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The last finance minister who faced such a bleak prospect was Madhu Dandavate under Prime Minister V P Singh in 1990, as India was plagued by global economic distress.
It is highly important to entrust the construction works to experienced and trustworthy contractors.
The Congress is likely to move an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha and suspension of business under rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha.
Both Thomas Isaac and Nirmala Sitharaman have put out optimistic numbers.
At present, if an Indian or a person of Indian origin managed his stay in India such that he remained a non-resident in perpetuity, he was not liable to pay tax on his global income in India.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's evocation of the great Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar provoked angry noises from the Opposition benches during the budget presentation.
The decision to hold the Budget session in two phases - from January 31 to February 11 and March 2 to April 3 - was taken following a recommendation of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
Those mandated to file returns include people spending more than Rs 2 lakh on a foreign trip or depositing Rs 1 crore in a year in a bank account or paying electricity bill of more than Rs 1 lakh in a year.
Publishers of newspapers and magazines are already reeling under severe financial pressure due to many factors like lower advertisement revenues, higher costs and digital onslaught from technological giants, the INS said in a statement.
Pointing out the flaws in the system, Dr Surjit Bhalla questioned the norms that require the farmer to sell his produce in a licensed market.