Tue Jan 23 19:49:52 2001
Name:hiten sethi
Email:hiten_sethi@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir, in mumbai public transport system is a major activity. the petrol prices are shooting like any thing.... cant we exploit waterways to our efficiency so as these increases become less painful. locals, buses,etc. r running full, so not only as a matter of income but also matter of time efficiency.

Tue Jan 23 19:50:16 2001
Name:Ajit Awasare
Email:ajit.a@usa.net
Suggestions:The honorable FM Sinha, My sincere thanks to the effrots taken by you to improve Indian echonomy. try to ease burdan of employeed people and try to get more and more buissnessmen, who inspite making good money shows little or no taxable income and employeed persons had no choice than to pay taxes. Govt know this situation but they also dont take this seriously and still milk the employeed persons cow.

Tue Jan 23 19:51:01 2001
Name:m.k.verma
Email:mukesh_kv@rediff.com
Suggestions:sir, you are doing justise to your ministry i have some suggestions for your consideration 1.simplify tranfer of property by deleting permission from inocme tax as no registry is done unless the rate is below the fixed rates of local officials 2.reduce tax on individuals so as to not increase more than 25% inclucise of surcharge 3.increase tax on companies as they claim all expenses from the income so they can pay more 4.encourage investment in house under a scheme to improve property prices by giving exemptions or disclosure if one invests in house for a lockin for 3 years 5.do something to save indian industry from dumping from outside 6.if possible introduce expensis deduction from income and then tax and levy service tax or vat on expense that way one pays while one spends and on saving as income 7.increase minimum limit for tax 8.simplify disclosures of any kind,as one pays tax by doing so 9.withdraw all taxes on basic need for food etc.

Tue Jan 23 19:55:33 2001
Name:Chandresh
Email:ggogetter@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, I suggest that on birth control & revenue to the goverment I suggest a new form of Tax as follows: - 1 birth - No tax 2nd birth - Rs 1000-1500 birth tax to be collected at the hospital itself 3rd birth - Rs 5000 also to be collected at the hospital itself & 4th onwards, it's ur job to look into the same.:-) This is only a suggestion sir, with this, it will not only control alarming birth rates in our country & make this a much better place to live in. It may sound stupid at this moment, but Mr Minister sir, I would appreciate if you can please put some thought on the same & review my suggestions.

Tue Jan 23 19:55:46 2001
Name:Shanmugam
Email:svnathan_99@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Sir, I would like to see our country to be the most powerful in with respect to Information Techonology. For that, we need to improve our Communication Infrastructure. I have been going thru lot of changes that you announced so far. But, How far it reached the remote places. The facilities that you announced so far are enjoyed and reachable only by City people. still Towns, and villages are without internets and even basic telephone facilities. So, consider this letter as my honble request. We need to have Internet gateways in all the places. so that, we dont have to make long distance calls to connect to a particular gateway. I am proud as an Indian that we are improving ourselves in the IT sector. we want to grow more. so, please consider IT sector especially Internet as the main criteria for our economic and industrial growth. Thanks, With Regards, svnathan.

Tue Jan 23 19:56:21 2001
Name:harish
Email:p.harish@angelfire.com
Suggestions:Sir,Kindly think seriously about recovering the bad debts of the financial banks(public sector) asit has acheived huge proportions (approx.60,000 crore) Also known as NPA(non performing assets) You would be doing a great service to the nation if it can be at least brought down to reasonable levels. you have the capability to do it ,only the will is needed. Moreover the list of the defaulters should be published on the BANK's website. THANK YOU

Tue Jan 23 19:56:26 2001
Name:Tushar Deshmukh
Email:tushardesh@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr Sinha, I have a small suggestion regarding Indian IT specialists who are sent abroad on small duration assignments. These specialists are given a per day food/conveyance allowance by their employers. This allowance is roughly $40 to $100. Most IT personnel manage to save a good portion of that sum and bring it back to India. If they declare it at customs, then they have to pay a heavy tax on it. So, unfortunately, most of them get the dollars exchanged into Rupees from black market. So the Govt not only loses the tax money but also the foreign currency. The tax collected from these sources is not huge in amount. So, if the Govt just makes that money Tax Free, atleast these people will exchange the money legally and the Treasury will get some foreign Exchange. Thank You Tushar Deshmukh Maryland, USA

Tue Jan 23 19:57:51 2001
Name:Satish Mundra
Email:skmundra@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Eliminate Corruption. Catch all tax evaders. Prosecute corrupt officials.

Tue Jan 23 19:57:53 2001
Name:muthuraman
Email:rcmamuthu@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:do we have a budget which uplifts the poorer strata and curbs the controlling factor that poorer remains poor and high soar to sky. don,t we have any paradigm shift of thinking that moves away from traditional way of doing the things to make our country to be super power.is it impossible . it requires new ideas,determination and grab this it wave yes we can do it. i and all need that only. is it in dream only?

Tue Jan 23 19:59:46 2001
Name:B. Villa
Email:brightvilla@hotmail.com
Suggestions:It is about time that you keep the people of the country first, and let the FIs and foreign exchange issues take a back seat. In the name of the all mighty dollar, I have seen India sell it's people and resources for a song. Work towards a strong rupee. So much that it becomes 1-1 against the dollar or better. This would surely reduce India's exports but wipe out our foreign debt overnight. I hope you get my drift.

Tue Jan 23 20:01:24 2001
Name:Bond
Email:sambg@vsnl.com.in
Suggestions:MAKE NRI'S HAPPY !

Tue Jan 23 20:01:26 2001
Name:hemant
Email:hemant_bond@usa.net
Suggestions:sir, will u protect our country from foriegn product of less price specially steel market i request u to pls. do the need ful in this budget so that oue whole country can servive pls sir will u send reply thank u for assuring for saving our country

Tue Jan 23 20:02:43 2001
Name:vineetmujoo
Email:vineetmujoo@yahoo.com
Suggestions:the budget should should be for the the middle class and something for the students

Tue Jan 23 20:03:52 2001
Name:Kavita
Email:kavita@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:drastically reduce computer hardware prices

Tue Jan 23 20:05:27 2001
Name:Neville Patrawala
Email:franev@hotmail.com
Suggestions: - A good honest budget keeping in mind The Interest Of The Country First The Common People Second. - Do What is Best And For The Common Good Of Everybody. Neville Patrawala Dubai

Tue Jan 23 20:06:53 2001
Name:chan
Email:chan7272@aol.com
Suggestions:Indian export goods have the worst packaging and I would suggest to offer 0% tax duties for any firms who can import new technology to enhance Indian packages for finished goods. Also most of the envelopes sent from India looks like toilet tissue paper while it reaches USA and this created very bad impression for us. If proper tax incentives are given then this two sectors can be improved. Thanks for listening.

Tue Jan 23 20:06:59 2001
Name:Suresh
Email:gummanur@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Honourable Minister, I am Indian, working in USA, sincerely requesting you to completely eradicate corruption at entry point to the country. i.e, customs..99.99% of money goes to the pockets of corrupted custom officials rather than to the government. Almost everybody land with greater dissappointment because of this. Why don't we stop this inspite of knowing it as a open secret?.

Tue Jan 23 20:07:23 2001
Name:Neville Patrawala
Email:franev@hotmail.com
Suggestions: - A good honest budget keeping in mind The Interest Of The Country First The Common People Second. - Do What is Best And For The Common Good Of Everybody. Neville Patrawala Dubai

Tue Jan 23 20:07:53 2001
Name:Srinivas Murthy
Email:smurthy01@sprynet.com
Suggestions:For a nation of 1 billion, can we have a tax base of at least a 150 million? You guys seem to go gung ho on giving everybody and his dog a tax break. Please tax shop owners and small businesses, that makes tens of thousands of rupees a month and do not even give a receipt to the customers. Can you make PAN mandatory to every child born in the country so that they are accountable for their credit history?

