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Corporate tax reduction is an excellent and bold move. It shows that the FM is not indulging in petty politics like the previous Congress regime and is genuinely interested in attracting investment. :hatsoff:

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NEW DELHI: The health budget on Saturday saw a dip of 5.7 per cent with the Narendra Modi government announcing an outlay of Rs 33,152 crore for the sector, giving special emphasis to the promotion and development of AYUSH, the country's traditional methods of medicines. The ministry of ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy (AYUSH) was allotted Rs 1,214 crore. AYUSH till last year was a department under the health ministry, but was carved out as a separate ministry last year by the Modi government which believes in promoting India's ancient methods of treatment.
:facepalm: there is a separate Ministry for ayurveda and homeopathy ?! Apparently the Govt department has been elevated to the level of a ministry :facepalm: Meanwhile Swine Flu rages on in parts of the country .
Health Minister JP Nadda had on Friday admitted that the country was facing a shortage of laboratories for testing swine flu. Swine flu has claimed 36 more lives raising the toll to 1,041 even as the number of people affected by the H1N1 virus in the country breached the 19,000 mark on Saturday. As many as 256 people have died of the disease in Gujarat, which is among the worst affected states. So far, 4,162 people have been affected in the state.
Maybe there is some naturopathy or homeopathic treatment for H1N1 ..
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Corporate tax reduction is an excellent and bold move. It shows that the FM is not indulging in petty politics like the previous Congress regime and is genuinely interested in attracting investment. :hatsoff:
++ BTW jayant sinha has quite impressive profile (check on wiki). He or piyush goyal would be next FM
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Ha. If academic or professional credentials made for impressive ministers then Jairam Ramesh, Kapil Sibal, and Chidambaram wouldn't have landed us in this mess.

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Tharoor is a past master of using big, but ultimately totally meaningless words like Big bang reforms, idea of India etcetera. Comes with the territory of being a professional windbag.
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Ha. If academic or professional credentials made for impressive ministers then Jairam Ramesh' date=' Kapil Sibal, and Chidambaram wouldn't have landed us in this mess.[/quote'] Chidambaram was a good FM I think lot better than pranab da.
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Chidambaram was a disaster. Being better than pranab is not an achievement. Pranab's rise in politics is on account of his snivelling, grovelling skills before the nation's first family. Just like the president before him.

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Jaitley is not going anywhere. He is a really good finance minister, has just delivered a solid, sensible budget with an eye on the future and the Modi trusts him more than any other Minister. If his health problems do not become too serious then I expect him to last the entire 5 years.

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Given an option' date='I would choose Arun Shourie or Suresh Prabhu. I am huge fan of both[/quote'] Let Prabhu work on Railways first....we cannot change ministers randomly.
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Given an option' date='I would choose Arun Shourie or Suresh Prabhu. I am huge fan of both[/quote'] Gurumurthy & Arun Shourie as a team would be exciting to see..
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Gurumurthy & Arun Shourie as a team would be exciting to see..
Arun Shourie will work,but we need political acumen as well,especially during last 2 years :winky:
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Arun Shourie will work' date='but we need political acumen as well,especially during last 2 years :winky:[/quote'] they will hire subramaniam swamy for those 2 years
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Some great quotes from budget sessions over the years https://www.valueresearchonline.com/story/h2_storyview.asp?str=27302 Few I like ( follow link for all quotes )

Kuchh toh phool khilaye hamne, aur kuchh phool khilane hain; mushkil yeh hai baag mein ab tak kaante kai purane hain. :cantstop: - Arun Jaitley, Union Budget, 2015 Hey Prabhu yeh kaam kaise hoga?:--D - Suresh Prabhu, Rail Budget, 2015 I must be cruel to be kind.:nervous: - Pranab Mukherjee, Union Budget, 2012 Hum aah bhee karte hain toh ho jaate hain badnaam. Woh katl bhee karte hai toh charcha nahin hoti.:finger: - Mamata Banerjee, Rail Budget, 2011 While, like last year, I seek the blessings of Lord Indra to bestow on us timely and bountiful monsoons, I would pray to Goddess Lakshmi as well. I think it is a good strategy to diversify one's risks. :haha: - Pranab Mukherjee, Union Budget, 2011 Yunaan-o-Misr-o-Roma, sab mitt gaye jahaan say. Ab tak magar hai baqi, naam-o-nishan hamara.:hatsoff: ( for non-urdu speakers - it means Greece, Egypt and Rome are all dust but our unchanged ( India ) lives forever - Manmohan Singh, Union Budget, 1991
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