Wed Jan 24 16:02:33 2001
Name:Lochana Krishnamurthy
Email:krishnamurthysrinivasan@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:You may kindly increase the maximum amount of savings to more than 60000+20000 Presently, only 20% of savings is taken as rebate from i.tax. This should be 100% or increased to more than 20%, since this amount is wholly not available to us for a period of 6 yrs or more.

Wed Jan 24 16:02:48 2001
Name:N.Rama
Email:arama1212@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:cooking gas prize must be reduced

Wed Jan 24 16:03:00 2001
Name:Abhinav Gupta
Email:abhinavg@cdotd.ernet.in
Suggestions:Dear Sir, I look forward to a pragmatic budget that propels the economy forward in the right direction by undertaking strict reforms in core sectors like transport, agriculture, power sector. No such unrealistic targets such as selling Govt. stake worth 10, 000 crores or so should be taken rather a sincere approach should be taken to solve the economic as well as social problems side by side. Employment should be taken care off while cutting down the flab in the necessary areas. Thanks.

Wed Jan 24 16:03:23 2001
Name:b.r. shanbhag
Email:ramachandra59@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Under Section 80L (the eligible interest income should be raised from the present 12,000 (15,000 total) to atleast 25,000/- 2. Housing loan instalment under section 88 has to be increased from the present Rs.20,000/- to Rs.50,000/- and also the Registration / Stamp duty on property paid should be exempted fully.

Wed Jan 24 16:05:05 2001
Name:Mukund Narayan Dhavalikar
Email:ravida@satyam.net.in
Suggestions:Respected Sir, Slash down tax percentage on income to 10-20%, so that people will be more than happy to declare their true income. I am sure, this will result in more tax collection, reduce burden on govt. machinery, reduce the domination of black money. This step should be linked to very harsh punishment to the tax-avoiders- a real harsh one! Because if they do not want to pay the taxes even after such reduction, 1. they are irresponsible and 2. they prefer black money.

Wed Jan 24 16:05:22 2001
Name:purvesh shah
Email:purvesh_141980@rediff.com
Suggestions:forward trading in bullion will be allowed in this budget or not

Wed Jan 24 16:05:36 2001
Name:Sachin Thosar
Email:sachinthosar@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir, i would like to request u that please increase the annual defence expenditure as, in its present form it is not enough for our self selfsuf- ficiency in this field and proper development schemes.

Wed Jan 24 16:06:14 2001
Name:Lochana Krishnamurthy
Email:krishnamurthysrinivasan@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:You may kindly increase the maximum amount of savings to more than 60000+20000 Presently, only 20% of savings is taken as rebate from i.tax. This should be 100% or increased to more than 20%, since this amount is wholly not available to us for a period of 6 yrs or more.

Wed Jan 24 16:11:14 2001
Name:Ramesh Dawani
Email:rameshdawani@rediff.com
Suggestions:Free income level should increase to one lac. There should not not be saparate financial Year and accounting year and sould start from 1.1.2001 to 31.12.2001 and should call year 2001 only

Wed Jan 24 16:11:56 2001
Name:Dinesh Parikh
Email:dineshparikh@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:40% o More tax must be imposed on short selling or speculation to make stock market steady.

Wed Jan 24 16:12:07 2001
Name:Rinku
Email:rinkuga@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr Sinha, we would appreciate if you can make Procedures in Direct and Indirect Tax more simpler. The policy of refund mainly should be expediated. we must also work towards online application for TDS, Annual returns, PAN NO,TAN NO, Profession tax,etc . Thank you very much for considering our suggestions. Thanking you. Rinku

Wed Jan 24 16:13:16 2001
Name:haranath jayanty
Email:hjayanty@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:honourable sir, can you please see that income tax for salaried people be minimised still ? thankingyou inanticipation,jayanty

Wed Jan 24 16:13:47 2001
Name:Ravin Mirchandani
Email:ravin.mirchandani@airliqudie.com
Suggestions:One of the few ways to to assist India in taking the leap into the high economical skies is to decisively sort out the complciated and corrupt excise duty regime.

Wed Jan 24 16:15:10 2001
Name:Thomas P. Varghese
Email:thomaskutty14@hotmail.com
Suggestions:1. bring uniform tax rates and remove tax concessions for all commodities as well for Income Tax payees. 2. Give financial autonomy to the districts not to states and encourage healthy competition among districts for attracting more FDI.

Wed Jan 24 16:15:31 2001
Name:murali shankar
Email:murali.shankar@wipro.com
Suggestions:Hello Minister, I have the following suggestions to make: 1. Patriotic: With the s/w services companies focussing on foreign clients, the Indian industry (specifically the Defence and Space sectors) are suffering. The S/W professionals are gravitaed towards the private sector companies. You can incentivate the domestic s/w development, by providing a stipulation that the Tax rebates on IT exports/ STPI benifits will accrue only if a certain part of their sales( sales exceeding 200 crores) are reported out of domestic services for Defence and Space etc. 2.Pay the society back: You should tax the s/w services now that they have grown and they should pay back to the society.They are growing at the cost of society expenditure-Subsidised education,infrastrucure spending by govt and no Tax to Government. 3. Incentivating the IT h/w is the most essential need. The s/w services remind one of the British Rule. They used to take our cotton and sell the textiles back to us. The s/w services is precisely working the same way. We lend the Intellect at a cheaper rate and get back the products built with our intellect. In case of s/w there is no direct fixed investment excepting buildings .Where as h/w IT nvestments will fetch Plants and Machinery in addition to encouraging the R&D in products. Hence the future focus should be in IT H/W services. I hope i will see some actions on the lines sugested . Thanking you dear Minister. murali shankar

Wed Jan 24 16:15:49 2001
Name:Focus group
Email:focussed@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected Sir We belong to the group of It professionals in India who are in Software development Business. Since because of very high tax rates on salaried people who are usually part of our orgaisation tend to leave the company and go to US , UK or GERMANY. There they have one simple rate. If you can able to reduce tax rates on salaries it will definitely help our organizations to retain good talent in India. Also currently we are boosting a lot of investments in India but the Network and IT infrastructure are the big problems. If you can make any provisions to boost network infrastructure in the country It will make bring some high quality projects in India which we usually require to test abroad Thanks in Advance

Wed Jan 24 16:19:32 2001
Name:S.Krishnamurthy
Email:singapore_krishnamurthy@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1. Could you pls raise the maximum savings amt ? 2. The rebate u/s 88 should be increased to give 100% or more than existing 20% of saving. Pls do some revision.

Wed Jan 24 16:19:50 2001
Name:Pawan Kaushik
Email:kaushik_agrojfm@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Production options with value additions through participatory approach is required in every sector. I am to help in planning at my level best. Pawan Kaushik Research Officer Agroforestry

Wed Jan 24 16:20:40 2001
Name:M.R.Hegde
Email:mrhegde@goatelecom.com
Suggestions:I suggest that there should be a cap on the total expenditure on the advertisement expenses being spent by any company.Especially in view of the megha companies like pepsi and cola. This is totally unproductive expenditure. On the contrary they should made to spend on reaserch and development where the our Country is lagging very much behind. This is all the more necessary in view of the globalisation.

Wed Jan 24 16:22:18 2001
Name:mukulverma1
Email:mukul_verma@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir, in this coming budget do something for the bio-tech sector as it is the new generation industry to be closely watched.

