting, scheduled in coming t BI, it is felt, should device R ain added. J an be only be used for the c ince the net eect is the s y testing centres (CPTCs) t ounced the abolition of the n

inance Ministry and the F emain unanswered. One would have to wait for r ome for this purpose,” Mr. c ure of a cess is such that it t uch as collection and puri s mpact on the endconsumer i he Budget has an T

apital loans from banks. c state etc., pertaining to the GST legislation e he collection centres T e an additional source of in b f its other schemes. The na o While this will not have any “ ording to tax analysts. c

ewed, similar to working n ompanies, inclusion of petroleum and real c ructure sector, this cess will t an use these funds for any c ion was very tardy. t pposed to the States, ac o entre to benet C

etal loan could be re m ST rates, centralised registration for service G evelopment of the infras d ean that the government m titutions. Retail participa s reatly benet the Centre as g

n expiry of one year, the O redit, review of place of supply rules, review of c rom temples and other in f ernment wants to invest in v owever, this does not H etrol and high speed diesel. p ndconsumer, but will e

ould be one year. c o far under GMS is mostly s rade and industry such as restriction on input t ering that the Union go d dded. a nd infrastructure cess on a nd diesel will not aect the a

he tenure of the metal loan t hatever gold collected W nly for that subject. Consi o hile certain cardinal concerns/ issues of W entre in entirety,” Mr. Jain C uction of a 8 per litre road d uties and cess on petrol d

ed. He also suggested that d es and Mints. i nd Customs.” a hat the amount will be used t ut cess remains with the b ions are oset by the intro t udget to do with the excise B

oney/rupees,” Mr. Jose ad m ssociation of Gold Rener A et a new name “Central Board of Indirect Taxes g hen you have a clear idea t e shared with the states, b owever, these reduc H ent has announced in the m

uantity of gold, and not in q aid James Jose, secretary, s When you put a cess, “ he Central Board of Excise and Customs is set to T axes like excise duty have to t itre each. l he rejig that the govern T

settled with equivalent / he various stakeholders, t mmediately but only on the basic customs duty. i o, said.” C This is because 42% of “ etrol and diesel by 2 per p

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imum lot of 1 kg. On matur n oubledigit tonnes, mostly d ocial welfare schemes of the government. s

oad cess nullies benets of excise duty reduction on petrol and diesel R eight in grams, with a mi w t hardly mobilised gold in i elfare surcharge at the rate of 10% to provide for w

nated in terms of gold i hese holdings per annum, t roposed to be abolished and replaced by a social p

etal loans shall be denom m t a modest volume of 1% of a igher education cess on imported goods are h

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ng for stakeholders. “The i ven though the GMS aimed E ransport. Education cess and secondary and t

implied to make it appeal s r categories of goods or on the basis of modes of o ack of incentives L

ould be revamped and w ocumentation for class of importers/ exporters d

ry, and the existing GMS t 5,000 tonnes. 2 o provide for measures, procedures and t

omestic jewellery indus d f gold, estimated at about o n trade facilitation, the customs legislation is O

or gold metal loans to the f he huge domestic holdings t ll dues are steps in the right direction. a

ted to mobilise GMS gold a ion and remonetisation of t edemption ne in cases of voluntary payment of r

Banks would be motiv ed. d nd encouraging recircula a losure of cases without imposition of c

er purposes,” Mr. Jose ad t he annual import of bullion t imitation period, timebound adjudication and l

old metal loans for expor g t was aimed at reducing I upplementary showcause notices within s

estricts such loans only for r n November 5, 2015. o easures like prenotice consultation, issue of m

erms, and the government t eiled by the Prime Minister v or keeping litigation under check, certain F

erest rates of 1.5%, in dollar t ion Scheme (GMS) was un t olicy front. p

nternational agencies, at in i peech. The Gold Monetiza s eecting the impact of “Make in India” on the r

ing gold metal loans from t run Jaitley, in his Budget A utomobiles and auto parts, amongst others, a

Banks are presently get “ ry, said Finance Minister t including parts), televisions, cosmetics, (

roducts,” said Mr. Jose. p old exchanges in the coun g n various products, including mobile phones o

tably in longterm gold loan i cient system of regulated uty hikes announced d

on policy front loy the collected gold prof p umerfriendly and tradeef s uties, with customs d

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r. Jaitley said. M itizens. c rore, the Finance Minister c is Budget speech. “Howev h n stocks and mutual funds i eshwari, partner at Ashok h ordable housing et al, a perfect cocktail for a

1 lakh in respect of all senior ecurring deposit schemes,” r enses,” Mr. Jaitley said in p s approximately 8,000 i ged for putting more money a rom this budget,” Amit Ma f omen empowerment, education, infrastructure, w

ase of very senior citizens to c xed deposits schemes and evenue cost of this decision r f miscellaneous medical ex o on’t have much to cheer d eem to have been discour s conomy, farmers’ welfare, health, nutrition, e

al expenses, he added. The c ance and reimbursement w ens and from 80,000 in z le also for interest from all b The individual tax payers “ The individual tax payers “ riorities loud and clear — focus on rural p

espect of transport allo r 0,000 in case of senior citi 6 This benet shall be availa “ ount of transport and medi c arket for higher returns. m wC India, said. P f the Budget, spelling out the government’s o

ertain critical illness from c ucted on such income. d avers who look to the stock s umar, Leader Personal Tax, K njoy any allowance on ac e he present exemption in t hese words, the Finance Minister set the context t

al expenditure in respect of c ill not be required to be de w unds will further hurt small f port allowance,” Kuldip s ell, who normally did not w uction of 40,000 in lieu of d Bharat ek krishi Pradhan desh hai.” With “

imit of deduction for medi l eduction at source) d n stocks and mutual o al reimbursement and tran c ould benet pensioners as w ose to allow a standard de p ag of priorities. b

he Budget also raised the T 50,000. TDS (tax erm capital gains tax t ent tax exemption of medi s ility,” Mr. Jaitley said. It b o salaried taxpayers, I pro t ll eyes were on the Finance Minister’s Budget a

aitley said. J rom 10,000 to f hat the 10% long t % and withdrawal of pre 1 f reduction in their tax lia o In order to provide relief “ , overnment. With impending series of elections g

nd post oces a xpenditure incurred,” Mr. e urther, a view is F ue to the increase in cess by d loyees even more in terms p ax analysts. t lso, it is the very last Budget of the presiding A

nd/or any general medical a osits with banks p ess.” c ax benet is greatly oset t ill help middleclass em w lass, according to personal c fter all, it is the rst Budget after GST rollout. A

ealth insurance premium h erest income on de t ent and increase in m enet salaried class but the b r work and compliance, this e t will not benet the salaried i nd speculations. a

er annum in respect of any p mption limit on in e n the education cess. Hence, i edical reimburse m eduction of 40,000 is to d Apart from reducing pap “ ensational with highvolume newsroom debates s

f deduction up to 50,000 o ncrease in the ex i port allowance and s Reintroduced standard “ dded. a ill be oset by the increase w s usual, the runup to Budget 2018 had been A

ow be able to claim benet n enior citizens, including an s y the elimination of tran b r. Jaitley added. M loyees shall continue,” he p al and transport expenses c

or 2019 elections f All senior citizens will “ umber of concessions for n uction is more than oset d n additional 11,000 crore, a italisation etc for all em p loyees in lieu of their medi p

nder section 80D. u he Budget did include a T ax payer. The standard de t ould fetch the government w ent benets in case of hos m ounced for salaried em n

rom 30,000 to 50,000, f he hands of the individual t ducation’ cess of 4%, which E ther medical reimburse o inister Arun Jaitley an M heers for senior citizens C perfect cocktail A

nd medical expenditure a ant reduction in the tax in c ng to 3% with a ‘Health and i entlyabled persons. Also, r 40,000 per year Finance

ealth insurance premium h aheshwari added. M als don’t result in a signi s ion cesses in total amount t ue to be available to die n he standard deduction of T

he limit of deduction for t uctive asset classes,” Mr. d aid. “The direct tax propo s o replaced the two educa s t enhanced rate shall conti a

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elp the companies engaged h ake in India initiative.” M omentary hike in cost, till m EAMA President Manish C mported panels to 15% from i mployers in the country. e d out that “a roof for his fa e O utcome Framework for

ignicant push to boost the s anufacturing and would m ight be a case of a m ore than two months,” m ouble customs duty on d ll by 2022, Mr. Jaitley point a eparately, the Output S , one of the largest truction s

hat there has been a t ncourage domestic e ost manufacturers. There m ventually it would not last e run Jaitley proposed to A ill provide a thrust to con w arget to ensure housing for t osed Fund. p

aid the move would s ujral said: “It is good to see G e very positively taken by b momentary impact but a , Finance Minister udget B und for aordable housing f , a programme with a ojana Y ot elaborate about the pro n

lectronics rm Videocon e I am sure that this would “ he country... It would have t hile, presenting the W orporate marketing Amit c n India Akhil Bansal said the i n the Prime Minister Awas O entre. Beyond this, he did C

Housing for all by 2022’ by all for Housing ‘ entiment, LG India head of s omegrown consumer H ocally. l ncreasing conguration in i anufacturing industry. m rms. Deputy CEO of KPMG onds authorised by the b

mporting panels. i anufacturing components m ery logical step in terms of v ould help the domestic w xpressing similar E uch as cement and steel s hortfall and fully serviced s

ssembling and some were a bhijit Kotnis. A o develop capacities for t I believe that this is a “ overnment’s move saying it g aterial manufacturers m conomy. e riority sector lending p

ere doing open set w anufacturing Ocer M layers but also push them p emporary impact. t ave welcomed the h ave positive impact on raw h ormal segment of the f ousing Bank, funded from H

hat most companies here t ot only help the domestic n momentary” and have “ aid Videocon Chief s tep”, TV manufacturers s bound to ove is m able houses for in d AHF) under the National (

onsumers,” he said, adding c lectronics manufacturing,” e harma said. The move will S he price increase would be t uty increase as a “logical d 7 lakh houses. The 3 vailability of aor a ordable Housing Fund f

specially in the eld of e assed on to the p CEAMA) said the impact of ( erming the customs T ioned to construct t owards increasing t ill establish a dedicated Af w

or the manufacturing sector f nd price benets would be a anufacturers Association M he long run. t ance has been sanc t ,250 housing units 1 inister Arun Jaitley said, M

pen set assembly in India o nd will help enormously a lectronics and Appliances E ove to help the industry in m rban areas, assis u truction of about s he government, Finance T

This would encourage “ he Consumer T owever, makers expect the H as received a massive boost h d in rural areas. In e ould support con w udget. B

anufacturing. m n India’ programme which i n the country”, he said. i n its manufacturing. i ould be construct w ng Bank (NHB). It i he housing front in the t

increase the value addition “ 0% to boost domestic 1 anels and other parts used p as strengthened the ‘Make h akh more in 201819 l ia to National Hous d wo key announcements on t

reverse integration” and “ Increase in customs duty “ Vs to 15% from the existing T ustoms duty on imported c n 201718 and 51 i ousing nance in In h government scheme were a

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anufacturing,” he said. m ncreased the customs duty i elevision prices will rise as T wn house, he said. Under o ade for a World Bank as m ion of more than 51 lakh t

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east the senior citizens should be happier with l reviously targeted, and p ernment’s ambitious Emo v ected due to increase in a upta said: “It is allinclu G uttons when it comes to b ey announced a slew of l

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dditional incentives for housing loans and a e also said that lack of H owever, the imported H or current scal will be 3.5% f xpressing similar views, E 11 lakh crore. et before general elections, g

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itizens/80,000 for very senior citizens) for c as going to denitely aect w or two wheelers, farm f y, the government has let m al mandis,” Dabur m han the cost of pro t ncome for the common i

as against present limits of 60,000 for senior ( han the erstwhile Cess), t ome thus driving demand c atering to the rural econo c etter access to for b t least 50% higher a ides increasing disposable s

eduction will now be available up to 1 lakh D ion Cess (which is higher t or crops will boost rural in f ent was announced mostly m aats to give farmers h if crops like paddy r nd agrarian economy, be a

harge in lieu of an Educa c inimum purchase price m 30,000 to 50,000. hile a slew of invest W pgradation of rural u upport price of Kha s ng which will fuel the rural i

ion of Social Welfare Sur t enior citizens is proposed to be raised from s or example, the higher F ies.” n rice discovery and p nnounced xing a udget 2018 as forwardlook B

ustom duty and introduc c reventive health checkup/ medical expenses for p n auto industry,” he said. i urs well for FMCG compa g utional support for t armers, Mr. Jaitley f n Thursday termed the o

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ort parts of the vehicle, si p ost of 5.35 lakh crore) for c ppreciation in value of shares up to January 31, a

acturers in India who im f f 35,000km in Phase 1 at o nly consolation factor in this new levy is that the o

ypically impact auto manu t roject (target completion p TCG, the rst 1 lakh would not be taxable. The L

eats. While these would s 000 KMs) and Bharat Mala 9 ndexation benet allowed while computing such i

nd accessories as well as a ompletion in FY1718 is c 0% on such LTCG. While there will be no 1

CD rates for various parts B s National Highways (target a xemption starting April 1, 2018 and levy a tax of e

tressed with increase in s nfrastructure projects such i he FM has proposed to withdraw this T

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Phone would be costlier by i nd imported phone,” said e owever, a few automak H While the intention be “ uch as Belgium, Dubai and s ndustry. Further, since the i xemption is however, continued for dierently e

rom buying my next high f igh end mobile phones like h xpensive. e he growth of the luxury car t ia. d eld visàvis other peers alary income. The transport allowance s

ence and it will not deter me r he prices of imported T rovide India a level playing p oms duty will highly restrict t imri, partner Deloitte In D mart watches would be s ould be allowed as a deduction from taxable w

ther items. o % hardly makes any die 5 ng hub. This move doesn’t i The increase in basic cus “ ounterparts,” said Rajeev c mitation jewellery and i nnually) and a standard deduction of 40,000 a

nternational diamond trad i rs,” Mr. Folger said adding, e ompared to their imported c ould also go up. Diamond, w marginal increase of 3 to a and many essories to 15% c xemption of 1,600 per month (19,200 e

ia’s chances of becoming an d uto industry, the consum a ucts more attractive as d ruck and bus radial tyres t For high value products, “ ome of their parts and ac s eimbursement by employer, transport allowance r

This move hampers In “ oing to impact the g acturing of these pro f rices of sun glasses and P y said. n hones from 15% to 20%, on p axfree limit of 15,000 for medical expense t

ake domestic manu m ise. r eading handphone compa l ustoms duty on mobile c ouncil (GJEPC). C We believe it is “ alary income. It is proposed that instead of the s

ewellery Export Promotion J enz India. B ncreased would i ruits and vegetables would f onsumers,” an ocial of a c er also proposed to increase t tandard deduction will now be available on S

garwal, chairman, Gem & A EO, Mercedes C ucts proposed to be d f imported fruit juices, o ll the additional burden on a ensive. The Finance Minis p ax proposed: t

.5% to 5%,” said Pramod 2 and and Folger, MD l ates on various pro r ecome costlier. Also, prices b e are not going to pass on w ould make the products ex w ere are some of the key amendments personal h

oloured gemstones from c urprise,” said Ro s Customs duty “ ilver and gold would also S Prices should go up but “ he higher customs duty T udget announced by the Finance Minister (FM), B

onsumers. c onds and cut and polished m ate, and comes as a n ndia. I ecome more expensive. b ise further. r ersonal tax slab rates in the nal preelection p

uty on cut and polished dia d iving, is unfortu v irector, Deloitte d nd motorcycles would also a oms duty hike, prices would t mpact a segment of i lthough there have been no changes in the A

ith the increase in customs w hen the auto industry is re w ets,” said M. S. Mani, senior l nd furniture. Imported cars a ith another round of cus w ove that would adversely m

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hese products, denting the t tems, electronics, auto com i ad increased the prices of h reased customs duty on c arge,” he said. l ith the new social welfare w

afety and environment at s rom 5% to 10%, clubbed f ncrease in the prices for i een increased on food b anies like Apple and others p ister Arun Jaitley has in n

udget cheer for cheer udget B ervicing, thereby aecting s KD components varying C acturing, this will lead to an f ustoms duty had also C nd as a result, handset com a et 2018, Union Finance Mi g

ike may delay their routine h o parts, accessories and t ncentivise domestic manu i nnouncement. a ile phones from 10 to 15% b eversing the trend in Bud R

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hrough Mergers and t illion in the corresponding b nstruments that are fully i 007 that, “Routing of debt 2 ybrid instruments such as h e also said that the H evenues to $160 billion by r one up. There is a nancial g

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n place for regulating debt i ebentures which are d ome Indian companies s harmaceuticals and p etherlands.” It added that N hile net portfolio was $14.5 w esult of the reforms r rocesses and bring out a p

nfrastructure, agriculture, i irgin Islands and the V 01617 (AprilSeptember), 2 RBI) had pointed out that ( xisting guidelines and e udget speech that as a B

auritius, Singapore, British M he Reserve Bank of India T IT services, “ overnment will review g ompared to $20.9 billion in c r. Jaitley said in his FY’19 M investments, especially in start-ups, said Arun Jaitley. Arun said start-ups, in especially investments,

eform push eform R evenue from Africa. r igher tax benets such as h et FDI was $19.6 billion as n o certain conditions.” t udget speech that “the B Hybrid instruments can help attract foreign attract help can instruments Hybrid Business magnet: magnet: Business

ybrid instruments subject h aitley said in his 201819 J rojected to increase its p nto countries providing i 01718 (AprilSeptember), 2

aid the Indian industry was s alf, (they were) channelled h ndia) Regulations. I conomic growth. During e e expanded to include b illion per annum, Mr. b

y a Person Resident outside b lobal marketplace, the IBEF g rom India was about $15 f AE and Sudan, in the latter U o boost investment and t ligible FDI instruments will e

oremost steps to enter the f ountries such as Australia, c mprove investor condence i Transfer and Issue of shares ( ad said, “The basket of h ointing out that ODI P

xchange Management E nnouncements, Mr. Jaitley a nvestment was one of the i irected to resource rich d ndex.’ Its objective is also to I hursday. T

tating that overseas S verseas investments were o n terms of Foreign i n his Budget 201617 I inister Arun Jaitley said on M n ‘Ease of Doing Business o

nd achieve a global reach.” a Finance nstruments, i hile in the rst half, W ountries by the World Bank c ndia under the FDI scheme I nd venture capital rms.” a

ncrease their customer base i ast decade or so. l op 50 in the ranking of t ersons residing outside p specially for the startups e ODI) as well as hybrid (

hich would enable them to w onsiderable change (in the ) c ligible to be issued to e he world and among the t everal niche areas, s utward Direct Investment O

nd better technologies, a rom India have undergone a f nvestment (FDI) policy and I referred FDI destinations in p oreign investments in f ut separate policies on o

nder the Foreign Direct u nd more extensive markets a Outbound investments “ ndia among the top 10 most I uitable for attracting s he government will bring T

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roducts. p dopting the best prevailing, a aid that these stateowned s as at 16,806.45 crore; Na w udgeted for 201718. This says it all. b apital market. c ources. s

unds for general insurance f rocesses and systems by p urther, Mr. Panthaky F al, New India Assurance c roposed in this Budget is less than what was p ove augured well for the m PSEs according to ocial C

ult in higher mobilisation of s ciencies, streamlining of e dvisory. A , in the current s ecember D he increase in spending on capital account T aid that the disinvestment s ossible in certain identied p

ublic sector, that would re p eting expenses, raising cost k irector, Grant Thornton d remium underwritten up to P ecovery ahead. r ernment control is also v houhan, MD & CEO, BSE C

l insurance business by the a ompanies, reducing mar c aid Khushroo B. Panthaky, s nder the Gross Direct U ut without incentive to invest if they don’t see b longwith transfer of go a ebt ETF. Ashish Kumar d

anced penetration of gener h ion between the three PSU t ome collectively stronger,” c d India Insurance. e ower taxes may leave rms with higher savings l ore ETF oers, including m take of upto 50% or more s

isting is step towards en l ation of competi n erged entity to be m riental Insurance and Unit O ight now, it is the latter that is necessary as R IPAM will come up with D ubstantial government s

olidation and subsequent s ould result in elimi w ation for the d ance, National Insurance, r owering taxes or directly via public investment. l estment through sale of v ents, Mr. Jaitley said. m

con ation of the entity. The u ommittee and C ould lay the foun w anies: New India Assu p ecommend raising demand either indirectly by r owever, strategic disin H versubscribed in all seg o

ront as it enhances the val f ecretary of Standing S ight direction and r ublic sector insurance com p aking the lead. Standard reasoning would t 14,500 crore, which was olding. h

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unity to the government to t ance Employees As r The consolida “ . ith a public issue w ecently but gross capital formation in India has r PSEs, the government will C uced Exchange Traded d

ntity also gives the oppor e he All India Insu t han 30,000 crore. t ntity is likely to come out e he agricultural sector has shown revival T he government intro T inority stake sale in listed m

he listing of the merged T from idation came l ould be at more w omain and the consolidated d n the medium term. i anagement (DIPAM). M ivestment mainly through d

remiums. p he suggestion for conso T ance company’s premium r ompany in the public sector c ince 2014. The second is a depressed farm sector s estment and Public Asset v he government pursues t

utow of reinsurance o ountry. c rore. The proposed insu c reate a mega insurance c acroeconomic policy — scal and monetary — m nder the present policy, U ite of the Department of In s

ults in saving in the cash s nsurance was at 11,987.03 I across the o scale up t hree general insurers would t f this is attributable to contractionary o osted on the ocial web h rade unions. t

apacity, which directly re c ere not in the best position w 8,396.18; and United India he proposed merger of T roblem today is a shortage of demand. One part p d January 2018 has been e et especially by the Left s

rease in the risk retention c rore; Oriental Insurance c erent regions and therefore f he last two nancial years, the macroeconomic t

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nimal husbandry. a ax revenues attributed by t 80,000 crore, the Finance

nd create infrastructure funds for sheries and a r up the shortfall in non e estment target is pegged at v

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nteraction Mr. Jaitley said i aid the scal decit for 2017 s rowth of 8% plus,” Mr. Jait g rowth at 6.3% in the second g Therefore, we expect the “ nd 3.1% for the year after a owever, its privileging, evident in the Budget H

n course to achieve high o ernment’s reign and GDP v ote to its clients. n ancial year would be 3.3% n n the postbudget media I aitley, in his Budget speech, J ince 2014, a focus on the sector was expected. s

01718. We are now rmly 2 hree years of the current go t ists at HDFC Bank said in a m scal decit target for next udget speech. b inance Minister Arun F ith mostly poor agricultural performance W

xpected to grow at 15% in e f 7.5% in the rst o elling mania,” econo s he government said the T 0%,” Mr. Jaitley said in his 4 ue was 50,000 crore. n overnment attempts. g

f 8% plus. Our exports are o een average growth s re in the middle of a a aid. s ent’s Debt to GDP ratio to m he shortfall in GST reve T hat the last Budget of the rst Narendra Modi w

med their high growth rates u he country had t specially when we e ial part of that,” Mr. Jaitley t ring down Central Govern b ill be received in April. w nother route. It tries to impact welfare. This is a

ur growth, have also res o r. Jaitley said M n market sentiment, o eally amounts for a substan r ion of the Debt Rule and to t f 12. The revenue for March o y small changes in allocation, politics must take b

The services, mainstay of “ et had estimated. k ext could also weigh n een 3.5% and 3.2%. That w ommittee relating to adop C GST) for 11 months, instead ( nemployment is so great as to remain unaected u

ance Minister said. n ith what the mar w ear and 3.0% the y alculate the dierence bet c nd Budget Management a he Goods and Services Tax t nemployment. In India, where the scale of u

ood growth path,” the Fi g s), which is in line e ions of the Fiscal Reform t enues to be received under v level of 3.2% this a e borne in mind when we b here, an economy boosted reduces T

uring sector is back on a t uyback and switch b lide path of getting to g hat statistical factor should T ccept key recommenda a 8. This was attributed to re 1 conomy before elections. e

t 7.4% next year. Manufac a 4.62 trn in FY19 (excluding ion to stray from the scal s ill be received only in April. w lide path, I am proposing to g ecit target of 3.2% for 2017 d y political parties using the Budget to boost the b

orecast that India will grow f et market borrowing at n The government’s deci “ his year. The March revenue t ent for the revised scal m ue in 2019 missed the scal d usiness cycle’ in western democracies generated b

