Tue Jan 23 14:56:39 2001
Name:S K Das
Email:the_hitler@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Tax surcharge should be taken out by now; and there should be a sizeable standard deduction from this year onwards. This is to be in keeping with the rupee inflation.

Tue Jan 23 14:57:46 2001
Name:Vivek Astvansh
Email:vastvansh@hss.hns.com
Suggestions:I'll request you to promote IT in India by framing policies that encourage it.

Tue Jan 23 14:59:30 2001
Name:Kunjal
Email:kunjalt@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Practical Suggestions 1)Zero Income Tax for Indivuduals Amount spent on collecting tax from indivuduals is far more then amount collected, hence collect tax from other entities like corporates, but stop collecting tax from indivuduals. 2)Instead of multiple tax like salestax,excise,octroi, let only one 5% tax on goods cleared from factories be levied. tax compliance & tax collection will increase these are bold steps only you can take hope you take these steps

Tue Jan 23 14:59:47 2001
Name:P. Murugesan, RPCD, RBI, Mumbai.
Email:bakti_2000@rediff.com
Suggestions:Depreciation allowance should be extended to individuals and salaried persons owning two/four wheelers as in the case of businessmen.

Tue Jan 23 15:00:42 2001
Name:chaman kumar sahu
Email:chaman_saw@usa.net
Suggestions:sir, please reduce the monthly fees of the engineering colleges espsecially the recs and iits.Otherwise it will be too expensive for the middle class students to study there. thanking you, chaman kumar sahu, regional engineering college, trichy, tamil nadu.

Tue Jan 23 15:01:03 2001
Name:paurush
Email:paurush@mailcity.com
Suggestions:this time lessen the burden on the comon man who belong sot the middle class and let him have some tax relief. tax rich class and do not harass the middel and poor income group.

Tue Jan 23 15:01:41 2001
Name:CS Muralidhar
Email:csm45@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Mr.Sinha, I would request you to consider the following suggestions very seriously: 1. Do not start your tax proposals by first laying blame at the doors of the taxpayers for your failures! Just check all the past budget speeches, your's as well as your illustrious predecessor's, one common refrain is that the tax payers did not cover the governments inefficient handling of the economy. Don't reel out statistical estimates of leakage by way of evasion of duties and taxes. Instead give details of how efficiently or otherwise you and your government spent the money collected in the last one year. Show clearly what assets you have created for the nation. Tell the people how much money was wasted by the elected representatives by stalling the proceedings. What all business that should have been transacted is still hanging fire. How much loss the nation has incurred and will continue to incur on account of this collective misdeed. 2. Also tell the people how much money and other resources being swindled away by the government emplyees, especially of revenue departments (Excise, Income Tax, customs, etc.,)in the course of their interaction with the public. So tell the people what plans you have to cut this through liberalisation, reforms, e-governance, etc., in order to enable the nation to move ahead. 3. Can you ask some responsible officials to study the Chinese tax system -laughed at by our bureaucrats- and find out how their businesses are able to operate so freely without being hamstrung by a plethora of government inspectors such as Central Excise, Sales Tax, Octroi, Factories inspectorate, PF Inspector, ESI, Pollution Control Board, Weights and Measures and many others. Ask your officials to study specifically how much time or resources a businessman has to allocate to satisfy all these departments in China. And if they do not have these unproductive and regressive wings in their bureaucracy, how do they take care?

Tue Jan 23 15:02:35 2001
Name:m.devanandan
Email:timcosa@awalnet.net.sa
Suggestions:for NRI it is really NRI will be happy that if they will get an average interest rate for FCNR or NRNR, [little better than at present] then you can expect more foreign exchange funds , [like NRNR 12-14%} you can expect more funds.

Tue Jan 23 15:07:35 2001
Name:Pavamana Kumar
Email:chpk@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear FM ji, Pl. reduce the IT. I have been hit severely by this. Thank You.