Wed Jan 24 16:23:11 2001
Name:Rajeswari
Email:rajeswarin@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1. I request your goodselves to consider raising the maximum limit of savings to more than 60000 + 20000 2. More weightage should be given to the savings made - may be 100% or 50% rebate should be given from tax; since the amount saved is never available to me in the short-run of 6 yrs, at the end of which I should invest again. With the result, this invested amount is never available to me.

Wed Jan 24 16:25:07 2001
Name:Ajit Edlabadkar
Email:ajit_e@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Mr. FM, The singlemost factor where we lag behind the world is infrastructure. Please provide a great emphasis on roads, airports and such services and offer incentives to private companies ready to build this. Please try and keep some deadlines for executing such projects. This will boost the other industries such as cement, steel, automobiles etc. Comin from the IT side, we would like to see the import duties on hardware going down and lower income tax rates. We are poised for a great future under your able leadership and look forward to some radical changes from the finance ministry.

Wed Jan 24 16:25:24 2001
Name:Venugopal.A
Email:avenu_pdy@hotmail.com
Suggestions:I am a software professional from pondicherry currently working in uk. i am planning to start my own venture in pondicherry.i would prefer if nri are given more importance.moreover india should spend money on research and development. we should create our own planes.like boeing.Ship manafacturing industry should be partly privatised.A part of income coming through software exports should be invested in other industries and infrastructure of the country. Regards, Venugopal.A

Wed Jan 24 16:26:10 2001
Name:M.R.hegde
Email:mrhegde@goatelecom.com
Suggestions:IF the Country is not made self reliant in the field of R &D in near future our Country will only end paying for royalty. There fore I suggest that R & D shall be made compulsory and there should be a cap on the spending of advertisement by means of percentage of sales. The Central Govt shall float an Institute like the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore and the amount paid to such Institute shall be given weighted allowance foe It purposes.

Wed Jan 24 16:29:55 2001
Name:Debashis Mukherjee
Email:debashisswl@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please be gutsy enough to tax agricultural income. That is the only way our economy can be revived. Best regards, Debashis Mukherjee

Wed Jan 24 16:30:55 2001
Name:Debashis Mukherjee
Email:debashisswl@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please be gutsy enough to tax agricultural income. That is the only way our economy can be revived. Best regards, Debashis Mukherjee

Wed Jan 24 16:34:28 2001
Name:Neetu Devnani
Email:neetudevnani@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, Kindly look into the power tariff hike implemented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The hike has become a burden on the consumers and the common man in general.

Wed Jan 24 16:35:02 2001
Name:Rana Beteille
Email:ranabeteille@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Why don't we tax the agricultural income on one hand and increase the non-taxable bracket to Rs 2 lakhs???

Wed Jan 24 16:36:17 2001
Name:S R Karode
Email:karode@vsnl.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir During your budget, you present various areas thru which you are earning and where you spend the money. I feel that Govt should give publicity in all newspapers about each of these areas so that successes and failures are shared(at the end of the year) with all the citizens of the country and Govt employees become accountable to tax payers. Regards

Wed Jan 24 16:39:47 2001
Name:S.K.MALVI
Email:skmalvi@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, Give some extra benefit in income tax exemption to ph.handicapped pepole.

Wed Jan 24 16:40:13 2001
Name:g.manjunath
Email:gm_savi@yahoo.com
Suggestions:please increase the income tax limit to the salaried employees. now you are giving from one hand and taking from the other. also, women are given a lot of benefits. this helps those who double income i.e. husband & wife working. give us also some relief,sir. thank you.

Wed Jan 24 16:41:06 2001
Name:g.manjunath
Email:gm_savi@yahoo.com
Suggestions:please increase the income tax limit to the salaried employees. now you are giving from one hand and taking from the other. also, women are given a lot of benefits. this helps those who double income i.e. husband & wife working. give us also some relief,sir. thank you.

Wed Jan 24 16:41:14 2001
Name:Kanishka ashthekar
Email:kanishka@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Sir Kindly save the people who are working and getting salary Rs. 200000/-pa Since the tax cutting is more and due to (Joint Family)expenses they can't save the money to get examption on TAX. Thank You Very Much Yours Kanishka

Wed Jan 24 16:42:02 2001
Name:g.manjunath
Email:gm_savi@yahoo.com
Suggestions:please increase the income tax limit to the salaried employees. now you are giving from one hand and taking from the other. also, women are given a lot of benefits. this helps those who double income i.e. husband & wife working. give us also some relief,sir. thank you.

Wed Jan 24 16:42:23 2001
Name:kcgopikumar
Email:kcgk@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir Do not tax heavily on salaried class. Tax on Industrialist and Super rich class Raise the standard deductions.

Wed Jan 24 16:44:15 2001
Name:Samir Kelekar
Email:konkani_net@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Please do not privatize profit making PSUs. The national wealth, which belongs to the people of India, should not go to the hands of a few private parties. Jai Hind, sam

Wed Jan 24 16:44:59 2001
Name:Sarita vaidya
Email:vvsarita123@redffmail.com
Suggestions:Broad thoght on small scale industry

Wed Jan 24 16:46:15 2001
Name:rahul jain
Email:rahulrsethi@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:respected sir as promised by you to the people of hazaribagh the building of railways back there i expect you to help us by increasing the railbudget so that we will be soon connected to rails thans for helping hazaribagh to get connected globally because of internet. wish you luck rahul jain (pune)

Wed Jan 24 16:46:56 2001
Name:sanker k v
Email:kvsanker@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Income Tax slabs must be start from 5% and maximum must be 30% and must apply to all earning more than Rs.10,000 pm. this will reduce the burden on the few tax payers and increase tax income bringing more people under income tax payer group. Then, pan card for all is possible and that would serve as main id-card in our country.

Wed Jan 24 16:47:28 2001
Name:Sudarshan Phatak
Email:sudarshan_phatak@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, please restrict chinise goods in HINDUSTAN.

Wed Jan 24 16:50:59 2001
Name:manohardev
Email:manohardev@hotmail.com
Suggestions:exempt ssi units from all the legal hassles all the taxes take this as a responsible statement aftera very serious situation and deep thinking i am a past president of AIMO;AIMP and apast Rotary Governer talking full sense and thereaftere see their competance to compete mncs and their power to generate employment revive economy and with no revenue yes no revenue loss to the govt as most of them are already no rev source either being closed or evading taxes you will only be helping the honest ones.An acknowledgement of this will certainly be highly obliging to me with regards-manohar dev

Wed Jan 24 16:51:07 2001
Name:R SRINIVASAN
Email:srinivasanharita@rediff.com
Suggestions:Please do not increase Petrol cost. The middle class peoples are suffering.

Wed Jan 24 16:56:15 2001
Name:Prasad Rode
Email:prasadrode@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, I am curious to know about the budget that who is going to be benefited, the lower class , the middle class or the upper class? Thanking u, Prasad Rode.

Wed Jan 24 16:57:31 2001
Name:Mahesh Muddada
Email:mahesh_muddada@yahoo.com
Suggestions:As it is New Milleniums first indian Budget it should take into cocerns of the middleclass. 1.increase the rate of cigars. 2.allot more funds to IT. 3.reduce rate of cooking gas.

Wed Jan 24 16:58:46 2001
Name:Sunil Kumar Sadige
Email:sun_sadige@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Remove the Subsidies atleast for the people who does not need them.