MF, in its latest ipdate, has I he government pegged its T he day at 7.6%. t evenue for one month less r he government’s commit t ore the general elections f conomists recognise the existence of a ‘political E

o 7.5% in the second half. t overnment borrowing overnment G ond shot up 17 bps to end b We were getting the GST “ uestionable credibility to q ata Party government be n mbracing the rural the mbracing E

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orporates,” said Mr. Jaitley. c ecision would help in d f India and Securities and o overnment will establish a g

ax (MAT) applicable for T IFT City, adding the G ncluding the Reserve Bank i nancial centres. The

ar with Minimum Alternate p andey, MD & Group CEO, P gencies and regulators, a ompete with other oshore c

oncessional rate of 9% at c ame centre,” said Ajay s s various government a ully develop and to f

inimum Tax (AMT) at M ost unied regulator in the h his assumes signicance T egulatory framework to r

hall be charged Alternate s ost of the nancial centres m nion Budget 201819. U oherent and integrated c

axpayers operating in IFSC t nancial markets. Globally, inister, while presenting M perational, needs a o

ax. Further, noncorporate t ull potential in the global f aid Arun Jaitley, Finance s ity, which has become C

esidents from capital gains r ould help India achieve its w ervices in IFSCs in India,” s ervice Centre (IFSC) at Gift S

ertain securities by non c egulator for IFSC in India r egulating all nancial r International Financial “

ransfer of derivatives and t ntities operating there. e etting up of unied s nied authority for u

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ank deposits were taxable. b eter some amount of mis d ong term allocation to equities will continue. l

ime when interest from t nows, the move would also i dditional cost, journey of wealth creation through a

hich was a big draw at a w een seeing a steady ow of b ettles down and market participants impute this s

ree dividend payout option, f ual fund industry that has t hile evaluating fresh investments, but as the dust w

ighlighting the regular tax h s a dampener for the mu a apital that market participants have to factor in, c

anced funds to investors by l hile this is likely to act W randfathered. This denitely increases the cost of g

ouses marketed many ba h nion Budget 201819. U hat investments till January 31, 2018 are t

istributors and fund D aitley, while presenting the J ains tax (LTCG) on equities, the only solace being g

e said. h aid Finance Minister Arun s egative is the introduction of long term capital n

ividend distributing funds,” d akh was exempt from tax, l nd that is a big relief. The other big sentimental a

rowthoriented funds and g chemes as LTCG below 1 s nsurance, aordable housing, farm processing etc.) i

nfrastructure creation (roads, railways, health i aged as opposed to growth t elplaying eld across v

reebies but going towards more productive f 0%. This will provide a le 1 ere now slightly disadvan w

orrowing is not being wasted on populism and b n fact, dividend schemes I utual fund at the rate of m

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nd debt to GDP. One can only hope that there a anager Research, Morning M I also propose to intro “

as mentioned a glide path for scal consolidation h ubh Belapurkar, Director t ax. t

hile there has been a miss, at least government W erm capital gains (LTCG) t ar dividends,” said Kaus l

mplementation of momentous reform of GST. i ith the expectation of regu w ister reintroduce long n

ax revenues for the year were impacted by the t ors were primarily entering t hat also saw the nance mi t

ecit target, one must see the context in which the d s on equity investments e ows into funds where inves

hile one may quibble about the miss in scal W This move may impact “ art of its overall levy of tax p

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onsumption goods augurs c ended the day ucts & Oils d ajat Jain, chief invest R lacing STT was raised by a p TCG tax replacing it with se L aid Tejas Desai, Tax Partner, s ion will impact equity mar t productive

ST of most household G nd Coromandel Agro Pro a own 10.80 points or 0.10%. d

he issue of LTCG tax re T overnment had abolished g ,” ertain treaty countries c akh at 10% without indexa l

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ent in equity shares, the m ent in equity shares from m n equity gain exceeding 1 o 9,000 crore through STT.

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obs along with the earlier j ayer Corpscience, PI In B he National Stock Exchange t ernment had collected v ourage longterm invest c he attractiveness of invest t Introduction of LTCG tax “

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he continued focus on t upport price for crops. s ay. The broader Nifty of d aid while adding that the go s art of its attempts to en p The change will increase “ essment year 201718. s

ousehold. Besides this, h rom a higher minimum f han 750 points during the t not being not ay back in 200405, as W ime the treaty benets exist. t er returns led for the as p rom foreign investors,” he f

iggest worries for any b akh crore for 201819 apart l yrated in a range of more g borrowing is borrowing um of gains. t apore and Mauritius till the g round 3.67 lakh crore as a rom domestic investors or f

olution to one of the s redit for agriculture to 11 c rom the fact that the index f

isted shares and units is l ative emotions, neither g rings down the real quan b reaty countries such as Sin t Increased

legant costeective e osed raising institutional p olatility can be gauged v

ell so we do not see any ne w ains against ination, which g ntities to trade through tax e xempted capital gains from e

ealth insurance can be an h round after the Centre pro g 8.36 points or 0.16%. The 5 > < arket has absorbed it very m ion refers to adjusting the t ake it more lucrative for m inister, the total amount of m

ines of crop insurance, l ector saw their shares gain s ay at 35,906.66, down d ccording to the nance A ents of the market. The m et of indexation. Indexa n tructure of LTCG would s

hanger. Rolled on the c ompanies from the farm C he Sensex ended the T ng to at all aect the senti i axed at 10% without the be t iew that the proposed v artner, BDO India. P

over of 5 lakh per household is a big game c gainst 1,311 gainers. a ng support lifted the index. i eeding 1 lakh would be c eanwhile, there is also a M ilind Kothari, Managing M So, this [LTCG] is not go “

nsurance — providing 10 crore households with a i tocks lost ground, as s efore some amount of buy b ongterm capital gains ex l articipants. p axing longterm gains,” said t ollection. c

overnment’s announcement of universal health g egative. On the BSE, 1,463 n ouched a low of 35,501.74 t he original commitment of t ut any windfall revenue o r. Jaitley has said that M market egularly by r

iven the lack of social security, the G readth remained slightly b ated to LTCG was made. It l f equity transactions with o . ister Arun Jaitley n TCG tax has been raised L uccessive budget diluting s

ural consumption. r s the overall market a hen the announcement re w ernment in keeping a track v he tax net,” said Finance Mi t TT component instead of S eriod of time with every p

n tackling the rural distress and augurs well for i tocks gaining ground even s oints around 12:40 p.m. p ould only get worse over a c ormer only helps the go f ains from listed equities in g hanges by paying a small c

oads and rural housing can denitely go a long way r y mid and smallcap n ostly in the green, fell 460 m now in tax legislation, this k TCG is dierent and that the L ringing longterm capital b ax evasion through stock ex t

his, along with increased spending on rural T c announcements saw ma i ex, which was trading s he purpose of STT and t efore, a strong case for r ng back LTCG. The issue of i ith a new avatar. As we w

nd aqua culture and animal husbandry. a nterestingly, sectorspec I ax rates. The 30share Sen t ax exemption. There is, the t similar proposal for bring a uction of LTCG is now back d , explained that ng the media i

30billion to its potential of $100 billion), sheries $ e added. h he securities transaction t uite attractive even without q ry of nance, BSE had made t The much anticipated intro “ ukh Adhia, while address m

rocessing, agricultural exports (from current p eturns over the longterm, r s no changes were made in a inance Secretary Has F ent in equity is already m oint secretary of the minis j Back in new form’ ‘

NAM in more mandis, special focus in food e estments had yielded good v TCG was brought in even L s a case of double taxation. i The return on invest “ ritten in 2015 to the then w

ector included higher spends for implementing s ng in mind that equity in i ent was dampened as m TT rates, which, many feel, S hare price on January 31. s nterestingly, in a letter I rawing LTCG in 200405. d

roduce for kharif crops. Other initiatives for this p heir asset allocation keep t he red as investor senti t bolishing or reducing the a e computed based on the b i, Partner, Khaitan & Co. v f over 3 lakh crore by with o

inimum support price (MSP) to 1.5x of cost of m ew tax regime and decide n osses, it ended the day in l ife goals,” said Sanjay Sangh l ernment had lost revenue v owever, decided against h ther words, the gains would o

overnment announced policy of increasing g estors would adjust to the v ged to recover most of the a eeting their nancial and m ven highlighting that the go e rought back LTCG, it has, b ould be grandfathered. In w

ith an aim of increasing farm incomes, W positive,” said Mr.Jain. In a hile the markets man W ple need to create for o ipants this year with some c STT). While the Centre has ( ll gains up to January 31 a

n the output from the farms. o ednesday are protected is W apital gains (LTCG) tax. c ernment has proposed that v

as refreshing to see the focus of this government w act, the fact the gains till p roduction of long term t elief to investors, the go r

nputs (fertiliser subsidy, electricity subsidy etc.), it i ill have a sentimental im w inister announced the in M owever, to oer a partial H

overnments’ focus has traditionally been on the g arket. “While it (LTCG) m ession when the Finance s hem for more than a year. t

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handu said. K opulation of rats that p n valuechain management o amboos in forest land — the b amboo Mission (NBM) has B aid. s owed in respect of prot of l roducers organisations p

radesh Chief Minister Pema P eeds to be more focussed n ribal people from using t ramatic increase in the d restructured National a ,” he et estimate for 201819 g 00% deduction was al 1 reens shall promote farmer G

,” Arunachal rowers g 055 years leads to 5 ut the restructured NBM B f the ‘tree’ tag prevented I llocation of 1,290 crore for a ration Flood’. Operation e 8 to 1,400 crore in the bud 1 r. Jaitley noted that M

eneration to bamboo g owering of bamboo every evelopment of bamboo. d nd Commerce Minister. a ortheastern States. The n he revised estimate of 2017 t rom nancial year 201819.” f reens,’ on the lines of ‘Op G

romote holistic p atowary, Assam’s Industry P olitical party. The p nsurgency in the i ource of revenue s oubled from 715 crore in d ies for a period of ve years t s to launch an ‘Operation e

ill oer a permanent w etamorphosed into a m ne of the best initiatives to o aid Chandra Mohan s rass which once fuelled g essing Industries is being c t derived from such activi My government propos “

The Budget provision is “ ndian Forest Act last year,” I enery. “Such initiatives r ational Front that N gnited farm hope for the i ion of Ministry of Food Pro t rore in respect of their pro c griculture. a

enery’s upcoming bio R reation of the Mizo c orest bamboo, experts said. f ist of trees by amending the l ow Budget 2018 has N . The alloca % per annum 8 nnual turnover up to 100 a ostharvest activities in p

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overnments signed an g ortheast. A rat famine n orests — the lack of policy f eing a delicacy. Bamboo’s b nlike China, the only u The food pro “ ompanies registered c 01819, Finance Minister 2

irth to death, besides it b radesh and Manipur P or the wrong reasons in the f ortheast has 25% of India’s n xploiting it commercially e embers. m eduction to these d n the Union Budget for I

very stage of life, from e hen the Arunachal w amboo has been in focus b f India’s bamboo, from o istance to their s ose to allow 100% p reens” Mission. G

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. ommercial opportunities c former member of the a han 300 ethnic groups in t ut its classication as a tree b he lines of coopera t sm in postharvest i essing Industries Ministry, c

ompeting for limited c rocessors,” Kamesh Salam, p ultiutility grass that more m ssentially a type of grass, e een set up along b ourage professional c lusters under the Food Pro c

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mployment generation. e rowth and job creation. g ee report in full. t ort in toto, making it clear p ulture sector had been an c ucts was also welcomed. d act of climate on farm pro p

n structural reforms, skill development and o ecisive push to economic d waminathan Committee re S nd development in the agri a he Swaminathan Commit t umption of bamboo pro s iven the signicant im G

nd long term benets due to the sustained focus a ent. He said it would give a m ajor outlay for research m hould have implemented s lso failed to implement the a he cultivation and con t uced by the farmers. d

n all, I expect the economy will see both short I olicies of the NDA govern p n the face of it, the Centre o ent on farm loan waiver, it m orticulture University. No H amboo Mission to enhance B orts to buy the surplus pro f

elief to senior citizens and small corporates. r ropoor and profarmer p ould need to be examined, w ot contain any announce n etting up of the National s estructure the National r as said that it will make ef h

nd infrastructure sectors, while also providing a ng it to be reective of the i ersication eorts through v inder said while the details r Not only did the Budget “ ith Kisan Credit Cards and w ort price, the government p

as hailed the Budget, term h evelopment, healthcare and education, MSME d unjab in its crop di P iture, Capt. Ama d armers’ distress. f es and animal husbandry i ncome is less than the sup i

he Budget will boost agriculture, rural T ister Manohar Lal Khattar n easures to address the m lso failed to help a .5 times the expen 1 ecision to integrate sher d n alternate mechanism. If a

owever, Haryana Chief Mi H as failed to announce any h harat (17,800 crore). B The Centre had “ ike in MSP to x it at h gricultural markets. The A through o provide the MSP t

hattar hails it hails hattar K ducation Mission (32,600 crore) and Swachh E ed. d y to the proposed l ointing’ for the State as it p into Grameen shandys) ( hase either at MSP or work c

udget 201819 as ‘disap B ural Road Plan (19,000 crore), National R ng 22,000 rural i n the issue, he ad o eacting cautious R overnment should pur g haats

ay described the Union d ng warehouses and upgrad i ajor issue,” he said. m er Ramesh Chand b marinder. A owards aordable housing (27,500 crore), PM t rops below the MSP, the d

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ress of the State’s t unjab Chief Minister Capt. P itizens and pensioners. c e welcomed the in H ultural scientist suggested c ised climate change and its n lement the report p

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ddress price volatility of a inister Radha Mohan Singh M f 2,000 crore will be set up o into gramin agricul or to 11 lakh crore for 2018 t dded. a nfra fund. i aats h

ater, Union Agriculture L ng “Operation Greens” to i ructure fund with a corpus t pgrade of the 22,000 rural u redit for the agriculture sec c a food parks,” the Minister g he eNAM network and setting up agri market t

r. Jaitley proposed launch M e said. h 018. Also, an agriinfras 2 osed raising institutional p r. Jaitley proposed an M ng facilities in all the 42 me i pgradation of rural u to GrAMS, expanding haats

rice volatility rice P ate price for their produce,” u ill be connected by March w roducts. p he government also pro T ccess to markets through moves such as a o set up stateoftheart test t

o that farmers will get adeq s titutions in this sector and s AM network and the rest N nd other associated a ition in agriculture. d mall and marginal farmers will gain closer S

groprocessing nancial in a een connected to the e b ure perfumes, essential oils t sm in postharvest value ad i 51,576 crore for 201718. lace a foolproof mechanism p ncreased arable land. i

lishment of specialised b 70 APMCs have already 4 age industries that manufac t o encourage professional t 58,080 crore against overnments, will put in g owards creating ecient lease markets and t

ernment will promote esta v PMCs. Out of that, A nd aid small and cot a ancial year 201819, in order n 01819 has been kept at 2 ion with Central and State t apital to lessee cultivators is a welcome move c

NAM to 585 e nd aromatic plants a iod of ve years from the r rs Welfare Ministry for e NITI Aayog, in consulta “ ation for the sector, the go c ITI Aayog’s eorts to ensure institutional N

With the increased allo “ xpand coverage of e ialised medicinal c r up to 100 crore, for a pe e f the Agriculture and Farm o heir production cost”. t udgetary decit at 3.3% of GDP for 201819. b

1,400 crore in 201819. arket and would M tion of highly spe a ompanies, having a turnov c he budgetary allocation T east at oneandahalf times l inance Minister has also managed to keep the F

rom 715 crore in 201718 to f ional Agriculture t ort organised cultiv p f prots to farmer producer o SP.” M ounced crops of Kharif at n ttention, it is commendable that the Union a

latform for the Na p een allocated to sup b 100% deduction in respect a rs receive the benet of e rice] for all hitherto unan p ood Processing Ministry F nfrastructure and health insurance, all requiring i

SP [minimum support M oubling of allocation for the d AM — the etrading N f 200 crore had o ector,” he said, announcing s o want to ensure that farm s ey areas of agriculture, lowcost housing, k

he government announced T lso strengthen e a ramme. Also, a sum g essional management in the f o merely declare MSP but al t ernment would “keep the v hrough this Union Budget, while addressing the T

ore for processing for ore M The government would “ ural Livelihood Pro R rocessing facilities and pro p nd again that we don’t want a e announced that the go h

or farm growth farm or f ale markets. s lusters under the National c rganisations, agrilogistics, o ernment has reiterated time v et speech on Thursday, as g

aid. s he APMCs and other whole t p organic agriculture in u romote farmer producers p eneral election). Our go g run Jaitley said in the Bud A

ets and 585 APMCs,” he k ition to transact directly at s ould be encouraged to take w Operation Greens shall “ ade in its manifesto (2014 m rs,” Union Finance Minister e

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rameen agricultural mar g ho were not always in a po w en selfhelp groups (SHGs) m 500 crore. ost important promise m ng higher incomes for farm i

rastructure in the 22,000 f rs were small and marginal e arming, Mr. Jaitley said wo f nd onions, at an outlay of a ernment has fullled the v Our emphasis is on generat “

ng agricultural marketing in i hat more than 86% of farm t 01718. To boost organic 2 uch as potatoes, tomatoes s his decision, the Modi go t

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ave an Ekalavya Model Re h The government is com “ pro “We nother change. a

hinted at r. Jaitley also M 0,000 tribal persons, will 2 xpand the scope. e

nd skill development.” a T population and at least S udget 2018 that it wants to B

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With T.C.A. Sangeetha) T.C.A. With ( nancing mechanism of HE d to all sectors. e he Centre to impart training t loyers’ contribution. p ent generation had been at m al rankings. b

. ithin ve years w he cost of basic training by t 0% with no change in em 1 ies and facilitating employ t nstitutions climb up in glo i ology. Under the existent n mployment will be extend e

very year. This can generate 75 lakh direct jobs e aid creating job opportuni s etter research and make its b utes of Information Tech t he facility of xed term T end support and sharing p gainst the existing 12% or a

ed capacity and handles 45 million admissions b s to make India produce i ent, and the Indian Insti m ear,” the Minister said. y hip Scheme with sti s f their employment o ance Minister Arun Jaitley n

urses. The private sector contributes 51% of the n al jobs will be created this m ional Apprentice t or rst three years f 01819 Union Budget, Fi 2 he idea, an ocial said, T ndian Institutes of Manage I

ealthcare. There is no mention of schools for h ontribution to 8% c ent while presenting the m ing edge research. t titutes of Technology, the s as shown that 70 lakh for h ntroduction of Na i

he government spends 3% of the GDP on T omen employees’ w aking the announce M lso aimed at facilitating cut a ions such as the Indian In t tudy conducted recently s n the Budget include i

o talk of primary health centres in rural areas? n aboratories, in key institu l f crèches. “An independent o loyment measures p ions Act to reduce s he next three years. t aitley made a mention — is J

pgrading existing district hospitals. Why is there u specially stateoftheart e eeks along with provision w he other proem T iscellaneous Provi M anisation across sectors for g ITs and IISc — of which Mr. I

overage, setting up 24 medical colleges by C loyees Provident Fund Or p tudents to pursue PhD in s nstitutional infrastructure, i eave from 12 weeks to 26 l aid. s rovident Fund and P

oving towards the goal of Universal Health m loyees under the Em p mounts to 1000 B. Tech a ions, is aimed at boosting t ncreasing paid maternity i akehome wages, he t ions of Employees s

ospitalisation is laudable. The government is h o provide high fellowship t roposals from key institu p el and footwear sector and r ector and enable higher s mendments to the provi a 2% of the wages of new em 1

er year for secondary and tertiary care p ore women in the formal m ent. The Centre also made m he Centre will contribute T earch Fellowship scheme s egun to approve project b erm employment for appa t

0 crore beneciaries up to 5,00,000 per family 5 ocratic Alliance govern m he Prime Minister’s Re T EFA, which has already H roducing a system of xed t entivise employment of c

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arpenters, tool smiths, masons, etc. c igher education is h EFA, but there may be dif H

he government, where t he same as is practised in t very district. We need to build up a large army of e Govt. to pay new recruits’ PF money PF recruits’ new pay to Govt.

ilitate it is a key vision of c ources say, is likely to be s nstead of vocational institutes in every town and i

ecessity. The FM talks of Institutes of Eminence, n ampus infrastructure to fa c nstitutions is provided, i

ation and creating better v er in which investment in n chools to educate the parent is an absolute s

oosting research and inno b ng this initiative. The man i eneration of illiterate parents. Digital kiosks in g

ake o. Ocials say that t uitably structured for fund s ducation should be imparted to the earlier E

% of the GDP. It is not enough to train teachers. 5 or the new initiative RISE to f gency (HEFA) would be A

ergo some restructuring d igher Education Financing H rithmetic. The government spends on education a

unding from HEFA HEFA from unding F ember 2016, HEFA will un t chooled, cannot read, write or do basic s

ank (Canara Bank) in Sep b n the age group 14 to 18, despite having been i

ehicle with a public sector V our years,” Mr. Jaitley said. f oncern. According to ASER, 50% of the children c

abinet as a Special Purpose C 1,00,000 crore in the next dmittedly, quality of education is a cause for A

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o help the farmer own the land he cultivates? t ent and progress of the m ng Infrastructure and Sys i

on’t own the land. Will there be some measure d eased as per the require l nitiative, named ‘Revitalis i

ulk of the farm labour consists of farmers who b ial explained. “It will be re c ropose to launch a major p

he Budget speech forgets the fact that the T rincipal amount,” an o p ng health institutions, I i

nd implemented by Atal Behari Vajpayee. a hich will take care of the w ational institutions, includ c

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n Thiruvananthapuram) n i ellness centres. Compre w rore has been made for the c arm produce. f cribed the Scheme as “noth s inghel said people in coun S he emphasis on bringing T

With Oommen A. Ninan A. Oommen With ( ional allocation of 2,000 s 1,200 crore for health and ill be put in place to ensure adequate price for w ance MD and CEO Tapan r r base,” he said. e hairman Preetha Reddy de c

cheme and committing S rogramme, he said. A provi p xtended to other crops. A foolproof mechanism e lso being extended to a larg a pollo Hospitals vice A ajaj Allianz General Insu B . ithin its fold w

ational Health Protection N ernmentfunded healthcare v rops at least at 1.5 times the cost involved, to be c ll 60 crore basic accounts a ign. 2 lakh critical cover is s olders. h ailed the initiatives. h

o be the world’s largest go t ouncing the proposed n anDhan Yojana by bringing J arger base which is a great l ices for Jan Dhan account v are and insurance industry c welcome announcement is the MSP for Rabi A

ge under Pradhan Mantri a r, is being pushed across a e ion of microinsurance ser t op executives in the health T l level,” Mr. Jaitley said, an a rovided for the scheme, set p ubject? s

ndustry hails initiative hails ndustry I t would expand the cover I a, including 2 lakh life cov n enior citizens and introduc s ection to a more aspiration t dequate funds will be A esponsibility, saying agriculture is a State r

er Section 80 D for d ecided to take health pro d eople. p ountry. Can the Central government shirk c uraksha Bima Yojana. S an Jyoti Bima Yoja v

romotion. p My government has now “ amilies, or around 50 crore f ana and the Pradhan Mantri j radhan Mantri Jee P ealth insurance un h ero income. Suicides by farmers all across the z

antri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yo M ife insurance, the l xemption limit for e oth prevention and health b ng coverage. i 0 crore poor and vulnerable 1 griculture. Bumper harvest: low prices, drought: a

eholds, under the Pradhan s ank accounts. “On b he increase in the tax t iary care system, covering t chemes that provide vary s cheme that will cover over S bout 49% of the labour force is engaged in A

