Thu Feb 22 16:56:03 2001
Name:dharam
Email:dharam_loonaa@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Respected Union Finance Minister, Income tax limit may kindly be raised. dharam

Thu Feb 22 17:06:25 2001
Name:somayajulu
Email:cvss1982@usa.net
Suggestions:try to impose more taxes on private automobiles and reduce the fares on publi automobiles(buses).on doing so polution can be reduced

Thu Feb 22 17:36:18 2001
Name:dhiraj kumar ojha
Email:dhiraj_ojha@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:increase the price of all branded cigrate and wine get actual cost of electricity stop the flud of Multi level marketing like "skybiz" bucause we lost our dollor by this

Thu Feb 22 17:38:27 2001
Name:RAMESH
Email:ramjaydev_123@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:I AM FINAL YEAR COMPUTER STUDENT. SIR MY REQUEST IS PLEASE DON'T INCREASE THE TAX ON IT RELATED FIELDS. DON'T GIVE HARD BUDGET TO THE PEOPLE.

Thu Feb 22 17:46:20 2001
Name:ramesh
Email:ramjaydev_123@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir I am a computer student in final year degree. my request is don't increase tax in IT related fields. don't give hard budget to the poor people.

Thu Feb 22 18:50:53 2001
Name:Suhit
Email:lukeskywalker123@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:please try to give more incentives to (1)agro-based industries like grape vineyards and (2)research-based organisations in information technology.

Thu Feb 22 19:05:22 2001
Name:V.SRIGANESH
Email:vsriganesh@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Increase the tax exemption limit to Rs 180000 so that middle class people who are the backbone of Indian Economy can have a breather.

Thu Feb 22 19:06:13 2001
Name:V.SRIGANESH
Email:vsriganesh@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Increase the tax exemption limit to Rs 180000 so that middle class people who are the backbone of Indian Economy can have a breather.

Thu Feb 22 19:06:30 2001
Name:V.SRIGANESH
Email:vsriganesh@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Increase the tax exemption limit to Rs 180000 so that middle class people who are the backbone of Indian Economy can have a breather.

Thu Feb 22 20:10:05 2001
Name:venkatesh
Email:yourvenky@rediff.com
Suggestions:pls remove custom duty on erythropoietin and anti hiv drugs atleast dont tax the patients sufferings

Thu Feb 22 20:17:45 2001
Name:venkatesh
Email:yourvenky@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:pls remove custom duty on erythropoietin and anti hiv drugs atleast dont tax the patients sufferings

Thu Feb 22 20:59:09 2001
Name:Prashant
Email:gbpk@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:PLease follow the advice of J Tata, who said the greatest enemy of the nationis `pouplation' reward rations, job, IT relief, preference in housing and loas to small families irrespective of religion, and let no one escape under their minority status. If we have a fast growing minority we may br in for a Yougslavia or Indonesia, or Philiphines were there will be greater divide in people Amd as they are always reactioonaryy and criminaly focused, can be dangerous, the computer virus c-brain was let out by Pak muslims isn't it has become a great demon today.

Thu Feb 22 20:59:34 2001
Name:subhashis chakravarty
Email:subho123123@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:kindly take due steps to protect the garmant industry. pass out - nift,cal

Thu Feb 22 21:17:29 2001
Name:Satnam Singh
Email:rajagogna@satyam.net.in
Suggestions:Sir, Firstly ,Main cause of indian economy in bad shape is due to very high corruption level at state govt deptt.,like Sales tax ,electricity board,income tax deptt.Officers in these deptt are enoying their undue influence and very high living standards. Who will check these kind of officials, because a little revenue goes to govt. and major part to officals pockets . secondly money which is deposited in swiss banks by big people should be brought back to india. thirdly invasion of chinese goods in india is like a ghost for indian economy how to tackle this problem thanx satnam

Thu Feb 22 21:42:32 2001
Name:mukesh gupta
Email:mox@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:abolish income tax, so that all the politicians and the breaurcrats can deposit their black money in the banks, which will reduce interest rates and help the country. Shortfall in income can be compensated by increased excise duty