Wed Jan 24 16:59:39 2001
Name:Arokiasamy
Email:Arok2000@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Don't increase the price of basic needs.Try to create more job opportunities.If you are going to load us with new taxes and hyck in price please give us the opportunity to earn more also.Every time only the poor is affected not the rich people like you.

Wed Jan 24 17:00:12 2001
Name:Rajaram Gadekar
Email:rgkar@usa.net
Suggestions:make things less costlier

Wed Jan 24 17:00:13 2001
Name:Rajesh
Email:rajeshm@asia.com
Suggestions:Accept the fact that our country's economic growth is gowing down. Dont make false statements.People are not fool over here.

Wed Jan 24 17:00:18 2001
Name:GIRISH MUNDADA
Email:mundada_gs@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir, 1)Remove the surcharge on payable tax. 2)Increase investment limit to 1 lac. (u/s 80/88) 3)No tax limit to be raised to 75000.

Wed Jan 24 17:02:30 2001
Name:Hardik Devani
Email:hardik21@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:pls dont release it.

Wed Jan 24 17:03:30 2001
Name:M.Sundareswaran
Email:sundar_pappa@yahoo.com
Suggestions:For any reason,if your goodself can not increase the standard rebate from the present Rs.20,000/-, kindly open scope for more saving from the present limit of maximum Rs.80,000/- (at least for the salaried people)to Rs.one lac. and thus rebate to the individual and investment potentials to the Government.

Wed Jan 24 17:05:03 2001
Name:Arokiasamy
Email:Arok2000@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Don't increase the price of basic needs.Try to create more job opportunities.If you are going to load us with new taxes and hyck in price please give us the opportunity to earn more also.Every time only the poor is affected not the rich people like you.

Wed Jan 24 17:05:34 2001
Name:M.Sundareswaran
Email:sundar_pappa@yahoo.com
Suggestions:For any reason,if your goodself can not increase the standard rebate from the present Rs.20,000/-, kindly open scope for more saving from the present limit of maximum Rs.80,000/- (at least for the salaried people)to Rs.one lac. and thus rebate to the individual and investment potentials to the Government.

Wed Jan 24 17:06:00 2001
Name:nagendra
Email:nag155@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir,Mr.Vajpayee's statement of India achieving a GDP growth rate of 9% the next year is welcome. But sir, this can be obtained only by increasing the pace of disinvestment process of PSUs.Privatise the power,petroleum sector and more importantly AirIndia and IndianAirlines.Huge amount can be amassed form these two PSUs and can be effectively used for infrastructure purpose.I request you to remove some more hurdles and make FDIs easy.This can reduce the deficit and this is what is worrying the Indian economy and especially you.Let this not be merely a promise but I hope Mr.Vajpayee's government will implement it in the coming year.

Wed Jan 24 17:06:14 2001
Name:Anil Chauhan
Email:anil.chauhan@tajhotels.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr.Sinha, Please have mercy on Private sector employees whose employers deduct tax as per provisions of I T Act and do not indulge in cheating Govt.Whereas to get a genuine refund from I T Deptt one has to bribe else forego the refund.Please come out with incentives for compliance of IT Act and payment of taxes. Thanks Anil

Wed Jan 24 17:07:09 2001
Name:Tamal Sen
Email:tamalsen@hotmsil.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, I am working as an technical consultant with TVS Co of Chennai.I don't understand much of Economics or Politics.What I understand is howmuch I save.Though my earnings are increasing but the percentage of expenses are going up for the same quantum of material purchases and as a result the savings are coming down.Further more the reforms that has been taking place over the last few years are bringing money in the hands of very few people.As a result of increase of price of all essential comodities slowly but surely there is no benifit in this.You are a very correct person and I would like you to do anything to stop the devaluation of rupees against the dollar,otherwise we are heading for a disaster.The import/export procedures are too complex and our Customs and RBI are not been trained to handle certain specific issues like handling of aircraft spares which is a very sensative subject and needs utmost attention.Sometimes it has happend that a foreign spares part agent has exported an item to the indian shore within 3 days because of aircraft being on ground but it takes 7 days to clear.I don't find any reason for this.I hope you will take time off your busy shedule to go through this letter. Thanking you, Yous faithfully. Tamal Sen

Wed Jan 24 17:07:27 2001
Name:Tamal Sen
Email:tamalsen@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, I am working as an technical consultant with TVS Co of Chennai.I don't understand much of Economics or Politics.What I understand is howmuch I save.Though my earnings are increasing but the percentage of expenses are going up for the same quantum of material purchases and as a result the savings are coming down.Further more the reforms that has been taking place over the last few years are bringing money in the hands of very few people.As a result of increase of price of all essential comodities slowly but surely there is no benifit in this.You are a very correct person and I would like you to do anything to stop the devaluation of rupees against the dollar,otherwise we are heading for a disaster.The import/export procedures are too complex and our Customs and RBI are not been trained to handle certain specific issues like handling of aircraft spares which is a very sensative subject and needs utmost attention.Sometimes it has happend that a foreign spares part agent has exported an item to the indian shore within 3 days because of aircraft being on ground but it takes 7 days to clear.I don't find any reason for this.I hope you will take time off your busy shedule to go through this letter. Thanking you, Yous faithfully. Tamal Sen

Wed Jan 24 17:07:27 2001
Name:Anil Chauhan
Email:anil.chauhan@tajhotels.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr.Sinha, Please have mercy on Private sector employees whose employers deduct tax as per provisions of I T Act and do not indulge in cheating Govt.Whereas to get a genuine refund from I T Deptt one has to bribe else forego the refund.Please come out with incentives for compliance of IT Act and payment of taxes. Thanks Anil

Wed Jan 24 17:11:46 2001
Name:Pankaj Y Gadkari
Email:pankajgadkari@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Consider Individuals for Income Tax @ 2% for every income and not slab wise as what is today. This will help to the nation as people will not avoid paying tax.

Wed Jan 24 17:11:52 2001
Name:athar
Email:athar_h@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Please increase the income tax slab for salaried class. Do not increase the Petro prices.

Wed Jan 24 17:12:21 2001
Name:Bobby Jindal
Email:bobbyjindal@eth.net
Suggestions:1. Reduction in subsidy. 2. Increase in savings qualifying for tax rebate under section 88

Wed Jan 24 17:12:29 2001
Name:Dashrath Singh
Email:sing_d@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, Please introduce some incentive for saving for income-tax payers.Also please raise the minimum limit for no income-tax.

Wed Jan 24 17:12:43 2001
Name:Indranath Chatterjee
Email:inc@rpgnet.com
Suggestions:Kindly find ways & means to tax small businesses who get away with huge unaccounted money whereas we the salaried class have to suffer huge taxation at 33% and are unable to sustain our expenses in inflation and slow growth private sectors where salaries are the first things that are cut in times of hardships.

Wed Jan 24 17:13:13 2001
Name:Kishan Parekh
Email:parekh@mantraonline.com
Suggestions:Sir, 1. Increase the Limit from 50000 to 100000 2. Remove surcharge from individual tax payers. 3. Process alloted of pan cards Speedily. Hope you will Listen to our Voices. Thanking you

Wed Jan 24 17:13:28 2001
Name:pramod ubarhande
Email:ubarhande@yahoo.com
Suggestions:R/Sir, Because of implementation of 5th Pay Commission employees are getting much respectable salaries. So kindly give some relaxation in Incom-tax benefits.

