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Saturday, March 17, 2012, Chandigarh, India
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 TMC asks Railway Minister Trivedi to resign...more
 Govt committed to reforms process: Pranab Mukherjee...more
 I am not God: Sachin Tendulkar...more
 Mayawati's security cover reduced...more

small relief, no big-ticket reforms
 Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrives at Parliament Pranab treads cautiously amid political pressure
 Living to get costlier as service tax up to 12%
New Delhi, March 16
Battling a tough economic situation and severe political compulsions, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee did a balancing act to present a pragmatic and realistic Union Budget for 2012-13.

Editorial: Missed opportunities
 Nation page: Defence spending up, but way behind China’s
 NHAI, IRFC can raise money through bonds
 Agriculture plan outlay up 18%
 Social sector allocations up by Rs 30,931 cr
 Business page: Markets give budget a thumbs down, Sensex tanks 210 pts

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrives at Parliament
punjab
FArmers feel ignored
Punjab Agricultural University experts are disappointed that the state has been ignored by the Finance Minister. Apart from the increase in the loan limit for farmers, there is nothing much for the agriculture sector. Ludhiana’s cycle industry, is relieved that the customs duty on imports from China has gone up.
himachal
Directionless, says Dhumal
Chief Minister PK Dhumal said the Budget had disappointed every section of society as no efforts had been made to reduce the galloping prices and rather than giving relief it had burdened the poor man further. He termed it anti-people, anti-poor, anti-farmers, anti-employees.
haryana
Grant to varsity
Hailing the decision on allocation of Rs 50 crore as grant to Chaudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University at Hisar, Vice-Chancellor Dr KS Khokhar said the fund would be spent on research. Dr Khokhar said the university would utilise it on research.


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THE TRIBUNE DEBATE: NCTC
  Why states alone cannot deal with terror
  STATES ill-equipped to handle terror
  WHAT THE STATES CAN AND must do (N N Vohra)
   AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME (Sankar Sen)
  Inadequate consultation is the bane (B. Raman)
  Grey areas need to be addressed (Prakash Singh)
  States fear the ‘Centre’ more than ‘terrorism’ (Prof. Madabhushi Sridhar)
  Raising policing standards is the key (R.K.Raghavan)
   Coalition politics in the way of countering terror (Shyamal Datta)
  Counter-terrorism requires close cooperation (Ved Marwah)
  Centre & States both failed to deal with terror (K P S Gill)


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Risk-free exercise to ensure UPA survival
New Delhi, March 16
At a time when the UPA government is under constant threat from its assertive allies, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee chose to tread a cautious path today with the presentation of a risk-free Budget to ensure that the survival of the ruling combine is not endangered.

Budget will stabilise prices: PM
 BJP calls it preparation for midterm elections
 Left terms it anti-poor
New Delhi, March 16
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today complimented Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for “tackling well” the twin task of accelerating the tempo of economic growth and at the same time ensuring moderation in price rise in his General Budget proposals.

No separate funds for NCTC
Rs 764 cr for 2 Home Ministry info-gathering projects
New Delhi, March 16
Two important projects of the Union Home Ministry pertaining to information gathering will be in focus during the next fiscal.

Nothing much for IT-BPO industry
New Delhi, March 16
Software body Nasscom today expressed its disappointment over the Budget as it has no fresh proposals for the $100 billion Indian IT-BPO sector even as the industry’s request to exempt SEZ income from Minimum Alternative Tax has been ignored.

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A ton of tons
Sachin Tendulkar reacts after scoring his 100th century during the Asia Cup match between India and Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday.
Sachin Tendulkar reacts after scoring his 100th century during the Asia Cup match between India and Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday. 
— AFP (Details on Sports page)
Tendulkar finally scores 100th international ton, also his first ODI ton against Bangladesh
 It was the Little Master’s first century after 33 innings
 Bangladesh spoilt Sachin’s party by posting a five-wicket win to throw open the Asia Cup tournament

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