Tue Jan 23 20:08:38 2001
Name:DAUD
Email:alidaud123@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:sir , try to control price of petrol and gas and try to control rate of electronic product

Tue Jan 23 20:09:34 2001
Name:R.HARIHARAN
Email:raj_hari_in@yahoo.com
Suggestions:dear sir, as we all knew that INDIA's 85% people depends upon agriculture.but the govt. seems to be ignoring it& ignored in the past also.is their is any forthcoming policies to save the sector.pl respond. luv hariharan jaihind

Tue Jan 23 20:10:21 2001
Name:Bala
Email:balsmanian@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Internet and Telecom are the future of the modern world. Being an IT Super Power, India needs to prepare itself for this by way improving the infrastructure. This can be achieved by way of having more private players in both these areas eliminating the monopoly. The other points that i would suggest is that: . Introduction of Social Security System. This is the only way by which benifits to the people can be monitored. . Corporatisation of the banks, airlines and bus transport facilities. . Computerisation of all governmental departments will make the processing time faster and eliminate corruption. . Nothing should be given free of cost atleast for the next 20 years. No free electricity! No free train passes! No free tickets!... . National Accountablity Bureau must be commisioned which monitors the accountablity of all the government employees. . More powers should be given to the states and proper monitoring should be there (by the Governor) whether they are utilising the money properly. . All Ministries should have a Secretary (Highly qualified & Specialised in that ministry) who will give out suggestions to the ministers. . Above all, ELIMINATING POVERTY AND EDUCATING PEOPLE should be the highest priority in the budget. . Luxury items, Alcohols, Cigarettes should be taxed heavily. These are my humble suggestions for the budget. I would be happy if the honourable finance minster of india just reads this once atleast.!! I would be delighted if he tries to implement these!!

Tue Jan 23 20:10:49 2001
Name:shankargiribabu.c
Email:giri1432@yahoo.com
Suggestions:it should be positive for the weekrs sections and middle class and also keep a mind on small investors

Tue Jan 23 20:13:00 2001
Name:B.B.MURTY
Email:bbmurty970@rediff.com
Suggestions:Dear sir, I would like to suggest that Tax collections like Income Tax, sales tax, excise duty, Customs duty etc shall be intensified taking as a planned manner. When we get success in this aspect Govt. can pool up lots of money and can even GIVE concess to poor people as well as employees too.. This is where we are loosing may be more than80% of tax and may be actually collecting only a meagre amount. B.B.MURTY, e-39, kapp cOLONY,po:anumala-394651, surat, gUJARAT.

Tue Jan 23 20:17:11 2001
Name:Mahendra
Email:mnu9@hotmail.com
Suggestions:You should move fast in liberiasitation and privitation process. So people should not suffered form the daily requirements.They have already suffered lot under the corrupt bereaucrates. Thank you

Tue Jan 23 20:17:31 2001
Name:Supreet Monga
Email:smonga@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr. Sinha, I don't know whether this one 'll reach you or not, but still i'm writing. I'ld like to bring under your notice the present situtation of commodity business in India. First of all the National Commodity Exchange, which is expected to come up soon, should be put as a medium for Risk Management rather than Speculation. There should be atleast 2 - 3 persons on the board, but not an IAS officer, who doesn't know about markets. Second i'ld like to ask, what the govt. is doing on agriculture commodities. They are coming out with the Wheat, which was procured 4 years back. Out of which, 20-30% was eaten by Mouses in the warehouses. And now in Punjab, Govt. is buying Wheat at highest cost and selling at half the price. Don't you think we need open markets & Market driven Prices. I'ld like to discuss more, but stopping on the thought " May be I am waisting my time on rediff.com ". Any way if it's reaches u, just remind me on smonga@rediffmail.com . I'll be there for u. Regards, supreet Monga

Tue Jan 23 20:18:24 2001
Name:Ram
Email:ram_kirthi@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Plz make budget to uplift poor people

Tue Jan 23 20:19:52 2001
Name:Gagan Vohra
Email:magrita12@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Respected sir, I request you to simplfy our tax policies & expand our country's tax base. For this I would suggest that you launch a new scheme under which charge 10% more plus the total tax paid in the last year. Say if I paid a total tax of Rs.1000 last year then I shall be paying Rs 1100 this year. Thereby giving 10% extra tax to the goverment. Against this I would like the goverment not to bother me by visiting me, No compulsion for annual cases judgement from concerned departments & No opening of our old cases if setteled. Now at the same time the officers who shall be having less burden of work, may be asked to search for those not registered at all. Thanking you.

Tue Jan 23 20:22:30 2001
Name:Dr.Namita Chaturvedi
Email:namita chaturvedi@ rediff mail .com
Suggestions:Our honorable Prime Minister has today itself committed that corruption has entered into each and every part of our system .What is lacking in our constitution/system that we are not able to have foolproof system in our country.How come other countries do not have many such problems .If we can copy the constitution from other countries then why can't we copy their means of foolproof system.What ever type of budget you might give to the country harsh/soft (that's a relative term)but try and be sure that it is foolproof and with no loopholes.Also please see that something is done about the state taking care of the infants /kids similar to most of the countries .With this system the schools/and other amenities will be open for every one with whatever background and the chance for the mediators to eat away their shares will be reduced or nullified.

Tue Jan 23 20:22:34 2001
Name:Suhas O. Phadnis
Email:sophadnis@satyam.net.in
Suggestions:Dear Minister, I have ideas to decrease the fiscal deficit. If you do not decrease it,the country will not survive. Remove subsidies. Decrease the number of workers per work in government and in corporate sector. Decrease expenses on govenrment expenditure. Decrease rate of tax and make it applicable to everybody. With regards Income tax, bring more people as tax payers by decreasing the tax rate and making people pay IT from Rs. 36000/- onwards. Believe in people to get more from them. Levy a special ad-hoc taxes on motor vehicles etc. so that the buyers who buy vehicle of more than 2.5 lakhs can pay additionally 10000/-. I will give more suggestions only if asked for. Regards. Suhas. TF:04142-342232

Tue Jan 23 20:24:37 2001
Name:Shailesh Garg
Email:skgarg@netzero.net
Suggestions:The defence production should be privatized on a priority basis. That would improve quality and reduce costs.

Tue Jan 23 20:25:35 2001
Name:praveen
Email:praveenc@epatra.com
Suggestions:Please take care farmers a lot.Please do not care always citizen only. thanks.

Tue Jan 23 20:27:12 2001
Name:PSMairal
Email:psmairal@hotmail.com
Suggestions:GoAHEAD WITH YOUR PLANS WITHOUT COERCIONBRING LAST ECONOMY FOR THE NATION TO PROVE THAT BJPGOVT IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE NATION'S ECONOMY BETTER THAN ANYONE BEFORE PROVIDE MORE FUNDS TO THE IITS FOR TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENT OF NATION.

Tue Jan 23 20:28:26 2001
Name:jacintha
Email:jacinthad@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Relax customs duty for laptops - it is part of a software engineer today.

Tue Jan 23 20:28:30 2001
Name:Sudhakar Tiwari
Email:sudhakar.tiwari@bri.com
Suggestions:My suggestion is to give more importance to the infrastructure sector like Electricity,roads and telephone alongwith the education and health care. Only if these things are taken care then we can hope of prosparity. One more things which is important is take care of babugiri and corruption.