Thu Feb 22 22:31:07 2001
Name:tehmasp mogul
Email:mogul@vsnl.com
Suggestions:Sir Presently tax payers are required to pay advance tax on a 30/60/100 percent basis in Sep/Dec/Mar of the respective financial years You will agree that is is well nigh impossible to arrive at an accurate 100% working of ones tax liabilities by 15 Mar, due to a variety of reasons which you would be only too aware of. Therefore the 100 % figure for 15th Mar is never correct and leads to extra work for the IT dept in terms of sending out demands or refunds. I propose therefore that the 100pct advance tax requirement be revised to 90%, and the remainder 10 pct be paid at the time of filing the return. Sections 234B and C would need corresponding revision. I feel that this would considerably ease the burden on the IT department as well as on the assessee Rgds Tehmasp Mogul

Thu Feb 22 23:21:53 2001
Name:Harshad Ruparel
Email:creation@pn2.vsnl.net.in
Suggestions:1 Income tax slabs should be other way round. i.e., a person who earns more should be required to pay less percentage. this way people would declare more income to fall in smaller percentage slab and overall enclouregement will be there to pay tax. 2 Rich farmers who earn above minimum taxable limit must be made to pay income tax.This will cover many a farmers who are rich and escape from paying income tax. Service tax which is levied on Architects should be collected through income tax department instead of excise dept. This will simplify the procedure and double followup with diff depts for payment of the taxes. Please give sincere importance to my first suggession if govt. wants more revenue. Thanking you Harshad Ruparel.

Fri Feb 23 06:32:50 2001
Name:A. M. Md. SHAFI
Email:shafiam@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, If you can charge Income Tax @ 5% per annum on annual Increase in Net Worth it will save lot of hassles and cost of recovery. It will boost savings and as long as they spent within India it will be in some other hand. Pl. Workout and see for your self the wonderful result. With beat regards. SHAFI

Fri Feb 23 06:55:03 2001
Name:Sandeep
Email:sandeepkerala@hotmail.com
Suggestions:The TDS on interest from bank deposits was introduced by Dr.ManMohanSinghji in 1993.The limit on which TDS becomes applicable was interest income above Rs.10,000 per annum.Even after 8 years the limit remains unchanged in spite of inflation and depreciation of the Rupee.At least in this Budget you must raise the amount on which TDS is applicable to Rs.25000.

Fri Feb 23 07:18:42 2001
Name:kunal
Email:kunal_31@yahoo.com
Suggestions:please impose lesser tax on the software firms

Fri Feb 23 07:45:40 2001
Name:ysbengali
Email:ysbengali@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:thre must be a clause that forces a client to pay service tax. last year i lost about 5000 as clients refused to pay service tax to architects.

Fri Feb 23 10:35:56 2001
Name:penda banarasi
Email:penda141987@rediff.com
Suggestions:bloody asshole you are a hijda who can do nothing besides making things more expensive and filling your own pockets

Fri Feb 23 11:35:58 2001
Name:sadf
Email:kbala@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sadfsafd

Fri Feb 23 11:39:55 2001
Name:adsff
Email:asdff@mysite.com
Suggestions:Put one time disaster relief tax on software firms.

Fri Feb 23 11:40:02 2001
Name:rameshbohra
Email:fateh@jp1.dot.net.in
Suggestions:1.please increase personal incometax limit upto 75000 because our bjp demand when we are not in rule and now we are in rule and youare not doing 2. plese remove incometax on export income to increas export of india otherwise blackmoney will be increased 3. reg.custom duty is 25% but others additional duty are extra and it becomes above 60% duty please do that only one type duty to be charged

Fri Feb 23 11:40:26 2001
Name:rameshbohra
Email:fateh@jp1.dot.net.in
Suggestions:1.please increase personal incometax limit upto 75000 because our bjp demand when we are not in rule and now we are in rule and youare not doing 2. plese remove incometax on export income to increas export of india otherwise blackmoney will be increased 3. reg.custom duty is 25% but others additional duty are extra and it becomes above 60% duty please do that only one type duty to be charged

Fri Feb 23 12:45:54 2001
Name:Chattopadhyay
Email:cch@hotmail.com
Suggestions:The savings limt is kept at Rs. 60,000 for so many years. You may kindly consider to raise it to rs. 1 lakh. Also for salaried peoples std. deduction may be raised to rs. 40,000

Fri Feb 23 12:48:39 2001
Name:dash
Email:dash@yahoo.co.in
Suggestions:The price of postcard should be raised to Rs. 1 immediately The price of registered letters should be lowered to rs. 10