Raghuram Rajan at Davos at Rajan Raghuram — olds, including SC/ST hou h ay Jan Dhan did for w e also welcomed H rimary, secondary and ter p lemented health protection p ational Health Protection N

dditional demand dditional a ress health holistically, in d ave implemented or sup h aid while announcing the s overing all poor house c nsurance, the same i uccess.” s

upply bottlenecks than on creating much more much creating on than bottlenecks upply s ance Minister Arun Jaitley n ent would work towards m wareness of health a nd make it a great a harat’ programme to ad B everal State governments S

t this point our focus should be on removing on be should focus our point this t A r. Jaitley said the govern M reate tremendous c ple who are covered o ere part of the ‘Ayushman w nnual coverage of 30,000. a ulnerable families”, Fi v

nsurance. I aid the scheme would s ervices and facilities for pe s hese two, he explained, T RSBY), poor families get an ( overishment of poor and p

ave been better been ave h eliver exceptionally good d ided at the centres. v riya Swasthya Bima Yojana t bout the consequent “im a CI Lombard General I ankBazaar, Adhil Shetty, B

ostic services are to be pro n nder the existing Rash U ernment is concerned v asgupta, MD and CEO of IC D EO and cofounder of C ent. As an insurer, we will m

ealth hazards, said Bhargav h game changer”. “ ow with this announce n ree essential drugs and diag f ospitalisation. h ient treatment and the go t ood but could could but ood G

ate protection against u aid Ayushman Bharat was a s ame will happen in India s hild health services, and c ondary and tertiarycare c ell assets to receive inpa s

akers on ensuring adeq m ies chairman Satish Reddy r igher life expectancy. “The h iseases and maternal and d ear will be provided for se y akhs of families borrow or L

ng for noncommunicable i ge of up to 5 lakh a family a a ointer to the focus of policy p hile Dr. Reddy’s Laborato w ealth insurance cover had a h

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ncreased from 10% to 20%. i omply with environment c onstruction and reservoir c 396 crore for handloom ubstantial allocation is s ale of listed equities will ad s urnover for availing the be t gies. o

uty on silk fabric has been d eo textiles in road g he budget has proposed T extile processing sector t 0172018. The other 2 ionalise the condition of t n the previously untaxed o esearch in new age technol r

ignicantly, the customs S ort to encourage use of e acilities for textile units. f hich will support the w 1,956 crore for the year ouncing eorts to enhance n longterm capital gains tax’ ‘ rom March 31, 2019, and ra f

orks. w apacity building. In an c o create infrastructure t evelopment Scheme, D ot 2,300 crore as against g lauded the Centre for an p ssues. It said slapping a i f the Act to March 31, 2021 o

astern region is also in the e rojects, will get 30 crore p he Integrated Processing T nvestment. The scheme has i ilk sector for better s et under Section 80IAC n nd venture capitalists ap a nd ‘stayinIndia checklist’ a

nvironment norms nvironment E ndustry in the north i rojects completed in the p hich has 47 ongoing w ith higher xed capital w any startup founders M he resolution for ‘angel tax’ t tartup for availing the be s

egments of the textile s nitiated and 35 current i ntegrated Textile Parks, I echnology upgradation t rms. It had hoped to see he incorporation date for a t roach,” said iSPIRT. p

rogramme to develop all p imilarly, the Scheme for S 0 new projects will be 5 rogramme. P roductivity through p t also proposed to extend I riented policymaking ap o y with thousands of product l

comprehensive A udgetary support. About b xpected to benet. e luster Development C hat looks at improving t enition notied by DIPP. d esponsive and action r SPIRT, which worked close i

udgetary allocations. b rore) are the others to get c nd nearly 4,000 units are a omprehensive Powerloom C und scheme, a programme F roduct thinktank p tartup with the modied s or a much more f

echnical textiles with t uch as sericulture (510.61 s orms, will get 3.8 crore n he Power Tex India and t echnology Upgradation T ues,” said software s f eligible business for a o ty and diversity call i

otton, knitwear and c 200 crore) and segments ( overing programmes under c or the Amended f ant nearterm is t osed to align the denition p India’s complex “

echnology missions on t ntegrated skill development i he major allocation is T ddress the impor a lso, the Budget pro A nits is 112.15 crore, u eeting capital.

here are also plans for T ed opportunity to s rms. chemes such as S or schemes for powerloom f uch as silk and jute. s ors as opposed to t

echnology missions echnology T oom upgradation. l revious budget. The outlay p alue chain and segments v nd domestic inves a his Budget is a mis t tartups and venture capital s

ncludes the entire textile i oundational angel f nd investor fronts, a reas, especially for the a or the sector in the f overing 2,000 weavers for c

oreign investment in niche f he textile sector, which t ater reservoir projects. w ew blocklevel clusters, n ith 1,555 crore earmarked w ivise and protect t On the startup “

ere suitable for attracting w tabilisation projects and 25 s o the weavers, set up 31 t 2,163.85 crorecompared llocation of 7,148 crore for a egime must incen r xpectations. e

he view that it fell short of t nstruments. These, he said, i hursday proposed an T extiles, take up 20 slope t upply 5,355 lakh kg of yarn s as received an allocation of h ains. It said promised tax g

ate policy for hybrid r 0 km road using geo 4 rogramme. The plan is to P oost exports. The scheme b he Union Budget on T y the promise of taxfree b ntentioned, they were of i

ent would set up a sepa m andloom Development H evies (ROSL), which is to L ill no longer be tempered w hough the Budget was well T llocated. This will help lay a

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arket. m aise one fourth of the total r ills. b ated ‘BBB’ or equivalent are r his issue for listed compa t nd Services Tax. “This is a eedlings planted by the Union Government. s

ent of the corporate bond m ost. Making it mandatory to c estment. “Corporate bonds v aster discounting of the f nd introduction of Goods a egulator would also take up r takeholders have to join hands to nurture the s

ues related to the develop s ake advantage of the lower t ng to be made eligible for in i ent of working capital and m lace after demonetisation p ection, the capital market r as signalled the government’s intent and the h

ittee which advises it on is m ards the bond markets to w SMEs with better manage M o permit bonds with ‘A’ rat t ad already moved in the di h esses of MSMEs was taking n ill help in realising farmers’ income. The Budget w

com EBI already has a S help ith GSTN would w ions are already moving to t ould take necessary steps w ormalisation of the busi f eserve Bank of India (RBI) R ard and integration of eNAM with the local haat C

s showing signs of activity. i Most of the big corpora “ ll the regulators concerned a linking TReDS r2SME, said e r. Jaitley said a massive M run Jaitley said while the A evelopment, expanding scope of Kisan Credit d

nterest rate derivatives that i inance Minister. F aid. R.Narayan, CEO, Pow s obs, he said. j urther, he said F et 201819, Finance Minister g llocation for 2,000 crore for agri market a

hat of the equity market or t the Budget ion by rms, t ary action,” said the s et,” said Mr. Jaitley. k n turn, would create more i resenting the Union Bud P lood,” simplication of MSP calculation, special F

romote domestic produc p rowth trajectory similar to g ors will take neces t r investible surplus which, e rom the bond mar f equirement. r n “Operation Green” in line with “Operation o

to 018 would be unveiled 2 apers but failed to register a p oncerned regula c ould leave them with high w heir nancing needs t art of their capital p oubling allocation for food processing, emphasis d

ence Production Policy f f many panels and study o 9% of the companies 9 overnment and g bout onefourth of a o tap the bond market for a t his, along with various other boosters like T

n industryfriendly De A orate income tax rate for p evival has been the subject r A’ grade ratings. The ‘ orporates, to meet c t compulsory for corporates i llocation itself counts more than 14 lakhs crore. a

ng by nanciers. i orporate bond market C 9,” he said. The lower cor 1 o move from ‘AA’ to t eginning with large b latory framework, making u f we look at rural allocation, the infrastructure I

uyers by way of discount b 7,000 crore during 2018 uantum AMC. Q ent. It is now time m onsider mandating, c oon consider creating a reg s ork is a step closer. f

SMEs drawn on corporate M ue to this measure is d aid Jimmy Patel, MD & CEO, s nly as eligible for invest o ond market. SEBI will also b oard of India (SEBI) will B rosper is the new ‘mool mantra.’ Farm to global p

ng of invoices/bills of i stimate of revenue forgone e he corporate bond market,” t onds with the ‘AA’ rating b udge corporates to access n he Securities and Exchange T ealth. Concerted eort to produce, process and w

ReDS is to facilitate nanc T ling their tax returns. The an push the supply side of c ost regulators permit m as issued guidelines to h oultry, horticulture, shery etc. will add to farm p UMBAI UMBAI M

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akh crore for lending under l arger nancing of MSMEs l ano technology, augmenting irrigation, farm to n

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e said that the NITI H yoriented budget, IAMAI g llocation of around 14,500 a tal India programmes.” i t COAI, said. a aid. An amount of nearly s f growth in rural and urban, India can rightfully o

ance minister said. n erming it as a technolo T s an enabler for various Dig a athews, Director General M t IIT, Chennai,” Mr. Jaitley a he Budget proposed an T mperative, not an option. With the right mixture i

aitley said. J rore rural citizens,” the c yper competition,” Rajan h f an indigenous 5G Test Bed o he Minister said. t nd decelerate its evolution a ncome at this point of economic history is an i

ide broadband access to 5 v rinting and the like,” Mr. p orst nancial health and w ill support establishment w omies and the way we live,” n omentum in our country m would dare say that embracing doubling farm I

hotspots which will pro ence, Internet of things, 3D g urrently experiencing its c he Department of Telecom t cosystem but also our eco e low down the IoT adoption s conomy in this Budget. e

nthused by the holding up of the case for rural e ng the sector, which is i ologies and its adoption, n orm not only innovation f estment requirement could v roposes to set up 5 lakh wi p earning, articial intelli l

nderstood by the government. I’m greatly u ion is critical for resuscitat t Fifth Generation’ (5G) tech ‘ as great potential to trans h he country. High capital in t The Government also “ igital space – machine d

s, and an urgent interven e articularly the p nd physical systems a romoting IoT adoption in p anpower. m uttingedge technologies in c lleviation and wealth creation are well a

reduction in levies and tax a ew technologies, n Combining cyber “ pectrum licence fees for s n development on o y thanks to development of m verall economy, its importance in poverty o

conomy’s crying need to be integrated into e he Budget. “We had sought t enet of emerging b hings. t ove towards rationalising m rogramme and 300 crore p orming into a digital econo f

he single most stand out item. The rural t ts key asks found mention in i To harness the “ ation and internet of c are from 18% to 5% and a w overnment’s digital literacy g Global economy is trans “

tudy this year’s Budget, rural wealth creation is s disappointed” that none of “ se. u uantum communi q reduction in tax on hard a ervices, 400 crore on the s ndustry. i

he telecom industry is T ated for civilian c ng, big data analysis, i ndia, said, “I was expecting I n delivering egovernance o ely been welcomed by the g is February 2016 Budget speech. As experts h

ieu of airwaves va l igital manufactur d echnology IoT panel for T ng, followed by 425 crore i 01718, a move that has lar 2 nd, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley quoted this in A he government. t

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ors pay licence fees and t ommunications network c ng and skilling in robotics, i hairperson of The Institu C ill be spent on promotion w 3,073 crore for the next s

ial stress. Telecom opera c ated optical brebased c ill invest in research, train w ishi Mohan Bhatnagar, R aximum of 864.22 crore m igital India programme to D udget B

hich is reeling under nan w llocated for building a dedi a entres of excellence that c ts applications. i nder Digital India, a U he government’s agship t

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xports, he added. e ithin prudential limits. As w iberalised.” l aid. The projected s

otential of food processing p nsurance covers issued i ommodities will be c hipment, the government s

ood Parks will unleash the F otential, export of agri p akh crore worth of trade l aximum liability of m

acilities in all the 42 Mega f dded that “To realise this a espect of more than 1 r apacity in terms of c

tateoftheart testing s CGC’s underwriting E xports of $30 billion, and e qualisation coverage in e

he proposal to set up T nfusion will bring the i illion against the current b rovide interest p

xport policy. e otential is as high as $100 p ECGC). “The capital ( upee export credit will r

hat India’s agriexports t n pre and postshipment o evising a stable agri d uarantee Corporation G

emand would help in d nvestment in Export Credit i run Jaitley pointed out A qualisation Scheme (IES) E

rospects and current p 500 crore towards hursday, nance minister T or the Interest f

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hat victory. Mr. Jaitley has exed India’s nancial t ommissioner or Commis C BC and aid their revival, I

frica. Kohli used India’s bowling muscle to stage A ional Principal t tressed assets under the s

scension. We are fresh from a win in South a o enable rms to bid for T ng heard by the jurisdic i

ddresses all the key elements that will aid India’s a onable opportunity of be s hreeyear tenure. t

his Budget continues that legacy and T elaxed after aording rea r al gains bonds with a t

aking. m as said the norm would be h ernmentprescribed capi v

nd we have a track record of prudent policy a ive bidders. The budget t ale were invested in go s

n the global pecking order. The future is bright i mpt if the proceeds of the e prospec hich deterred w

ndia is at an inection point in terms of its rise I olding changed hands, h ains tax which was ex g

ccept the additional tax cost. a orward if majority share f racted longterm capital t

feel condent that in the longrun, investors will I nlisted companies) at u osses could not be carried L

as generated for domestic and foreign investors, h orward losses. f y, sale of shares in t

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east volatility due to its introduction. l f any capital asset o elief has been pro r

nsured that the tax is fair and there would be e SM India. Further R arlier, the sale E

ears. The grandfathering provision construct has y urana, Founder, S rom three years. f

ave been witnessing over the last couple of h ount,” said Suresh c ended to ve years t

uncturing the strong market sentiment that we p rovided on this ac p onds has been ex b

apital gains tax will be brought in without c ; relief has been ets s enure of such t

n the market on how, if at all, the long term i nd the minimum a ing for stressed as d

here was lot of ambiguity and apprehension T uyers shy away from bid b or immoveable property f

elief to the indigenous manufacturing sector. r ould be applicable only w nder MAT. This made u

ncreasing custom duties will provide some I cribed capital bonds s racted huge tax liability t

he entire chain. t emaining 800 crore at r eeds into government pre c

ood processing businesses will help strengthen f nvestment of sales pro i n the revival process, the i

nstitutional credit to 11 lakh crore and focus on i erm capital gains through t greed to be written back a

etting up of mega food parks, increasing S rore and 200 crore was c et of exemption on long n

ystemic deciencies that plague the sector. s nd has a liability of 1,000 a said that the be he budget T

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here is a sense of T ata Capital said, “The bud T bhishek Goenka, partner A hould nudge smaller organi s rivate sector investment, p nnounced for the rural a aid he believed that reduc s

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r — Commercial Finance, e ycle.” c eople. p les robust growth through b arious positive measures v ia, said the reduction d ax & Regulatory, PwC India, T

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maria, chief operating oc A he revival the investment t hat will cover 50 crore t ant move, and one that ena c and coming through the m ail sector tax leader, EY In t ahul Garg, Senior Partner — R

rjcshave projects he MSME sector, Sarosh t ealthcare programme h maller rms may not aid to s ax to 25%. This is a signi t ied, it sees an uptick in de l onsumer products and re c Lower rate for all rms’ ‘

isting out positives for L est so tax reduction for v he reduction in corporate t ent incentives being be m ashish Kasad, partner and A he world’s largest t developmental

maria added. A rms to 25% from 30%. he big companies who in t m especially pleased to see a ts expectations on invest i choing similar feelings, E hat the FM stated as w infrastructure

nd large companies,” Mr. a corporate tax on such ered w te companies to invest. It’s a entions,” said Mr. Jain. v ealthcare, by launching h I te, KEF Holdings, said, “ a or is a trie disappointed at t

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oice as the government lo j he bond markets for mid t overnment wants the priv g f the UAEbased conglomer o lthough the corporate sec A ame in other useful inter s eing paid to b

rore will have reason to re c onds would help deepen b one for smaller rms. The d on, founder and chairman l Startups can invest the “ he special attention t > < ptick in rural demand U

ow investments in rated l ith a turnover up to 250 w cross the board but it was a at Forge. Faizal E. Kottikol r nd largescale enterprises. a t is heartening to see I

ents from regulators to al m nterprises (MSME) rms e hat corporate tax cut will be t aid Baba Kalyani, CMD, Bha s r. Jhaveri. M arities between startups p ere populist measure. m

icro, small and medium M ow up announce l yone so it was anticipated r he entire corporate sector,” t entiment changing,” said s isseminating the dis d uality of lives for every rural inhabitant, than a q

ationalised. r pectrum, timely fol s ion was removed from eve t aps have been extended to h e impacted due to market b n the economy by i see this as a genuine attempt to improve the I

rore, should have been c f the corporate o mposition of cess. Exemp i hough welcome, could per t hrough IPOs and FPOs may t ill create a balance w ector are meant to double farm income by 2022. s

turnover of more than 250 a or. At the other end t p by 35 basis points due to u over of up to 250 crore, n heir ability to raise funds t uce tax for MSMEs d nnouncements for the rural and agriculture a

arger companies, that have l orporate tax will actually go c ortune in terms of timing as p f funds for this sec o 5% for companies with tur 2 ent’s move to re m obs in the immediate term. A slew of j

hat the corporate rates for t ill ease availability w ppointed with the fact that a n the rate of corporate tax to i ains taxation may be inop g aid that the govern s emains intact and hopefully will create more r

er of Wildcraft said he felt d anctions to MSMEs s ate tax reduction, I am dis r The selective reduction “ ation of longterm capital s ions Inni Pvt. Ltd. t nfrastructure and push for MakeinIndia i

ocus on online loan f iddharth Sood, cofoun S , “Forget about corpo ver ve years. o ercentage point. Rationali p CoFounder of Solu & o address all of these. The commitment to t indu H

illion. “Further, the b nhelpful.” u eduction of corporate taxes r rom an increase in cess of 1 f niketh Jain, CEO A oor and the elderly. Budget 2018 has continued p hankar Raman told S The

redit support fund of 37 c this kind of patchwork is “ lightly higher tax burden s usinesses,” said Mr. Garg. b ept his promise on phased k hem ‘worldclass’ and a life of dignity for the t ent, L&T Group CFO R. m

nd said he believed that a ion of a capital subsidy and t he Finance Minister had t orporates will now carry a c orate and non corporate p onnectivity have miles to go before we can call c onrming the develop C

ion in corporate tax rates t 250 crore and the introduc eloitte Haskins & Sells, said D ion. Unfortunately, large t ion should apply to all cor t f the country need jobs, infrastructure and o ate go down to 25%. r

o acrosstheboardreduc r rore, would see eective tax c ub Committee and partner, S enet from the rate reduc b ompanies. “The rate reduc c ies with a turnover of up to n griculture sector productivity is low, the youth a

e was disappointed with ze h ax rate of 25% for compa t ndia has several areas for improvement. Our I ual revenues of up to 250 n conomic Aairs & Taxation E r of upto 250 crore would e oney in hands of small m

nd digital being given adequate consideration. a hairman, CII Eastern region c 9% of MSME’s with turnov 9 as welcome as it left more w SME sector, with a reduced M ational Tax, PwC India said n orate tax for rms with an p

o incorporate a visible theme with infrastructure t bhijit Bandypadhyay, A or another year. However, f hen the Minister said cor w

ackward. At the same time, the Budget manages b II Eastern region. C he large tax payers to wait t opes had initially soared H

ha & Co and past chairman, J imited to the MSMEs leaving l outh, women, elderly and the economically y opment projects. l

he development of various target groups — t hatterji senor partner, L.B C 5% for companies remains 2 social deve inister to fund m

trong focus not only on rural India but also on s orporates”, said Dipankar c ucing corporate tax rate to d % proposed by the nance 4

ull something out of the hat. The Budget has a p ectly benet large r The FM’s promise of re “ ncrease in cess from 3% to i

ouncement that would di n r – tax, Deloitte India. e oints. This stems from an p ndia, the Finance Minister (FM) has managed to I

hanges and disproportionate focus on rural c ugh there has been no an o ul Jhaveri, managing partn p ate has gone up by 35 basis r

midst all the speculation around tax regime A or the corporate sector alth f ome down, according to Vi c the eective corporate tax s a

emand”, which augurs well d ng for torporate taxes to i India Inc. wanting more eft l

ront foot f late into “an uptick in rural s o wait for another year hop t eneral elections next year g

ncome may eventually tran i r tax burden and will have e edged Budget ahead of the

ister for boosting farmer’s n ill now have to bear a high w n his fth and last full i laying on the P

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44 cities have got 1 nder the Atal Mission U eets global standards. m ork contract for 272 w rom 1,586.46. f ially received an increase of t nder the AMRUT U roadcasts, telephony, Inter b

he country’s infrastructure t ng, received 1,746.25 up i rogress. p evelop 100 smart cities. d or 500 cities and sewage f ities have credit rating and c ation, television and radio c ince 2013, the DoS sequen s

pending will ensure that s rore have been approved c pproved. As many as 482 a or 20,852 crore is under f his will be used to T opment and remote sens l ctivities such as communi a ooking at only the outlays L

94 projects worth 19,428 4 00 cities have been 5 een completed, and work b evelopment. d rore towards infrastructure c hich include payload deve w one of national and social b teady increases teady S

earch. Space applications, s orth 2350 crore have w apacity building for urban c otal allocation of 5.97 lakh t ater supply contracts for W lans of 77,640 crore for p S atellites are the back

0% over the previous year. 4 roperty Consultants, the P nvestment grade rating. i rogramme, the Statelevel p 2.04 lakh crore, projects ncluding 169 crore towards i ramme and sponsored re g evelopment. d

hairman of ANAROCK c ission with an outlay of M 6,169 crore in 20182019, alled XpoSat, climate pro c l projects and those under a nnual increase of nearly a

ccording to Anuj Puri, A nder the Smart Cities u he previous year, will get t ay polarimeter satellite r racking; besides operation t bly received its best ever a of 77,640 crore for 500 cities have been approved.

iment, small satellites, X r ack in 201314, DoS prob B ector. s 9 cities have been selected 9 0172018 and 4,412 crore 2 aunch, postlaunch satellite l Under the AMRUT programme, plans Boost to infrastructure: infrastructure: to Boost

lan, a space docking expe p he year show. t rospects for the real estate p ccording to a press release, A udgetary allocation in b ehicles, propulsion, v

hich received 4,000 crore w ultiply investment m olved in satellites, launch v utlay, revised estimates for o ission, a Venus mission M 9 cities selected cities 9 9

osed second Mars Orbiter p ore than the last year’s m rban connectivity will u he Smart Cities Mission, T ey towards centres in n

oS drew about 62 crore D gricultural marketing and a lose to 5,000 crore. c . o 12,169 crore t his segment includes mo T arked together for the pro m

chemes in 20172018 was s ission, has been increased M n rural areas, smart cities, i 230 crore has been ear hich ends on March 31, the w ocussed on satellites on ocussed F

nvestment in infrastructure i llocation for AMRUT a MRUT and Smart Cities A nder Space Sciences, U lso, for scal 201718 A

ion. t 8. 1 ebruary. F ndia, said the public I ities. The budgetary c ncludes projects under i

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echnology from 5,984 in t onfederation of Real Estate C owards the Urban t utlay for the Urban o ave begun to intensively h well above the t is also I

6,000 crore. This will be resident of the p hows 6,576 crore for space s ve years — of 18.6%. round 100 departments A , the total evelopment d

rastructure projects. f ut, the departmental outlay o o the best yearly increase in s he allocation proposed is t n a boost to infrastructure I axay Shah, national J

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peaking to the media, S aid the contract for the s erm commitment of the government. Such t

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nd stock markets. a

in Arunachal Pradesh hich would lead to capital outow from bond w

risk nterest rates in developed countries is also a i

ressure on exchange rates. An abrupt rise in p

New tunnel planned

he attendant rise in current account decit and t

and ncluding a possible rise in crude oil prices i

he downside risks are mainly external, T

. xpenditure side pans out in a preelection year e

n addition, the Navy and I hat there was just about t ng the growth in defence i r the revised estimate of e uring. t haitan & Co. called the bud K 9 are low. Much would also depend on how the 1

thers. o 14,004.76 crore. This meant rore and 5.91% increase ov c 95,000 crore, far outweigh ush for domestic manufac p abir Bogra, partner at K ettling down, chances of scal slippage in 2018 s

cquisition amounting to a raLight Howitzers, among t ised estimates of last year at v et estimate of 2.74 lakh g ery little funds left. v efence modernisations and d ncreased cess, coupled with the GST regime i