Tue Jan 23 20:28:31 2001
Name:Srinivasan
Email:SriniNathan@Netscape.net
Suggestions:How about having a tax for say 2 to 5% for people who are earning below 60000 Rs per annum(ie below the tax bar).

Tue Jan 23 20:29:27 2001
Name:Satish Chebbi
Email:bflsrc@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Hi Mr. Sinha, I have some points. Please carify those. 1. Is it possible to take serious action against the corruption 2. Why Indian engineer should work in USA? 3. Provide better health and wealth in India Please tell me when you are going to achieve all this..

Tue Jan 23 20:29:36 2001
Name:Sunil Madhure S
Email:sunilmadhure@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Dear FM, We would like to have the following: 1.Immediate removal of surchareg on income tax. 2. Increase the saving potential under Sec 88A from 60,000 to 1,00,000.

Tue Jan 23 20:29:38 2001
Name:PSMairal
Email:psmairal@hotmail.com
Suggestions:GoAHEAD WITH YOUR PLANS WITHOUT COERCIONBRING LAST ECONOMY FOR THE NATION TO PROVE THAT DEAL WITH IRON HANDS WITH THE TAX EVADERS PARTICULARLY THE FILM PRODUCERS FINANCIERS .BJPGOVT IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE NATION'S ECONOMY BETTER THAN ANYONE BEFORE PROVIDE MORE FUNDS TO THE IITS FOR TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENT OF NATION.

Tue Jan 23 20:29:42 2001
Name:PSMairal
Email:psmairal@hotmail.com
Suggestions:GoAHEAD WITH YOUR PLANS WITHOUT COERCIONBRING LAST ECONOMY FOR THE NATION TO PROVE THAT DEAL WITH IRON HANDS WITH THE TAX EVADERS PARTICULARLY THE FILM PRODUCERS FINANCIERS .BJPGOVT IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE NATION'S ECONOMY BETTER THAN ANYONE BEFORE PROVIDE MORE FUNDS TO THE IITS FOR TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENT OF NATION.

Tue Jan 23 20:31:07 2001
Name:TAPAS KUMAR SEN
Email:tapaskumar_sen@yahoo.com
Suggestions:YOU SHOULD INCREASE THE TAX RATE TO THE POOR AND WEAKERS. AND I FEEL IT SHOULD SAME AS ANY EUROPEAN COUNTRY. OTHERWAISE HOW YOU CAN OFFER FREE ITEMS TO THE MINISTERS? AND MP'S? IS'NT IT? AND ALSO HOW YOU WILL GET MONEY FOR ELECTIONS? KEEP IT UP. PLUS YOU HAVE TO PAY AMOUNTS TO YOUR TMS;CMC;DMC;EMC;WMC;RMC;YMC;CCC; AND ALL THE 50 ETC. TO MONEY ISN'T IT?

Tue Jan 23 20:32:03 2001
Name:S.GURURAJ
Email:sgururaj@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1.Reduce dividend tax rate from 22% to 11% or it may be abolished 2. For salaried class, we may have only rate of 20% on the entire income less standard deduction.

Tue Jan 23 20:32:29 2001
Name:Ajit R. Basrur
Email:Ajit.Basrur@aventis.com
Suggestions:Kindly raise the Standard Deduction amount and better tax relief for employed persons which was promised by the BJP when aspiring to come to power. Thanking you in anticipation

Tue Jan 23 20:32:32 2001
Name:TAPAS KUMAR SEN
Email:mXXX100@indiatimes.com
Suggestions:how many time you have been fucked ?

Tue Jan 23 20:32:58 2001
Name:G.P.Praveen kumar
Email:praveen_gudivada@yahoo.com
Suggestions:hi mr yashwant sinha, please keep in view growing software industry and at the same time the hard ware industry needs a boost.another thing u can think of is to fix a minor tax for software exports from our country

Tue Jan 23 20:34:08 2001
Name:S.GURURAJ
Email:sgururaj@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1.Reduce dividend tax rate from 22% to 11% or it may be abolished 2. For salaried class, we may have only rate of 20% on the entire income less standard deduction.

Tue Jan 23 20:36:06 2001
Name:narendra joshi
Email:j_narendra@yahoo.com
Suggestions:a)honerable minister please see that whatever u plan must,must reach to the sector intended go in for more v.d.i.s. hope salaried peoples gets some more breathing space(indir.+direct taxes )are actually aimed at middle income group,nobody in India can touch amirs & farmers one really wonders a farmer having few cars,cellphones & lavish life style pays itax less than a clark it is really three much add some socialistic touch to the budget. ALL THE BEST FOR THE PRESENTATION & THE PASSING VOTE. THANKS ANYWAY N.S.JOSHI (NASIK)

Tue Jan 23 20:40:22 2001
Name:Raviprakash
Email:ravip8@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, I am tax payee for the past seven years. I just could not understand the rationale in house rent exemption. For example I get paid a house rent allowance of Rs.2400.00 per month and I pay a rent of Rs.1800.00 per month. When it comes to HRA exemption I get maximum exemption of Rs.4000.00 only and one calculates the tax benefit it is a maximum of Rs.1400.00 not equal to even one month's rent paid by me. Can it be possible to cover at least 75% of the rent paid under exemption! I do not know, you are the better judge. Thanks & Regards. Raviprakash

Tue Jan 23 20:41:30 2001
Name:Aarom
Email:arvind@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Dear Yashwant Sinha, Could you please get the big tech firms to volunteer and design a taxation system? I was amazed at the fact that hardly 2% pay taxes...and do you still wonder why we cannot reform? thanks!

Tue Jan 23 20:42:36 2001
Name:M.K.Sinha
Email:mithilesh_patna@rediff.com
Suggestions:Upper limit for salaried person should be 100000/ for Incomtax calculation

Tue Jan 23 20:44:12 2001
Name:Ananthagopal.K.P
Email:kpa@vsnl.com
Suggestions:On both the personal Tax & the Customs duty please do away with all the exemptions - and decrease the Tax Rate - suggest 5 % of Gross Earnings and maybe 20 % for all Imports.

Tue Jan 23 20:44:21 2001
Name:Lokanath Mahapatra
Email:m_lokanath@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected Sir, As Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, declared some good projects for rural villages & peoples living under poverty line. Please sanction enough money from this years budget to speedup the project. ii) As i am a native of Paralakhemundi, Orissa. Sir, the Narrow Guage line between Gunupur to Naupada through Paralakhemundi needs improvement. If it converted into a Brode Guage line then this part of Orissa will able to match the fast growing world of this age. which is a great relief for us regarding rail communication for which we have to depend on nearby stations at least 45Km from our place. So I, request your goodselves to consider this matter on the behalf of the peoples of this part. Thanking You, yours faithfylly. Lokanath

Tue Jan 23 20:45:23 2001
Name:A. Padmanabhan
Email:akavita@ip.eth.net
Suggestions:Reduce Govt. expendituree. Remove the VIP security to all and sundry as this eats up a lot of the exchequers money and puts heavy load on the Govt.

Tue Jan 23 20:47:44 2001
Name:Rani thomas
Email:ranithomas@bharatmail.com
Suggestions: Kindly note the price of natural rubber which is an agricultural product was 68/kg about 4 to 8 years ago and now it is only 24/kg. But the cost of tyre is increasing every year. Can you find out and stop this to happen. The agricultural farmers are not getting their share in natural rubber and Rubber board is playing the game with big industrialists.