Wed Jan 24 17:14:12 2001
Name:selvan
Email:fxca@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Sir, Kindly increase the rebate u/s 88 for salaried employees to Rs.1,00,000/- Regards

Wed Jan 24 17:19:22 2001
Name:sudhir malhotra
Email:somalhotra@aegisindia.com
Suggestions:octroi at mumbai port has resulted in cargo div at other ports hence loss of forex by demurage hence levies should be common to all ports

Wed Jan 24 17:19:42 2001
Name:paramjeetkabo
Email:paramjeetkabo@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:please make the functioning of govt departments faster.

Wed Jan 24 17:19:49 2001
Name:Sarma T V S
Email:tvssarma@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear mr Sinha, A lot is said about us tightening our belts and pay through our noses for whatever "facilities" we get form the Government. Are you sure it's only us who need to do this. Why cant you and your BUerocrats cut on unnecessary Expenses, Why cant you come down heavily on Corruption. Curruption eats away into governments tax revenues. It is only the salaried who pay the taxes regularly because they cant escape from it. Isn't it unfair that those earning crores dont pay taxes properly(and they still get VIP treatment at the Banks etc.)and we the middle class are hounded Please tighten "your" belts. The distancebetween an elected people's representatives and the normal citizen is widening with no end in sight. Most of them are corrupt. Isn't it a fact funds allotted by government normally just trickle down,after being filtered by the Highest level next the beurocracy next by the street leader. Why can't you do something about arresting this trend of taking corruption for granted Sarma

Wed Jan 24 17:20:13 2001
Name:sudhir malhotra
Email:somalhotra@aegisindia.com
Suggestions:octroi at mumbai port has resulted in cargo div at other ports hence loss of forex by demurage hence levies should be common to all ports

Wed Jan 24 17:22:16 2001
Name:Ganesh Babu
Email:nrganeshbabu@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:The amount spent on Childrens' education should not taxed.ie. the amount spent in Tuition Fees should be discounted from the Taxable Income Amount.

Wed Jan 24 17:22:20 2001
Name:ravikumar
Email:kowtha@emirates.net.ae
Suggestions:Can you decrease the baggage duty for non-residents coming from abroad? This will help in a higher revenues and chances of officials harrassing the hapless passengers will be reduced especially for most of the gulf residents most of whom are labourers.

Wed Jan 24 17:22:49 2001
Name:nagendra
Email:nag155@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir,we know over-population has been the real worry of India.So,we expect you to take some steps to control the population ,may be by introducing the "POPULATION CONTROL ACT" and make some provisions in the coming budget in this regard.

Wed Jan 24 17:23:29 2001
Name:sujata
Email:sujata45@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Respected Sir, We anxiously await the forthcoming Budget 2001. We believe that it will enable the standard of living of poor as well as middle class people. If your goodself will take necessary steps to minimise the poverty, unemployment, Industrial restructure, not increasing the prices of essential goods, encourage domestic goods & industry, etc., it will help the middle class & poor people. We hope, your attention will draw the above aspects. Thanks for giving us an opportunity to express/convey our suggestions/ideas.requests before declaring the Budget. By Sujata

Wed Jan 24 17:23:44 2001
Name:TARAK SHAH
Email:tktarak@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, The Tax structure in India is very complex and therefore one can easily escape from paying tax. There should be very simple mehtod of collecting the tax even if it is a cash transaction. There should be uniformity of rate of tax for every person irrespective of his income slab. You please do something for the same. Regards Tarak Shah

Wed Jan 24 17:24:37 2001
Name:K. SRIRANGAN
Email:tefrox@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, All Salaried class persons ( men & women) are getting their salary for their work done in their respective Companies. Why women employees are getting Spl.rebate U/S.88C?

Wed Jan 24 17:25:05 2001
Name:Rahul Dutta
Email:rahul_dutta@indiatimes.com
Suggestions:Respected Mr. Minister, I would like to suggest that please try to put some relaxation on Computer Hardware. Being a Software Proffessional, that would benefit me. thanx Rahul

Wed Jan 24 17:25:31 2001
Name:nitin bhosale
Email:nitinbhosale81@rediff.com
Suggestions:sir i have great study of ecoomics but i think our farmers are the backbone of our economy & india is country of villeges. plz give attension ove this

Wed Jan 24 17:25:50 2001
Name:satish
Email:satishshinde@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please try to relax the prices for majority of the commodities and necessity items .

Wed Jan 24 17:25:57 2001
Name:prasad
Email:prasadnarni@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Try at leaset decrese the cost of the charges in this year my State is A.P the cost of bus charges very high compare to other states.

Wed Jan 24 17:26:31 2001
Name:mohsin.h.naikwadi
Email:mohsinhn@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:respected sir plz isue an budget useful for the poor and middleclass public .

Wed Jan 24 17:27:07 2001
Name:Tapan Sharma
Email:totapan@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:pls decrease all the basic commodities's price, and increase unnecessary things's(as Cigarettes, liquor, luxurious items etc) price.

Wed Jan 24 17:27:30 2001
Name:mohsin.h.naikwadi
Email:mohsinhn@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:respected sir plz isue an budget useful for the poor and middleclass public .

Wed Jan 24 17:27:34 2001
Name:prakash hiranandani
Email:hiranandani_p@hotmail.com
Suggestions:octroi will kill best infrastructural port of mumbai octroi should be applicable to all ports

Wed Jan 24 17:28:06 2001
Name:Asha Nalawade
Email:ashapn@yahoo.com
Suggestions:1.Give some tax benifits for Salary income group i.e.instead of increasing standard deduction ,increase slab limits 2.Increase limits for taxable interest income which will increase investment. 3.Increase rebate amount u/s88 if invested in govt.securities.

Wed Jan 24 17:28:24 2001
Name:prakash hiranandani
Email:hiranandani_p@hotmail.com
Suggestions:octroi will kill best infrastructural port of mumbai octroi should be applicable to all ports

Wed Jan 24 17:29:07 2001
Name:nikhil kumpawat
Email:nkumpawat@rediffmail.com
Suggestions: Please increase the value of petrol.and also of cooking gas.

Wed Jan 24 17:29:13 2001
Name:prakash hiranandani
Email:hiranandani_p@hotmail.com
Suggestions:octroi will kill best infrastructural port of mumbai octroi should be applicable to all ports

Wed Jan 24 17:29:26 2001
Name:Asha Nalawade
Email:ashapn@yahoo.com
Suggestions:1.Give some tax benifits for Salary income group i.e.instead of increasing standard deduction ,increase slab limits 2.Increase limits for taxable interest income which will increase investment. 3.Increase rebate amount u/s88 if invested in govt.securities.

Wed Jan 24 17:30:04 2001
Name:prakash hiranandani
Email:hiranandani_p@hotmail.com
Suggestions:octroi will kill best infrastructural port of mumbai octroi should be applicable to all ports

Wed Jan 24 17:30:53 2001
Name:prakash hiranandani
Email:hiranandani_p@hotmail.com
Suggestions:octroi will kill best infrastructural port of mumbai octroi should be applicable to all ports

Wed Jan 24 17:32:28 2001
Name:Haresh Makwana
Email:hmakwana@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:please remove surcharge on income tax

Wed Jan 24 17:37:14 2001
Name:A.k.singh
Email:arvindksingh5@yahoo.co.uk
Suggestions:sir, the income tax limit to individual may pl be increased to 2lacs considering the inflation and living expenditure in metro citi. kindly remove surcharge also.