Fri Feb 23 12:48:44 2001
Name:dash
Email:dash@yahoo.co.in
Suggestions:The price of postcard should be raised to Rs. 1 immediately The price of registered letters should be lowered to rs. 10

Fri Feb 23 12:51:39 2001
Name:suneel dutt
Email:sda_2001@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:revered sinha ji kindly make it sure thatthe surcharged being leveid on income tax be revoked innew financial year

Fri Feb 23 12:55:30 2001
Name:suneel dutt
Email:sda_2001@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:revered sinha ji kindly make it sure thatthe surcharged being leveid on income tax be revoked innew financial year

Fri Feb 23 12:57:36 2001
Name:suneet saxena
Email:suneet99in@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Dear Finance Minister, this will be your4th union budget for the nation.We the people of india expect something sepecial for the poor as well as national growth. But more than that keep in mind that no nation can grow without utilising its human resuorses,that too, young&energetic. so,my suggestion is to keep and do something sepecial for the young generation also because these young people has been exploted in negative direction till date.do give them chance in your budget so that nation can grow on the back of their stronge soulders.Iwill be helpfull if you will give me a chance. many thanks&best regards, yours favourite SuneetSaxena

Fri Feb 23 13:01:49 2001
Name:suneet saxena
Email:suneet99in@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Dear Finance Minister, this will be your4th union budget for the nation.We the people of india expect something sepecial for the poor as well as national growth. But more than that keep in mind that no nation can grow without utilising its human resuorses,that too, young&energetic. so,my suggestion is to keep and do something sepecial for the young generation also because these young people has been exploted in negative direction till date.do give them chance in your budget so that nation can grow on the back of their stronge soulders.Iwill be helpfull if you will give me a chance. many thanks&best regards, yours favourite SuneetSaxena

Fri Feb 23 13:27:49 2001
Name:Santosh Gupta
Email:santosh_170149@rediff.com
Suggestions:Sir, GoI needs to raise resources to meet the unscheduled developmental requirements in the wake of earthquake. FM and PM has asked the citizens to be ready for a fresh dose of Taxes. Why cann't they earnestly start recovering IT, ST, ED, dues from Powerful and influential people. These people, which incidently includes politicians also, avoid paying tax/dues on one pretext or the other. Also various govt depts should recover the dues from politicians who had used the facilities (when in power) and now refuse to pay. These two measures will surely generate the resources twice if not more, than what FM is looking forward to generate by fresh dose of taxes. It is worthwhile to examine & implement: NO SECURITY TO ANY VVIP, VIP. If these people are so much interested in social acitivities why they feel insecure! Disband the SPG. Provide security to normal man. I would appreciate if these are just considered.

Fri Feb 23 13:28:23 2001
Name:Santosh Gupta
Email:santosh_170149@rediff.com
Suggestions:Sir, GoI needs to raise resources to meet the unscheduled developmental requirements in the wake of earthquake. FM and PM has asked the citizens to be ready for a fresh dose of Taxes. Why cann't they earnestly start recovering IT, ST, ED, dues from Powerful and influential people. These people, which incidently includes politicians also, avoid paying tax/dues on one pretext or the other. Also various govt depts should recover the dues from politicians who had used the facilities (when in power) and now refuse to pay. These two measures will surely generate the resources twice if not more, than what FM is looking forward to generate by fresh dose of taxes. It is worthwhile to examine & implement: NO SECURITY TO ANY VVIP, VIP. If these people are so much interested in social acitivities why they feel insecure! Disband the SPG. Provide security to normal man. I would appreciate if these are just considered.

Fri Feb 23 13:32:16 2001
Name:Sam Jo
Email:samjo24@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, Please present a tough budget to the nation , cut subsidies ruthlessly, rein in goverment non plan expenditure, give boost to exports ,refrain from any populist announcements and spped up disinvestment process.