4.26% higher than the re 1 .81% increase over the Bud 7 overnment’s emphasis on g urements can be made with c eft helicopters and M777 Ul l itted liabilities for capital m mposition of longterm capital gains tax and an i

ear’s allocation represents a y ers, CH47 Chinook heavy t rore, which includes com c 1,08,853 crore, which is ade a brief reference to the m cepticism on how new pro s ollections and the increase in tax base, an c

peech. Instead, he only s rial corridors, there was t raft, AH64 attack helicop c al head was 18,603.71 t efence pensions was d ompared to 201718, this C iven the increased buoyancy in direct tax G

ion for defence in his t lishment of defence indus b rs, six C130J transport air e ate for 201718 under capi m llocation. The allocation for a f capital allocation. o ike infrastructure remain supportive. l

ounce the budgetary alloca n elcoming the esta w re the 36 Rafale ght a he allocation in Budget esti t 99,563 crore was the capital ven surpassed the quantum e ealistic while fund ows to the important sectors r

ents are being made m or instance, for the Navy, F ue component while n 1,00,000 crore mark and ice, Mr. Jaitley did not an t he Budget. While t rowth target of around 7%7.5% both look g

rocurements. p n a departure from prac I ixed response to m eals for which pay d 1,95,947 crore was the reve rst time crossed the sa ecttre of 3.3% and a real GDP scal decit target A

eat this year,” he said. s he industry gave a T ome of the major S y little for fresh r f the overall allocation, O ence pensions have for the f evelopment. d

eems to have taken a back s chemes. s igned. This would leave ve s udget speech. B akh crore. However, de l inks in infrastructure and farm sector l ixed response ixed M

odernisation process m een kept for new b hat have already been t er Arun Jaitley said in his t et allocation stood at 2.95 g n focus the need to connect the missing i

he initial stages. t f 4000 crore has o s payments for contracts i inistry statement, the bud M ion of new equipment. The t ur priority,” Finance Minis o akes care of scal rectitude while keeping t

ation of capital for acquisi c ent process is at m rore and an amount c ommitted liabilities, which c udgetary support will be b ccording to a Defence A which udget 201819 is a pragmatic eort,

uirements rather than allo q hip policy. The procure s mounting to 26,899.90 a ajority of it would go for m eeds. Ensuring adequate n an be made this year. c

ood budget g evenue expenditure re r nder the strategic partner u ies for capital acquisition t n the capital allocation, a I iant for meeting our defence l ny major new acquisitions a

mong others to be procured a ncludes committed liabili i o make the nation selfre t ensions, raising questions if p ain in addressing existing m ommitted liabilities ommitted C

he focus continues to re t nd hundreds of helicopters a as 33,570.17 crore, which w ence production capability f st hike of 7.81%, excluding e wellbalanced, A

2,95,511 crore implies that ingleengine ghter aircraft s 01718 under Capital Budget 2 xpenditure. e nd nurture intrinsic de a his year’s Budget saw a mod t

f spending by about 8% to o rocurement of submarines, p ation in Budget estimate c he total Central government t ave been taken to develop h he allocation for defence in T

ence sector. “The increase f ibillion defence deals for t or the Air Force, the allo F ocation accounts for 12.1% of l A number of initiatives “

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he trains will be rolled out t he Railways. A conventional t he new train sets, the t inance Minister Arun F

oard will decide on where B estinclass train sets for b CF sources said that in I n the Union Budget, I

ut by June. The Railway o his scal. t ime. t n India, selfpropelled, i

rain is expected to be rolled t arlance. “These are made p et will be commissioned s tations and reduce travel s

he initial stages and the t emihigh speed in railway s erambur, and the rst such P p entry and exit from u

nly have chair cars. “It is in o er hour, which is known as p esigned at the ICF in d rain 18. These will speed T

owever, such trains will H nd features are being a ocomotive — known as l hey will travel at 160 km T

ours,” the source added. h t either end of the train. a tateoftheart amenities s ithout a separate w

ime will drop by at least ve t eplaced with driver cabins r odern train sets with m ess train sets — a rake l

tation and the total travel s anufacturing new, engine m

inutes are saved per m n the process of i The new trains will only have chair cars. chair have only will trains new The Fast forward: Fast

uickly. This way at least 10 q oach Factory (ICF) that is C

ccelerate and reduce speed a ast, thanks to the Integral p

dvantage is that they can a ill soon be a thing of the w

MUs in pickup. “The main E ndian Railways. This image I

he new trains will be like T ind when one thinks of the m

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n manpower. i r required for the project.” e een Virar and Dahanu as w

rojects and programmes, and further reduction p odara to train the manpow d dditional double track bet a

e on the growth of nonfare revenue, delivery of b nstitute is coming up in Va i he new tracks include an T

ndicates the right direction. However, focus must i An ect, the Minister said, “ j aid in his speech. s

verall, the Railways portion of the Budget O n the bullet train pro O rore,” the Finance Minister c

ptimum transport solutions getting priority. o sangaon. A racks at a cost of 11,000 t

uburban trac for quite long, resulting in sub s ine between Kalyan and l dd 90 km of double line a

he Railways have been disowning the T nd Badlapur, and a fourth a anded and augmented to p

engaluru. B ine 3 and 4 between Kalyan l eline of the city, is being ex f

he mention of suburban sections of Mumbai and t etween Borivali and Virar, b port system, which is the li s

idors such as line 5 and 6 r ranted. “The Mumbai tran g he most praiseworthy part of the Budget is T

ng new lines on existing cor i 40,000 crore has been eneration. g

ivali, and construct r rojects worth p f borrowed funds in the absence of internal o

arbour Line till Bo H lthough about 93,000 crore is going to be out a and approval for —

ar, extending the r MUTP) — or MUTP 3 ( rore which is good news for the industry, c

een Panvel and Vi w port Project s he capital budget outlay provided is 1,48,528 T

an corridor bet b umbai Urban Tran M ailways was losing out to other modes. R

reating a new subur c eneration growth was 5.5%, indicating that the g hase III of the P

he Budget include t ling of lines under b utput growth was about 6.5% and power o

ther proposals in O ioned for the dou t urprisingly, during the same period transport S

ome sections.” s rore has been sanc c odernisation and capacity expansion. m

luding elevated corridors in c n amount of 11,000 A rowth which was taking place even without g

he cost of 40,000 crore, in t ill be added. w 01718 is also no better than 5%, way below the 2

eing planned in Mumbai at b hich an additional 150 km w nancial years it was less than 2%. The trend in

ional suburban network is t an railway network, to b rac was 6.16%, while during the last three t

nd fty kilometres of addi a rore for the Mumbai subur c pposite. From 2000 to 2014, the CAGR of freight o

peech and said: “Hundred s rojects worth 51,000 p f at least 150 GMT but the ground reality is the o

erred to MUTP 3A in his f y on Thursday approved l hould have translated into an additional capacity s

he Finance Minister re T inance Minister Arun Jaite F ocomotives and wagons has also improved. This l

arjat with Panvel. K ommissioned. Manufacture of coaches, c

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ell as a new line connecting w n addition, 35 PFT/goods sheds have been I jeet Mahale jeet A

as been completed annually. h

rojects worth 51,000 crore approved P road gauge lines and 2,000 km of electrication b

ears, 201415 to 201617, an average 3,000 km of y

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uge borrowings may result in an irreversible h

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eneration almost the entire capital is being g

ongterm dividends but in the absence of internal l

#4 9 2 3 5 3 3 5 3 2 9 #4 nd safety.” a elopment. All stations with v lobal Services. G ening announcement.” t Measures announced on “ y sustainable, energy e l tock will certainly yield s

reation, modernisation c vailable for real estate de a ystem in Mumbai is a hear s artner, Deloitte India, said: p urugesh, group CEO, WNS M orldclass, environmental w ignalling and rolling s

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ightly allocated to capacity r t stations will be made a f improving suburban train o ions, Vishwas Udgirkar, t ace,” said Keshav R. l as a vision to create a h nvestment in modern i

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ajor stations. Surplus land m ajor portion has been m rication. Specic mention t esponding to the alloca R unities for the local popu t ent, the Railway Ministry m lectrication, and e

an irreversible an ake redevelopment of 600 t ime high allocation. The t oubling of lines, and elec d orridors was in full swing. c reased employment oppor c y the Budget announce b ines, aggressive l

udget and has made an all B ited has decided to under m reation, passenger safety, c estern dedicated freight w ttract more business and in a ransportation, said going T onversion of all narrow c may result in result may

ortance to Railways in the p evelopment Company Li D ble, with focus on capacity a ork on the eastern and w f smart cities. This will help o ector, India, Bombardier r ections, gauge s borrowings

overnment has given im g he Indian Railway Station T ailways investment is laud R he Finance Minister said T ystem for the development s udhir Rao, managing di S he existing single line t

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r, Khaitan & Co, said, “The e omotives during 201819. c ers the appropriate eco o uilding, i.e. doubling of b edevelopment on cards on edevelopment R

ibyanshu Sinha, partn D ays riding on technology w s and approximately 700 lo e mphasis on capacity E > < e implemented in the next b engaluru,” Mr. Jaitley said. B

anced rail control systems. v ng of private sidings. i 2,000 wagons, 5,160 coach 1 Modernising the Rail “ rgently. u ail Projects’ rst phase to R ater to the growth of c

ignalling systems and ad s nd fast track commission a rovision for acquisition of p ao said. R nd needs to be xed a he Bengaluru Suburban t rore is being planned to c

ies working in the areas of n rastructure at goods sheds, f he Budget also made T tock by the Railways,” Mr. s roject delivery continues to be unsatisfactory p he State cabinet approved t stimated cost of 17,000 e

pportunities for compa o o decided to upgrade in s uring 201718. d or procurement of rolling f eneral managers and no resource constraint, g his comes a day after T pproximately 160 km at an a

afety will create business s ioned for electrication s re pleased with the intent a revent accidents. It has al p he right steps like delegation of powers to t oes to polls later this year. g A suburban network of “

nhanced allocation for E y moving millions daily. We l he next two years. This is to t ork would be commis w single EPC contract has been made. Despite all a apital of Karnataka which c rore of the total cost. c

n analyst said. a he broad gauge network in t ,000 km of the railway net 4 obility across cities global m rocurement, construction (EPC) but till date not p etwork in Bengaluru, the n ould bear 20% of 349 w

ays in the years to come,” w aid. Mr. Jaitley also said s ehicles provide sustainable v nmanned level crossings in u ontracts in the Railways would be engineering, c dd 160 km of suburban a ailways, and the former R

o signicantly reform Rail t ork into broad gauge,” he w ighspeed trains to light rail h ecided to eliminate 4,267 d rabhu had announced in his Budget that all P llocated 17,000 crore to a tate government and the S

ath and momentum is built p em’. The government has t orm almost the entire net f onorails to locomotives, m een made only in two stations. Shri Suresh b aitley on Thursday J oint venture between the j

ector in India is on the right s rotection and Warning Sys P ent capacity and trans m ommuter trains to metros, c . Similarly, physical progress has perationalised o inance Minister Arun F hree years. The project is a t

The rail transportation “ ike ‘Fog Safe’ and ‘Train l auge conversion would aug g Our rail vehicles from “ or opening in 2019. Not a single section has been f

Bonanza for Bengaluru for Bonanza em. t Five thousand kilometres of “ n India. i reased use of technology c ept pace with the Budget as DFC is now targeted k

o create a safer railway sys t ient transportation system c 01819. There will be in 2 ines on several sectors. l owever, the reality on the ground has not H

roach of the government is p enewal is targeted during r ork on third and fourth w ines known as ‘semi high speed’ and bullet train. l

nalysts said the ap A ver 3,600 km of track O 8,000 km of tracks and to 1 , increasing of speed on existing edevelopment r

or passengers. f osh. K as decided to double h edicated freight corridors (DFC), station d

rains to enhance security t ashtriya Rail Sanraksha R ddition. The government a epetitive, such as early implementation of r

t all railway stations and on a ade available under the m ill be utilised for capacity w overnment, the announcements sound G

i. CCTVs will be provided F large part of these funds A dequate funds would be a lthough this is the fourth Budget of this A

ressively provided with Wi g ng the Budget assured that i ear 201819. y nterested in its impact on Railways. i

ions and trains will be pro t run Jaitley while present A he Railway Ministry for the t he merger of the Rail Budget, the public is t

ill have escalators. All w nion Finance Minister U sta ure of 1,48,528 crore for t assenger travel. This is the reason that even after p

ore than 25,000 footfalls m er comfort. g ounced a capital expendi n s it holds more than 90% of long distance a

ell as to improve passen w run Jaitley on Thursday an A conomy and for the everyday life of the people, e

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nd the corporate sector, the increase in education cess a

ducation. A careful analysis of e nstruments bought after January i r by 25.8%. e stimate of 1.9%, and the slippage e . Govinda Rao, who was a Member of the of Member a was who Rao, Govinda . M

and European nations average 20%. For the salariat 1% 2 entral schemes, which was high C udget ut to 2.6% as against the B o tates to improve the quality of S bove 1 lakh at the rate of 10% for a

y the longterm capital gains tax v he grants given to the States for t evenue decit in 201718 works r rastructure, and working with the f te to ince the U.S. recently slashed its corporate tax ra s

ompetitiveness. c ortant issue is the proposal to le p evenue expenditure, particularly r s taken. The revised estimate of i he senior citizens, creation of in t ies in the global context will be debated. Especially so, n

ut will not increase the b n the taxes front, the most im O igher than budgeted spending in h ral Statistics Oce on January 31 t are for the poor, taking care of c a mpacts the competitive edge of India’s largest comp i

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verwhelming majority of corporate tax lers, how this o

hrough higher import duties. This t anagement in the country su m he lowest since 201415. Thus, the t udget if the .5% shown in the B 3 ng the agriculture and rural eco i

o 250crore turnover). Though this will benet the t

01819, at 1.6% of GDP is perhaps 2 it works out to 3.7% as against c udget. These include strengthen B rotect the domestic producers p eached only in 202021. Fiscal r

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sm in global forums, but want to i laborate the focus areas in the e tates that the 3% target will be s 01718, as also that budgeted for 2 or the year 201617, the scal de f

has also been ig orporate tax rate from 30 to 25% c ng moving away from protection i iture. The capital expenditure in d he decit numbers. In fact, even t onsiderable part of his speech to c he mediumterm scal plan T

he clamour for an acrosstheboard cut in the basic T easure. We have been advocat m uent years set by the Committee! q harp increase in revenue expen s een substantial slippages in all b he Finance Minister devoted a T

ocus areas F as compressed by 12% due to a w xamination shows that there have e ate “Make in India” is a retrograde t ext year and 2.5% for the subse n eimbursements) is too small to establish real parity. r

ever, is on the scal front. A close w rease in custom duties to facili c ot adhere to the 3% target for the n ened even as capital expenditure p eduction (which also replaces transport and medical d

bout scal laxity. a nterprises. On indirect taxes, in e he most important worry, ho T perational parameter, but does o y over 3%. The slippage hap b

this ncome (after expenses) as the selfemployed do, i

here were denite apprehensions t rabudgetary funds. t ising micro, small and medium v scal decit target will be the key udget estimate igher than the B h

pay income tax on their net s only fair that the salaried i

n the recent Gujarat elections, i osed to be achieved by using ex p loyment generation and incenti p ebttoGDP ratio to 40% and the d vailable with the government was a

ion of 40,000 is back for salaried taxpayers. While it t

action shown by rural electorate f enting infrastructure are sup m est activities in agriculture, em v ommittee to bring down the C rom the banks, total revenues f

a standard deduc instead, ome tax have been belied; c olity and considering the dissatis p nstrument to promote posthar i he quality of education and aug t FRBM ecommendations of the r rum fees and lower dividends t

ions of an increase in the basic exemption limit on in t udget cycles in every democratic b udget goes on to use the ives, the B t ng the farm distress, improving i er states that he accepts the key t o the inability to generate spec t

ell. Indeed, there are electoral w he wellness of the people, remov t ot be loaded with many objec n or the decit! The Finance Minis f evenues realisation was less due r a o the middle class and the corporate sector. Expect t

rehensions about the slippages as p hus, the objectives of improving T uired that the tax policy should q imates. Similarly, even as nontax t ernment, they are not counted v

ndia, the Budget has been frugal in its giveaways I

chemes is estimated at 13.8%. s s tax (GST) reform, there were ap e urthermore, when the reform re F udget es rease of 3.4% over the B c onds are purchased by the go b

hile being liberal in its announcements for rural

oo loaded T entation of the goods and servic m rants to States for Central g apital receipts, but when the c ution to the States shows an in l

ncertainties arising from imple u .8% and 6.7%, and increase in the 7 old, these are taken as nondebt s axes, the tax revenue net of devo t

roportion of the 5.97lakh crore outlay for FY19. p

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0.2% over the revised estimate of 1 ommodities transaction taxes. c nd in addition, the government a

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stimated to increase by about e he abolition of securities and t scal decit for 201819 is 3.3%, . govinda rao govinda . m

ntire clutch of proposals on improving learning out e

he total expenditure in 201819 is T f the tax to all instruments and o djustment path. The estimated a

The modalities. ealth care. But there is little clarity on h upport prices at 150% of the cost. s udget has reworked the entire B ould require uniform application w

oor households that rely overwhelmingly on private p ue to the assurance of minimum d ebtbased instruments. This d o be paramount. However, this t

hich is set to increase by 19.4% w hould be uniform for equity and s ance of scal discipline is stated t muchneeded social security intervention to benet a

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igher microirrigation coverage, and so on. But of the h

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crore homes, two ree electricity connections to four f

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e a oncin otrecrore new households, ree gas connections to three f

or all crops of 50% above the cost f iture. Capital expenditure ended d ame happening here. Consump s scal policy is not being used to

he ambitious rural package in this Budget brings in T

minimum support price (MSP) a ays either in the B w f the increase in revenue expen o all elsewhere, we could see the f udget. Clearly,

gets a mere 2,000crore allocation. roject p n reasonable bounds. i otable, perhaps, is the promise of n epid. There are no big tax givea t ure accounts for more than 40% t owever, should asset prices H

, but the Committees (APMCs) ural Produce Market t ng that the scal decit stays with i umber of measures. The most n rease in establishment expendi c rowth in public investment is G arket thus far has been muted. m

udget estimate of 6%. An in B lanned accordingly while ensur p uency and to the poor through a t revious year. p actions tax. The reaction of the s Agricul dea to free small farmers from the tyranny of i

01819 has expenditure items 2 o reach out to the rural consti t here had been a decline in the t ure grew by 15% compared to the t hile retaining the securities tran w alities. Setting up farmers’ markets is similarly a great d

udget for hat needs focus. The B t owever, the Budget has tried H igher which is modest given that h as given way. Revenue expendi h 0% on longterm capital gains 1

is left to the Niti Aayog to work out the mo SPs, but it M

ess. It is the rural constituency l lass. c t is the expenditure side that I udget has introduced a tax of he B T al expenditure has been set 9.9% t

as been mooted to avoid market prices falling below h

rban middle class with it regard u le else to cheer for the middle t ut to be an under estimate. Capi o ould not have expected better. c ave been extremely stretched. h

‘foolproof’ mechanism ively modest 29,041 crore. A t

eems to have reckoned it has the s n cess from 3% to 4%. There is lit i ared to 12.3%, which could turn p he revenue side, the government t r. In India too, equity valuations e

ubsidy allocations for FY19 have been upped by a rela s efore the 2019 election. The BJP b lso oset partially by an increase a rore higher than targeted). On c eated asset markets the world ov h xpected to grow by 10.1% com e

nd assure farmers 1.5 times their production cost, food a rowth trajectory of 8% is unlikely g port and medical expenses and is s enues of 100,000 crore (27,500 v chievable. Total expenditure is a ne source of anxiety is over O

hanks to record disinvestment re t t is clear that a return to a high I 40,000. But this is in lieu of tran revious year, which appears p d by 0.3%. e cover all crops (MSPs) should upport prices inimum s m

over of up to 250 crore. n eduction for tax payers, of d 6.6% compared to 15.3% in the 1 the budgetary estimate xceed e rowth could be adversely impact g that nd delivery. Consider agriculture. After asserting a

licable to companies with a tur p udget brings back the standard B ects an increase in tax revenues of j apital receipts are expected to C 12 higher in the coming year, $

ail to materialise, it can lead to a gap between promise f

ions for 201819? The B t ). 3% 1 turnover of 50 crore, is now ap a udget. The inister Arun Jaitley’s B M ith oil prices projected to be $10 W udget pro

xternal agencies to give life to many proposals. If they e

rto applicable to enterprises with e rs. These are absent in Finance e e could see monetary tightening. w hat do we make of the projec W compared to nticipated (15% a

o rely signicantly on extrabudgetary resources and t

rojections for new scal P lower corporate tax of 25%, hith A nd measures such as loan waiv a lays out. As ination edges up, p 7. Tax revenues were higher than 1

him learly welfarist, resource constraints have forced c ll sectors for the next three years. a oncessions to the salaried classes c e have to see how the process w ith the revised estimate for 2016 w

ry list of ameliorative measures. While his intent is d ent Fund for new employees in d ions. Typically, this meant tax t he twin balance sheet problem — t DP. G udget estimate for 201718 he B t

2% towards the Employee Provi 1 ulist budget in the runup to elec p rocess put in place will resolve p udget estimate of 1.9% of he B t 8 with the actual for 201617 and 1 ith this in mind, Mr. Jaitley has announced a laun W

cheme. The government will pay s any analysts had expected a po M urvey hopes that the bankruptcy S 01718 is 2.6% of GDP, way above 2 are the revised estimate for 2017 p ty nets and the squeeze on the middleclass taxpayer. i

ural foray R or lending under the MUDRA f ion and GST is out of the way. The t he villain. The revenue decit for t allen short of target). We can com f

ive farm incomes, unemployment, lack of social secur t

here is a target of 3 lakh crore T isruption caused by demonetisa d ue, not capital, expenditure is n although nontax revenues have (

— unremunera rringly on the root causes of distress e

edium enterprises (MSMEs). m ear or two. y roblem and high oil prices. The p ast year’s Budget. Moreover, reve l rown faster than anticipated g

Mr. Jaitley has homed in un udgeted receipts for FY19, b

l measures for micro, small and a hatever the problems in the next w ax (GST), the twin balance sheet t ontrol or was underestimated in c evenue receipts in 201718 have R

24.4 lakh crore in arkets. Armed with a war chest of m issed targets M he Budget also includes sever T utlook for government nances o ion and the goods and services t 1.5%). Expenditure has got out of 1

or a deviation, yet the actual numbers surprised the f adian route. n rowth (around 9.5% compared to g herefore, about the mediumterm t isruption caused by demonetisa d

ealth care instead of, say, the Ca h here is reason to be optimistic, T actors: high real interest rates, f ower than projected nominal l een pushed to 202021. b he Economic Survey prepared the ground ext year. T n

own the American route to d he buoyancy of tax revenues. t ampened by a combination of d herefore, cannot be ascribed to a t ecit target of 3% of GDP has now d for .5% (of GDP) for FY18 and pegged it at a high 3.3% 3

isturbing sign that we are going d ening the tax base and increasing d omic Survey argues, growth was n he scal slippage in 201718, T as set a target of 3.3%. The scal h

RBM Act. The Budget has reported a scal decit of F

are at private hospitals. This is a c ST are beginning to pay o by wi G ill it work? In 201718, the Eco W ected to boost GDP growth. p .5%. For 201819, the government 3

ase o on scal consolidation as mandated by the e

hrough insurance that pays for t hows that demonetisation and s ng year. i udget and it was ex f last year’s B o ecit for 201718 has ended up at d

to ividend receipts have forced the Finance Minister d

ernment hospitals and not v 01920 and 12.7% in 202021. This 2 orces to drive growth in the com f ne of the great accomplishments o hese objectives for now. The scal t

roceeds (1 lakh crore), shortfalls in GST mopups and p

are must be provided through go c urther to 12.1% in 201819, 12.4% in f overnment is leaving it to market g 0.7% higher. This was agged as 1 udget for 201819 puts paid to B

growth in FY18) and record disinvestment ues (18.7% n udget. Moreover, basic health B 01718 and is projected to rise 2 etary easing too is limited. The n apital expenditure had been set c 01718 and 3.0% for 201819. The 2

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ave gained an upper hand in Arun Jaitley’s latest ef h

nnual premium of at least a ross tax revenues to GDP, which g he path of scal consolidation. t ets tabled by the NDA. However, populism seems to g

ince such a cover would mean an S n the positive side, the ratio of O I ng restored the economy to i

ly it is the latter that prevailed in the past four bud b

urance cover of 5 lakh each. s n longterm capital gains. o ent has taken pride in hav m

argua ar between populism and scal prudence, w

0 crore poor families with an in 1 nd investors shrugging o the tax a he Narendra Modi govern

f the Union Budget is construed as an annual tugof

nsurance scheme that will cover i ng wrong with the equity markets i

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n the Gujarat elections. The pro i ould be required to sustain w

haratiya Janata Party (BJP) dearly B uch a situation, scal expansion s

ashtra appears to have cost the r rder to stem capital outows. In o

f groundnut, for example, in Sau o ay have to raise interest rates in m

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tates too, even if they have an ab S nd caste disturbances are deliber a ut the year. I’d like to add two o asting her vote for one election or c rder to bring about uniform elec o s told to Anuradha Raman Anuradha to told s A

ew set of elections in all the 29 n Communal riots ome too divisive. c on election duty through hinery c t does not matter if the voter is i as provided for a veyear term. In h

ays in power, will we then hold a d ions. Besides, elections have be t islocation of administrative ma d efore a consensus is worked out. b nd polling booths are all the same, a ions are called for, the Constitution t

tal Bihari Vajpayee did A is the state funding of elec spect a ant expenditure and the repeated t actors have to be thought through f , ince voters, polling personnel S ut even if simultaneous elec B within 13