Wed Jan 24 17:38:13 2001
Name:Jaideep
Email:jaideep_trasi@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:More allowance towards the small scale sector due to increasing competition from Large foreign MNC's and also due to the fact that unemployment can only be reduced by increasing jobs through labour intensive industries which is more small scale. Increased Liberalisation has increased foreign MNC into the country with high automation thus decreasing employment as they don't need many and also as they put the small businesses out of business. Please have something done to make the country economically stronger by making it able to survive by itself without unwanted foreign businesses invited to provide competition to the small scale

Wed Jan 24 17:40:21 2001
Name:ramanamurthy
Email:ramanamurthy@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:honurabale financeminister, please be indian.your party(i.e my party)came into power by telling the people swadeshi.But you all became videshi than any other party.If you want to really save the india from debts and all worries try to pick up the black money from bada seths.One example is Mr.chidambaram budjet in which he proposed voluntry disclosur scheme in which millions of rupees came out.By increasing taxes on public you people are developing black money.Please stop it.try to decrese the personal tax.sir,just think a while a common person will not get any help from governement to earn a lakh rupees.But when he earns he has to pay the tax of nearly 9000/-.Then what that person thinks why i has to pay tax.He simply tries to escape from it.If the tax is lower then he may think to pay tax and do his income of valid one. sir,My other point is when a person gets in debts he tries to clear of them by selling the gold in his house or selling his valuble things.Is it the same thing you are doing by selling the public sector units.If so please try to find other resources.corruption of senior executives in psu's are the major concern by which these gold mines are becoming iron mines.Sir,try to curb the corruption by incresing the ability of vigiliance departments.Give chance to the employees so that they can avoid the corruption in their respective factories and save their lifes THANKING YOU SIR I HOPE YOU THINK TWISE AND SAVE THIS NATION.SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF COMMING GENERATION WILL NOT FIGHT FOR ANOTHER INDEPENDANCE

Wed Jan 24 17:40:48 2001
Name:yogendra babu
Email:yoge_babu@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please spare the middle class taxpaying working employees

Wed Jan 24 17:43:15 2001
Name:Parth Sanyal
Email:parthsanyal@vsnl.com
Suggestions:Respected Yashwant Sinha ji, The budget speech every year brings tears to my eyes as each and every finance minister of our country comes heavily on the salaried class. The income tax is so stiff, that the fixed income people have part quite a lot of their earnings to the income tax department. Are we the only class, who should be paying such a high rate of income tax? Please think about us too!!!

Wed Jan 24 17:43:36 2001
Name:sarat rath
Email:b_y2k@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir, with regards i am sarat from puri orissa,requested you that this budget must going in fever the poor. The petroleum products are increasing highly in rate which is put a bad effect in our economic condition. Please think more and more about it. yours sarat a citizen of free india.

Wed Jan 24 17:44:50 2001
Name:sarat rath
Email:b_y2k@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir, with regards i am sarat from puri orissa,requested you that this budget must going in fever the poor. The petroleum products are increasing highly in rate which is put a bad effect in our economic condition. Please think more and more about it. yours sarat a citizen of free india.

Wed Jan 24 17:45:14 2001
Name:ROHIT SETHI
Email:sethi_r123@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:MAKE IT EASY FOR US

Wed Jan 24 17:45:23 2001
Name:ramanamurthy
Email:ramanamurthy@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:honurabale financeminister, please be indian.your party(i.e my party)came into power by telling the people swadeshi.But you all became videshi than any other party.If you want to really save the india from debts and all worries try to pick up the black money from bada seths.One example is Mr.chidambaram budjet in which he proposed voluntry disclosur scheme in which millions of rupees came out.By increasing taxes on public you people are developing black money.Please stop it.try to decrese the personal tax.sir,just think a while a common person will not get any help from governement to earn a lakh rupees.But when he earns he has to pay the tax of nearly 9000/-.Then what that person thinks why i has to pay tax.He simply tries to escape from it.If the tax is lower then he may think to pay tax and do his income of valid one. sir,My other point is when a person gets in debts he tries to clear of them by selling the gold in his house or selling his valuble things.Is it the same thing you are doing by selling the public sector units.If so please try to find other resources.corruption of senior executives in psu's are the major concern by which these gold mines are becoming iron mines.Sir,try to curb the corruption by incresing the ability of vigiliance departments.Give chance to the employees so that they can avoid the corruption in their respective factories and save their lifes THANKING YOU SIR I HOPE YOU THINK TWISE AND SAVE THIS NATION.SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF COMMING GENERATION WILL NOT FIGHT FOR ANOTHER INDEPENDANCE

Wed Jan 24 17:45:37 2001
Name:Rama Krishna
Email:nani369@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Yashwantji where we are going with Budget?

Wed Jan 24 17:46:15 2001
Name:Shekhar Lashkare
Email:shekharlashkare@rediff.com
Suggestions:Sir, Please request to you corruption totaly clear in the India that is main point for Budget 2001 Sir I am specially request to Prime Minister Atal Bhihari Bajpai I am Job a Private Firm but may not be happy resion office start time 9.30 am but closed time not be fixed 8.30,9.00,10.00,11.00 and sunday half day 9.30 to 4.30 Mr. P.M. That is Meaning for Freedom ?.

Wed Jan 24 17:46:36 2001
Name:Bharat Kanani
Email:bharatkanani@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Hon. Finance Minister, We understand that, you may not like to increse the exemption limit for Individual Assessee, instead you are requested to increase the limit of Rebate available under section 88 from existing Rs. 80000/- to Rs. 100000/- which will result in more long term savings by the Tax Payers of the country. Regards Bharat Kanani

Wed Jan 24 17:46:42 2001
Name:RAMESH
Email:rvr87@hotmail.com
Suggestions:1. You can levy a tax of 1 % on all interest charged and paid out by banks. Very easy to enforce. The present TDS on interest payment on fixed deposits is very difficult to implement and very easy to evade. Rest assured. No one will mind loss of 1 % of interest received. 2. Please, give a serious thinking about abolishing individual income tax. It is useless and not even cost effective. It only gives the state an unnecessary power over individuals. Please consider introducing expenditure tax.

Wed Jan 24 17:47:48 2001
Name:sathish
Email:mymail4myheart@usa.net
Suggestions:give subscribes on computer hardwares. telephone bills for INTERNET USERS TO BE DOWN. THANKING YOU SIR YOURS FAITHFULLY SATHISH (INDIAN)

Wed Jan 24 17:48:13 2001
Name:Suryanarayanan B
Email:surya_b@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1) Rationalize import duty inconsistancies between Raw Materials and Finished Goods. Many industries are suffering as they have to compete with imports having the same duties as their Raw Material inputs. 2) Revoke the Bangkok agreement on prefferential duty treatment. 3) Impose dumping duties on Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean items.

Wed Jan 24 17:48:20 2001
Name:girish j. kadam
Email:gjkadam@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir, first i will give u best luck for preparing budget.so please sir think about common man.have good days

Wed Jan 24 17:48:35 2001
Name:Rama Krishna
Email:nani369@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Yashwantji where we are going with Budget?