Fri Feb 23 13:34:01 2001
Name:N P Haran
Email:tnp_haran@rediffmail.com
Suggestions: Dated: February 23, 2001 Dear Finance Minister, So far there has been tax levies or tax concessions in every Finance Bill concerning tangible economic rights/obligations translated into the language of money. Even the business community, big or small, whether in old or new economy, has been harping on getting concessions on such tangible areas only However, the economic success of any business/country much depends on how their intangibles are deployed and managed. In other words, ‘knowledge management’ is considered to be the most important ingredient for success in any economic/business venture. Companies have, for nearly a decade now, at macro level, adopted many business performance improvement interventions like ISO, TQM, TPM, BPR, etc., resulting in not much success to improve their competitive edge in the global arena. This is for the reason that the companies here, in our country, have not paid much attention in developing, continuously, the cost/performance leadership knowledge of the top/senior management in every business at micro level. Continuous education for a fair appraisal of how IT solutions emerging daily can contribute to business success has also been neglected. So, the people in management and key positions, by and large, have not developed the habit of investing their time and some economic resources in reading/ understanding systems thinking, various case studies and frame works for tracking/ monitoring/ measuring/ improving/ rewarding performance and controlling costs. While the companies’ boast about spending crores of rupees in updating management skills of their people, the individuals themselves in top management cadre, spending a portion of their precious resources to develop such skills need to be encouraged. Forcing such a trend would only round up such economic improvement efforts to succeed. Workshops, training courses, vocational/formal courses, etc conducted by the educational institutions in the respective professions can only provide a general direction for improvement. They can not provide continuous self-training to practice the applied skills. They can at best give some inputs to appreciate need for such skills. We also know people who have brought in radical changes in their chosen fields have not done so due only formal education they had. They did so, more often than not, through self-education and continuously applied them. But self-education is a bit expensive affair for an individual, as we have to depend on books and papers published by reputed publishers abroad, most times. Even the few such books published in India on technology/management of scarce resources are quite expensive. But this habit formation must be done. The habit of updating and educating oneself on management skills/ techniques has to be gradually formed to expand the knowledge society at all strata in our country, to think alike on improvement needs of the economy in each micro sphere of operation. Hence people who are in the taxable salary slab bracket of over Rs. 150, 000/-, should be paid at least 10% of their salary in form of management books/journals/ news letter/etc. selected for their function to improve their systems to perform better and attain global competence in time. This portion of salary thus paid shall be excluded from tax levy not only to encourage but also to force such changes to occur at micro level. With best wishes, N P Haran (A chartered accountant in service for last 26 years in different industry segments with several private business houses.) Secunderabad (AP) INDIA Phone: (Off) 6510243 / (Res.) 7751062

Fri Feb 23 13:36:16 2001
Name:N P Haran
Email:tnp_haran@rediffmail.com
Suggestions: Dated: February 23, 2001 Dear Finance Minister, So far there has been tax levies or tax concessions in every Finance Bill concerning tangible economic rights/obligations translated into the language of money. Even the business community, big or small, whether in old or new economy, has been harping on getting concessions on such tangible areas only However, the economic success of any business/country much depends on how their intangibles are deployed and managed. In other words, ‘knowledge management’ is considered to be the most important ingredient for success in any economic/business venture. Companies have, for nearly a decade now, at macro level, adopted many business performance improvement interventions like ISO, TQM, TPM, BPR, etc., resulting in not much success to improve their competitive edge in the global arena. This is for the reason that the companies here, in our country, have not paid much attention in developing, continuously, the cost/performance leadership knowledge of the top/senior management in every business at micro level. Continuous education for a fair appraisal of how IT solutions emerging daily can contribute to business success has also been neglected. So, the people in management and key positions, by and large, have not developed the habit of investing their time and some economic resources in reading/ understanding systems thinking, various case studies and frame works for tracking/ monitoring/ measuring/ improving/ rewarding performance and controlling costs. While the companies’ boast about spending crores of rupees in updating management skills of their people, the individuals themselves in top management cadre, spending a portion of their precious resources to develop such skills need to be encouraged. Forcing such a trend would only round up such economic improvement efforts to succeed. Workshops, training courses, vocational/formal courses, etc conducted by the educational institutions in the respective professions can only provide a general direction for improvement. They can not provide continuous self-training to practice the applied skills. They can at best give some inputs to appreciate need for such skills. We also know people who have brought in radical changes in their chosen fields have not done so due only formal education they had. They did so, more often than not, through self-education and continuously applied them. But self-education is a bit expensive affair for an individual, as we have to depend on books and papers published by reputed publishers abroad, most times. Even the few such books published in India on technology/management of scarce resources are quite expensive. But this habit formation must be done. The habit of updating and educating oneself on management skills/ techniques has to be gradually formed to expand the knowledge society at all strata in our country, to think alike on improvement needs of the economy in each micro sphere of operation. Hence people who are in the taxable salary slab bracket of over Rs. 150, 000/-, should be paid at least 10% of their salary in form of management books/journals/ news letter/etc. selected for their function to improve their systems to perform better and attain global competence in time. This portion of salary thus paid shall be excluded from tax levy not only to encourage but also to force such changes to occur at micro level. With best wishes, N P Haran (A chartered accountant in service for last 26 years in different industry segments with several private business houses.) Secunderabad (AP) INDIA Phone: (Off) 6510243 / (Res.) 7751062