#4 9 2 3 5 3 3 5 3 2 9 #4 ts majority in the Lok Sabha, as i tical party expenditure. The other i imultaneous elections are exorbi s o the Commission now. All these t ient for the Election Commission. n ccountability. a

re held but the government loses a bout only through a ceiling on pol a hrough. His reasons for advocating t imes more than what is provided t lections would be most conve e heir toes and increases t

can come ey in elections, and this n nstead of forcibly pushing this plan i entral Armed Police Forces — ve C on eated elections keep legislators p y. Suppose simultaneous elections t rative feasibility, simultaneous t

Election Commissioner Commissioner Election esides, there is a practical dicul B is to cut the role played by mo ut o odi is talking about a consensus M ion of polls by making available the t s regards logistical and adminis A lections for the next ve years. Re e

is a former Chief former a is asting simultaneous votes simultaneous asting C d by hook or by crook. The way e ood that Prime Minister Narendra g ested ways to cut short the dura g their legislators after the et to see g nd against the spirit of federalism. a

S.Y. Quraishi S.Y. gainst the spirit of the Constitution a lections, crores have to be collect e ore we talk of a consensus. It is f he Election Commission has sug T hey have. Otherwise, they don’t t

re equally convincing: this goes a ode. When crores are spent in m illingness to discuss this issue be w imultaneous elections are held. s ask. t ecause the vote is the only power b

chieve. There has to be a political a hat’s why a consensus is an uphill T olding of simultaneous elections h lso in permanent corruption a tates is likely to get neutralised if S The poor love elections udgment. j

rguments against the A constant election mode, we are n i cal consensus, which is not easy to i entre, any antiincumbency in the C ike an extension beyond ve years. l lections is likely to blur e

pirit of federalism federalism of pirit S ause of corruption. When we are c or it to be feasible, we need a polit F ajoritarian government at the m ears and the Opposition would not y olding simultaneous h

ould not like a reduction from ve w nfortunately become the root u ertainly desirable but not feasible. c ension that whenever there is a h ssues are dierent, and i

ains. g ore factors. One, elections have m have always maintained that this is I appre easibility aside, there is F uced? The ruling dispensation d lso, national and local A

unities for electoral m ierent posts. d he term of the House to be re t ions taken at the Centre? s

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taggered and has remained so over s ome and dubious intent. c roposed, when everything else p urtail the legislature’s power to c ng all elections simultaneously? i ions every year. A specious argu t

ourse, the electoral cycle became c eed, albeit with an uncertain out d angement. Because, as is currently r eous elections, we would need to n eld. So, what is the benet of hold h rage of more than ve State elec e

owersharing among parties. Of p ion upholds. So, a grand design in t entary system and the federal ar m f we enforce the system of simulta I ven if simultaneous elections were e an av lectoral cycle where there is e

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enalising States enalising P tability, added to the vibrancy of s mendment, this one too would un a antages of staggered elections? v he logistic requirement of move t ive abilities of formal legal provi t Developing Societies Developing

chedule? This is necessitated by s c, but there are limits to the correc i hen, coalition politics has brought t mendment Act. And like that A here exactly are the serious disad w Centre for the Study of Study the for Centre

he dominant party system. Since t ring back memories of the 42nd b term. le of a xed c hinery, why do we have a lengthy c a tendency to be chaot olitics has p istribution of patronage. So, d Lokniti programme at programme Lokniti

t owed much to the dismantling of i uch farreaching changes would S islature would depend on the cy g olicymaking and what constitutes p . And as for the electoral ma ies t y welcome proposals. Democratic l is co-director of the of co-director is

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veyear term. So, States would be nstrument of the nocondence i ail to arrive at a consensus on the f ies thrown up by the electorate t nyway be similarly burdened. So, a

f simultaneous elections. o nd more due to the stable majori a runcated term instead of the full t ernment. The fundamental v arties and governments p n only one State would i

ew legislature shall have only a n o simultaneously form a new go s merges mainly because e usly, parties contesting o isciplined aair with a grand idea d atures till 1967 were less by design l

he remainder of the period or the t ion unless it has the capacity to al t onduct. This problem c o take place simultane t roposal to convert elections into a p ions to Parliament and State legis t

ould carry on the government for w ble to table a nocondence mo a traints of the code of s ven if elections were E years. Then comes the he past 50 t he socalled simultaneous elec T

tate level at least, the President S hat no opposition party would be t age because of the con t lectoral machinery. e

ultaneous elections, and at the m ote of nocondence’. This means v a disadvan ymakers at c urdens parties and the b ystem and the federal arrangement arrangement federal the and ystem s

ould be sacriced at the altar of si w andatory to have a ‘constructive m poli taggered cycle puts s n electoral cycle over a

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ails, democratic government f nseat a government. It would be u hen it is argued that a T ent is made that such m

ears to the incumbent government y ose of amendments is to streng p The cost of hich students suer. w icit nances are laudable, elections l olls would require a substantial p s told to Anuradha Raman Anuradha to told s A

rs for election duty, as a result of e ion Commission’s eorts to curb il t ve e evolved to give a period of b entre and the States. If the pur C mplementing simultaneous I

ultaneous elections. m he recurring engagement of teach t Elec omic ecosystem. While the n A system must therefore ? al work t he pattern of taxation between the t ot an end in themselves. n

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lections throughout the year, e ices Tax Council through a consti v ance, and elections then will only n ommittee reports have proposed C ut on election duty for many p means to curb corruption and a

ll political parties. Parliamentary a overnment ocials are eectively g imultaneous elections can also be S ocal body elections and Assembly l e introduced the Goods and Ser W continuity and gover onsistency, c secretary of the BJP the of secretary

urbing corruption urbing C equires unanimous support from r nancial. Security personnel and . If we are preoccupied with ental m ate for the Centre and the States. r ultaneous elections will ensure m national general national

ensitive and farreaching reform s n resources — both manpower and o detri ode of Conduct (MCC) is C arlier, tax collections were sepa E erve democracy well. Holding si s Rajya Sabha and Sabha Rajya

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ance. If we are occupied n titution has been s esources is too high to ignore as In r lic life by impacting the delivery of b

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Maliwal Stepmotherly treatment Middle class to bear brunt Delhi Police Budget allocation up ‘disappointed’ of govt’s proposals: AAP to Delhi continues: CM Nirbhaya Fund gets 19.75 cr; no new scheme announced Staff Reporter NEW DELHI ‘AAP govt’s request for grant goes unheard’ ‘Proof of Centre’s plan to exact vengeance’ STAFF REPOTER been hiked compared to the “Last year, the Budget un Expressing disappoint NEW DELHI 201718 Budget. der the Nirbhaya Fund was ment over the Budget pre Staff Reporter remained the same since Staff Reporter The Delhi Police have been more because it included ex sented on Thursday, Delhi NEW DELHI 20012002 at 325 crore, New Delhi allocated 7,426.98 crore in Police infrastructure penditure on infrastructure. Commission for Women The Union government’s while the Budget of the Del The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) the Union Budget for the Of the total amount allotted However, this year it does chief Swati Maliwal said, Budget for 20182019 had hi government had in on Thursday said that the next scal, an increase of in the Budget, 460.95 crore not include any expenditure “Despite the country wit continued the “stepmother creased from 8,739 crore Budget presented by the Un 1,048.8 crore from the last has been granted for police on infrastructure,” said a nessing increasing child ly treatment” for Delhi, that year to 48,000 crore in ion Finance Minister Arun year’s Budget of 6,378.18 infrastructure, which com police ocer. No new sexual abuse and having Chief Minister Arvind Kejri 20172018. Jaitley is a proof of the crore, with 19.75 crore be prises oce and residential scheme has been an witnessed the rape of an wal said on Thursday. The Delhi government Centre’s plan to exact “ven ing set aside for the Nirb building projects. nounced in the Budget. eightmonthold baby, it Reacting to Union Fi had also asked for 1,000 geance” on the Delhi haya Fund. Last year, 28.90 crore The Budget estimate has deeply pains me to note nance Minister Arun Jait crore as a grant for local bo government. During 201718, 464 was set aside for enhancing put nonplan expenditure at that no measures have ley’s Budget speech on dies, which was not in the Reacting on the Budget, AAP leaders Gopal Rai and crore was hiked compared measures for ensuring wo 6,946.28 crore, a major been announced to en Thursday, Mr. Kejriwal said Budget, said Mr. Sisodia. He AAP’s newly swornin Rajya N.D. Gupta at a press to the previous Budget. Ho men’s security in the Capi jump over the current s hance the safety of women in a tweet, “I had expected added that the AAP govern Sabha MP Narain Dass Gup conference in the Capital. wever, in the 201819 Budget tal, but this time only 19.75 cal’s estimate of 5,910.28 and children.” some nancial assistance to ment had asked for the nor ta, who is also a chartered * SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY more than 1,048 crore has crore has been allotted. crore. important infrastructure mal Central assistance to be accountant by profession, DELHI Timings projects for national capital. increased to 1,500 crore, said the middle class will said. Friday, February 02 Am disappointed that but the Centre had allocated bear the brunt of the Senior AAP leader and RISE 07:09 SET 18:01 Centre continues its step 449.99 crore — a 37 crore Centre’s proposals. Delhi convener Gopal Rai al Jaitley proposes scheme to tackle air pollution RISE 20:06 SET 08:26 motherly treatment to Delhi increase from the previous so criticised the Budget, say SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Saturday, February 03 [sic]”. year. In all, the Budget for Increased cess ing that if it had nothing for budgetary allocation hasn’t er municipal agencies to sen RISE 07:08 SET 18:02 In another tweet, he said, Delhi had been increased by “Mr. Jaitley said the salaried Delhi, which is the national NEW DELHI particularly increased; it re sitise people about air RISE 21:09 SET 09:09 “There is nothing for the only 4.2%, said Mr. Sisodia. class have been given a de Capital of the country, then Taking cognisance of the im mains 2,675 crore like last pollution. There will be a Sunday, February 04 middle class and traders in In order to boost public duction in tax. However, at what would be the case for pact of stubble burning on year and a subhead — on team of 70 ocers, led joint RISE 07:08 SET 18:03 this budget. Completely ig transport, he said the go the same time, the cess has smaller towns and cities. air pollution in Delhi, Union pollution abatement — conti ly by one ocer each from RISE 22:09 SET 09:48 nored [sic].” vernment had asked for a been increased from 3% to “We just want to know Finance Minister Arun Jait nues to be 20 crore this the Ministry of Environ Manish Sisodia, who as special package to buy 4%, which means that they what benet has the coun ley said that a scheme was year, a tad less than 21 crore ment, Forest and Climate Delhi Finance Minister had 2,000 electric buses. “This will end up paying more,” try derived out of the Goods on the anvil to address this. allotted last year. Change, and one ocer asked the Centre for addi could have played a major Mr. Gupta said. and Services Tax [GST]? Via “The region has been a from the Delhi government. tional funds this year, role in combating air pollu He also called out Mr. Jait GST, they were claiming to cause for concern. A special Stubble burning For over a year now, the termed the Budget “disap tion. Unfortunately, the ley’s claims that the Small change the face of the na scheme will be implemented Union Environment Minister government has been having pointing”. He said Delhi’s Centre does not care for Del and Mediumsized Enter tion. At least, Delhi has not to support the eorts of the Harsh Vardhan said in a meetings with Environment share of Central taxes had hi,” he said. prises (SMEs) will benet. seen even a rupee’s governments of Haryana, statement that India’s Ministers of States surround “When the BJP govern change,” he said. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and “…scientists are also work ing Delhi to evolve a com ment came to power in Mr. Rai also said that the the NCT of Delhi to address ing to develop a viable pro mon action plan to deal with Doctors few, overworked: HC 2014, they had claimed that Delhi government’s propo air pollution and to subsi cess to handle stubble.” air pollution, which also they will phase o the cor sal of bringing 2,000 elec dise machinery required for Earlier this month, Dr. worsened around winter. Press Trust of India “minimal” leading to “over porate tax. They have tric buses was also thrown in situ management of crop Vardhan had said that the One of the reasons for the New Delhi worked” and fewer doctors wrongly claimed that the out of the window by the residue,” he said in his ad Centre will launch a joint spike in pollution was partic As the Centre came out with in Staterun facilities. The SMEs will benet now. The Centre, and nothing was dress. campaign for two weeks, ulate matter from Punjab budget proposals on Thurs Bench made the observa benet is going to go to large done to control pollution in However, he spelt out with the Delhi government, and Uttar Pradesh due to day, the Delhi High Court re tions while hearing PILs on industries. In fact, for SMEs, the city or to strengthen the neither a mechanism, nor a the New Delhi Municipal farmers burning stubble to marked that investment on rise in attacks on doctors in liability will go up because law and order situation budgetary allocation. The Council, the Central Pollu prepare their elds for the health care by the Union was government hospitals here. of the increase in cess,” he here. Environment Ministry’s tion Control Board and oth next cycle of crops.

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In a state lunch hour. ate school in Karawal Na robbing a businessman of New Delhi 24,000 at Mahila Mangal Ms. Sehrawat said the lo The Delhi Jal Board on ment, the DJB said these ma Twentyone students of a All the students were ta gar was declared dead after Road late on January 24, the South Delhi Municipal Cor cal body conducted surveys Thursday approved the pur chines will reduce human government school alleged ken to Lal Bahadur Shastri he was found unconscious police said on Thursday. poration Mayor Kamaljeet and identied 2,183 roads. chase of 200 sewercleaning involvement in cleaning ly fell ill after consuming Hospital. in the washroom on Thurs Dakshinpuri residents Jahid Sehrawat on Thursday al The surveys were then for machines, construction of drains. The DJB also cleared iron tablets in east Delhi’s day morning, the police Khan (30) and Madar Khan leged that the Delhi govern warded to the Delhi govern two new underground re regulations for sewer Chilla Village on Thursday, Discharged said, adding that he did not (26) planned the robbery to ment was trying to gain pol ment for notication with servoirs and waiver of ar cleaning. hospital authorities said. “We received 21 children in have any external injuries. start start their own business, itical mileage on the issue of out imposing any condition. rears on additional sewer With rising ammonia le batches and all of them were They said a student the police said. STAFF REPORTER notication of 351 roads in charges for consumers in vels in the Yamuna hitting Severe stomach ache ill. They are out of danger found the boy (14) uncon Man dead, teenager held the city for mixed land use. Master Plan 2021 Dwarka. treatment plants repeated The students of Sarvodya and were discharged after scious in the washroom NEW DELHI “In 2007, when the Master At a meeting chaired by ly, the DJB approved an ad Bal Vidyalaya in east Delhi’s treatment,” said Lal Baha around 11 a.m. He was ta A day after he was allegedly ‘Unnecessary delay’ Plan 2021 was initiated, the Chief Minister and Board ditional line for raw water Mayur Vihar complained of dur Shastri Hospital Medical ken to a private hospital, hit by a speeding car driven by In a joint media brieng municipalities were asked to chairperson Arvind Kejri near Haiderpur treatment severe stomach ache after Superintendent Amita Saxe which referred him to GTB a boy (17) in Rohini, Manjit with SDMC Standing Com survey 355 roads. We were wal, the purchase of 200 tai plant so that dependence on consuming iron tablets gi na. Hospital. (25) died on Wednesday, the mittee chairperson Bhupen given 90 days to conduct the lormade machines to clean the Yamuna can be reduced. police said on Thursday. The der Gupta, Ms. Sehrawat surveys and submit them,” teenager has been said the Delhi government Ms. Sehrawat said. DELHI TODAY apprehended. STAFF REPORTER was unnecessarily delaying the notication of 351 roads. ‘Govt demand’ JNUTA gets new president Minor shoots himself Talk: “Refashioning India: Gender, Me- “A notication was issued She added that the Delhi go dia and a Transformed Public Discourse” NEW DELHI by the erstwhile Ministry of vernment’s demand that the Staff Reporter vasa Rao from the School of and launch of book by Maitrayee A boy (14) who was allegedly New Delhi Urban Development on Sep civic bodies reassess the Social Sciences polled 195 Chaudhuri at IIC, 6:30 p.m. depressed shot himself in the Talk: “Acupressure in Daily Life for Eld- chest with his father’s pistol tember 7, 2006, to notify the roads and submit a report is Sonajharia Minz was on votes in the elections held ers” at IHC, 7 p.m. around 6.30 p.m on Sunday in streets after a survey under only a way to delay the pro Thursday elected president on Wednesday. The results Dance: IRCEN presents Kathak by Asav- Adarsh Nagar, the police said taken by the local body to cess of notication. of the Jawaharlal Nehru Un were announce early on ari Pawar at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Paschim Vihar, 9 a.m., and Govt. Co.ed. on Thursday. He survived as assess the extent of nonre “We will resubmit the re iversity Teachers’ Associa Thursday morning. Sr. Secondary School, Paschim Vihar, 11 the bullet missed his heart. sidential activities in resi port on Friday but this has tion (JNUTA), with her panel a.m. STAFF REPORTER dential premises. Mixed use only delayed what could making a clean sweep of all JNUTA vice-presidents Exhibition: “Of Miles and Me” - solo allows access to commercial have happened a month the posts. The new JNUTA vicepresi exhibition at IHC, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Boys held for hit-and-run activities in residential pre ago. We had taken 90 days Prof. Minz of the School dents are Devendra Kumar Exhibition: “Soul of Delhi” - solo exhibi- NEW DELHI tion at IHC, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. mises and reduces the need for the survey and it was of Computer and Systems Choubey, who polled 324 Four minors have been Exhibition: “Ruminating the Purple” art apprehended in connection for commuting across zones done properly,” she Science secured 344 votes, votes, and Partho Datta, show at Triveni Kala Sangam, 11 a.m. with a hitandrun case in the city,” the Mayor claimed. while her opponent S. Srini who secured 301 votes. (Mail your listings for this column at reported from Hauz Khas last [email protected]) week, the police said on Thursday. Two women had sustained injuries in the incident. The accused are school students. STAFF REPORTER

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nd T.K. Rangarajan of the a woandhalf hour meeting, t ultaneous elections”. m i’s takeover as the Congress h ncluding voters’ feedback i one, additional funds for z ecretarial costs from s aid to MPs, and the prac p

y and Mohammed Salim t poke towards the end of the s esses and pushing for si n idence. Since Rahul Gand s to discuss issues n Sunday o ere expecting a railway w 45,000 to 70,000, and the ebate on the emoluments d

adav of the Samajwadi Par Y r. Rahul Gandhi, who M he detriment of Indian busi t pposition leaders at his re O arty is scheduled to meet P P Reorganisation Act. We A llowance will go up from a een considerable public b

aja of the CPI, Ramgopal R andhi said. G oreign direct investment to f awar hosted a tea party for P itments they made in the m he TDP Parliamentary T 50,000), The constituency r. Jaitley said there had M

amool’s Derek O’Brien, D. n re being undermined,” Ms. a he Constitution, allowing t ongress Party chief Sharad C ot even completed com n aid. s 1,00,000 (up from ere last revised in 2006. w

hief Farooq Abdullah, Tri c onstitutional institutions C ues such as “the attack on s hree days after Nationalist t uitting the debate,” he q ointing Budget. They have p ow draw a basic salary of n rise in their salaries that a

ingh, National Conference S aste and religious lines. c s. Gandhi, and agged is M hursday’s meeting came T nd discussions and not by a appy. It is a deeply disap h ccordingly, MPs will A he Governors, too, will get T

ingh, Mr. Pawar, RLD’s Ajit S ence across the country on l r. Pawar spoke soon after M y was not invited. t We are denitely not “ he issues by deliberation t 018,” he said. 2 s to rectify an anomaly. a

rime Minister Manmohan P ampant incidents of vio r t Thursday’s meeting, A entee. The Aam Aadmi Par s iance. “We have to resolve l ur own.” o ith eect from April 1, w akh a month respectively so l

he meeting included former t oncerned, and there are c erjee and Mr. Pawar. n aj Party was a notable ab m ot yet ready to break the al n he alliance, we will go on t llowance payable to MPs a reased to 5 lakh and 4 c

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n the bypolls in Rajasthan i gured at the meeting. “We he NCP have been stressing t hile almost all the major W . re maintaining ‘Mitra Dhar a hanges to rex the salary, c he salaries of the Presi T he Hindu he T

eats and one Assembly seat s ttar Pradesh’s Kasganj also U he Trinamool Congress and t uoted Ms. Gandhi as saying. q o on,” Mr. Chowdary told s aidu said last week: “We N ore, proposing necessary f exing it to ination. d

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utside Parliament,” Leader o he Opposition members t omes days after TDP presi c tandardise the salary and s P hipro oi adiat a meeting with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi One aim:

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4 PSUs,” BMS general se 2 oes of labourers.” w aid the spirit of Mr. Modi’s s antries. But the suspended s e said the government’s H 4 years gone; still promis “ ery, BJP MP from Assam R.P. l ations with his colleagues s

ention on strategic sale of t ad “totally neglected the h ional customs duties, he t ongress press conference. C ertake bold reforms. d lans from the visitors’ gal p reaking into short conver b ot bother with such plea n

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ector units. Instead, the go s evelopment, agriculture, d ues in the economy,” Mr. s ears. y he budget as “defeatist” and t ife of the Finance Minister, w peech. Congress president s or an impromptu analysis. f

evival of viable sick public r iven more thrust to rural g as failed to address key is h hanged in the past four c . Chidambaram described P alini. As Sangeeta Jaitley, M ey was delivering his l conomic team — trooped in e

There is no provision for “ aid though the Budget had s f the Indian farmer had not o hich has conceded that it w ormer Finance Minister F is party colleague Hema h elights even when Mr. Jait d f the Modi government’s o

inister Arun Jaitley. M n a statement, the BMS I ey admitted that the status v udget of a government b ent. m sing sign language to talk to u here were interesting si T a — both believed to be part h

lan announced by Finance p rywide protest against it. t nd said the Economic Sur a hrown in the towel. It is a t ate discussion in Parlia r f the middle column, was o he Prime Minister. t or Civil Aviation Jayant Sin f

riticised the disinvestment c lanning to organise a coun p he Budget being profarmer, t ist Budget. I think they have t ious that it merited a sepa r JP, seated in the fourth row B er and shook hands with t oyal and Minister of State G

he organisation also T a Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) is y d the government’s claim of e onsolidation. “It is a defea c nd education were so se a ailway Minister Piyush R hatrughan Sinha of the S peak to the Finance Minis s

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against Budget ead Randeep Surjewala h r. Chidambaram said M ising fancy schemes and m d his nearly twohour bud e ernment would give v

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okur would continue to L nstitutions would be heard i ng initiative to provide qual i peaking about Ayush S e have taken several impor w ent would soon announce m rom receiving foreign funds f y Welfare has contributed l

ecognition of educational r ers, among others. Justice t The scheme is a pathbreak “ ease of living’,” he said. ‘ trengthen farmers further, s r. Modi said his govern M he NGO was barred T inistry of Health and Fami M

ersonal law, criminal mat p rs and establishment and e year for treatment, he said: a oing business’ but also on d orld. w f] grains and vegetables. To o FCRA), 2010. ( ts notication said the I