Wed Jan 24 17:48:58 2001
Name:Rama Krishna
Email:nani369@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Yashwantji where we are going with our Budget?

Wed Jan 24 17:49:52 2001
Name:sudha
Email:sudhamurthy_1998@yahoo.com
Suggestions:raise employment opportunities

Wed Jan 24 17:49:59 2001
Name:dilip tekchandani
Email:dilipsir@satyam.net.in
Suggestions:please increase in serving persons free income ie. not taxable income from 50000 to 100,000 thankyou

Wed Jan 24 17:50:45 2001
Name:vikas
Email:vijayanvikas@usa.net
Suggestions:A budget which keeps the common man happy & least affected. A budget which should be a stepping stone in making India a super economic power in the world.

Wed Jan 24 17:51:05 2001
Name:selvakumar
Email:selvain@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear sir, During this forthcoming budjet try cocentrate in the agricultural field to reduce the poverty of the farmer

Wed Jan 24 17:52:09 2001
Name:Ms Hemali Sanghvi
Email:hemalisanghvi@hotmail.com
Suggestions:dear sir, hopefully this year the budget will be more favourable to the small individual investors like me who have invested all our savings in the stock market, plz make some solid reforms for the proper working and transparency of the security markets of india.

Wed Jan 24 17:53:12 2001
Name:kamlesh lunawat
Email:lunawat_ks@yahoo.com
Suggestions:raise the incoemtax rates so as the income of the govt will be increase

Wed Jan 24 17:54:39 2001
Name:pradeep kale
Email:kalepradeep@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1. please continue with deductions available for housing loan interest as it exists, if you cannot increase the same. 2. do away with the T.D.S on bank deposits, if you can thanks, pradeep kale

Wed Jan 24 17:54:46 2001
Name:n.b.gupta
Email:guptanb@hotmail.com
Suggestions:In last number of years no relief has been given to salary class in tax rates even general inflation has not been considered.BJP has always made a promise to increase the slabs.Inspite of your limitation it is the right time to consider some relief to salary class.The limit for saving for sec 88 should also be increased to atleast Rs 100000

Wed Jan 24 17:54:58 2001
Name:n.v.jose
Email:nvjose@md5.vsnl.net.in
Suggestions:increase the personal income limit up to 1,00,000/-

Wed Jan 24 17:56:22 2001
Name:mohan pawar h.s
Email:mohanpawary2k@rediffmail.com
Suggestions: necessary steps to be taken to safe gaurd the steel industries in india.

Wed Jan 24 17:58:15 2001
Name:Sandipan Chakraborti
Email:bujun@chequemail.com
Suggestions:MORE ITax relaxation...please

Wed Jan 24 17:59:30 2001
Name:manish chauhan
Email:chauhan22@siffy.com
Suggestions:please give the rebete to the employeed we are in the service industry in the telephone bill so that they can utilise the maximum internet otherwise in the business industry all are getting the rebete on the telephone bills as the expnditure in the profit and losss account. i have waiting your reply in the above mail.

Wed Jan 24 18:01:35 2001
Name:piyush sharma
Email:piyushsharma_mact@rediff.com
Suggestions:hello sir, deduct the defence budget and try to allocate some fund to technical fields so that we can gain some prosperity n grow faster.

Wed Jan 24 18:02:09 2001
Name:Savio Figueiredo
Email:rendeep1@yahoo.com
Suggestions:I would be most obliged if you could please consider reducing the Telephone Charges for calls made to dial-up to the Internet

Wed Jan 24 18:03:07 2001
Name:Sampath
Email:usrsampath@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Please provide necesaary assistance for IT Thanking you,Sir!

Wed Jan 24 18:03:40 2001
Name:Carlton Gomez
Email:carltongomez@rediff.com
Suggestions:RESPECTED SIR, THE MARKET PRICES HAVE TO BE LOOKED INTO,TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMMEN MAN.TRAVEL IS BECOME VERY COSTLY,AND A LITTLE ALTERATION IS REQUIRED,INCLUDING PETROL AND DIESEL PRICES. I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR FAVOURABLE CHANGES. YOURS FAITHFULLY CARLTON GOMEZ

Wed Jan 24 18:03:52 2001
Name:P.R.GANESH.
Email:
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Wed Jan 24 18:04:39 2001
Name:p.r.ganesh.
Email:lms@eth.net
Suggestions:

Wed Jan 24 18:05:02 2001
Name:Paramvir Singh
Email:paramvir@chequemail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, Please do not increase Petrol Prices. Thanks Paramvir

Wed Jan 24 18:05:26 2001
Name:ganesh.
Email:lms@eth.net
Suggestions:

Wed Jan 24 18:06:06 2001
Name:ganesh
Email:
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Wed Jan 24 18:07:59 2001
Name:muthu
Email:a-chidambaram@eth.net
Suggestions:What-do-you-have-in-store-for-the-students? Muthu

Wed Jan 24 18:08:04 2001
Name:
Email:lms@eth.net
Suggestions:

Wed Jan 24 18:08:53 2001
Name:ganesh
Email:
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Wed Jan 24 18:10:07 2001
Name:ganesh.
Email:
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Wed Jan 24 18:10:35 2001
Name:ganesh
Email:
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Wed Jan 24 18:10:46 2001
Name:ganesh
Email:lms@eth.net
Suggestions:

Wed Jan 24 18:11:41 2001
Name:rnchandak
Email:rnchandak@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Following changes may be cosidered: 1 Exemption limit to 55000/- 2 Limit 40A(3) to 40000/- 3. Cash payments to Truck drivers be allowed u/s 40A 3 4. TDS minimum limit Interest to increase upto 20000/-, Contarctors 40000/- 5. Service Tax net can be increased to other service providers transport operators, Advocates and other professionals 6. Remove wealth tax Act, it hardly results any income. Thanks

Wed Jan 24 18:11:50 2001
Name:ganesh.
Email:
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Wed Jan 24 18:13:12 2001
Name:Darryl Albuquerque
Email:darrylalbuquerque@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, As far as personal taxation is concerned the highest marginal rate in India of 34.5% (inclusive of surcharge) is on income above Rs 150,000. In the US, the highest marginal rate of 39.6% is on income above almost $300,000, and George Bush wants to reduce taxes further. Food for thought here, Mr Minister? Best regards.

Wed Jan 24 18:13:24 2001
Name:ganesh
Email:
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Wed Jan 24 18:13:32 2001
Name:ganesh
Email:lms@eth.net
Suggestions:

Wed Jan 24 18:13:57 2001
Name:K.KAMPANI
Email:kkampani@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:PL GIVE SOME RELIEF IN INCOME TAX TO SALARIED PEOPLE & TO COMPENSATE THE REVNUE LOSS START SOME GOOD SCHEME TO ENCOURAGE MORE NO OF BUSINESS MEN TO PAY TAX AS I FEEL MOST OF THE BUSINESSMEN WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO PAY TAX PRESENTLY DO NOT PAY.