Tue Jan 23 20:48:12 2001
Name:Kalai Selvan
Email:kalai_p@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Hi Sinha, A. SSN and Credit History I hope you know much more than me abt the SSN and Credit History in US and there importance there. Why cant we implement the same atleast in 2001 and some of suggestions in implementing them are i. Compulsory use of the election Identification card (Hope every one has that) in every financial transaction. ii. Each and every one has to change their address compulsorly when they change their residence by paying few rupees so that they can be eligible for the loans from the govt or from the bank. iii.start giving each and every new born kids a SSN type and print it in their birth certificate... this will reduce the future cost This will reduce the NPA's of banks, reduce the number of times the same person getting loan in different names in the govt sponsored schemes, no financial institue can divert the peoples money to their personal account... obiviously brings many of our tax evading countrymen into the tax web. The govt can get return of this investment very soon. Definetly this will need a maitaining od huge database of the people. But this is possible as much as the nuclear bomb explosion data's. We can allow the private parties to maintain this and made mandatory for the banks, private intitution(which lends or pay as salaries more than a fixed limit) to report to them. The private agencies can collect a nominal fees from the institution which wants to see the record of a person. B. Free Services In India wherever you go you can find the free services... reduce it and make the people pay for it. So that they can use the service effectively and the govt can spend some more money to improve the service. C. Make everone accountable. D. Reform the banks Even if I had money and my parents are needed of it, they have to wait for three or more weeks to get it... such a way our banks work...if it is other countries I can send it in 3-24hrs. In a district capital, the state bank manager doesn't know what is routing No? what is the routing no of his bank? When I was in INDIA(10 months) back, the bank of INDIA brach in the heart of Chennai starts at 9.30AM. But the employees will switch the machine on exactly at 9.30. We have to wait for another 15minutes till the system boots or for hour if it gets struck. Thats how the working culuture in our banks. But here in US even if you enter a branch exactly at the time they are opening they are reay to serve you. So make the bank force leaner but a effective. Make the country grow...which the nation depends on you..the power only one in billion of people to write the fate of the billion people. Jai Hind Kalai Selvan (Software Consultant)

Tue Jan 23 20:48:13 2001
Name:Dhananjay Deshpande
Email:dnd_pune@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, We had lot of hopes for reduction in income tax for salaried persons. But till date no much relief is given to them. Would you consider drastic cut in income tax structure in the coming budget?

Tue Jan 23 20:49:08 2001
Name:Mitesh Mallick
Email:miteshmallick@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:The budget should be "FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FROM THE PEOPLE"

Tue Jan 23 20:49:24 2001
Name:Dhananjay Deshpande
Email:dnd_pune@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, We had lot of hopes for reduction in income tax for salaried persons. But till date no much relief is given to them. Would you consider drastic cut in income tax structure in the coming budget?

Tue Jan 23 20:49:25 2001
Name:Sanjeev Vyas
Email:sanjeevyas@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr. Sinha, We would like to request you to kindly give ample tax concessions to salaried class tax payers since they are most honest and largest tax payer community and contributing to Govt.'s treasury and economic growth. Considerting the inflation, educational exps., and cost of living, if one is not able to keep liquidity he will not be able to survive. Our present limit of tax free income should be increased from Rs.50,000 to Rs.1 Lac (atleast Rs.75,000/-) and Std. dedn. should be increased to Rs.30,000/-. This will give ample buffer to people to have money for living as well as savings. Further, the Govt. may increase the slab rates to compensate. I.Tax dept. should be given a deadline of max. 2 years to complete the assessment work of salaried class. We await your positive decisions on this. We also wish you and your party a very bright and long innings in the govt. ALL THE BEST SANJEEV VYAS 23/01/2001

Tue Jan 23 20:49:29 2001
Name:arun deore
Email:chetna_deore@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:the limit for the non taxable income should be increased from 50000 to 100000 as and income tax slabs should be 10% to 20% only, this is essential to avoid feelings of 67-33% partnership between an individual & govt.without govt.'s significant contribution in an individuals life.

Tue Jan 23 20:49:39 2001
Name:A. Padmanabhan
Email:akavita@ip.eth.net
Suggestions:Reduce Govt. expenditure. Remove the VIP security to all and sundry as this eats up a lot of the exchequers money and puts heavy load on the Govt.

Tue Jan 23 20:50:15 2001
Name:d.siva hari prakash
Email:savithaemporium@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:dear finance minister, dollar rate is increasing day by day. Please take some steps to see 1 rupee= 50 dollars at least after 10 years. Try to do this by sharing the views of different economists all over the country.

Tue Jan 23 20:50:35 2001
Name:arun deore
Email:chetna_deore@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:the limit for the non taxable income should be increased from 50000 to 100000 as and income tax slabs should be 10% to 20% only, this is essential to avoid feelings of 67-33% partnership between an individual & govt.without govt.'s significant contribution in an individuals life.

Tue Jan 23 20:53:19 2001
Name:Shailendra Jamadagni
Email:shailendraaj@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:I sincerely request you to have the comman middle class man in mind while preparing the budget 2001

Tue Jan 23 20:54:50 2001
Name:Vadhiraj
Email:mvad@yahoo.co.uk
Suggestions:Hi We software engineers earn so much forign exchange for the country why don't you try to do some thing for them in this budget. You are always favouring the IT companies. What about the People who work for the Company. It is time to kick start the Software Industry to Produce world class products rather than just support Product companies by providing services. Give some strong incentive to companies that are venturing into developing Products. Give some special insentive to the Income Tax Department if they are able to collect all the taxes from big tax evaders from the Film industry.... and big fishes a lot of money will come in..... Make the Income tax department more accountable and more Citizen Friendly.

Tue Jan 23 20:57:45 2001
Name:Mani Krishnamurthy
Email:manikrish@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Sir, To get more revenues from income tax from salaried people, fix it to maximum of 25% and simplify the return filing procedure.

Tue Jan 23 20:58:56 2001
Name:Jayant W. Karande
Email:jayantwkarande@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:The limit for personal income tax need to be enhanced Rs. 1,00,000/- from present Rs.50,000/-. Subsidy in all the items need to be reduced drastically. There are many people who waste the subsidised product either by excess use or by carelessness for being it cheaper. Subsidy on High Speed Diesel need to be removed totally. The rich owmer of Mercedes uses subsidised cheap priced diesel whereas relatively far poor two wheeler owner is forced to shell out more money for cross subsidy. Govt. needs to remove this paradox.

Tue Jan 23 21:00:16 2001
Name:Rakesh Krishnan
Email:rakesh_krishnan@lycos.com
Suggestions:Sir, Iam right now in the US and comparing the US and the Indian development situation i think the key is infrastructure.It would be of great benefit if the building of roads, national highways , state highways are given high priority and sufficinet funds in your budget.Most of the freeways in the US were built by war veterans which also gave them gainful employement. The building of roads has to begin on a national scale, national scale, this would also help to alleviate abjetc poverty significantly by providing employment to millions.I hope you will take concrete measures to bridge the gap between the haves and the have nots.You jave shown exemplary courage in pushing through much needed reforms, hope u will continue in the same vein. Wishing u the best, Rakesh Krishnan

Tue Jan 23 21:04:08 2001
Name:Jeyabalan
Email:jeyabalan@jeyabalan.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, Please do something big for our rural agriculture based people.