Tue Jan 23 15:07:54 2001
Name:Paruchuri. Naga Vimalakar Chowdhary
Email:pnv_chowdhary@hyderabademail.com
Suggestions:Dear Minister, I use to travel round the globe with my assignments. What I learned from my experience is, all the developed countries are making their business as open as possible through proper tax system and and the whole is declared (...popularly known as WHITE in developing countries...) So could you try to set-up a process which will carryout all types of business trasactions should be made by/through bank, so that it can create more employment oppertunity as well as transparancy in the deals. This way we can tap the unofficial money and excess income from corrupted ones. Thanks and Regards, Chowdhary Mobile : +358 41 5179513

Tue Jan 23 15:08:14 2001
Name:shashidhar
Email:shashihyd@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:respected sir, please do not allocate budget based on population.but based on developement,vision of the respective states.and also you should encourage by giving more funds to those states who are implementing population control. thanx bye shashidhar(software engineer)

Tue Jan 23 15:09:37 2001
Name:shashidhar
Email:shashihyd@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:respected sir, please do not allocate budget based on population.but based on developement,vision of the respective states.and also you should encourage by giving more funds to those states who are implementing population control. thanx bye shashidhar(software engineer)

Tue Jan 23 15:10:25 2001
Name:Dharmesh
Email:almajp@tctv.ne.jp
Suggestions:Honourable Finance Minister, I am an NRI residing in Japan.Its our good luck that we have an opputunity to say our words too. During our visit to India in Dec 2000.We feel that prices for our India made comodities are much higher than what we have of China made commodity.We feel that our India is much costly then the overseas .We get the better quality and better goods in much cheaper prices in country like JAPAN then what we get in India.Why our infrastructure is so bad then the other developing nations?.I dont have any authority to question you but a point is to be noted why arent we unable to reach the quality and price which our competitors are giving.As per my survey we have corruption in teh root of country and a series of legal procedure to reach a particular stage in any field at every stage. Sir, to be honest with you although our economy is improving but we are getting far behind then our competitors who has same labour charges like our country. We have given you our country ,trust you so we have some sort expectations from you. And at last the Govt sector of India is going from back to worse.They are the offices where the cup of tea time is much more then the working time. sorry for taking your valuable time. with best regards, dharmesh

Tue Jan 23 15:10:25 2001
Name:Velugondaiah
Email:velugu_d@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Plaese increase the txx limit for employees from 50000 to 75000

Tue Jan 23 15:10:52 2001
Name:Velugondaiah
Email:velugu_d@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Plaese increase the txx limit for employees from 50000 to 75000

Tue Jan 23 15:11:31 2001
Name:Harish N.S
Email:harishjam@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Please increase the interest rates of banks & post office.

Tue Jan 23 15:11:44 2001
Name:r parthasarathy
Email:adhithy@rediff.com
Suggestions:Standard deduction to be increased Personal tax rates to be reduced

Tue Jan 23 15:11:57 2001
Name:SUNILSETHIA
Email:sunilsethia@rediff.com
Suggestions:ABOLISH EXPENDITURETAX FROM HOTELS

Tue Jan 23 15:12:02 2001
Name:manjunath.s
Email:manjunath@wipro.co.in
Suggestions:Dear sir, Your policies are excellent. After the BJP's Govt at centre worldwide india is recognised as IT super power. I hope you will promote the growth of IT industry further Regards Manjunath

Tue Jan 23 15:12:21 2001
Name:Rajesh Bhatt
Email:rajeshbhattu@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir We would request you to make the PaperWork associated with income tax less. Form 13 and Suvidha form should be avoided for Salaried individuals. Introduce flat tax for various income slabs. Remove tax benifits and decrease tax rates. Regards / Rajesh

Tue Jan 23 15:12:27 2001
Name:D. Dhandaria
Email:ddhandaria@usa.net
Suggestions:Fixed deposits with bank provide easy and liquid saving plan to poor people. There should be separate exemption limit of Rs. 20000 for interest earned on Fixed Deposits with banks u/s.80 L. Thanks & Regards.

Tue Jan 23 15:13:27 2001
Name:SAMBANDAN
Email:MVIKRAMS@ETH.NET
Suggestions:SAVE OUR ECONOMY U ARE R SAVIOUR.MAY GOD BLESS U AND WE WILL PRAISE U.

Tue Jan 23 15:13:38 2001
Name:BVSR Murthy
Email:bvsr.murthy@kotak.com
Suggestions:White collared are the sinceremost tax - payers in the country simply because there is no way tax can avoided by them whereas corporate/trading bodies have scope for not accounting for full income. While it is privelege to pay tax, i think the govt. needs to look at benefitting the sinceremost tax payers in the country be by way of reduction in tax rates, or sops(depreciation on the assets they invest/ increase in interest paid on housing loans/travel/medical expenditure/investments into schemes to cater to their post retirement needs/educational expenditure etc) to make them feel their sincerity is recognised by the govt. Govt should give citizens whose IT returns have been accepted some benefits by way of reduction of certain percentage of tax paid as rebate for the next financial year. This will encourage good citizens of the country.