Wed Jan 24 18:14:56 2001
Name:r. ponnusamy
Email:r_ponnusamy@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Please introduce a special Provident fund scheme to all farmers and other unorganized peoples. Thanking you Yours faithfully, R. Ponnusamy

Wed Jan 24 18:15:17 2001
Name:srinivas thadakamadla
Email:dr.srini99@usa.net
Suggestions:do privatise the vsnl and all public sector companies. make share market again in to the swing.... bye srini

Wed Jan 24 18:15:50 2001
Name:VIKASAGARWAL
Email:VIKASAGARWAL@USA.NET
Suggestions:I EXPECT YOU PRODUCED A GOOD BUDGET 2001 FOR INVESTORS THANKING YOU FOR CHAMAN AGARWAL /VIKAS AGARWAL

Wed Jan 24 18:16:01 2001
Name:Ziaul Islam Mondal
Email:zia_@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected Sir, please do something for west bengal. whatever fund you had sactioned for till date for WB is being fully taken by the state government, not a single penny has been used for development. please sir do something... regards Ziaul Islam Mondal

Wed Jan 24 18:16:17 2001
Name:S.A.Alagarsamy
Email:alagarsamy@vsnl.com
Suggestions:sir,I humbly submit. 1.National Tourism Fund should have more money to boost Indias travel trade. 2.A minimum tax can be levied from all small shops doing business with the licence of metros. 3.The Privileged class of Govt employees should be taxed further...this will apply to Income tax Customs,All Banking sector.Revenue Depts... 4.NRI s should be attracted by giving them more returns. 5.The Passport fees shall be incresed to 1000 minimum... 6.A fixed sum shall be fixed to those filing 2c returns of Income tax,, 7.All Mps shall pay rs twolakhs from their respective quotos so that a contingency Fund may be created . This fund should be given as grants to NGOs and Environmental Agencies. 8.The pension of central govt employees shall be revised and Upgraded by 25% atlest.. 9.Hon Finance minister may please consider that Tel tariifs and Internet charges are both ,levied. In all other countries either tel or internet charges are only levied.India should make all internet connections areeither free or only tel charges,,,this aspect shall be examined by both VSNl and tel.com dept 10.Bihar shall be given No one treatment.Buddha was here but Buddhism is living in ASIA ... Bihar shall be exempted by so many factors to Hotel industry and all travel firms promoting Bihar Buddhas Message of love. I will be grateful to Finance minister if he can allot some time to think how to attract millions of Tourists from North-eastern regions... Biharshould occupy the top slat of Finace ministry. I know pretty well that Our Finance minister is from Kabilavasthu. so I think he can perform... thank you S.A.Alagarsamy Editor www.indutourismnews.com 36 c DABC Divyam apts 474 firs main road Mogappar,Chennai-58

Wed Jan 24 18:19:04 2001
Name:Sumit Gupta
Email:sumit1gupta@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Respected Sir, We want only one thing. Disinvestment which would ensure fiscal management and a sustained Growth Rate of 8-10%. We will be greatful to you for your endaevours to develop a competitive and growing Indian Economy -our Real Tryst with Destiny

Wed Jan 24 18:20:15 2001
Name:rakesh jain
Email:kcrjain@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir,please give some releif to the salaried people by either raising the amount of standard deduction or by increasing the minimum non taxability limit

Wed Jan 24 18:20:24 2001
Name:K N PRABHAMANI
Email:pebs@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please make the exgratia amount upto 800000 be tax free for vrs opting people in banks

Wed Jan 24 18:20:26 2001
Name:anil
Email:anil_003in @yahoo.com
Suggestions:plese stop the price hike of all products and petroleum products,please chang e the tax limit new limit over 2,00,000/- Thak you sir, your faithfully, anil. Jai-Hind Jai maharashra. Jai BJP

Wed Jan 24 18:20:45 2001
Name:amitava poddar
Email:j_poddar@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:respected sir i request you to increase Fixed Deposit interest rates for benefit of us like small investor & also increase the income tax limit.

Wed Jan 24 18:21:26 2001
Name:Krishna Kumar M. Bhatia
Email:ramcharan@vsnl.com
Suggestions:Where ever there is higher taxation there is bound to be evation.If proceeders are simplified it will be useful. Pl study CHINES example more production at less cost. can you kindly do any thing to increase the demand of things as every thing is in oversupply position. Every sector is suffering Steel, Rubber, Textiles, Cash Crops like coconut,.Pl donot subsidise and fix prices which is eaten away by the burocracy.pl see that demand for every thing goes up. Can you kindly check the over spending by the states. in todays malayala manorama there is an excellent article that Kerala is financialy broke.When state is broke the ministers are undertaking foreign trips at tax payers expenses. pl curb unnecessary expenses indulged in by politicians.They should get their medical checkups in India and not abroad are they any differnt than the individuals. pl see that demand increses for every thing. eminant personalities like palkhiwala, Vyas shold be able to give formula for increasing the demand and reducing the wastful expenditure.

Wed Jan 24 18:22:22 2001
Name:ramesh ranka
Email:apson@vsnl.com
Suggestions:kindly bring honest and loophole free budget and trust more tax payer thantax collector

Wed Jan 24 18:23:05 2001
Name:Yogi bear
Email:toocool_cool@hotmail.com
Suggestions:develop india properly. please

Wed Jan 24 18:23:49 2001
Name:rajeev bhatjiwale c j m panna mp
Email:rajbhat@bom6.vsnl.net.in
Suggestions:dear minister judges being a spcial class in its own,I suggest a special tax concessions at least for their libraries thanks rajeev bhatjiwale c j m panna m p

Wed Jan 24 18:24:15 2001
Name:Rajshree Shinde
Email:rajshree12@hotmail.com
Suggestions:100%EOU units under STP scheme expected soft bonding & all checks of Import & Export including genuinity of the company may monitor by STPI authorities only. STPI services in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai etc are excellent. This may be considered on the behalf of the Software industries.

Wed Jan 24 18:25:24 2001
Name:Abhay Kolhe
Email:kolhe_abhay@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Pl. give some relaxatation in IT

Wed Jan 24 18:28:04 2001
Name:Rakesh V Fofandi
Email:dominos@ad1.vsnl.net.in
Suggestions:Dear Respected Sir, I am a son of a fisherman community and I find very hard to continue trawling because of HIGH DIESEL PRICES so requestin you to incrise the subsidy for us or reduce the prices of DIESEL. Hope this budjet is for poor people and for their survival. Yours truly Rakesh Fofandi from Veraval (Gujarat)

Wed Jan 24 18:31:44 2001
Name:R.Anand Kumar
Email:anand_k5@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:For this Budget see that there should any hike in the prices of neccessay goods since all the prices are already high. And if possible see that some amount may be released to APTRANSCO so that they may reduce the Electricity charges which has effected vastly for middle class people.

Wed Jan 24 18:33:01 2001
Name:tim
Email:mitmit@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:if u are true to your conscience - can u create and pass a bill which says- if the results of the budget has deviated by more than 10% the FM who has designed the budget should not be eligible for next elections ?????

Wed Jan 24 18:37:38 2001
Name:Gunjan Godbole
Email:gushgo@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir funds for defense and basic necessities should be increased. you alongwith defense minister should convince people for a permanent solution of kashmir issue by means of war. economic reforms by means of rapid and enlightened industrialisation is the need of hour. after it's industry which can lead to fast economic prosperity. thanks for this oppurtunity.

Wed Jan 24 18:38:48 2001
Name:gautam jha
Email:gautam_jha123@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected sir, please for the sake of our country first make the home industries strong enough to compete with the MNC'S and then allow the foriegn companies to come in. your'ssincierly

Wed Jan 24 18:40:25 2001
Name:gautam jha
Email:gautam_jha123@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected sir, please for the sake of our country first make the home industries strong enough to compete with the MNC'S and then allow the foriegn companies to come in. your'sincierly gautam jha

Wed Jan 24 18:41:46 2001
Name:P.V.Shete
Email:shete.purushottam@mahindra.co.in
Suggestions:Pending IT from Filmstars and politicians to be recovered urgently.Salaried employees to be given more IT exemptions.

