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Interim Union Budget-II…High Agricultural Growth and Record Food Grains Production…but at what cost !?

I like the way Shyam put it in his response to my budget blog yesterday…..”Poverty Alleviation in an election year Impoverishes the Nation “ Alright so we had a record 230 million tonnes of grain production ! Alright so the agriculture growth rate is a record over 4% ! But think !…when grain production is at …

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Interim Budget announced today…confirms fears that this Pig of a growing fiscal deficit is getting hungrier!

Pranab Mukherjee,after 25 years,yet again announced our Interim Union Budget this morning….It was a fairly drab speech and clearly as general elections are fast approaching he lacked the mandate to announce big ticket reforms…..Nevertheless I was searching for some economic stimulus or some forward thinking on challenging issues…I was dissappointed….Our Political and Bureaucratic leaders simply …

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Darr kay baad hee Jeet hai !..Yesterday was ‘Fear’ful Friday the 13th..today it’s ‘Love’ly Valentine Day!

Kya Life Hai ! Yesterday was Friday the 13th…many carry a Fear  of this Day…the phobhia is called ‘PARASKAVEDEKATRIAPHOBIA’….that’s Greek..’Paraskave’ denoting ‘Friday’ and ‘Dekatria’ meaning denoting ‘Thirteen’ and ‘Phobia’ standing for ‘Fear’ Interestingly the Fear for the Number 13 is called ‘TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA’ Now you know why Some Tall Buildings prefer to label their 13th floor as …

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Is India really defenceless against Currency Rate Fluctuations !?

Is India really defenceless against Currency Rate Fluctuations !?…Are RBI measures in this regard merely cosmetic as determining factors are not in their control ?  Well it certainly appears so if you reckon that the chief determinant of the rate is the quantum of Dollar Inflows and outflows A Report released yesterday by HSBC Holdings Plc from Singapore …

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Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg settled US $ 65 Million with two former harvard mates for swiping their Idea of a Social Networking Site

A very Interesting article on Page 13 in DNA today got my attention…It concerns the Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg,Founder of Facebook…Apparently he paid off US $ 65 Million to two former Harvard Mates,ConnectU founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss for swiping their idea that led to Facebook It seems Tyler and Winklevoss had retained Zuckerberg in 2003 to …

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Foreigners ‘Desert’ing Dubai !

The signs of Dubai losing it’s lustre are ominous……The Real Estate Boom that had lured even many celebrities from Hollywood and Bollywood is faltering !  DNA has carried a story of ‘Ditching Dubai’ on Page 13 of today’s edition…some interesting extracts Dubai has 3.62 milion expatriates and just 864000 locals 60% ! fall in Property Values predicted with even 50% …

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