Tue Jan 23 15:14:47 2001
Name:P.G.Hariharan
Email:pghari@batelco.com.bh
Suggestions:Hon'ble Minister, Pranam! Subsidies & the caste and sect-based hypocritic approach have been eating into the vitals of our system. These need be corrected and, essentially, the subsidies need to be put to final rest. I our country has to become qualitative, this should be THE beginning. We are sure that you will please take these into consideration. Thanks & Regards, P.G.Hariharan from Bahrain

Tue Jan 23 15:15:13 2001
Name:brijesh
Email:tbrijesh@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Your budget should be more generic to s/w field.

Tue Jan 23 15:15:40 2001
Name:ganapathy_r
Email:ganac@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:dear sir, pl raise the basis IT exemption limit from 50000 to 100000 as the price of the all commodities have gone to skylimit. similarly raise the standard deduction from 25000 to 50000. hope you will understand the agony of a salaried employee.

Tue Jan 23 15:16:07 2001
Name:deepak kumar
Email:deepakkumar2k@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Please have a good economic vision for next 5 yrs and base all your policies on that. My personal feeling is that you have not clearly identified one good vision so far. This is what is lacking so far.

Tue Jan 23 15:16:22 2001
Name:ANNADA SANKAR DASH
Email:annadactc@rediff.com
Suggestions: Dear Honorable Finance Minister, I work as a clerk in SBI.Now the month of march is approaching.So we are getting ready to pay Income Tax.As we have a clean income record we can not hide any thing like business man.So please think over one thing.To have Tax benefits we have to save Rs.60,000/- i.e.Rs.5000/- per month which is simply impossible.After loans & Deductions even we are not getting that much salary though in gross we are getting Rs.12000/- But a business man though getting a higher income but he is showing a very small amount in income tax return.And so he never pays tax.But he is able to use costly cars.He can build palatial buildings.Even the Balancesheet they are submitting to income tax is different than the balance sheet they submits to bank. So it is our request that you increase the income tax limit for service people and reduce the income tax slab for the business people. Also please made a law to treat the loan defaulter as criminals and made it criminal offence.People are having money but intentionally they are not paying because they are doing and diverting the money for other business to get the tax banifit from government for new business. Yours truly, Annada

Tue Jan 23 15:17:01 2001
Name:ANNADA SANKAR DASH
Email:annadactc@rediff.com
Suggestions: Dear Honorable Finance Minister, I work as a clerk in SBI.Now the month of march is approaching.So we are getting ready to pay Income Tax.As we have a clean income record we can not hide any thing like business man.So please think over one thing.To have Tax benefits we have to save Rs.60,000/- i.e.Rs.5000/- per month which is simply impossible.After loans & Deductions even we are not getting that much salary though in gross we are getting Rs.12000/- But a business man though getting a higher income but he is showing a very small amount in income tax return.And so he never pays tax.But he is able to use costly cars.He can build palatial buildings.Even the Balancesheet they are submitting to income tax is different than the balance sheet they submits to bank. So it is our request that you increase the income tax limit for service people and reduce the income tax slab for the business people. Also please made a law to treat the loan defaulter as criminals and made it criminal offence.People are having money but intentionally they are not paying because they are doing and diverting the money for other business to get the tax banifit from government for new business. Yours truly, Annada

Tue Jan 23 15:18:17 2001
Name:Dr. Nirmal C. Sacheti
Email:apuns@omantel.net.om
Suggestions:I feel very strongly for the underprivileged children of our country. In particular those children who lost their parents because of a host of reasons. Dear FM, please look after their interest so that they may receive a good education and lead a life of dignity. India is a very large country, hence the number of such destitute children is alarmingly high. They have nowhere else but to look to primarily Government and then to the NGO s for the alleviation of their perennial problems faced each day. I also feel very strongly for the handicapped children who have unfortunately been abandoned to face all possible cruelties in their early childhood. If honb. FM can create a special fund and introduce some EFFECTIVE schemes to take care of their education, basic health, food,etc, I would feel very happy. Thanks to the Rediffmail for giving opportunity to convey our concerns.