Wed Jan 24 18:43:20 2001
Name:YUSUF KANCHWLA
Email:smarty_guy_y2k@usa.net
Suggestions:i would like to suggest that u should whatever policies u made are fabtastic so dont ever rollback it

Wed Jan 24 18:45:22 2001
Name:prasad dixit
Email:pras_young@yahoo.com
Suggestions:i request the finance minister to take a look at the foolish system of professional tax in the state of maharashtra. also it would be great if the slab of incometax on the max income could be increased i.e instead of 1.5 lacs it can be 2-2.5 lacs regards prasad

Wed Jan 24 18:45:25 2001
Name:Harish Bhat K.
Email:shybhat@yahoo.com
Suggestions:My request to simplyfy the submission of Tax returns for Industries & individuals.

Wed Jan 24 18:45:50 2001
Name:SANJEEV CHOUDHARY
Email:sansanjeev@yahoo.com
Suggestions:In PSU banks after VRS what will be the status of specialist officers,do clearify that also

Wed Jan 24 18:46:59 2001
Name:Harshvardhan Nahar
Email:hvn@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr. Finance Minister, It is really credible the way you have been manging the Indian Economy, given the state of Parliament and complusions due to a coilition government. You have been trying to identify new sources of revenue very hard. Though I partial agree with this idea, I feel that doing a bit too much would unneccesarily hurt the taxpayers further. We have seeing no improvement of controlling expenditure. Its all been in talks. All of us would appreciate if you would take some conceret steps to meet this end.

Wed Jan 24 18:48:58 2001
Name:L Mahapatra
Email:mahapatral@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Please don't include estimates for disinvestment in budget as govt. is unable to meet the target.

Wed Jan 24 18:50:05 2001
Name:v. srinivasan iyer
Email:cheemaa@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:in the personal income-tax, for the salaried class please enhance the standard deduction for those who are within 150000 income slab. Now the cost of living has gone up and pertroleum products prices also gone up. In medical expenses, an insurance policy for some longer duration can be introduced instead of the yearly-type currently in force. To promote the use of computer among chilren in thier young age, some price concessions upto certain configuration of the hardware and use of e-mail for educational purposes can be introduced. The Jeevan suraksha ceiling of rs. 10000/- can be enhanced to rs. 25000/- to benefit middle class and to promote longterm saving for a peaceful retired life. regds srinivasan iyer

Wed Jan 24 18:55:49 2001
Name:Ashish Roy
Email:ashish_roy83@123india.com
Suggestions:please keep the kool on infothech an get ur revenu from the hell thins like ciggerettes an wine , things of luxury,etc,etc. u are doin a good job an i admire u an atal ji . please u guys musnt disappoint us people we need to come alog with china the got independence later only to go ahead of us????? well please do some thin i am a BJP fan best wishes for the budjet session yur sincerely public.

Wed Jan 24 18:56:44 2001
Name:sudheer
Email:sudheer.chandran@usa.net
Suggestions:i just know I ........... Love......... India........ but i hate politics man because all of save our money not do any job at people i am 21 year student not do vote.....because all politics are shit thats enough.

Wed Jan 24 18:58:55 2001
Name:gaffar
Email:gaffarmag@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:give reasonable budget2001 that can easily digestable to pover and lower middle class

Wed Jan 24 19:01:22 2001
Name:J.Benedict
Email:benedict_blre@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1. Merge Indian Bank with SBI 2. Reduce Tax rates for salaried class. 3. Collect the old tax dues from the defaulting cinema people. 4. Collect tax from defaulting leading industrialists. 5. Conduct a heavy embargo on all the hospitals (minor/mojor) in India who are charging very heavy but never pay tax to government

Wed Jan 24 19:09:33 2001
Name:Ashwin Sethi
Email:sethi_ash@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1. Tax calculations about salary (diff. form of salary for diff. purpose) should be redunded. 2. Tax rates should be further reduced 3.

Wed Jan 24 19:09:47 2001
Name:devendra n kale
Email:devendrakale@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:dear sir, I AM A HANDICAPPED PERSON. WE WANTS SOME CONCESSION IN TAKING LOANS FROM BANKS OR INVESMENT FACILITIES FOR THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENT IN THE BUDGET 2001 PLEASE ACCEPT MY MAIL AS GOOD AS ALL HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN OUR COUNTRY. I AM PROUD OF YOU SIR. THANKING YOU

Wed Jan 24 19:10:49 2001
Name:Srinivas M V
Email:srinivas_chary@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Hon Minister We the Citizens of India look forward to a middle class friendly budget.More allocation for Education and Healthcare is the need of the hour and I think you would agree with me on this. Educate the country they will earn for the country. Some one will have to bite the bullet at some point of time, and you have done it with courage. Hike taxes on entertainment and popular sports like Cricket.Liberalise and privatise govt. sectors and non performing assets has been the agenda of this Govt. Added to this public utilities and services also needs to be privatised.I put forward my humble suggestions and wish you all the very best in your endaveours. Thanks and Regards Srinivas

Wed Jan 24 19:12:18 2001
Name:Devki Nandan Goyal
Email:dng@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Hello Sir, I look forward to a friendly budget for salary class people.A increase in the 60000 slab of income tax, if not possoble then atlease allow to save more than 60,000 in various saving schemes.

Wed Jan 24 19:13:34 2001
Name:aaaa0000
Email:aaaa0000@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, You should first check the administration of the Income Tax Department. When you don't have a full time ITO for places like Azamgarh which is a commissionery, how do expect from public to abide by the law. The person who has got additional charge of Azamgarh on the basis of bribing senior beureucrats. Also Azamgarh don't have requisite staff because here a person named Tiwari has made Income Tax Office his personal property. His transfers in past have been cancelled on the force of bribing senior officials. You can set up confidential enquiry especially for Azamgarh, and can see what public opines for the Income Tax Office.

Wed Jan 24 19:14:20 2001
Name:S. Bhattacharya
Email:sd_bhattacharya@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1.Reduce income tax rates. Bring more and more individuals under the purview of taxes. Thus go for revenue maximisation. 2. Decide on the fate of the government insurance companies as soon as possible, for the benefit of the public sector and its employees.

Wed Jan 24 19:14:47 2001
Name:Suresh Patel
Email:suresh_patel49@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Reduce excise duty on craft paper and remove the exemption.

Wed Jan 24 19:14:57 2001
Name:Abhik Sengupta
Email:wittyguy@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please try to recover income-tax from the media and entertainment personalities which comensurate with their real income and not the "on-paper" income. The amount of money wasted by these high-flying people is good enough to set up a few industries. Unfortunately, the taxman's soft target are the salaried class whose income and expenditure are fully transparent.

Wed Jan 24 19:15:28 2001
Name:Subhash B. Patni
Email:subhashpatni@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Finance Minister, Please make sure the industry is really freed from shackles of Raj-era laws and procedures to beat the chinese. In my opinion,central excise law should be rewritten on the lines of sales tax and income tax laws of independent India. With warm regards, S.B.Patni
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