Fri Feb 23 14:11:55 2001
Name:ch. Venkateswarlu
Email:chvwarulu@ecil.co.in
Suggestions:Spare the lower middle class from in come tax . Income tax calculations to have bearing on cost of living index as is being done for DA calculations for employeesadjustments should be based on

Fri Feb 23 15:05:28 2001
Name:S. Affendi
Email:nazum@bom2.vsnl.net.in
Suggestions:Dear Mr. Sinha, I have no doubts in my mind as to how difficult it must be to do so much with so less.However, you must ensure that the gap between the rich and the poor must reduce each year.You owe it to us that you set up a process of measurering the gaps and setting quantified objectives and performance perameters to reduce these gaps.Importantly,you must announce the consequences of failure to deliver. Best regards S. Affendi

Fri Feb 23 15:07:37 2001
Name:SAMBHU NATH SAHA
Email:sambhusaha@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:DEAR SIR, I AM A PRINTING TECHNOLOGIST,RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN TEMINATED FROM A PACKAGING ORGANIZATION.THE REASON I CAN NOT SAY NOW.BUT I AM A GENTLEMAN.I DONOT WANT TO DO ANY JOB NOW.AT PRESENT I WANT TO DO A BUSINESS.I DONOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SPEND.I AM BSC& PRINTING TECHNOLOGIST & HAS THE 6 YRS. EXPERIENCE IN THE FLEXIBLE PACKAGING ORGANIZATION.ONLY THE ABOVE MAINTIONED THING I HAVE,EXPECT THAT I DONOT HAVE ANYTHING.THIS IS MY REQUEST TO YOU THAT CAN YOU GIVE ME A FINANCIAL SUPPORT REGARDING A LOAN FOR OPENING A SMALL FACTORY.BELEVE ME I WILL REBACK THE LOAN.THIS IS MY PRINCIPAL. THIS IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION.I KNOW YOU DONOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR LOOK AFTER MY MATTER.BUT PLEASE GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.BY YOUR LITTLE HELP I CAN MAKE A CAREER AS AN INDUSTRIALIST. THANKING YOU, YOURS FAITHFULLY, SAMBHU NATH SAHA CALCUTTA

Fri Feb 23 15:07:59 2001
Name:SAMBHU NATH SAHA
Email:sambhusaha@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:DEAR SIR, I AM A PRINTING TECHNOLOGIST,RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN TEMINATED FROM A PACKAGING ORGANIZATION.THE REASON I CAN NOT SAY NOW.BUT I AM A GENTLEMAN.I DONOT WANT TO DO ANY JOB NOW.AT PRESENT I WANT TO DO A BUSINESS.I DONOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SPEND.I AM BSC& PRINTING TECHNOLOGIST & HAS THE 6 YRS. EXPERIENCE IN THE FLEXIBLE PACKAGING ORGANIZATION.ONLY THE ABOVE MAINTIONED THING I HAVE,EXPECT THAT I DONOT HAVE ANYTHING.THIS IS MY REQUEST TO YOU THAT CAN YOU GIVE ME A FINANCIAL SUPPORT REGARDING A LOAN FOR OPENING A SMALL FACTORY.BELEVE ME I WILL REBACK THE LOAN.THIS IS MY PRINCIPAL. THIS IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION.I KNOW YOU DONOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR LOOK AFTER MY MATTER.BUT PLEASE GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.BY YOUR LITTLE HELP I CAN MAKE A CAREER AS AN INDUSTRIALIST. THANKING YOU, YOURS FAITHFULLY, SAMBHU NATH SAHA CALCUTTA

Fri Feb 23 15:34:34 2001
Name:prema kumar
Email:prema111@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Honourable Sir, HRA or any other allowances given in salary or perks should be taxable. But unfortunately, 99% of PUBLIC SERVANTS AND PRIVATE SERVICE PEOPLE ARE GIVING FAKE HRA RECEIPTS. It is requested that exemption on HRA RECEIPTS SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED OR GET A ENQUIRY DONE FOR LAST 3 YEARS PEOPLE WHO ARE OWING 2 HOUSES ARE ALSO GIVING HRA RECEIPTS. WITH REGARDS.