Tue Jan 23 21:11:08 2001
Name:K.S.Chandrasekaran
Email:Chandru128@hotmail.com
Suggestions:1. Raise the tax free level of income tax to Rupees one lakh.Graded taxation of 10% for income from Rupees one lakh to Rs. two lakhs, 20% for income from Rupees two lakhs to three lakhs, 30% above three lakhs. 2. Remove surcharge on income tax. 3. Bring down the retirement age of Central Government Servants to 58

Tue Jan 23 21:11:19 2001
Name:Mahesh
Email:mnyam@hotamail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, I would like to see the income tax being applied to at least big farmers. At this point of time, people are showing income on farm which was generated by other businesses, hence misusing. We need to start some where to make every one contribute for the country's prosparity. I feel bad when I (working class) person pay 35% of my salary as Income Tax where as some of rich farmers pay none. Also there are business people who make more than what I do and they pay nothing. I am hoping for some thing in this budget which widens the IT base and reduces the IT on working class. Regards, Mahesh

Tue Jan 23 21:11:27 2001
Name:Mahesh
Email:mnyam@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, I would like to see the income tax being applied to at least big farmers. At this point of time, people are showing income on farm which was generated by other businesses, hence misusing. We need to start some where to make every one contribute for the country's prosparity. I feel bad when I (working class) person pay 35% of my salary as Income Tax where as some of rich farmers pay none. Also there are business people who make more than what I do and they pay nothing. I am hoping for some thing in this budget which widens the IT base and reduces the IT on working class. Regards, Mahesh

Tue Jan 23 21:12:32 2001
Name:Prakash Jain
Email:adarshdevlop@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Sir, By reducing the taxes on individuals from 30% to 15% and increasing the limit from 50000/- to 100000/- most of the people will start paying income tax vollunterily and you wont have to find different various schemes for people to pay their taxes. Also to face the outsiders competition which may arise due to GAT ACT coming from april 2001,reduce the various taxes on indutrial zones.

Tue Jan 23 21:12:38 2001
Name:Sriram L
Email:sriram.lakshman@yale.edu
Suggestions:Half taxpayers' money is lost in corruption right down to the clerical level in state tax departments. If I were you I'd personally make rounds to all these states and warn these people that their jobs are on the line if they lay hands on one rupee that's not theirs!

Tue Jan 23 21:12:49 2001
Name:Anil
Email:madadi73@hotmail.com
Suggestions:hello sir, Please look the agricluture sector also in to consideration before presenting the buget. Don't give the whole control of India to MNC. Don't allow compines to take full control of all the indian market. We can ask the forien compines to invest the money in the country with some indian compines. Thank You. regards anil.

Tue Jan 23 21:14:07 2001
Name:Fucker
Email:fucker@yahoo.com
Suggestions:FUCK OFF

Tue Jan 23 21:15:55 2001
Name:Natarajan Subramanian
Email:natrajs@zytechnologies.com
Suggestions:Honourable Fin Minister, PL Try to allocate more funds for the communication Dept, so that our country will always remain No 1 in the IT sector.

Tue Jan 23 21:17:19 2001
Name:B.Suresh Babu
Email:bsbabu@hd2.dot.net.in
Suggestions:Reduce indirect taxes and expand tax net by introducing single slab taxes at reduced rates and reduced concessions

Tue Jan 23 21:18:15 2001
Name:Asim Ahmad
Email:asimahmad40@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please lower the price of computer in the coming budget 2001.

Tue Jan 23 21:19:11 2001
Name:Asim Ahmad
Email:asimahmad40@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please lower the price of computer in the coming budget 2001.

Tue Jan 23 21:21:21 2001
Name:Krishna Mohan
Email:ikmohan@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected Sir, "YS" should say "YES"reduce duties on electronic goods.

Tue Jan 23 21:21:32 2001
Name:uma mahesh
Email:jyo_mah@yahoo.co.in
Suggestions:Income tax for salaried people raise the tax ceiling level to rsone lac raise standard deduction to rs30000 increase sec88 level to 75000

Tue Jan 23 21:21:43 2001
Name:Raghavendra Bhat
Email:ragu@vsnl.com
Suggestions:I request you to take away the customs duty plus excise duty on processors, motherboards, hard disks, plug-in cards etc. The Govt. is losing out to smugglers who hand-in-glove with the customs/excise officials bleed the average Indian consumer to death. How can computers reach the common masses if it cannot even think of buying it due to the high Govt levy of duties and sales taxes. The GoI has to do away with these duties on computer hardware, so that a cascading effect is felt on the common Indian user. How can the GoI take forward its goal of making India an IT super-power ?? Or will we remain IT paper-tigers ??

Tue Jan 23 21:22:37 2001
Name:ramesh m. shah
Email:ankitrs@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:income-tax for salary earning limit must be increased to 75,000/-

Tue Jan 23 21:23:39 2001
Name:tarun kumar
Email:tarun_kumar@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr. Sinha, We haven't ever felt so proud of being Indians as we feel today. Your government's progressive policies are making structural changes in India. However, the situation is far from feeling complacent. We have a more difficult road ahead but I am sure that our determination to do well and farsightedness in making policies will help us see the light at the end of the tunnel. So, please continue to do what you and advisor feel is right for India (long term) and do net get tempted with short term and narrow gains. I wish you good luck with the Budget 2001. - A very Hopeful Indian from Chicago

Tue Jan 23 21:24:20 2001
Name:G. Elumalai
Email:G_ELUMALAI@bapco.net
Suggestions:Request the Honarable Finance Minister of India to give much more concessions to NRIs.

Tue Jan 23 21:25:21 2001
Name:Raghuram Reddy Talasani
Email:trr90t@aol.com
Suggestions:To The Honourable Finance Minister, Respected Sir, I am very much interested in your opinion on my following suggestion regarding electric power production and environment. In my 10 years stay in the USA I have come across many promising technologies for non-polluting power production. Due to the fact that USA has already invested huge amount of money in the existing power plants, it makes it very hard switch to non-polluting technologies. But in the case of India we still have the opportunity to gradually increase the capacity in solar energy, wind energy, etc. My suggestion to you is to impose a small amount of tax on every kilowatt-hour(10 paise/KWH = over 4000 crores/year) of power produced by the polluting, coal based and petroleum based power plants and use that money to subsidize the solar/wind power projects. Thank you.

Tue Jan 23 21:25:59 2001
Name:Shridhara.B
Email:shridharaupadhya@usa.net
Suggestions:Why don't you allocate sufficient fund for development of tourism in the neglected states like Assam, Nagaland (Eastern states). But this will not succeed unless peace is restored in these regions. Now everyone knows that every ULFA/millitants actions are controlled by ISI. Best thing to do is allocate time frame and money to do both.

Tue Jan 23 21:30:34 2001
Name:Vijay
Email:dvijay@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Honorable Minister, I would like to give importance to education than military as that is the future. It looks like the urban are growing tremendously in education and technology whereas the rural is far behind. Also tax should be collected by all means from every middle class to the richest person baring in mind that the money should be spent for laying roads, implementing projects such as dam construction, electricity, hospitals and so on. I know it's easy to say but as a well-wisher of India this is my strong opinion on how the budget should be layed out. Thank you for your time. Regards, Vijay

Tue Jan 23 21:30:57 2001
Name:Praveen Pasula
Email:pasula_praveen@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Power and Irrigtion sectors are are most most important areas we have to concentrate to imporve our economy Imformation Technology to grow in India needs more sops and Telecommunication manifold growth.

Tue Jan 23 21:31:21 2001
Name:krishnan
Email:krishnans@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected sir, 1. More developement towards the right farmer and Agriculture , as the nation is only concentrating mostly on IT.