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ustice Gogoi has been allo J ions/transfer cases, alloca s elopment of the coun v he hopes of 1.25 crore In t aid. This would be the big s ounts strictly in accor c GO to receive foreign N

ineering college admis g al cases, among others. n It will give pace to the de “ This Budget strengthens “ 4550 crore people),” he ( ying unused in its bank ac l ear, has now allowed the y

ases on medical and en C onsumer protection, crimi c griculture to infrastructure. a aid. s ill help 10 crore families w uch foreign contributions s ealth advocacy group last h

age cases, land acquisition, g ench he is presiding over. B ttention to all sectors, from a 5% tax instead of 30%,” he 2 o get quality treatment. It t hat PHFI should utilise t ountry’s largest public c

imple money and mort s isdiction entirely to the r eeds of rural areas and paid n ow, they have to pay only N he worry of incurring cost t he notication also said T ion of India (PHFI), the t

aining to judicial ocers, t hat CJI has kept the PIL ju t e said it focussed on the H ate taxes that MSMEs owe. r It will help them get rid of “ ion.” t he Public Health Founda t

ludes labour, matters per c he new roster shows T nsuring quality care quality nsuring E nd developmentfriendly. a ave also reduced the corpo h eptance of each contribu c elled the FCRA licence of c

ustice Chelameswar in J eard by which judge. h y, common citizenfriendly l ax front. In this Budget, we t rior permission before ac p airs (MHA), which can f

argely remain the same. l ecide what case has to be d et 201819 as farmerfriend g aced a lot of burden on the f ector.” s PHFI shall have to obtain “ he Ministry of Home Af T

he joint press conference t ustice’s sole prerogative to J odi hailed the Union Bud M For a long time, MSMEs “ adigm shift in our health r o continue, the MHA said, t

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roster to allot cases asis point, to be 3.3% this is b he government and the rul T lusion from a government c oor. p o move away from being an t ure focus. t

pwardly revised by only 30 u ong term capital gains tax. l pawn a huge narrative of in s ank of the rural and urban b erm programme of the BJP t ould have a rural, agricul w

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arly general elections in this e rofarmer, prosmall enter p ggressive farmers’ agitation a

n whether there would be o ax break. In this propoor, t hese States having seen very t

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o answers could be found N is being given a reate jobs, c nd Chhattisgarh and two of a Finance Minister Arun Jaitley along with his Cabinet colleagues and ocials, Joint eort:

akh votes l ence here. r ersonal income tax slabs. p ho has a great capacity to w adhya Pradesh, Rajasthan M

in Molla managed only 1.38 d ilot said at a press confe P f no major changes in the o he small scale entrepreneur, t nd of the year in BJPruled e

PI(M) candidate Sabirud C conomic slowdown,” Mr. e asked the disappointment m seller’ but uite the ‘ q ith elections due at the W pakoda pakoda

nd Left Frontsupported a ST implementation and G xpenses haven’t quite e ack of urban voters. b ect of this narrative. Not p

econd with 2.93 lakh votes s entre’s demonetisation, C 40,000 on travel and health he country is the third as t ast the winning post on the p

ate Anupam Mallick came d ate is also against the d tandard deduction of s ll but 7,000 businesses in a ide, while the BJP squeaked s

.74 lakh votes, BJP candi 4 n the Congress, this man i ould come unglued. The c nterprises to 25% , covering e ongress sweep the country C

hmed won by a margin of A ides proving people’s faith s hat some of the narrative t ates for small and medium r hat had seen the opposition t

luberia candidate Sajda U f caste polarisation. Be o o the salaried middle class t he cut in corporate tax T ive prices for farm produce t

ote share. While TMC’s v y rejecting the BJP's policy b t is however, with regard I reasingly common. c ress and lack of remunera t

onsiderably increased its c ple have saved democracy o rots,” he said. p ospitals for huge bills in h ery clear — it was rural dis v

olace in the east where it s n moral grounds. “The pe o arket are not taxed on their m nd attacks on doctors and a he message, he said, was T

n the west, the BJP found i inister Raje’s resignation M ich people investing in the r ealth costs are prohibitive h an Samiti). l

n contrast to the drubbing I r. Pilot demanded Chief M alaried classes be taxed and s dea in a country where i AAS (Patidar Anamat Ando P

etter in Bengal Bengal in etter B oon after the triumph, S ister. “It cannot be that the n ure — another very powerful t ” (cotton) rather than aas p

umari last year. K ax issue,” said a senior t ould be universalised in fu c ermed it an eect of “ t Mi ka-

y.” c nd Mandalgarh MLA Kirti a he longterm capital gains t olved in the elections had v ealth insurance scheme h

his celebration of democra t jmer MP Sanwar Lal Jat A This was the year to bell “ ently, a senior Minister in c aid in his speech that the s

ates and welcome them to d P Mahant Chand Nath, M ourses. b inance Minister Arun Jaitley F at Assembly polls held re r

late the winning candi u d after the death of Alwar e ealth scheme ealth H peculative income on the s t to triple gures in the Guja i

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3) Sai Kiran 57 and 12. Likeaknife (

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inter Olympics in Pye W y coaches from the BBFS. b 3) 55.5 and 8. Orenda (6) Dhebe (

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outh Delhi Club 161 in 25.1 ov S

o ensure that Riyad Mahrez t

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rials would be conducted t

7.5, 7. Ninon (10) Chetan 57.5, 8. 5

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n a decision that could I nd Cambridge School, a egal Force (1) Darshan 57, 4. Sal R vers (Davanshu Kohli 115, o histy 58.5, 3. Turf Magic (1) C

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rack and eld. C. Praveen’s t

3.87, 3. Arpit Yadav 71.90; 7 hushi Jain 1:09.58, 3. Pratyasa K panish World No. 1 Rafael S hadha (both 140); 5. Manu C

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f the year, committed far o aster norm by scoring over m

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ith Abhijeet Gupta (6.5); San- (6.5); Gupta Abhijeet ith w su Jen Hao (Tpe) 21-10, 21-17; 21-10, (Tpe) Hao Jen su H

£430 million £430 atch in both games. I was m

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win a thriller a win

n November, said, “I am i

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erformance. p

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75 kg: Essiane Clo- Essiane 4-1; ooja P

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inland, after a robust F

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ouldn’t get her visa on c 9 kg: 6 Lovlina Borgohain bt Borgohain Lovlina

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o Mira Marjut Potkonan of t

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udaporn Seesondee (Tha) 3-2; (Tha) Seesondee udaporn S

he event while Sanjivani t

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evi was unlucky to lose 32 D

4 kg: 6 Pwilao Basumatary bt Basumatary Pwilao

orced the former to miss f

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SANDEEP SAXENA SANDEEP uco over the years, Sarita b

Fin) bt Sarita Devi 3-2. Devi Sarita bt Fin) (

raining in Hyderabad t

Malaysia’s Iskandar Zulkarnain laced his play with some spectacular some with play his laced Zulkarnain Iskandar Malaysia’s Scalping a big sh:

cored victories over compa s wilao Basumatary was P ackled the Filipino Josie Ga t

0 kg: 6 Mira Marjut Poykonan Marjut Mira

rist she suered during w

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minor injury on her A

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54 kg: Manisha bt Manisha 4-1; Mgl) (

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hand (60m) and Sanjivani C

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wo Indians — Dutee T omen: 48 kg: W Mary Kom bt Kom Mary

n women’s 69 kg. i he shackles for the host with t

nd bronze $500. a

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er after she had wrongly de c rst three golds of the day, it

take, with gold medallists s

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am was third with 13.22m. n

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hi Thu Thao Bui of Viet T

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akhstan’s Lrina Ektova z

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hips here on Thursday. s

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64 kg: attmur Misheelt (Mgl); (Mgl); Misheelt attmur B

he host to eight gold medals t

60 kg: Manish Kaushik w/o Kaushik Manish -0; 5 he lone Indian medal win t

eet Singh and Mary Kom led j

t Enkh Amar Kharkku (Mgl) Kharkku Amar Enkh t b heena Varkey emerged S

t was a golden climax as San I

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56 kg: haik Salman 4-1; 4-1; Salman haik S

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en: 49 kg: M campaign Srikanth’s Amit bt Shyam Ku- Shyam bt Amit

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silver at silver

anjeet, Mary Kom and Pinki among the champions S

triple jump triple Zulkarnain ends Zulkarnain

Indian pugilists win eight gold medals

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xposed to a few European artists in e eema Kohli will showcase her paint S storytelling session followed by story of

ally intertwined. As a young artist, I was t entre in Delhi from February 12 o 17. C singer, writer and the musical folks. A musical

11 a.m. Lecture demonstration by Rida Gatphoh – rtist and van Gogh the person were to a ipi will be held at India International L

GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA MEMORIAL GANDHI-KING eema says, “Vincent van Gogh, the S ubur Rahman, Seema Kohli and Tyeba b

FEBRUARY 3 FEBRUARY roach. p ng Van Gogh” featuring works of Mah i

INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE INTERNATIONAL INDIA eer in Bangladesh of crossmedia ap n group show, “A Cafe Exposition: Reliv A

be followed by Saptak Chatterjee.

culptures, Mahbubur Rahman is a pio s

vocal performances rendered by Arijit Roy. It will

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at 10 a.m. at IGNCA, New IGNCA, at a.m. 10 at 4 Bahut din beete’ were almost ‘ ighlights the most impor h ause its proponents are c

Marathi writings.

ill perform on February on perform ill w s ridden bolbanavs around o eat of the tala cycle that also b nd also the entire world! Be a

Mahabharata as well as Persian, Urdu, Hindi and

ajan and Sajan Mishra Sajan and ajan R aye’ set to Teental. The path a itions had their sam (rst s ry zone of the entire day; e presentation on Karna draws on the original

orld tour series, Pandit series, tour orld w efore singing ‘Ajahun na b ied grains. Both the compo r ll the ragas belonging to ev a Anusha Rizvi production, this Dastangoi

As part of the ongoing the of part As ( y a few sparkling taans of va b ediumpaced ektal bandish m hairavi Tak’ takes in its fold B written and performed by Mahmood Farooqui. An

Teental tarana followed A hayal, they moved on to a k he concept of ‘Bhairav se T assion. p 7 p.m. Theatre “Dastane KarnAz Mahabharata”,

STEIN AUDITORIUM STEIN ams. After the vilambit ektal g a at leisure. g ones are becoming rarer. z ho would sing it with great w

nd stimulating taansar a omposition unfurled the ra c as belonging to these time g ate thumri queen Girija Devi, l FEBRUARY 3 FEBRUARY

INDIA HABITAT CENTRE HABITAT INDIA he mediumpaced jhaptal t ith swinging layachhanda w adays; and as such, the ra w asters dedicated this to the m

umar Bose’s musical tabla, K ombinations interspersed c usic are very rare to nd no m ardesiya naina laga ke”. The p

Master storyteller Master Mahmood Farooqui Mahmood

dentity. Supported by Pandit i oving meendladen note l orning sessions of raga m he concluding dadra “Chala t

armonium gave its best in h atic elaboration rooted in m GMg,Rn.SRg) as its haunting ( ion is at stake because t

ry given opportunity. The e ew vistas during its syste n poignant phrase a ence of this musical tradi s

ut the veterans opened up B ars and komal Nishad) with h elighting saathsangat at ev d tan connement. The es i

aga (sporting both the Gand r als and tabla churned out c ering, rather complex gait. d he present state of metropol t

ansakinkini, a rarely heard H hemistry between the vo c ited range due to its mean m ardised by urban culture in d

er, the maestros began with p omposition. The superb c yan), a raga that oers a li l eing determined and stan b

heir mediumpaced Ektal t own with Nand (Anandi Ka d arly evening became cop e ects of this tradition are now p

he vocalistduo settled T efore the golden winter’s B waying gait of the raga in s ours. Several important as h

are raga are R usic glued to their seats. m asters obliged, keeping the m prahara’s, each having three ‘

n for a Jaijaiwanti tarana. The i ous fans and students of r 4 hours, divided in eight 2

vening dew, encores poured e he chilly weather, saw nume t ertain time zone of a day of c uilding. b

gnoring the chill and heavy I nder the open sky, despite u ourtyard of the historical c ricts a cluster of ragas to a t

xtent that it captivated all. e he late evening session T layground in the sprawling p osophy based theory, res l

o the level of sheer bliss. t eauty of the ragas to such an b one for the chosen ragas’ z ncient India. This, deep phi a

rills, highlighted the intrinsic f heir accompanists took it all t arly evening to late evening e ioncharged temple music of t

o the Naayaki, sans extra t etween the maestros and b as chosen as the venue and w rystallised from the devo c

et their truthful adherence y an. The magnetic chemistry j cale theory of ragamusic S estral house in old Calcutta, c

istenership of this era; and l reet’, a Kirwani based bha p oint. Gradually, the Time p o Thakurbari’, Tagore’s an k exhibitions, lm screenings and performances

the nation. The festival includes talks/discussions, he ‘thrilling skill’oriented t owards ‘Jhoothi dekhi t enturies. Evidently ‘Jorasan c urther support this view f

reaching impact on everyday life of people and of much to the discontent of – aans and very quietly turned t ised music of all genres for n hiva, Saraswati and Krishna S

history – past and present, issues that have a far o not allow ample skillshow d ated a few heavy gamak d ity of palaces that patro c ure; mythical characters like t

social justice, climate change, communication, oth these ragas actually B he elaboration accommo T ural capital of India and the t ion of Indian music in Na t

through a series of engagement on art, livelihood,

n tandem n I u Basant sakhi’. t heir way to Kolkata, the cul t lish the source and destina b

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ent and gait of the same c ntroduced another infre i ana’s birthplace and the city r ermutations of speed, shorn p

Indian and Israeli artists

is on nSgSadorned phrases, s ing from Benares, their gha n ure which swears by thrilling t od by simply shifting the ac m

a group photography exhibition by Lenses”

omal Gandhar and empha k et out on a world tour begin s ardised by urban cul d mooth turn towards raga Ka s

“Transcending Jerusalem: JLM through Indian

akhiyan mil’, with its sam on s rt Sumit Mishra; who have e etermined and stan d reath the melody took a b solo photography exhibition by Nipun Nayyar.

r teental composition ‘Sab e nd veteran harmonium exp a raditions are now being ique of Rajanji, in the same n “Of Miles and Me” a photo travelogue; a third

nd, as is the favourite tech A y after the pivotal sam anoth l abla maestro Kumar Bose t OPEN PALM COURT GALLERY COURT PALM OPEN

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Mishra in sublime form form sublime in Mishra

nature.

The Kolkata chapter of “Bhairav Se Bhairavi Tak” saw Pandit Rajan and Sajan and Rajan Pandit saw Tak” Bhairavi Se “Bhairav of chapter Kolkata The lead spiritually fullling lives and in harmony with

perceptions of truth and reality and how we can soul has been undermined by traditional Western

Magnetic chemistry at play play at chemistry Magnetic “Riding the Dark Horse”. He will discuss how our

Americanborn Nicholas Packard, author of

7 p.m. Talk on “The Unity of Consciousness” by

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Double delight delight Double Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra in accompaniment with tabla maestro Kumar Bose Bose Kumar maestro tabla with accompaniment in Mishra Sajan and Rajan Pandit AVISHEK DEY AVISHEK *

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o single mnemonic to preci t hrough mere footwork, t bout. Then steadily the tem a er own unique manner h id not overstep the ne line d

he played out her chakkars S ts innate nature, was shown i ething to write home m er related to the sublime in c tage. s y — a subdued shringara that t

he bandish (Misrachapu). t as supposed to evoke being w ayana” (threeeyed) was so n al mode of Kathak, the dan v ompelling orchestra on c ut with sensitivity and clari o

ance (Anagat) precluding d hich this particular piece w he varied abhinaya for “Tri T oth the ancient and medie b ocal support made for a v ayaka (Krishna) was brought n

echnical brilliance of her t ressive. The “veera rasa” p he so sensitively portrayed. s ate bhakti (devotion). Using g hushal Sharma lending the K oth the nayika (Radha) and b

hali (wave of the hand). The k ble artistry that was very im a xpressive power of the Lord e s an artistic tool to propa a nil Kumar on sarangi and A ands. The state of mind of h

eat eight is indicated by the b ally was something of credit c rs went along soaked in the e riented though it originated o ation in Kathak in Divya’s t la, Kiran Kumar on ute, b

one to tali (clap) and the d he hand moving automati t epths of emotion. The view d rt form which is technique a ovind Chakraborty on ta G eere...” got its best interpre m

he one, six and eleven being t ovement to rhythm without m nd sublime delving into the a hrough Kathak dance — an t andhant by Neha Chauhan, p he Ashtapadi “Dheera Sa T

n the 5234 symmetry with i iveliness. Her wrist and palm l ents and mime was sedate m ble to achieve her objective a ance alone. Despite a feeble d ike a seamless music recital. l

lock. The entire dance was c aal where the 14 matras are t ure dance bestowing it with p yriad ways. The move m t must be admitted that she is i escriptive powers through d

ion like the needles of a s ithin the precincts of this w etics which enhanced the n y of the omnipotent God in a c igher end. And to her credit h estimonials to the artiste’s t

esponding sway in body ki r ut the attributes and poten o heir medium as means to a t f a bed of fragrant owers — o

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omplex beats but also a cor c er abhinaya literally spelt H y of artistes who look upon r uresque as was the decking t

ootwork show to various f er and destroyer — all in one! v ikshit belongs to this catego D ars of Radhika was very pic e

f her age, it was not just the o ic dancer, creator, preser m . Divya Goswami ake s hrough the winds into the t

. Unlike many others orthy w dorns Lord Shiva — the cos a eyond the art for art’s b ising ute notes as owing r

ense of rhythm was praise s cting a hooded cobra that i ertain artistes aim etailing of Krishna’s mesme d

ivya belongs. Her excellent D ith her serpent mudra dep w n the scheme of things. The i

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usical style, this being the m ristine white and gold cos p ess of the lines, but then it n

recital aal Dhamar, a la Drupad t ambit set to Desh. Attired in l ively portray the sensuous t

ootwork delineation in the f radhana (invocation) in vi A he third refrain she did sensi t

in her Kathak

he second phase was the T oftly led us through the Shiv s inally somewhere after F

moods of the Lord eamless musical recital musical eamless S l Centre auditorium as Divya a onfusing! c

owing through was a little xpressed. e here in the India Internation t

portrayed dierent

s this line of the song was a ures and countenance t oyage for all of us sitting v

sensitively ielding gestures and dance w ranslate what earlier her ges t es, it was an artistic Y

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o swelled to the second p rawing her audience along d ..Prathama Samagama...” a .

f the line “Rati Sukha Saare o

er did emote to the meaning c Reaching out to the sublime

he vulgar. Though the dan t

hat divides the erotic from t

variety of musical instru a hreatens to stop performing t s translated into Nepali by i ever, Om Katare as Ravan, w kademi, the play was staged A

trokes. s he right eects, he has used t y Asif Ali Haider Khan and it b he production cluttered. Ho t or his performance and f sed by the Sangeet Natak i

n independent life with deft a olk tradition of Sikkim. For f he stage version is written T laced in a manner that made p emand adequate amount d rs in mofussil areas. Organ e

etermined to lead all alone d ho has drawn on the rich w ed “Ab Na Banegi Dehari”. l aws. The properties are ing out of his character to p f “Ramleela” and perform o

atised widow with an infant m usic director Kajal Ghosh m tit achdev’s novel in Dogri S omedy. He keeps on step c uers from amateurish s lems faced by the organisers b

reates the portrait of a stig c usic score by veteran stage m lay is inspired by Padma p ents make him a source of m m Katare, the production O omic exposure on the pro c

anjana Manger as Rewati R tyle of delivery and move s ights of the production is l rama at Mavlankar Hall. The D esigned and directed by D kademi Awards 2016, is a A

he backdrop of tense silence. t ubstance. One of the high s entre, National School of C or performing arts. f yes. His amboyant and vain e uring the recipients of the t

n a subtle manner against i roduction with metaphoric p ikkim Theatre Training S ctors and lack of patronage a avan is the cynosure of all R ival of Performing Arts fea t

orldly pleasures is revealed w hese visuals infuse the T ival of performing arts by the t omment on the sad plight of c e suggests, the character of l resented by Yatri at the Fes p

ama over Ravana. As the tit R nd his duty to abstain from a oshi. J ali was presented at the fes p Ramleela”, the play seeks to “ ism. “Ramleela”, which was p

#4 9 2 3 5 3 3 5 3 2 9 #4 ulminating in the victory of c a’s natural instinct for love b ng eects by Himanshu i “Hum Hi Apna Aap”) in Ne ( ent of bureaucratic redta m ent of the characters of m

y his encounter with Angad, b he conict between Giri Ba t unti Hai” is a severe indict S pectacles with subtle light s ion “Hami Nai Aafai Aaf” t hrough the satirical treat T

ive actor as the idol of god, l umar under whose direc K ience starts shouting. d ion with Hanuman followed t aste system. “Dilli Ooncha c hich are transformed into w

heatre as director is Bipin t f Ravan stops acting, the au o nacts Ravana’s confronta e itter critique of the Indian b f his character. By casting a o rics in dierent colours b

ontribution to the Indian c s the actor playing the role A pisode they are staging e he Capital. “Suno Sefali” is a t o the fore the inner conict t isuals with long pieces of fa v

ne of the awardees for the O bility to meet his demand. a ble to stage “Ramleela”. The a ha as Giri Baba who brings c s an expressive means, uses a ime by amateur groups in t

rtistic take rtistic A roblems, the organiser is p ptly cast, with Bikram Lep a erely depend on dialogue m rganiser expresses utter in o points of taged at dierent s

fter facing a great deal of A he entire production is T ealism at places. He does not r eeps whenever it rains. The s nd “Ravanleela”, were a

ack of patronage of ack L tandard. s sed with slight touches of i ion with comic rhythm. t ouse through which water h i”, “Dilli Ooncha Sunti Hai” l

ey to repair the roof of his n lays, including “Suno Sefa p ual authority and moral t resentational style is styl p avan, imparts the produc R

nd again that he needs mo a nd out of these some of her a uge following for his spiri h nambiguous way. Bipin’s u nd out of the character of a ecently. r

is role. He declares again h hipped and adored by a s al kernel of the play in an c oth within the character b t Mavlankar Hall, New Delhi a ritten eight full length plays w

riest of a temple who is wor p nd revealing the philosophi a o playwriting in Hindi, has t

harming and young head c mphasis on characterisation e or 2016 for her contribution f Picture perfect Picture A scene from “Hum Hi Apna Aap” Aap” Apna Hi “Hum from scene A

he is saved by Giri Baba, the s er style was realistic with H ak Akademi’s Award t

ommit suicide. However, c harma about a decade ago. S ient of the Sangeet Na p

ow, she makes an attempt to d nder the direction of Bharti u usum Kumar, the reci

he ignominy of being a wi t resented this novel in Hindi p

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tic life of Rewati whose hus e usic and theme, the pro m

of a couple in

he play depicts the path T blend of choreography, A

agony and ecstasy

ove, giving birth to a child. l he backdrop for the action. t

eople fallen in forbidden p olic way which also provides b

Aaf” expresses the

tasy and agony of two young s hitecture of Sikkim in a sym c

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re, expressing the inner ec e leek capturing the temple ar s

voke surrealistic atmosph e nnovative design which is i

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atterns against the back p he present version appears T

ng multiple choreographic i d some years ago in Delhi. e

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erformers in masks, creat p l of the earlier one present a

highlights lack of

ience. In mass scenes, the d he present version is a reviv t

ional impact on the au t nd Hasta Kr. Chettri. In fact, a “Ramleela”

tands out for its deep emo s ewritten by Bikram Lepcha r

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hey were catering mostly to Euro t he word has t onoured (the Rudrapat h he writer, a critic and historian, is the is historian, and critic a writer, he T he writer is a well known pianist known well a is writer he T

hetics were western. Remember, t 930s to 1980s 1 eld who are actually being

he content was Indian. The aes T t stuck. From i here are veterans in the t

( id 1930s onwards were ballets. d ar word worldwide. So l Bombay). And so it goes. ther than the fact that O rtiste? a

Ballet Unit Ballet hat Ram and Uday Shankar W al); Sachin Shankar p l. Besides, it was a popu a ounding this question. r an ional honours upon t

allet Troupe allet B eers like Ram Gopal. n (Gwalior then Bho allet was generic and gener B erent entitlement sur h riteria be to bestow na c

Little ion in later works of Indian pio t tance its base was still classical. s t: Shanti and Gul Bardhan's i his made me realise the in t uestion. What should the q

ers like Sergei Diaghilev nd men t ecause in structure and sub b ancers named their groups after d o I leave you with this S deeper reection on A

ecame its hallmark. Sets by mas b ion. Modern dance it was not t ballet’ became so popular that ‘ hey usually do. t ery scope? v

ion of a scene, with elaborate sets, t onger had the same connota l fter Independence, the word A o create the same buzz as t ractice, its repertoire, its p

n western ballet, direct depic I orm? ‘Oriental Dance’ no f ith. w ian honours did not seem l itions to the art itself — its d

f suggestivity. o ation would suit this l raditions were anyway to begin t nd Andaal, this year’s civi a hat about signicant ad W