Fri Feb 23 15:41:30 2001
Name:Dr.D.N.Phadke
Email:phadke@admin.iitb.ernet.in
Suggestions:I have following suggestions to Hon.F.M 1.To increase investment in infra structure bonds from 80000 to 100000. Financial institutes like ICICI IDBI may issue bonds attracting investments from public at 8-9% which canbe used for rehabilitation of earthquake victims.Such investment should get rebet of 10-20% from IT.Such investment could be made a regular feature to meet any natural calamities any where in the country. 3.Government should consider openning banks affiliated to post offices but with services to handle MIS investments coming due to mass VRS cases. 4.Agriculture sector to be converted into industrial sector.Institutes may be encouraged to undertake research project which would be directly used by our farmers.Adequate educating programmes to make aware farmers to go for export oriented farm products and have patents of their products. 5.Informal educational programmes need to introduce to attend large no of unemployed youths,who could create own work. All engineering colleges or technical institutes can provide places of work to these people.or we create some industrial cities for this purpose .The foriene investiment could be used for tiis purpose very well. 7 We must have established policy to organise our exports in general and agriculture in particular.Let us make our farm worker a rich. Thanks

Fri Feb 23 15:42:28 2001
Name:Dr.D.N.Phadke
Email:phadke@admin.iitb.ernet.in
Suggestions:I have following suggestions to Hon.F.M 1.To increase investment in infra structure bonds from 80000 to 100000. Financial institutes like ICICI IDBI may issue bonds attracting investments from public at 8-9% which canbe used for rehabilitation of earthquake victims.Such investment should get rebet of 10-20% from IT.Such investment could be made a regular feature to meet any natural calamities any where in the country. 3.Government should consider openning banks affiliated to post offices but with services to handle MIS investments coming due to mass VRS cases. 4.Agriculture sector to be converted into industrial sector.Institutes may be encouraged to undertake research project which would be directly used by our farmers.Adequate educating programmes to make aware farmers to go for export oriented farm products and have patents of their products. 5.Informal educational programmes need to introduce to attend large no of unemployed youths,who could create own work. All engineering colleges or technical institutes can provide places of work to these people.or we create some industrial cities for this purpose .The foriene investiment could be used for tiis purpose very well. 7 We must have established policy to organise our exports in general and agriculture in particular.Let us make our farm worker a rich. Thanks

Fri Feb 23 16:39:35 2001
Name:Devang Desai
Email:devangdesai@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr. Sinha, We had got major earthquake in Gujarat approx a month back after which, you have declared 2% of increase in tax and you also told citizens of india that we should have to be ready for some more major earthquakes in terms of finance as central govt is running short of money. just i want to know few things about shortage of money with central govt is that why you people are not ready to reduce your cost of living in this poor country and making this country more and more poor every year ? have u ever tried to reduce your cost, instead alltime, you people are demanding more and more facilities on the base of our money. why you are not taking any legal action against banks, major corporates and other companies who are not paying their tax time to time ? we have never heared that a minister, or any celebrity in this country as paid his/her tax every year regularly ? you have any answer ? i hope you will reply me with some resolutions on this ? with best regards, Devang Desai Ahmedabad.

Fri Feb 23 17:01:05 2001
Name:achutha sharma b.r.
Email:achuthasharma@usa.net
Suggestions:It is mandatory that the budget reflect the majority of the population. The poor in rural areas need COMPLETE attention in this budget.

Fri Feb 23 17:22:02 2001
Name:Dr. Ashish Chhabra
Email:drashishchh@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, Please increase the limit of Rs.50000/- to 70000/- atleast.