Tue Jan 23 21:31:30 2001
Name:tejmaljain
Email:tejmaljain@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please reduce dividend tax on companies to half. Please increase standard deduction to employees to Rs 40000

Tue Jan 23 21:31:37 2001
Name:Shridhara.B
Email:shridharaupadhya@usa.net
Suggestions:Put a heavy restrictions on the import of foreign items like china silk, palm oil Coke etc. By allowing them to enter Indian market quite easily, they are litterly destroying the swadeshi products. For example we know that Indian silk is far more superior to china silk. But just because china silk is cheap, people are buying it and thereby destroying our local industry. Same thing in case of Coke. We know that coconut is far superior and healthier than Coke. But still because of their low price and hence low quality, they are beating Coconut industries. What I am trying to say is promote swadeshi products by all means.

Tue Jan 23 21:32:52 2001
Name:Prakash Jain
Email:adarshdevlop@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Sir, By reducing the taxes on individuals from 30% to 15% and increasing the limit from 50000/- to 100000/- most of the people will start paying income tax vollunterily and you wont have to find different various schemes for people to pay their taxes. Also to face the outsiders competition which may arise due to GAT ACT coming from april 2001,reduce the various taxes on indutrial zones.

Tue Jan 23 21:33:39 2001
Name:Rajdeep Mohapatra
Email:rajdeep@helloduniya.com
Suggestions:dear sir, i would like to put forward only one suggestion ....that is some kind monetary asssistance should be provided to start-up companies in the software sector so that they can stand the on their own feet before any big companies drive them out of business.

Tue Jan 23 21:35:01 2001
Name:A.VENKAT KRISHNAN
Email:venmallirun@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:DEAR YASHWANT-- WE CANNOT BE FOOLED ANYMORE AS THE ECONOMY IS IN BAD SHAPE AND ON TOP OF THAT WE HV GIVEN A WRONG SIGNAL TO THE WORLD ON THE PRESENT ENRON FIASCO WHICH WILL DISCOURAGE ALL FOREIGN INVESTMENT. WE HV TO SURVIVE AND FIGHT OUR BATTLE . HERE ARE MY SUGGESTION FOR BUDGET 2001 1)REDUCE ECXISE DUTY BY FIFTY PERCENT ON ALL GOODS. 2)REDUCE INCOME TAX BY FIFTY PERCENT. 3)ALL FAST TRACK INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT--POWER STATION,DAM,PORT,ROAD AND OVERBRIDGES,HOUSING, ETC BE TIED DOWN TO NO PRICE INCREASE FOR NEXT TEN YEARS OF ALL INPUT RAW MATLS--CEMENT,STEEL, PAINT,ELECTRICAL CONTROLS,CABLES,TRANSPORTATION --AND THE PROJECT OWNER SHD BE FINED FIVE PERCENT OF THE CONTRACT VALUE IF IT IS NOT COMPLETED WITHIN AGREED TIME ALTERNATELY AWARDED ONE PERCENT OF THE CONTRACT VALUE ON COMPLETING ONE MONTH BEFORE TIME. 4)SO THAT NOT A SINGLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IS DRAGGED INTO LITIGATION U MUST PASS A BILL ON FEB 1.2001 THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS ONCE AWARDED WILL BE COMPLETED IN WHICHEVER STATE AND WHOEVER BE THE GOVT IN POWER--CENTRAL OR STATE . IMPLEMENTING MY BILL IS MORE IMPORTANT AS THIS WILL GENETRATE EMPLOYMENT PERENIALLY FOR ALL INDIANS THAN THE BILL FOR WOMEN MP SEAT RESERVATION OVER WHICH YOU ALL HAVING FIGHTIRNG LIKE IMMATURE CHILDREN FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. LET THE WOMEN FIGHT WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE POLITICAL PARTY FOR ALLOTTING MORE TICKETS AND THRU THE FAIR BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS . I PRAY _-"MAY THEIR TRIBE INCREASE" 5)REDUCE ELECTRICIY TARIFF FOR INDUSTRY BY HUNDRED PERCENT AND TAKE IN WRITING FROM ALL CII,FICCI AND ASSOCHAM MEMBERS THAT THEY WILL BE PUT IN JAIL WITH NO BAIL IF CAUGHT TAMPERING WITH METERS. LIKEWISE ALL SEB"s WILL GUARANTEE CORRECT BILLING,CATCH ALL ELECRTICITY THIEVES EVEN HUTMENT DWELLERS, PUT INJAIL ALL THEIR CORRUPT EMPLOYEES, AND ENSURE NINTY-FIVE PERCENT UPTIME. ON THE DAYS THEY FAIL ON UPTIME THEY WILL PASS TO EACH CONSUMER ONE PERCENT CREDIT OF BILL VALUE IN THAT MONTHS BILLING CYCLE. THIS WILL FORCE ALL INDUSTRY TO REDUCE PRICE OF END PRODUCTS ,EXCITE THE ECONOMY AND YR FINANCE REVENUE WILL SHOOT THRU THE ROOF-- I AM WILLING TO BET ON THIS. 6)ROLL BACK THE RECENT (DEC 2000)PRICE HIKE ON PETROL/DIESEL WHICH WAS FOR MAKING SUPER CLEAN BENZENE FUEL SINCE THE EXPENSE OF RS.1400CRORES CAN BE AMORTISED ON THE FUEL SOLD AND THIS WILL BE RECOVERED BY SAY APRIL/MAY 2001.ONLY THEN WE CAN SAY THAT GOVT IS CONSUMER FRIENDLY. 7)WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ONE RUPEE CESS YOU PENALISED US INDIANS IN THE 1999 BUDGET ON EVERY LITRE OF FUEL FOR ROAD BUILDING--WHERE ARE THE NEW ROADS,SINCE YR BUDGET HAD NO TEETH IN IT, NO CLEAR ACTION PLAN WHICH ARE THE ROADS TO BE MADE, BY WHICH TIME-- WITHDRAW THIS IMMDTLY AND APOLOGISE IN PARLIAMENT THIS YEAR FOR THE FAILURE OF THE GOVT FOR NOT IMPLEMENTING THE PROMISE. 8)DUE TO REDUCTION IN FUEL AND ELECTRICITY INDIAN RAILWAYS MUST ANNOUNCE REDUCTION BY FIFTY PERCENT FOR FREIGHT CHARGES SO THAT THIS COST ALSO COMES DOWN. 9)INCREASE CUSTOMS DUTY BY TEN PERCENT ON ALL ITEMS BEING MADE HERE FOR WHICH EXCESS CAPACITY IS AVL CATERING TO THE ENTIRE NATIONS NEEDS, REDUCE TO TEN PERCENT DUTY ON ITEMS NOT MADE HERE AND FOR RAW MATL NOT AVL HERE . LET ME SEE WHICH OF THE ABOVE SUGGESTION GETS INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET. WARM REGARDS FROM A PROUD INDIAN WEEPING FOR HIS MOTHERLAND !! A. VENKAT KRISHNAN

Tue Jan 23 21:36:14 2001
Name:VINODHSHANKAR BALASUBRAMANIAN
Email:vinodhshankar@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Finance Minister I am a student studying in the United States. Would be glad if you can do the following for me: 1. Introduce a system similar to the social security number of the united states I practically see such a working system ensures all pay their taxes and also the security of the people 2. Please make education primary and secondary education free in India. 3. Please bring in proposals for guys like us to come back and assist the government through consultancies. Please encourage venture capitalism. 4. Please support lots and lots of NGOs

Tue Jan 23 21:36:24 2001
Name:Shridhara.B
Email:shridharaupadhya@usa.net
Suggestions:In india we all know that farmers don't pay tax. But there are some so called farmers who are so rich, but still enjoy the tax benefits. There should be some mechanism by which these ' rich farmers' must be brought under tax services.