Padmaavat , which is high on the art esthetics a hat appel W hat Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Melam w he row over t ances or research papers. m

allet from Indian classical dance b ven animals. e ecame dancedrama. Which is b n the nation’s capital and i usy calendar of perfor b

The scenography akst. B separated ans and m any productions and soon ballet m ant that got brutally raped f hould be more than just a s

kyKorsakov and decor by Leon s nd greed; hu a unger h ollowed this at Kalakshetra with f midst an eightmonth in A urely artistic contribution s

y Michel Fokine, music by Rim b ould depict hidden themes of c as done away with. Rukmini Devi w ? Indeed. adma awards P r justice nor has to. But o

aris of 1910 and choreographed P nd gods; saints and sinners. Ballet a estern ballet) and scenography w usicians in this year’s m ributes to social condition t

performance

ne Nights. It was rst produced in O eyond the routine stories of kings b as never the case with and in w here not more Carnatic t rguably not everyone con A

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ased on a tale in Thousand and b nd language and helped go a ntrigued me. Why are i ers or dancers themselves (this g ontribution be measured? c

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as followed by ‘Scheherazade’, w hew strictly classical structure c le. Songs were rendered by sin p opped up in my newsfeed p or instance, how can F

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allets, Madame Menaka the b isregard to real history. ‘Talisman’ d his ballet format also helped es T exam ne question that O ddress? a Seen here Seen

reated their own genre. Operatic c ish mash was complete with total m ars. n inks to practical livelihood. l uestions that one needs to q the West. the

eviated from the original and d f Heavenly Spirits! The cultural o or traditional masters or nattuvu f nfortunately lose vital u itled to or are there larger t popular in popular

e pointed out that slowly b f Lahore and Amravati , goddess o ear or otherwise, was a challenge n Indians pplications o. We would a t a privilege that one is en i works were works

aughter. Noureddin the Maharaja d haratanatyam in a story line, li B s to turn our phones or u adame Menaka, Kathak. It must M ication and treatment? Is s Shankar’s

ing of Delhi; Damayanti the King’s K ad dialogue. To use Kathak or h sed mostly Bharatanatyam and u And it's no use asking . iae t ians expect exclusive clas c Uday

hankar style. Only Ram Gopal S inal story included Akbar, the g nd Yakshagana traditions but both a n endless eddy of minu a hy do classical musi W

ll these ballets were in Uday A n 1899 came ‘Talisman’ and its ori I rt form was inbuilt in Kathakali a iews disguised as facts and v hrough their oeuvre. t

iscovery of India.’ D o use our classical forms in group t y a barrage of opinions, b acted millions of others p ndian dance aesthetics dance ndian I

f India’, ‘India Immortal’ and ‘The o hrough the last century. How best t essarily means being hit c en musical styles. And im s

eft. Opening my phone ne l orks. These included ‘The Spirit w efore India had. b nd historical productions all a romulgation of their cho p

reated many outstanding ballet c ad a revival through mythological h ng if there is any silence i ow — taking to themes Indian even c ocabulary, grammar and v

aissance Artists). Together they n ack under a long colonial rule, b ndeed, I am left ponder I estinations — Paris, London, Mos d uted signicantly to the b

ion or IPTA. And IRA (Indian Re t lassical dancing pushed to the C n that order. i iered in Paris. So one sees major m erformed, but have contri p

o eat. And unfortunately T ndian People’s Theatre Associa I ous Marius Petipa. This was pre m counter point. a ividuals, who not merely d

aunched television show. l ational upsurge came in 1942, the n y Lucien Petipa, brother of the fa b ay of doing things: a sutradhar or w ore, the awardees are in m

ents on my newly m ritish. At about the same time of B choreographed hile Gautier and p redients. Add, Indian democratic g alled ‘music.’ What is c

he divideandrule policy of the t re four important and dierent in a r not. To respond to com o as based on the book by Theo w roader spectrum simply b

aphy and choreography. These r o Aadhaar or not. To GST T al produced ‘Reptile’, a work on g ame Kalidas’ ‘Shakuntala.’ This c ll of these t into the a

usic, no dialogue, major scenog m ral existential questions. e n 1944, Zohra and Kameshwar Se 1 as by Jules Perrot. Then in 1858 w eection on the fact that r

here I have to answer sev w d ‘Bhookh’ on the Bengal famine. e ondon in 1846. Its choreography L et is a group classical dance with l nd yet there seems little A

een these are intervals w erlin. Sadhana Bose in 1941 creat B ormer name and rst produced in f est in the last few centuries. Bal W a Sri. m

uciently crazy. In bet s adame Menaka from Bombay to M as widely popularised by the w ife to folk music get a Pad l oore's oriental romance of the M

ath with Ragini Devi to the U.S. n versally it is due to this format that i an), who has devoted her n ions), my life and times are t ore’. It was inspired by Thomas h 3 5 3 2 9 #4

f Indian dance is known today un I ng for others’ composi i ith Louise Lightfoot. Guru gopi w ookh’, also called the ‘Rose of La R akshmi Navaneethakrish l

sessions’ (play ‘ o what is ballet as an art form? S ut. Ananda Shivram to Australia o roduced in the West was ‘Lalla p esearch scholar (Vijaya r

r and player for e y Anna Pavlova. b heir success helped many reach T We have seen a ibhushan. V he second ‘Indian ballet’ to be T

ormer, compos f aken by Marie Taglioni and later t Padma he hard way, get t

io. As a per d al role in La Bayadere was under t omposers, who came up c

heatre in St. Petersburg. The pivo T ne of our greatest lm o m still at a stu a

erformed in the famous Maryinsk p and I t is 1 a.m. I his year we have seen T

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o light how Bade Ghulam Ali Khan t ryya, Arghya Chakravorty, Iman a the dance dra argam skills, m ays before rushing to anoth s

Pt. Shantanu Pt. —

hantanu Bhattacharayya brought S hattacharya, Durba Bhattach B os enhanced Sathvikaa’s l sed art is my calling,” she i

Banerjee Banerjee laborating on the legacy, Pt. E rajeshwar Mukherjee, Deborshee B spects,” she says. While so a egan and this is where I real b

as emerged as a ne singer too. h hattacharyya are Mira Sengupta, B hennai. This is where it all C ique by imbibing the ner n

Vidushi Meera Vidushi

ash Ghosh. His daughter Kaushiki k t. Ajoy Chakrabarty and Shantanu P It’s such a joy to be in “ iously; improving my tech r

Prasun Banerjee and Banerjee Prasun awar Ali Khan and Pt. Jnan Pra n ers of the gharana and disciples of g I began to take my art se “ imension to her art. d

Mu f the gharana trained under o ome of the up and coming sin S ancer from Chennai. d psaras has added another A

Sahib, such as Pandit as such Sahib,

stalwart t. Ajoy Chakrabarty, a P huddha Kalyan and Bageshree. S ward was conferred upon a a nderstanding of bhava. And u

Ghulam Ali Khan Ali Ghulam nown vocalist of the gharana. k ers are Darbari Kanhra, Ramkali, g 3. It was the rst time the 1 her alakshetra pattern and K

hantanu Bhattacharyya, a well S as popular with the gharana sin g ecome a blend of her guru’s b SBB Nungambakkam at age P

disciples of Bade of disciples

hupali and Gunkali. The other ra B ushi Meera Banerjee,” says Pt. d ow, Sathvikaa’s style has N ala Shri award through B

through the direct the through andit Prasun Banerjee and Vi P entatonic ragas like Malkauns p the ge 12, but also receiving a ears.” y

hulam Ali Khan Sahib, such as G he singers show a penchant for T nly for her arangetram at o orm dierent roles over the f

artistes of today of artistes

andabandh disciples of Bade g abla.” t ood stead, preparing her not g by making us per e versatile b

passed on to the to on passed through the assed on to artistes p s presented on the tone set by the i erience held Sathvikaa in p uru. “She has trained us to g

akably the Patiala Kasoor gayaki t abla bols set the pace, the bandish t raining methodology of her t ssaying diverse roles, the ex E

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Today’s Patiala gayaki is unmis “ iably, an imagery is created. The r uting it completely to the b . earsals for nritya natakams h

is unmistakably the unmistakably is ultana. S een rhythm and melody — inva w en juggling school with re t as been a smooth one, attri h

Begum Parveen f this gharana is o ised. There is an interplay bet n iscovering the art form, of d he shift, Sathvikaa says, T

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nother bold and beautiful singer A atras and minimatras are recog m he spent the next six years S miles. s

). ( he subdivision of rhythm — the T Nad – Understanding Raga Music Raga Understanding – Nad iscovering the art the iscovering D he result is magical,” she t > <

er”, according to Sandeep Bagchi d he rhythm and with the rhythm. t o each other on stage. Often, t

dds Shantanu, “they play to A he melliuousness of the foun t respond wn beauty. We just o ogether till date. t

whose voice has the richness and “ amental to the raga. d ers who continue to perform c ach dancer’s style has its e

ects sake, as they were not fun e harana singer settled in Pakistan g ates, a group of young dan m It’s amazing to see that “

eared to have been put in p esthetically. Akaars, bol banaavs a randson of Ali Baksh, is a Patiala g for ond family in her class c eekend. w

ected notecombinations ap p oice, the sargams are rendered v Fateh Ali, ily tradition alive. m ix years old, she found a se s ormed almost every f

part from the openness of the A igrated to Pakistan, kept the fa m , “the unex tanding Raga Music Raga tanding s argescale productions, per l athvikaa reminisces. All of S

emperament of a painter a of emperament T andeep Bagchi in the S ade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahib, who B Nad – Under- – Nad in o merge dierent styles t hance of learning from her,” c

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here is an element of T voice nd voice structure and a longwith Mazhar Ali Khan and Ja a ince she began training un s ancer with Singapore’s Ap d

aans can intersperse the bandish, t f Kirana, two swar danas of Jaipur o unawar’s son Raza Ali Khan M ver the last 19 years, ever o ow a fulltime company N

urface suddenly. Taans and bol s ented it with meru khand taans m as the last word in it. w strike. aa no longer needs to k eels exactly like it always has f

features of this gharana that ain t ine in his gayaki. He further aug v ian of thumri”, though he himself c t’s a balance that Sathvi I nown for. She says that it k

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endered like colouring a picture r al and extensive expansion of the t li Khan. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan A — group pro icipating in the t nd reenergise when exams a

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nd the thought behind the emotions. If a anguage, Khan says, in the lm there l m sure of my facts, nothing can stop a ng is that I must be doing it for the au i would be the voice of the voiceless

ot. ” Talking about the acting style and l ehru Indoor Stadium, New Delhi .) N ieve in thorough research and once I l hat I work for the audience. My think t esigner a scenebyscene break down d

the song ‘Zindabad Zindabad’, you feel as if Salim

ith me now. I gave Neil and the light w e staged till 11th February at Jawaharlal b ion also demands responsibility. “I be s Then there are some who now feel “ Mughale Azam’, we have layered it a ‘

n paper. “I have a voluminous book o he narrative. Within the structure of t “MughaleAzam:The Musical” will ( eep in mind that freedom of expres k ple think he only works for himself. o certainly ridiculous but the fact is when you listen to

ade him go beyond the structure of m ute that,” signs o Khan. c aving said that he adds one must H n all my work.” Also, he adds, some pe i atel, Khan visualised the whole play P

Suggesting Salim would be a democratic ruler was

nd hopefully I would be able to exe a y.” g mportant. I have tried to manage that i orkbased production designer Neil Y ower structure. “But I could not have p

against the imperialistic forces was very strong. ountry don’t believe in divisive ideolo c he content. That balance is extremely t tage. Working in sync with his New s rowing hegemonic tendencies in the g een dreaming about it for a long time b

n creating the medieval ambience on i ieves that he has all the answers. I have l t worked. Majority of people in this I s that the form should not overpower i Brechtian device” to caution against “

When the lm was being written, the resistance

stic projections play an important part e One thing you should be careful about “ f sculptor, and describes it as a sort of o s about a television anchor who be i e accepted by a section of the society. b

han has augmented the character K riginal play called ‘Masiha Tonight’. It o eople raised doubts about how it will p ersons read letters for two hours. p ard in a dierent medium.” The maj w > <

es.” l ear to me. And then I am mounting an d hen I was doing ‘Tumhari Amrita’, W udience would doze o watching two a erpretation; carrying the legacy for t

olitical satire, without any problem. p imalistic’ work, people told him that n MughaleAzam”. “We are doing an in “ he pays a price for breaking the shack s amlal’ with Satish Kaushik. It is very R

anted to do an imitation of K.Asif’s w heatre world. “I am reviving ‘Salesman t ork. I made ‘Dekh Tamasha Dekh’, a w han reminds when he was doing ‘mi K ive within boundaries or limits. And l arash (the sculptor who narrates the t f ‘MughaleAzam’, which included Ka o

han makes it clear that he never K hy a common person is expected to w hat’s not all. The voice of the Sang T lays that made him one of the stars of p preading prejudice. I don’t think it will s s well. Referring to “Tumhari Amrita”, a han gives it to K.Asif and the writers K

a a s opular culture.” p ommon man cannot aspire to love, c mbrella.” u nd yes, he is returning to the kind of A o consolidate a constituency by t or the other.” It works the other way ould be erased.” c

ra- lass conict. “In a way, she asks why a c hings to make it very inclusive.” t r the best of all the religions under one e ily planning. “It is very dear to me.” m eeps coming when political groups try k ry scene has a conict and has one e oudly. It is a misconception created by l eached a stage where a part of history r

mong creative people. “The threat a ts screenplay is a piece of literature. Ev i he powerful people don’t even speak T ali’s love, Khan sees an element of k ut they were also putting these little b entury, he thought of bringing togeth c oon” which spreads the message of fa H he social and cultural level we haven’t t

ates the growing selfcensorship c ave a booming voice to be powerful. h lex audience to cater to.” Even in Anar p ere creating a great entertaining story w f Akbar’s faith in DineIlahi. In 16th o ion with “Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti t ne example of this. According to me, t. It may be at the political level but at i

ore intimate. Also, one need not not m eturning to entertainment in educa r he “Padamaavat” episode also indi T ow. “MughaleAzam”, the lm, is a l atching cinema. There were no multi w he voice of the voiceless. I think they t ral reference but you can see strands e ill be more people rising in support of w

kanto ko murjhane ka khauf nahin hota!” ‘

kbar is not loud. I wanted him to be A ecause they were the ones who were b indabad’, you feel as if Salim would be Z hat was very inclusive. There is no lit t hether he has stopped growing. He is w at ki ijazat dijiye...” s hat everything that is big has to be shal t le who want to stop something, there p

hen the audience clapped when she said, w

oungsters makes fun of that. So our Y ommon man who won. It was perhaps c elf whether he is becoming stagnant, s dd to a potent line like Janaze ko rukh a al”. “I don’t agree with the perception l hen you listen to the song ‘Zindabad w ng that they were creating a narrative i bout our civilisation. “If we have peo a

ho plays Anarkali, says she was surprised w

ays, he constantly keeps asking him s nding the subtext. What would you Tumhari Amrita” and “Salesman Ram “ ombastic acting can’t work now. b an who had aspirations, it was the m ertainly ridiculous, but the fact is c he writers were very clear while writ T here is something very fundamental t

ors didn’t expect them to. Like Neha Sargam, t

e haven’t diluted the language but W ot,” he laughs. “We had no problem in l nown for his contentrich plays like k an to present all shades of characters. j ooking for his next challenge, Khan L ent of class struggle – It’s the common m alim would be a democratic ruler was S han, no matter what anybody does, K

rowd. They clapped at places where the ac c

Mughal eAzam’, the characters say a ‘ hote as a nice, elegant foil to Kapoor. K essful lms of that time had an ele c antage of the atmosphere. Suggesting v ebrations. There is Man Singh and Dur l or me.” f oesn’t go with the image of Khan, d istory, assumed or real.” Also, adds h

erstood the nuances better than the Mumbai d

reparation, all the doors were opened p ubtext that he is used to work with. “In s his Broadway kind of production T hrough and then there was Durga t ore with class struggle. All the suc m s was very strong. The writers took ad e ead. He sits through Janamashtmi ce h zam’ does it, it doesn’t hurt anybody’s A

he language meant that Delhi audience un t

gainst the image? the gainst A onvey the pain her character went c he angst of a writer. They identied t eloved leader. But once they saw my b ut in a musical, it is hard to nd the B esistance against the imperialistic forc r n amulet and applies tilak on the fore a ultural legacy and the way ‘Mughale c

outh was amazing. Also, the familiarity with y

im. Madhubala’s face was enough to l le at that time could not understand p y credentials to make a lm on their m rs Khan. e When Akbar goes to war, he kisses “ hen the lm was being written, the W tory has been well accepted as part of s

y watching in Delhi. The response from the l

005, people were apprehensive about 2 nd I don’t pander to the audience,” av a f it has to be very precise.” o astic, Dilip Kumar underplayed as Sa b lown away by “MughaleAzam”. “Peo b He challenges the imperial power. “ eauty on screen. b he play and everyone praised it. The t

elhi. “I could see three generations of a fami D

lightly, you can’t see the projection. All s enting the syncretic culture in all its s Gandhi, My Father” in Porbandar in “ s well. One must be aware of both – a rithivraj Kapoor as Akbar was bom P e reminds how “Kagaz Ke Phool” was H ressive writers. g Many in the government have watched “

i, Khan loved the response of audience in h

lass struggle lass C he intensity of light goes up even t al Amrohi and Wajahat Mirza, for pre m ere four dierent styles at play. “If w ale ), says Khan, is the voice of the pro t e. When I was planning to shoot m ience and I must be doing it for myself d magining the role of Akbar as well. i

hough infrastructure was a problem in Del T

here is a section which is busy re T

he Delhi experience Delhi he T

o nd a solution.” t

Neha Sargam as Anarkali; Nissar Khan and Dhanveer Singh as Akbar and Salim respectively in scenes from “Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical” Musical” The “Mughal-e-Azam: from scenes in respectively Salim and Akbar as Singh Dhanveer and Khan Nissar Anarkali; as Sargam Neha Aesthetic appeal Aesthetic SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT, V. SUDERSHAN V. ARRANGEMENT, SPECIAL

eciary of violence, nobody wants n

uch is the power of its dialogues” S

oices. And when everybody is a be v

here was pin drop silence in the auditorium. t

overnments have pandered to these g

utes of the lm ran without subtitles. “Still n

ell, but now they get amplied. All w

iscovered during the screening that 1520 mi d

here were shrill voices earlier as T

on, there remained some glitches and Salgia m

lways the right or majority voice. a

nderstand.” As subtitling was not as com u

magination and a shrill voice is not i

ubtitled version so that all the students could s

See, politics narrows the idea of “

t at my alma mater. So I decided to create a i

gainst “Padmaavat”, Khan says, a

oloured it in 2004, I had an idea to showcase c

eferring to continued protests R

n the reach of ‘MughaleAzam’. “When we i

ultural legacy ultural C

product of IIT Madras, Salgia has full faith A

ther infrastructure.” o

ained.” t

ew and bigger set, double the dancers and n

aryada m of debate has to be main

he size of the one in Mumbai. So it required a

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hould stop short of violence. The s

aharlal Nehru Stadium. The stage is double w

hould be welcomed but all protests s

c ompany. We had to start from scratch at Ja

y should accept. Contesting ideas d

q uired in Delhi, is possible only because of the

utional body has decided, everybo t

“ Also, the kind of logistic support that is re

aughter will wear. But once a consti d

n imagining the contours of the play as well. i

ecomes like I will decide what my b

n the colour version of the lm, was integral i

ached to certain gures. It almost t

han says Salgia, who played a crucial role K

ave. People become emotionally at h

t he only lm which is centrally distributed.”

ow many dimensions can history h

a l connection with the lm. This is perhaps

ould have ve dimensions, imagine c

b ution rights to anybody. There is an emotion

on”, Khan remarks, “When truth m

MughaleAzam’ we don’t give even its distri ‘

xample of Akira Kurosawa’s “Rasho e

d o with lm production, but when it comes to

nd hysteria gets blurred. Citing the a

b lic imagination. “Though we have nothing to

ometimes the line between history s

f or newer ways to keep the classic alive in pu

nto a ctional narrative. Khan says i

v ersion of the lm, the company was looking

lso has historical characters woven a

v ision to the production, says after the colour

ike “Padmaavat”, “MughaleAzam” L

p any, who has provided creative and strategic

raw audience across generations. d

D eepak Salgia, one of the directors of the com

esan Anarkali, the story continues to t

s urprised to nd them eager to back the play.

ove story of his son Salim and cour l

n othing to do with theatre production but was

kbar who becomes a villain in the A

t he company for the rights, thinking it has

imeless tale about Mughal emperor t

e rations. Feroz Abbas Khan says he went to

usical”. An adaptation of K.Asif’s M

ommitted itself to the project for gen c

um opus, “MughaleAzam: The n

o invest in his dream, the company t

han is back in Delhi with his mag K

nce K.Asif convinced Shapoorji Pallonji A

magined history, Feroz Abbas i

y is getting oended even by t

t a time when a section of socie “MughaleAzam”

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amhari Das, a gratifying “Pan R

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owed by India’s own very best l ate in Indian hearts, despite the n

horeographed by Aruna Mohan C

pbeat music is bound to reso u he label “Latino”; she is fol t

matured soloist Shalini Patnaik. a

sh group, Txarango, whose very i rom Brazil, whose music dees f

eginning with “Panchabhuta” by b

redibly versatile Flavia Coelho c nds with the very popular Span e

est presentations in the festival b

ngs at 7 p.m., followed by the in i ansom Collective. The festival R

he second evening saw the T

roup Oi Dipnoi kick o proceed g ixartist Indie folk band, The s

est presentations est B

nstrumentalists of the Italian i by the Philippinesbased, owed l

ion was lacklustre. t

akes gentle, soothing music fol m vening concerts – the talented e

ancers even though the presenta d

he rst day starts only with T rio from Israel, a trio that T

ink and white costumes of the p

or the evening concerts. f erts start with the Buttering c

urpanakha; so did the refreshing S

round, a huge outdoor space G ical music. The evening con s

appealed as arta Puran”. Rojalin v

ateh Sagar Lake, Gandhi F ock band with elements of clas r

wain and Group. S iece embracing the “Brahmabai p

tic island in the middle of the o oosely be called as an Indian l

olved dancers of Bichitrananda v anda Misra to script the enriching n

lement in their music, and can e ateh Sagar Paal, which is an ex F

i Stuti”by the powerful and in l redit must be given to Pandit Nitya C

epertoire we present together. r n a garden overlooking the lake; i rings in a strong instrumental b

he vigorous presentation “Mahaka t ebirth as Kubja in the Dapar Yug . r

ave constantly innovated on the h ion of the event – Ambrai Ghat, t haskar, the group of musicians B

akshman in the Treta Yug and her L ive ChandrikaKamodi Pallavi and s

am puts it “over the years we r erts adding to the exotic attrac c rainchild of lead singer Anand B

Shadadharachakrey”, an impres “ urushottam” and humiliated by P

ally for years, and as Aruna Sai c re dierent venues for the con a ased Anand Bhaskar Collective. b

ame down with the manglacharan c eing refused by the “Ekapatnibrata b

usic. followed by the Mumbai m enres have collaborated musi g hat will have mass appeal. There t

enned by Banamali. The curtain p t Pushkar desiring Lord Ram after a

erform a conuence of Arabic p espite belonging to dierent d as carefully structured a festival h