Fri Feb 23 17:24:41 2001
Name:M.SDeuskar
Email:deuskar@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:India resembles 1890's of U.S.A, think as per Theo Roosevelt. My best wishes all the same.

Fri Feb 23 17:27:33 2001
Name:Suresh
Email:aptesuresh@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1. Do not tax the salaried class anymore. 2. Simplify the procedures for excise and customs. Do away with service tax on professinals

Fri Feb 23 17:29:36 2001
Name:Suresh
Email:aptesuresh@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1. Do not tax the salaried class anymore. 2. Simplify the procedures for excise and customs. Do away with service tax on professinals Come out with new proposals which will boost the employment oppertunities.

Fri Feb 23 17:50:20 2001
Name:NARAO
Email:najvssrao@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please reduce Income Tax Rates both for Companies and Individuals. Please remove sur-charge.

Fri Feb 23 18:42:54 2001
Name:Amit Sutaria
Email:arsutaria@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Respected Sir, Pl. make sure that retired people living on the interest income of their life's savings are not hurt. Thanks.

Fri Feb 23 19:02:01 2001
Name:Rajeev Hundoo
Email:rajeevhundoo@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Res. Sir, Your sugesstion to reduce the interest rate by 1% on all small savings will hurt the middle class most. They do not invest in market as they do not have that kind of money. middle class is already trying to make both ends meet respectfully. What ever they can save they invest in small savings. therefore pl. think twice before u reduce the rates further as they have been reduced last year by 1%. my sugesstion is if the savings in Pf or other small savings is 1 lac or more only those a/cs should be reduced further. hope u will understand the liabilities middle class has to face. with regards, rajeev.

Fri Feb 23 19:20:17 2001
Name:ASIT MAZUMDAR
Email:asitmdar@hotmail.com
Suggestions:CGHS contribution deducted from monthly salaries should be exempted from calculation of gross income.

Fri Feb 23 19:23:47 2001
Name:rajkumar kukreja
Email:rajkumar_kukreja@usa.net
Suggestions:For Direct taxes, adopt pro-regressive rates of taxation. For Income tax payers having Income over Rs.10 lakhs, offer a lower slab of 20% taxes or Unlimited Section 88 Benefits. This will ensure higher tax compliance and reduction of multiple assessees.

Fri Feb 23 20:08:18 2001
Name:sam thomas
Email:sammy_2002_2002@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, If you want the our farmers should progress then please remove that ARCHIAC LAW which bans the movement of agri-products within india. sir ,this is an era OF iNformation Technology and such restriction are only an hindrance for growth.Not only that it is a clear-cut deterance against free enterprise. Give boost to IT in agriculture then only we will progress on this front.SAVE INDIAN FARMERS. Yours sincerly sam thomas B-5/163,safdarjung ENclve, New DELHI-29 PH-6193950

Fri Feb 23 20:23:07 2001
Name:PRADYUMNA
Email:pradyumna_dullu@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, The present scenerio of Indian Economy is certainly not hidden. Whatever idea U might've set in this regard but I'd like to say that there shouldn't be any cut-shorts in Recruitment in PSUs as well as in Private sectors 'coz it is severely going to effect the man of You said it! U're there to say bye, bye to the Ministry after Your job is over but the mass's gonna be victimised for rest of the lively years & not to be shoppy,it 'll indeed be an additional disadvantage for the Malthusian Crisis, again an unwanted cancer provided serious thoughts've been given to the Budget-2001. I do understand the downfall of economy globally but the concrete ,youth of India, which is during its curing period shouldn't be left off-handed.I do satisfy with the ongoings of Finance Commission & I know that "Prevention is better than cure" but curing is still a better idea. Yours faithfully, Pradyumna

Fri Feb 23 20:26:43 2001
Name:AJAY AGARWAL
Email:agarwalak15@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:SIR, STOP THE BRAIN -DRAIN OF SCIENTIST WORKING IN THE FIELD OF REMOTE SENSING IN STATE GOVERMENT(VIZ.U.P)BY ANNOUNCING SPECIAL PACKAGE .SAVE THEM BY THE IMPACT OF STATE GOV.FINANCIAL BANKRUPTCY FOR MONTHLY SALARY. REGARDS AJAY

Fri Feb 23 20:29:23 2001
Name:Surajbhan Agrawal
Email:akmla@usa.net
Suggestions: you can think to propose 2 tier pricing for petrol as it is consumed by middle and effulent class. Similarly, diesel is also being consumed by high income group. The ministry of P. can very well, in consultaion with Oil Cos, formulate the marketing.Oil Co.(all UTs) can market POL by creating a Petroem Marketing Corporation and thus the country can be divided in zones . This would reduce the establishment costs of oil PSUs. Oil PSUs are enjoying unresonable high perks puttting heavy burdain of national exchequers.