Tue Jan 23 15:18:18 2001
Name:Velugondaiah
Email:velugu_d@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Plaese increase the txx limit for employees from 50000 to 75000

Tue Jan 23 15:18:23 2001
Name:malasadasivam
Email:malasivam@hotmail.com
Suggestions:like railways giving concessions tickets for senior citizens, why not banks also give higher rate of interests for retired people who invest their retirement benefits in nationalised banks, for the interests from these deposits are the only source of income for most.these are the people who invest in spuriuos finance companiesfor higher rates of interests promised by these cos and loose all their life long savings and income.

Tue Jan 23 15:18:33 2001
Name:Manojkumar Hande
Email:manojhande@lycos.com
Suggestions:Dear FM, Give importance to infrastructure, like road, electricity, rail, international airports. As it helps much more in long turms. With regards, Manoj Hande

Tue Jan 23 15:18:40 2001
Name:Vishwas Katela
Email:vishwas.katela@wipro.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr.Sinha The only thing I would like to remind you is that make this year's budget without any fear of adverse political fallout as you have behind you Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayeeji , the most loved and admired leader of our country. If he says to us that the tough decision is necessary for better future of our motherland than we would endure them & pray that his charisma and the respect he commands from us never subsides. Wishing you all the best with regards Vishwas Katela Bangalore

Tue Jan 23 15:19:37 2001
Name:Anantharam Subramanian
Email:ananthram.s@geind.ge.com
Suggestions:Dear Mr.Fianance Minister, Couple of years ago when I was in United States one fine morning when I switched on the television I saw the then President Mr.Clinton alighting stylishly from the staircase and with pride in his eyes went upto a clipboard carrying a white paper and with his natural hand drew a huge zero and wrote deficit by the side of it. When are we going to have a zero deficit budget?

Tue Jan 23 15:19:42 2001
Name:mahimi m.
Email:mahimimi@rediff.com
Suggestions:will u ever consider nri as a building block of india any measure benifet for them in long term.

Tue Jan 23 15:19:45 2001
Name:Manjeet
Email:manjeetsc@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Hi, FM i would like to suggest you to allot more money on IT so that our country can reach to top in IT

Tue Jan 23 15:19:46 2001
Name:Velugondaiah
Email:velugu_d@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please increase tax limit for employees from Rs 50,000 to 75,000.

Tue Jan 23 15:19:51 2001
Name:jim
Email:jsshroff@hotmail.com
Suggestions:mr. honourable minister , keep this years budget a soft budget ....

Tue Jan 23 15:20:34 2001
Name:uday prabhu
Email:scuday@yahoo.com
Suggestions:The Honourable Finance Minister of India, Please do something to protect local industries. We also have high hopes that you will present in the coming budget on the IncomeTax front.

Tue Jan 23 15:21:14 2001
Name:Benny Thomas
Email:bennythomas1963@hotmail.com
Suggestions:1. NRIs face lot of harassmert at airports in India by customs officials. They need bribe for any small items we bring. Please do someting. Also increase baggage allowance. 2. Air India's fare is so high compared to others, while services is worst. There is no enough flight from Saudi Arabia to Cochin. Benny Thomas Saudi Arabia

Tue Jan 23 15:21:19 2001
Name:Ajay Mantri
Email:ajay_mantri@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, I request you to give some more benefits/reliefs to the middle class persons in one or more of the following ways: 1. Increase the non-taxable limits from Rs 50000 to a higher level. 2. Further reduction in tax rates or increase in the tax rate brackets (50001-60000 / 60001-150000 etc). 3. Higher amount allowed for tax deductions in principal repayments for house loans. 4. higher investments allowed for deductions. thanks & regards ajay mantri

Tue Jan 23 15:21:33 2001
Name:Sumesh Chawla
Email:sumeshchawla@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Please increase 20% slab of Income Tax to end from 1.5 Lakh to 3 Lakhs.

Tue Jan 23 15:22:49 2001
Name:Himanshu
Email:himanshu_naval@usa.net
Suggestions:Respected Sir, I am belongs to lower middle class family. I give you suggestion for petrol prizes and gas. Please you don't increase the prizes for the same. Thanks & Regards, Himanshu

Tue Jan 23 15:22:59 2001
Name:Bharathi
Email:v_bha@rediff.com
Suggestions:It must be helpful and satisfy every one that would be a good budget.