Sajani Mohana Murati Chhayilo” “ rought to the fore her meditation b

oud” and “qanun”, who will “ ominique Vellard. The two, D an. Sanjiv Bhargava from Seher t

ut delicately in the Odia abhinaya o ng tale of “Surpanaka” which i

wo instrumentalist brothers on t oined by French classical tenor j remely musical and cosmopoli t

ude of Lord Krishna was brought t hambho” followed by an interest S

eature Amine and Hazra, the f atic vocalist Aruna Sairam, n nd oer diverse sounds; ex a

ocal by Bijay Jena. The various atti v egan with a well rehearsed “Bho b

he afternoon concerts will T owed by the ever popular Car l le East, Latin America, Israel, d

he complexities of the rhythm and t upport. Rojalin Mohapatra’s group s

F’. ‘ ccasions. His concert will be fol o and, Philippines, Europe, Mid l

xecution with the intricacies and e hy with the melodious musical p

nabled them sing e ver 13 Heads of State on various o rom all over the world — Thai f together in

howed wonderful formations and s o Mohanty’s fascinating choreogra t

enor, singing in a high pitch has t as already performed in front of h ample. The bands are chosen s

ence. Hamsadhwani Pallavi c pite of the dancers doing full justice s

itch, and Dominique is a male p i, who despite being only 26, d he audience dierent sounds to t

esplendent with grace and opales r uence and clarity in the script in q

act that she sings in a low female f ecital by Delhibased Dhruv Be r s to exceed an hour, thus giving i

isra and Manisha Manaswini was M ailed to appeal due to the lack of se f

ingers. Aruna s he last day starts with a sitar T ully on the popular. No concert f revealed that the

he duet by wellgroomed Sarita T he otherwise interesting concept T

ent, will be the same for both m lectronic music, soul and jazz. e vening concerts that the focus is e

avarasa, choreographed by Das. N uryodhana from Mahabharata. D

hanjira for the percussion ele k roup Nojazz, with elements of g er mixed fare, and it is in the o

est of form, also in the next piece b rishna and Arjuna and Karna and K

he accompanists – violin and t y dierent sound in the French l erts; the afternoon concerts c

ad Das. She seemed to be not in s een two sets of characters viz. w

nother converging point is that A ed next, followed by a complete t us on meditative, classical con c

earned disciple of Guru Debapra l he confrontation in friendship bet t

atin poems for Dominique.” L nd The Travelling Band are slot a ured – the morning concerts fo t

cripted by Kedar Misra explored s ancer Gayatri Chand, a senior, d

oetry for me and French and p ayan folk singer Bipul Chettri l he concerts are well struc T

ava by an otherwise accomplished d “Sakha Bodha” horeography. c

ique literature – ancient Tamil t ith the Thai group Asia 7. Hima w ell-structured W

dampened Ravan Kruta Shiva Tan a umar Jena’s music in Mohanty’s K

wo musical cultures through an t rom 7 p.m. onwards starting f o attend the totally free festival. t

ith obeisance to Mother Earth and w Ektali”, Khamaj Pallavi set to Bijay “

ative in English connecting the r vening concerts are scheduled e ierent audiences are attracted d

he concluding evening began T ohanty wove magic in their duet M

ovation this time will be a nar n lbum Hmayra last year. The a nwards, at various venues so o

curdseller). ( a Dance Academy by Guru Aruna s

n our act twice last year; the in o aves after the release of his rst w vents starting from the morning e

er, she excelled as daiwali c ersatile dancers trained at the Oris v

hennai to spend time working C ist Shubh Saran, who is making r with music ebruary 9 to 11, F

ill the end. Herself a charming dan t an Palai and Rudraprasad Swain, j

#4 9 2 3 5 3 3 5 3 2 9 #4 oncert, Dominique came to c he India born, USbased guita t ival this year will be held from t

atch and kept the audience in hold w ering the mediocre abhinaya. Bi w

tand his music better. For this s reece. In the afternoon will be G edition, the fes l. Now in its 3 a

rd aharaja’s army was a pleasure to M nd singing by Manoj Joshi overpo a

amily home in France to under f rtists from France Spain and a he Udaipur World Music Festiv t

cene between Kanchi and Gajapati s emained ordinary with the music r

ether in Europe, I stayed at the g ent company Seher by holding m ill be the Trio Chemrani with w

f the sprawling stage and the war o shtapadi “Kishalaya Shyanataley” A

hen we rst started singing to W esai, at 9 a.m. After her recital D ased cultural event manage b

estival. Debamitra made good use f ution and music. However, the c

y Rajasthan Tourism and Delhi b

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hange with the initiative taken c

classical tenor Dominique Vellard, (below) Shankar Mahadevan Shankar (below) Vellard, Dominique tenor classical y her wellcoordinated group, was b a respectively. It was a captivating t

ith music now. That looks to w

Carnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam and French and Sairam Aruna vocalist Carnatic Innovative repertoire Innovative amitra Sengupta, and presented b ageshree in talas Rupak and Tripu R

c, the city is not really associated i

ena’s music, choreographed by De J o the delightful ragas of Abhogi and t

eep up Udaipur’s link with mus k

egend “Kanchi Bijay”, set to Bijoy l n “Madhyama”, the Pallavi was set I

tituted around 60 years ago to s

yananda Misra based on the Odia t osed by Pandit Nityananda Misra. p

ana Kumbha Music Festival in r

Padmavati”, scripted by Pandit Ni “ he “Prathana Vandana”, was com T

ewar. Despite the annual Maha M

ior disciple of Daksha Mashruwala. n ith their riveting performance. w

aughterinlaw of Rana Sanga of d

he dancers kept Srjan’s ag ying T iding deity, by Namrata Joshi, a se s

oems set to music too was p

core of Guru Raghunath Panigrahi. s aya” to Lord Mukteswar, the pre k

omposing many devotional c

uet by Ratikant set to the originally d Mritunjaya Makaradhwajanasha “

hakta, who is credited with b

ubabu and later as an imaginative l his year, with a striking invocation t

a player. Meera Bai, the Krishna n

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classical to light classical, ghazal or singing for lms!

uidance in singing from him right g nly try to compose it. This may be o

as a ghazal singer, an imaginative composer and the most sought after guru, who can chisel anyone from

he playback singers have also taken t he depth of my heart and soul, then t

classical vocalist who is totally in command whether singing khayal, thumri, tarana and equally at ease

al vocalist Ud. Rashid Khan, many of c ajeh ho! (I rst feel the poetry from v

He is one of the ideal representatives of his gharana but what sets him apart is his versatility, as a

part from his nephew, the classi A ose kar paata hoon, ho sakta hai yahi p focus not just on speed but repose as well.

s well. a ehsoos karta hoon tab jaakar com m chhoot taans, sargam taans, tarana, bandishi thumri, composition studded with taans and best of all,

nd Ghazal. He is a sought after Guru a oetry. “Pahle Ghaliyaat ko dil se p not just akar. Aesthetics with virile singing and a combination of melodic and rhythmic excellence, the

the combined elements of Dhrupad, dhamar, khayal, tappa, thumri, etc, alap in nom tom like syllables ical ThumriDadra to Sugam Sangeet s o other hobby except music and n

One can clearly see the signicant features of his gharana in Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan’s gayaki like inging and composing the semi clas s eading good poetry. In fact, he has r

Thumri, Dadra and Tappa. All these inuences merged with the royal splendour of Rampur Darbar. han Saheb is equally comfortable K wardee admits that he is fond of a

musicians of Awadh like Kadar Piya and Sanad Piya brought the inuence of Lucknow and styles like

f the Rampur Sahaswan Gharana, o ompositions, the Padma Vibhushan c

hence the inuence of musicians of Dilli and other Gharanas who adorned the Delhi court, came in. Then

part from being a reputed vocalist A n the secret of his soulful ghazal O

Most of the musicians of Dilli Durbar took shelter under Nawab Rampur after the dynasty was ruined,

oulful ghazals S n to win the National Award. o

pioneer of Gwalior Gharana; the signicant features like the ‘Thehraav’ of Gwalior came in automatically.

ilms Division, many of whom went F osition to season your voice.” p

amalgamation of inputs from many Gharanas. Since Ud. Inayat Khan learnt from Ud. Haddu Khan, the

or many documentaries made by the f i taan woven into it, is an ideal com k The splendour of Rampur Durbar shines forth in the music of Rampur Sahaswan Gharana. which is an

e has sung for and composed music H andish, “Aao Balma…”, b with ‘Firat’ A class apart apart class A

aipur, where he also sang for himself. J aat takat thake nain” . His Yaman b

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aptak and stood for a while on the s eautiful young woman as the time b n a German documentary lm shot in i ion) goes ‘Nisar Piya ko kou manao, t

aan encompassing threeandahalf t e had played the role of Baiju Bawra h rom an innocent teenager to the f ntara (second half of the composi a

r incharge. When I took a sapaat e e was a bit hesitant to share that H here one sees Rekha growing up w uru Nisar Hussain Khan, where the G

usic on AIR, where he was the oc M ng of the girls.” i agamala from Bhairav to Bhairavi, R ain…”, which he has dedicated to his r

erhaps the National Programme of p ar Ali. Who can forget the melodious f o with the taleem, the musical train d aga Bhathiyar “Tarpat beeti sagri r

hen I was performing in a concert, w ettable lm “Umrao Jaan” by Muzaf g ompositions here, since it also had to c usicians all over, like the bandish in m

in, dara ri amraiyan…” for the unfor k oddler. Later once he heard me t I preferred to take the traditional “ ishes (compositions) sung by the d

aves with the Jhoola song “Jhoola w e knew me from the times I was a h ording to the time theory of the raga. c im. He has composed rst rate ban h

he court musicians of those days, so t d and he thought of the Ragamala ac e asti”. As a composer/singer he made B ndahalf saptak and tried to imitate a

ong time in Rampur, interacting with l lained to him what he exactly want p ao asked him to sing for “Badnaam R aar (complicated) taans of three d

He (Acharya Brihaspati) had spent a “ is mind, he said that Muzaar Ali ex h lm he sang for. Then Pt. Vijay Raghav pired by his sapaat and lachchhe s

home” was perhaps the rst Hindi S charya spotted him for this project. A n how the idea of Ragamala came to O he challenging situations. I was in t

ujarati lms. Mrinal Sen’s “Bhuvan G earty laugh remembering how the h avi Bandish “Baansuri baja rahi….”. r reat facility, without bothering about g

e started singing for Marathi and h .C. Deva Brihaspati, he rst had a K aan…” reaching the concluding Bhai y an sing the sampoorna ragas with c

ar” of Sharangdeva , with Acharya k idnight Malkauns “Pakrat bahi m ith lms, he remembered that rst w ood. His music is vast abd hence he h

he old treatise like “Sangeet Ratna t han deho Shankar Mahadev..” to the s eplying to how he got associated R ero worship right from my child h

ssociation with lms A ork on ‘JaatiGaan’, mentioned in w hai aaj”, the evening Yaman “Dar c han Saheb. He says, “I have done his K

y demonstrating it by singing.” b esponding to the query about his R himpalasi “Biraj mein dhoom ma B hulam Sadiq Khan is a great fan of G

ho could practically prove his point w oung age. y o Bamhana…” to the afternoon r han, the son and disciple of Ud. K

nly one he had come across till then, o iste of All India Radio (AIR) at a very t aga Shuddha Sarang “Sagun bichaa r alist of this Gharana, Ghulam Abbas c

ng all over and became a graded ar i i naiya paar karo tum…”, the noon r im for this project because I was the h mong his relatives the young vo A

ase. No wonder, he started perform e rogramme, he asked me to assist p esh…” to midmorning Todi “Ab mo n im only.. h

ng through three and a half octaves at i ation towards the Shrutis. After the n ion “Pratham dhar dhyaan Shri Ga t asan Khan are, of course, trained by H

hadja, he found that I have an incli s eaches of ati taar saptak, meander r rom the morning Bhairav composi f adir, Rabbani Mustafa and Ghulam Q

omal rishabh, before coming to the k f the lower octave to the highest o ycle of the ragas gradually proceeds c our sons, Ghulam Murtuza, Ghulam f

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ducation. E assion for using a variety of colour combina p d with it. e

tudy of Bhutas of South Canara and Theyyams of North Kerala; and On Children’s Art s echnique, colour and concepts and he had a t al and the mathematical principles associat r

ibonacci sequences and Fractles in Mathematics, Nature and the Arts; Comparative F hat Nambiar’s creations were dierent in t ften found in his creative works is cosmic spi o

ne arts. Nambiar himself will be giving three lectures on topics such as Golden Ratio, ambiar’s fatherinlaw. When he understood N e felt his life was like a cactus. Another motif h

pecial gallery walks will be arranged for groups of students of architecture and the S odern jewellery enamel paintings, was m dd, uncongenial, hostile environment. Often o

nd musical programmes are planned. a aolo De Poli, considered the father of P raph. Cactus asserts its right to exist in the g

ill be on show. In addition, lectures, panel discussions, gallery walks for the visitors w estricted in size. r ures of cactus depicts symbolically his auto t

n bronze, mild steel and about 50 stainless steel sculptures both indoors and outdoor i nd techniques. Further, the works are highly a ive works? A series of stainless steel sculp t

tudio of Paolo De Poli, in Italy, might be signicant in the Indian art context. Sculptures s namel paintings have used limited colours e hat are the recurring motifs in his crea W

outh India. About 60 jewellery enamel paintings on silver and copper, all done at the S ew of the Indian artists who tried jewellery f he NGMA, Bangalore. t

ater colour and oil, apart from photographs of the ritual arts of the west coast of w A hose used by artisans were limited in range. t nd a prominent place in the retrospective at

here will be sketches and drawings in Indian ink, charcoal, pastels and paintings in T el colours are not produced in India and m rieved. A photograph of the sculpture will t

unction.” f ean goldsmiths associated with them. Ena p ven a piece of steel used for it could be re e

ad attended my art classes since 1971 would be the main event of the inaugural h ughal period, probably through the Euro M oved by the police using bulldozers and not m

ed by Kalamandalam Sajith Vijayan followed by lighting of altar wicks by students who l orm was prevalent in the country since the f nstalled at Lavelle Road in Bangalore was re i

hy ‘unconventional’? “My life is also unconventional. An ensemble of live mizhavu W rn India, even though enamelling as an art e r. In 2004, one of his commissioned works e

rom February 4 onwards, marked by an unconventional inauguration. f namel paintings on silver and copper in mod e are stolen or lost forev paces because works s

reative work and research on ritual art to celebrate six decades of his artistic career c pioneered the intricate jewellery ambiar N aw in India to protect works of art in public l

urated by Sadanand Menon, the NGMA will hold a monthlong retrospective of his C namel painting painting namel E iar submitted a paper on the necessity of a b

elebrating an artistic journey journey artistic an elebrating C Nam ew Institutes of Fine Arts of world class. f

tainless steel. s a ambiar thinks it is high time India has N

ambiar. N e made several arresting mirror forms in h

y the German government. Combining these b who plotted the land at t was Nambiar I thos of Indian culture, especially in Kerala, e ward, but many came in search of me,” says a

I was invited also to visit Germany 1day visit. 2 ore Paniker’s retirement. f — mirror idol — which is a strong pplication for any fellowship or grant or a ibimbam d

mbassy, I got an invitation from France for a E a year be ambiar resigned from the Railways N ssembling. Inspired by the concept of a ot it. “After that till date I have not signed an g Kanna-

ukundan, who was working at the French M ent at the College of Fine Arts under Paniker, d or Nehru Fellowship. That was in 1981 and he f utting, TIGwelding, grinding, polishing and c

ith the help of the Malayalam novelist M. W a fulltime stu he college. Keen on becoming t ent at his lecture at IIC, advised him to apply s er generated designs, laser cutting, water jet t

nywhere in Europe. I used the oer in 1977. a he Madras Art Club which was functioning at T ketches, drawings in various angles, compu s ir. In Srinagar, Dr Karan Singh, who was pre m

nd in exchange I was oered a ticket to go to a t was Paniker who advised Nambiar to join I ariety of processes such as making the v ext summer he was invited to visit Kash N

umbai. Air India bought two of my paintings M hould take up art as my profession.” s ambiar’s method of sculpting is through a N reak. It was in 1980. b

old regularly. In 1974 I had an exhibition in s ambiar. “I met Paniker and he thought I N ronze, etc. as well. b ernational Centre, Delhi which was another t

ibition and paintings and sculptures were h ibition about my winning prizes,” recalls h ood, breglass reinforced concrete (GRC), w e presented an illustrated lecture at India In h

nvitation from Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, i lmost every year I used to conduct a solo ex a eard from the catalogue of the Dusssara Ex h had worked with clay, arlier Nambiar E

n his career? “From my college days to 1977, i r would be happy to meet me as he had e y him so far. b uming his free art classes for children. s On an

hat would he call the crucial breakthrough W kkitham Narayanan, who told me that Panik A 00 stainless steel sculptures have been done 1 ered. Nambiar made a new beginning by re t

he breakthrough he T ant. “During my visit to an exhibition, I met r About ards, it is mainly on stainless steel. w his belongings were scat emolished and d

iker changed the course for the young aspi n ures on iron (normal steel); from 2000 on t as living at Brothers’ Holy Cross had been w

hallenges waited. The building in which c ia, in the lawn of Hotel Ashoka in 1975. d Pa hennai as a draughtsman. A meeting with C oor sculptures. Till 1999 he was doing sculp d he

ack in Bangalore, where he returned, B xhibition of 24 garden sculptures, rst in In e ad. Soon he quit joined Southern Railway in k er and copper. He is also known for his out v

rocured by Nambiar. Hard work led to a solo p eacher in a High School in Kunissery, Palak t teel sculptures and enamel paintings on sil s frican art,” describes Nambiar. A

he facilities, while the raw materials were t rict, Nambiar started his career as a drawing t as conducted a solo exhibition of stainless h indow to a panoramic view of European and w

ailing from Kannapuram in Kannur dis H nd every important museum. “It opened a a egde asked him to do more work by oering H ambiar is the only Indian sculptor, who N

im to work more with enamel. h 1 months in Europe visiting nine countries 1 etal sculpture. After the rst sculpture, m ng the College of Fine Arts. i

acilities of his studio to Nambiar and asked f rst exhibition was in 1967 before join hose w culptures. With the money, s akapura Road, suggested Nambiar make a n he stayed on for

adds Nambiar ow sustenance was ensured,” h onths during which he made ve more m adras days and who owned a factory in Ka

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ures started after he settled in Bengaluru. t ps and downs, there were periods that I had u a78, at Hannover. t

ambiar’s association with metal sculp N ife through the sale of my works. There were l eeks and it was exhibited at the Construc w

will be on display at the at display on be will

potting talent,” observes Nambiar. s ight from my initial days, I was able to make a r r. He made a sculpture with GRC within four e

art works of steel and bronze and steel of works art

ess lay in the fact that he was exceptional in n Fortunately in my entire artistic career, “ ortland Cement, Nambiar I accepted the o P

man. “Paniker was a great mentor. His great s rtists has now crossed 2,000. a the R&D of uggestion was GRC. After a visit to s Nambiar’s installations and installations Nambiar’s

sing his technical background as a draught u o children without charging fee; his lineage of t ould do a sculpture with a new medium. The c

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holamandal and made the layout drawings C onducting classes for drawings and painting c whether he rom the audience asked him f

nmates without fees. Since 1971, he has been i erg, where he presented his works, a person b

ondition that he had to teach to four of their c At the South Asian Institute at Heidel rocess. p

ilities to conduct art classes for adults on the c ambiar discovered a new medium in the N Metal mania Metal

ng. The Brothers’ Holy Cross provided free fa i eums.” s

e had nothing in his pocket to sustain a liv h rips I visited almost all the signicant mu t

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lear analysis of Balan Nambiar, whose base c

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esearch work is based in Kerala, the soil for r

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few years ago, while honouring Balan A

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aughter named Soma .She d nd ’70s. In spite of being a a tatus. Popular Bengali lm s he Uttam KumarSupriya T rought the end of an era. b inds. m

ury in 1954, and had a h lass Bengali family in ’60s c a” (1960) that gave her a cult r rotagonist. p ndustry and her death has i ill continue to linger in our w

arried Bishwanath Choud m urore among the middle f hatak’s “Meghe Dhaka Ta G uge void in the Bengali lm h oman in reel and real life w umar played the male K

(1961), (1961), in r utta in the late 80s. She c but it was andhar” G iratory failure. She left a p a. Her image as a strong m ith Uttam Kumar created a w (1959), where Uttam

Sonar Ha- Sonar umar, she returned to Cal K n Ritwik Ghatak “Komal i owing a massive cardiores l ontribution to Bengali cine c er reallife relationship H y’s Bengali lm, t

ormed the role of Anusuya f er, after the death of Uttam t mplary.” e ance in Mangal Chakrabor m esidence on January26, fol r embered for her immense m

ourney in Bollywood, but la j ormance as Neeta was ex f he wonderfully per S hrough her splendid perfor t er last in her South Kolkata h ilian award, she will be re v

d to Mumbai to start new e hanging moment. “Her per c ountry. c he hearts of the audience t en of Bengal, she breathed r n, West Bengal’s highest ci a

ara T ar as partners. They shift m , it will be like a life ritical acclaim across the c nown as the Sophia Lo K hri and the Banga Vibhush S hattopadhyay. But she won C

Meghe Dhaka Meghe ided to live with Uttam Ku c Bilambita Loy” (1970) got “ engali cinema. B ecipient of the Padma R lassic lm like c ttam Kumar’s sister, Sabitri U

Basu Paribaar Basu 2006) ( nd a successful singer in a (1952) as lm ost prolic actresses in m . lso married. Finally, she de a eeta and if one works in a N

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i. She made her debut in v cted in over 45 lms and la a dmitted her relationship a aid that every actress has a s ctress. Her role as a Bengali a s a grandmother was a Mira

ctor Prosenjit Chakraborty a eected her versatility as an r creen name as Supriya De s engali lm industry, she B arried woman, she openly m he last lm where she acted T

(1977) . , itra in “Sabyasachi” m ore than ve decades in m upriya Chowdhury took the S opular television shows p

Chowringhee” (1968), Su “ u’ by her close associates, n end. In her career spanning g roved to be one of the most p Multifaceted actress Multifaceted Supriya Devi Supriya

1974), 1974), ( Ms. Karabi Guha in anerjee. Fondly called ‘Be B er to the heights of a le h rRnahr and it ir Rannaghor” d

ujata in “Jadi Jantem” S er father, Gopal Chandra h a Devi’s role as Neeta took y ven hosted a show “Benu e

ar Narayan Narayan ar N layed the role of Chunnilal, p , directed by ensitive cinemagoer. Supri s erial on Doordarshan. She s

Shah Jehan Shah 1979), where Uttam Kumar ( he minds of each and every t and n two plays i opular Bengali television p

, , oy’s Bengali lm “Devdas” R a” (1960), still resonate in r arly age of seven. She acted e one of the most Janani” “

ike Chandramukhi in Dilip l er acting career from an h ult lm, “Meghe Dhaka Ta c creen by enacting a role in s

s well as the critics. Roles a ured life. Supriya started c he end of Ritwik Ghatak’s t he appeared on small s

hat captivated the audience t alcutta in search of a se C ending words of Neeta at r f satellite television in ’90s, o

he played a variety of roles s ily left Burma and came to m hese poignant and heart t . But with the arrival etired r

nest actresses of her time, cenes in Indian cinema, s uring World War II, her fa D she almost aic ingredients, l

1975). Known as one of the ( nown as one of the classic K ese town of Myitkyina. m as trapped into the formu w

engal’s Sophia Loren Sophia engal’s B i” (1973) and “Sanyasi Raja” l January, 1933 in the Bur 8 ered to her. When cinema o

1971) ( , “Bon Palashir Padava upriya Devi was born on S ot satised with the roles n

1969) ( , “Baghbandi Khela” inema.” c e…brother, I want to live)”. v own some oers as she was d

iner” (1969), “Sabarmati” d hat I will survive. I want to li t d a great vacuum in Bengali e hortlived. She turned s

engali movies like “Chiro B anted to live… tell me once w ime. Her demise has creat t er stint in Hindi lms was h

anchbo b ience with blockbuster d engali cinema for some B .. (Brother, I just hhaon Mein” (1964), but C

mi banchbo… dada ami dada banchbo… mi a ion. The duo gifted the au t a of her time. She ruled m 1964), “Door Gagan Ki (

dada banchbo ami bolo, ar b 1963), 1963), ( nthralled a whole genera e est actresses in Indian cine b .. “Aap Ki Parchhaiyan”

Dada, tumi ek tumi Dada, heyechilam c uperb romantic roles that s … arks, “She was one of the m n Hindi lms like “Begaana” i

Dada ami kintu banchte kintu ami Dada reated magic through their c “ uddhadeb Dasgupta re B upriya Devi also worked S

: he lead pair UttamSupriya T ingerbrother, in agony s ay. Veteran lmmaker R iety. c

creen in the ’50s and ’60s. s ema,” says director Sandip n er last words, to her h nd conventional Bengali so a

ost ruled the Bengali m great loss to the Bengali ci a uberculosis, utters t ionship in a conservative t

hitra, and UttamSabitri, al c eeta, suering from xceptionally unique. It was e peak openly about her rela s

r two hit pairs – UttamSu e remely brilliant artist and t ause it was a daring task to c

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