Tue Jan 23 21:37:26 2001
Name:Ranjit Adivi
Email:runjit@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:stop wasting money on just the IT and other project works, spend money on educating the poor kids. is it not possible that the kids in the village are paid reasonably for going to schools. Government schools should have more educated teachers than what they have right now. pay more if incase necessary. and stop funding the state governments. chandrababu naidu has built those damn fly overs which can probably called as just 'BRIDGES'. all this sucks. the construction of bridges has now become a major reason for traffic jams in hyderabad. stop spending money on all this crap. spend money for EDUCATING THE VILLAGE KIDS.

Tue Jan 23 21:37:27 2001
Name:sm qumaruddin
Email:smqumar@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:increase the slab ofincome tax of individuals.

Tue Jan 23 21:39:17 2001
Name:harshad
Email:harshadt@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, Please reduce excise duty to boost market, for selling & buying of Indian Products only. Due to heavy excise duty all commodity prices go high & high, & it becomes small enterprenuers to buy machinery/chemicals for start ups & to maintain regular purchase, as due to high duty, it becomes difficult to compeet in market,

Tue Jan 23 21:39:57 2001
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Tue Jan 23 21:40:02 2001
Name:harshad
Email:harshadt@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, Please reduce excise duty to boost market, for selling & buying of Indian Products only. Due to heavy excise duty all commodity prices go high & high, & it becomes small enterprenuers to buy machinery/chemicals for start ups & to maintain regular purchase, as due to high duty, it becomes difficult to compeet in market,Please do needful, sir this is only my suggestion.

Tue Jan 23 21:43:07 2001
Name:Partha Goswami
Email:pagi2000@rediff.com
Suggestions:Much has been said about fiscal discipline but nothing concrete has been done by the finance misnistry. i hope that your forthcoming budget gives a serious look on curbing unnecessary expenses( the goverment also requires a VRS )and allocating more funds for uplifting standard of life of the average Indian.

Tue Jan 23 21:43:54 2001
Name:vnlnarayan
Email:vnlnarayan@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:PRESENT A BUDGET WHICH CAN RELEASE INDIA FROM THE CLUTCHES OF WORLDBANK AND THE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IF YOU CAN,MR.FINANCE MINISTER.

Tue Jan 23 21:44:24 2001
Name:Nittur V. Narayanan
Email:narayanan.nittur@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Hi Sinha, Bring a white Paper on how much Loan we have taken in the Past 50 years with all these international organizations and how much is the interest and how much interest has been paid and how much of the fund is being used till now and where are the other funds forget about the Taxpayers money. Get a white paper on how much money is spent on elections and put the IT returns of all the MP's in the Parliment including you for the past 30 years. Here in the US before some one becomes the Secretary of (XYZ) department there antecedents are checked like that why dont u have the guts to come out like this!!!! Nittur

Tue Jan 23 21:45:59 2001
Name:Bhakti Satalkar
Email:bhakti1982@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:dear sir, i'm sure that u r busy with the work of finishing the work for the Budget 2001. well at first i would like to congratulate u for been the "fm" due to whom the fiscal deficit was reduced, well i have a few suggestions to make: (a) please see to it that the people who really earning r not left out of the taxation system. (b) it has come to my notice that the rich people from the slums have a number of ration cards and take a lot of advantage of it and the people who r really poor do not benefit at all. i hope that u do pay some attention to my suggestion. a great fan of the ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE GOVERNMENT. Bhakti!!!!!!

Tue Jan 23 21:46:31 2001
Name:Rajesh Ranjan
Email:rajeshranjan@consultant.com
Suggestions:Mr. Sinha, Though last year we saw lot of steps being taken towards e-governance, it would be better if we have information kiosks at public utilities so that we can get information about the various programs.schemes related to finance and the new laws governing the tax, concessions and foreign exchange, particularly the rules that covers individuals. I think you are doing a good job, just that our industrialists should take up more aggresive pasture. Best Regards Rajesh Ranjan

Tue Jan 23 21:46:58 2001
Name:sreenu
Email:sreenu_ampolu@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir pl dont sumit populistic budget.now the IT phase is in active position specially in hard ware sector. so pl consider this aspect

Tue Jan 23 21:48:56 2001
Name:Srinivasa Kumaran
Email:ssk@ieee.org
Suggestions:I would like to take this chance to suggest the following 1. A system should be developed to keep track of the credit history of indians and that credit history should be applied when the bank or any financial institutes to fix the interest rates. 2. Govt should take initiatives to connect all the banks and post offices networked together to do money transfer or any other financial services 3. Govt should insist state Govt to reduce the land slaes tax dratically so that everybody will endup paying the sales tax for the actual amount of the land. 4. Computerasationa and networking should be given TOP periority that will help the e-commerce to grow.

Tue Jan 23 21:49:26 2001
Name:Niranjan.S
Email:rishab_81@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected sir, Can u personally send me a signed photo of the current ministry to me thru the net.

Tue Jan 23 21:49:32 2001
Name:S.A.Alagarsamy
Email:alagarsamy@vsnl.com
Suggestions:sir, please make the age limit of Senior citizens as 60 .and exempt them from all tax return exercises if it is within limits. 2.Make Tourism Industry a very poerful one . 3.Reduce the age limit from 60 to 58. baggage allowance shall be above rs 15000. Thanking you yours sincerely S.A.Alagarsamy

Tue Jan 23 21:51:09 2001
Name:Shashank Agrawal
Email:shashank_agrawal@123india.com
Suggestions:Please do something serious to check the corruption in govt. officials

Tue Jan 23 21:53:03 2001
Name:ASHWARTH GORANTLA
Email:ashwarthrao@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, Please do not hike the taxes which would affect the poor.If possible kindly reduce the fares for travel. Other taxes which would lead to an increase in the inflation rate should not be raised so that we can get more out of every rupee we spend.Otherwise please take tough decisions to make India a strong economy.My sincere feeling is that India should feature among the most powerful nations in the world and for that our economy should be strengthened multifold.I do hope that ur kindself would take this suggestion in the right spirit and go ahead with your commitment to making India into a more vibrant economy which is incomparable to any other nation in the modern world.Make us Indians who are working in the USA proud of our motherland India. Thanking u, Regards, Ashwarth Gorantla

Tue Jan 23 21:53:27 2001
Name:A K Pareek
Email:akpareek@vsnl.com
Suggestions:Dear Finance Minister Sir, Kindly rationalise income tax act.