Fri Feb 23 20:51:51 2001
Name:mukesh chadha
Email:chad1961@rediff.com
Suggestions:sir,you may impose tax on luxury vehicles,purchase and sale of palatial bungalows,apartments and you mayalso levy tax on big farmers instead of imposing tax on salaried classes and poor ones.

Fri Feb 23 22:18:58 2001
Name:R.Rajagopalan
Email:lalitha7@eth.net
Suggestions:Income tax may be exempted for income upto 1.5 lacs.The slab may be as under:-1.5 to 2 lacs 10% 2 to 3 lacs 20% 3 to 5 lacs 30% Above 5 lacs 40% All exemptions may be removed as almost all exemptions barring a few are liable to be misused.

Fri Feb 23 22:20:26 2001
Name:Dr.K.Radhakrishnan
Email:radhakrishnankaruna@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Levy maximum tax on cigarettes and cigars.

Fri Feb 23 22:35:13 2001
Name:anjul gupta
Email:anjul_g@reidffmail.com
Suggestions:please dont increase prices of cooking gas,petrol.

Fri Feb 23 23:05:45 2001
Name:pramod
Email:pramodalone@yahoo.com
Suggestions:nothing but peace .take care of we lower income grover income people

Fri Feb 23 23:34:06 2001
Name:ashish chaurasia
Email:ashmail123@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:respected sir, pls don't increase the tax on salary class.recover the tax from tax defaulter.

Fri Feb 23 23:39:12 2001
Name:t m gupta
Email:tmg415722@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Encourage savings by giving maximum tax concessions.That is the only way to encorage capital formation of our instied of depending tomuch on foregn capital. T M GUPTA COST ACCOUNTANT.

Sat Feb 24 00:49:51 2001
Name:kalai
Email:p_kalai@yahoo.com
Suggestions:HI Sinha, IS it true that INDIA had shelved the proposal of IRAQ's "OIL for Food" with INDIA. If it is so why? WHY? KALai

Sat Feb 24 00:51:55 2001
Name:kalai
Email:p_kalai@yahoo.com
Suggestions:HI Sinha, IS it true that INDIA had shelved the proposal of IRAQ's "OIL for Food" with INDIA. If it is so why? WHY? KALai

Sat Feb 24 06:13:53 2001
Name:raj
Email:sd@2001.com
Suggestions:Please do not spoil a defence personnel's life by introducing more taxes.As such survival is by frequent withdrawls from the provident fund.If introducing new/fresh taxes Please keep the Faujis out/exempted from them.

Sat Feb 24 06:15:20 2001
Name:raj
Email:sd@2001.com
Suggestions:Please do not spoil a defence personnel's life by introducing more taxes.As such survival is by frequent withdrawls from the provident fund.If introducing new/fresh taxes Please keep the Faujis out/exempted from them.

Sat Feb 24 08:17:13 2001
Name:yogesh adake
Email:yogesh_adake@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, As Bank interest rates are comming down, For Sinior citizens who live on interest should have something in budget Thanks

Sat Feb 24 09:40:39 2001
Name:SRIRAM.T.SESHAN
Email:sreeeram@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr Sinhaji, 1. All the more, to make it growth oriented, include a package of schemes that will make the small scale and medium scale engineering concerns internationally competititive. THIS WILL MEAN CREATION OF A SEPARATE EMPOWERED INDUSTRIAL BODY FOR THE ABOVE SECTOR ALONE TO REPRESENT THEM INTERNATIONALLY 2.Clamp down on corporates with tax structures earning a turnover above a slab, just like personal income tax structures. To start with, you could start akin to tax administration of co-operative societies 3. Open more bio tech parks , make them duty free and create an environment as the second revolution IS HERE AFTER SOFTWARE (TELECOM IS A POSSIBLITY) Thanks and warm reg Sriram.t.Seshan. PHONE-080-3099390(OFF)

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