Tue Jan 23 21:54:28 2001
Name:Jitendra Mahajan
Email:jitumahajan@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Honorable Finance Minister, We are in the business of edible oil refining and packagin. With the change in duty structure for edible oil one year ago with introduction of two different slabs for manufacturer and traders, the formalities with excise & customs department have increased to a high level unnecessarily. This only results in higher level of harassement on the hands of excise officials and high amount of corruption in the business. The change have neither benefited industry nor to the government as well as no traders are importing crude oil anyway. Even if someone imports the oil, it is traded off on high seas resulting in loss of revenue to govt. I would earnestly request you to look into the change in duty structure and have one duty for all which may be higher or lower based on revenue requirement / other budgetary compulsions which you may be having. With Warm Regards, Jitendra

Tue Jan 23 21:55:12 2001
Name:Aravind.S
Email:snskas@vsnl.com
Suggestions:Respected Minister, we are quite happy about the budget 2001, but regarding automobiles sector I was disappointed at the stepmotherly treatment given to it. from the last few years we have seen heavy investments by Big time MNC's in India. despite changing Government rules & other problems, MNC's still are enthusiastic about investing here. you have given such liberalism in tax & other things to the IT sector, then why not to the automobile sector. despite the high cost of even a small car, still many people are buying cars. this also taking in the poor infrastructre. I hope that you further reduce the tax on Automobiles. It could be an engine of growth for the economy. sincerely Aravind.S

Tue Jan 23 21:56:36 2001
Name:mnrao
Email:nmamillapalli@hotmail.com
Suggestions:raise the savings from 60000 to 100000 asper rupee value or give enhance the slab rates

Tue Jan 23 21:56:44 2001
Name:vijay rao
Email:raovijay54@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:IF YOU REALLY CARE FOR THE INDIAN INVESTOR IN THE STOCK MARKET,I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE ADDITIONAL DIVIDEND TAX OF IMPOSED ON THE CORPORATES AND SEC 54EA AND EB BENEFITS ARE LOOKED INTO.YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT ON THESE ISSUES TRIGGERRED THE SENSEX COLLAPSE.THINK LIBERAL,THINK GLOBAL,THINK OF DEVELOPMENT AND I HOPE YOU ARE BLESSED

Tue Jan 23 21:57:21 2001
Name:S. Krishnamurthy
Email:anujdad@home.com
Suggestions:Please push for privatization of Banks, Insurance Companies, Airlines and other public sector companies. Use that money for creating 200,000 new, modern schools all over India. Strengthen Railways and Postal Departments. Modernize them and introduce professional management. Privatize the tele-communication and power sector and encourage investors to invest in these two fields. Cut down all wasteful expenditures including subsidizing religious pilgrimages like Haj and Shiv temple in China. Use that money to build more hospitals and hire more doctors and nurses. Announce population control measures like 2 Child policy. I know it all sounds strange to politicians, but do we have a choice? The only choice we have is to continue to be the most miserable country in the world, with more than half of the world's poorest of the poor living (or dying?) in India.

Tue Jan 23 21:57:26 2001
Name:mnrao
Email:nmamillapalli@hotmail.com
Suggestions:raise the savings from 60000 to 100000 asper rupee value or give enhance the slab rates

Tue Jan 23 21:58:16 2001
Name:VINITA CHAWLA
Email:vchawla@hindustantimes.com
Suggestions:Please remove the surcharge on Income Tax , it hurts honest tax payers like us . While millions of taxable people are getting away scot free

Tue Jan 23 22:02:02 2001
Name:chetan
Email:rjasu@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Sir, I hope you will have more money in Health and Edcuation. Since it will give strong foundation for Indian Finance too. Chetan

Tue Jan 23 22:02:14 2001
Name:Ravikumar S Parasuram
Email:rkumar@amdocs.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, I understand that Govt. of India can not do all the job alone. I'm not a great thinker, but I think we can achieve more if: 1. Each and every citizen of India is made / encouraged to act as an agent of Govt. we can achieve the results faster. For example, if people were encouraged to help the Income Tax officers, I believe we can address the black money issue. 2. We should make the public invest (like share holders) in the infrastructure development and pay them a fixed income. 3. Give more options to Provident Fund. Let the each individual manage their own money. Like the 401k plan in USA. 4. Tax breaks for donations to organisations involved in public service. Last but not least, sir, I believe if each individual donates 10gms of gold, India will be the richest country in the world. I'd like to Thank you for spending your valuable time reading my suggestions. Thank you, Ravikumar. Madurai, TN.

Tue Jan 23 22:06:39 2001
Name:Ravi
Email:ravi_india@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Honourable Sir..All i want to say is that you had a great chance last year to declare a groundbreaking budget for the new millenium but you blew it. I hope that this year it will be different with something for everbody..especially the poorer sections of the society ( dont forget them - the voiceless ones...we middle class can survive at the least ). Here's wishing you the very best in your hoping to acheive 8-9% GDP growth..let this budget give momentum to that yearning.. RAvi

Tue Jan 23 22:07:50 2001
Name:S.A.Alagarsamy
Email:alagarsamy@vsnl.com
Suggestions:sir, I humbly submit ... 1.The Indian Tourism Industry shall be headed by you in order to get financial direction. 2.All tax on star hotels luxury etc should be abolished. 3.Freedom fighters should be given increased Pension. 4.Newspapers shoould be allowed to bring participation from Abroad since the present help to all newspapers is not sufficient to survive.. For example many newspapers are just vanished. 5.There shall be no diffrence in

Tue Jan 23 22:07:51 2001
Name:S.A.Alagarsamy
Email:alagarsamy@vsnl.com
Suggestions:sir, I humbly submit ... 1.The Indian Tourism Industry shall be headed by you in order to get financial direction. 2.All tax on star hotels luxury etc should be abolished. 3.Freedom fighters should be given increased Pension. 4.Newspapers shoould be allowed to bring participation from Abroad since the present help to all newspapers is not sufficient to survive.. For example many newspapers are just vanished. 5.There shall be no diffrence in Pension payments for class 1to 4. All rates should be updated as per the present pay scales. 6.The Central Govt should direct all state govts to distribute lands to all Freedom fighters ,,,now it is half-done. A NGO type organisation for Tourism Industry may be created with the help of all India travel Media journalists.. Thanking you yours sincerely S.A.Alagarsamy

Tue Jan 23 22:09:30 2001
Name:Aashish Saraswat
Email:aashishsaraswat123@rediif.com
Suggestions:Sir I am a Tax Consultant and would like to tell you by maing the year 2000-2001 as Zero Scrutiny year for Income Tax is making legitimising irregular deeds of assesse Dont tread on this path make it 100% scrutiny for all Income Tax forevr to stop evasion of Income Tax

Tue Jan 23 22:10:16 2001
Name:deepali
Email:d_haridas@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Income tax should be charged irrespective of caste and creed.in Tripura state tribals have IT exemption, even when they are earning around Rs.5,00,000/- per year. This is highly unfair. Kindly look into the matter.

Tue Jan 23 22:10:16 2001
Name:Alok Sharan
Email:alsharan@mailcity.com
Suggestions:Respected Honorable Finance Minister, Don't you think that when the PM adds "Jai Vigyan " to earlier "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" slogan, it would be right to provide better pay packages to scientist. I had completed PhD from a reputed insitute and for want off carrying more experiments I decided to stay back in the institute i joined as a Project Scientist. The pay which I get after deduction of IT comes to about 8500/-. Don't you think it is really shameful to give such a ridiculous low level of salary to a superspecialised skill available. If the core fundamental subjects are not supported properly I feel that many of us would be forced to give up the research aspirations in pursuit of better paying jobs which may not necessarily be useful to INDIA. and at a later stage we would be forced to buy or hire the same skill at a much larger premium. Or is it that we would like to continue our age old policy of first driving out the talent of the country and than bending back to get them back. If you restructre the tax slabs so that atleast there is some incentive for theresearch community i Guess people like me would be more than willing to pursue the carrer. With regards, Alok Sharan

Tue Jan 23 22:10:23 2001
Name:S.Narayanaswami
Email:enjay080@rediff.com
Suggestions:Please give more IT relief in Sec 88 saving to salry people Give 30 % from present 20 % for saving above 60000 () This will encourage saving.
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