Tue Jan 23 15:23:10 2001
Name:Benny Thomas
Email:bennythomas1963@hotmail.com
Suggestions:1. NRIs face lot of harassmert at airports in India by customs officials. They need bribe for any small items we bring. Please do someting. Also increase baggage allowance. 2. Air India's fare is so high compared to others, while services is worst. There is no enough flight from Saudi Arabia to Cochin. Benny Thomas Saudi Arabia

Tue Jan 23 15:25:12 2001
Name:Chetan Patil
Email:chetanpatil@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Finance Minister, "Book Building of IPO's" was a daylight Murder of Small investors. Since last 1 year i have mailed all the SEBI officials but it still continues that the rich and famous like Bharat Shah make all the money because 90% is on Book Building wherein Minimum investment is a FEW LAKHS which none others can afford. Not to forget how clean our Mutual Funds and the fund managers are. So if you want wealth be shared equal among all investors please apply the rule "Irrespective of Book Building or Normal IPO" 50% must be reserved for individual INDIAN investors. Rest is in your hands. Thanking you, Wishing you very best of success in all your endevaour of driving the Indian economy.

Tue Jan 23 15:27:12 2001
Name:RAJESH SUBRAMANIAN
Email:rajeshsubramanian766@hotmail.com
Suggestions:To reduce the rates of taxes for salaried class,to provide a capital market friendly Budget,meet the Disinvestment target and to aggresively pursue second Generation reforms.

Tue Jan 23 15:27:16 2001
Name:rajal badami
Email:rajalb@yahoo.com
Suggestions:sir, please reduce the excise duty on packaging films, polymers from maximum 16 % to 10-12 %

Tue Jan 23 15:27:37 2001
Name:R.Madhusudhana
Email:madhuragi@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Kindly increase the standard reduction to 40000. Remove surcharge.

Tue Jan 23 15:28:08 2001
Name:Gopal Poojary
Email:gopalpoojary@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1. Concentrate on to keep indian currency stability rather than going for biger amount of notes. 2. Work on increasing the gap between salary and item value 3. 5k rebate is only for female . Why? Make it for all if his/her income less than 2 lac.

Tue Jan 23 15:28:29 2001
Name:Benny Thomas
Email:bennythomas1963@hotmail.com
Suggestions:1. Our biggest problem is rapid population increase. Increase budget for population control, drinking water, ducaiton and employment.

Tue Jan 23 15:29:06 2001
Name:prasanna kumar
Email:sendtoprasan@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:respected sir, for a country to be prosperous it should be a super power in both knowledge and military force. so More fund should be allocated for improving information technology in nook and corner of the country. More funds for strengthening the military forces of India to fight in state terrorism and brutal killings yours sincere citizen prasanna kumar

Tue Jan 23 15:29:14 2001
Name:M.W. Bombeswaran
Email:bombat2bomby@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Rdduce IT to a maimum of 25%. Help survive the Plantation Industry, specially in S. India. Take aclose look at the stripping of good companies from big business houses and give protection to small share holders

Tue Jan 23 15:30:05 2001
Name:Zulfiquar.AMM
Email:ammz@eth.net
Suggestions:Try to work on the finer details to make the budget error free and criticism less

Tue Jan 23 15:30:13 2001
Name:B.K.Barnwal
Email:barns@iitk.ac.in
Suggestions:subsidies of any type available to anybody should be withdrawn immediately. because no such subsidies knock the door of the people they are supposed to so better they should be removed.

Tue Jan 23 15:30:22 2001
Name:NAVEEN KUMAR SHARMA
Email:navin_sharma007@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Hon'ble Minister, Please increase tax free income limit for salary employees from rs.50000 to 65000 so that we can avail more benefit to that. We hope you will do that in the budget 2001-2002.

Tue Jan 23 15:30:33 2001
Name:hi hi
Email:sharthk@usa.net
Suggestions:Will u marry me??

Tue Jan 23 15:32:14 2001
Name:Benny Thomas
Email:bennythomas1963@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Heared that there are more than 60,000 crore NPAs (default by corporate houses). Collectit back and spend for developmental projects/basic ameneties

Tue Jan 23 15:32:58 2001
Name:srikumar pillai
Email:srikumarpillai@123india.com
Suggestions: please reduce the excise duty on cars selling at less then one lac to ten percent so that a truly people's car is available to thousands of middle class people like me who wants to graduate from a two wheeler to a 4-wheeler.

Tue Jan 23 15:33:30 2001
Name:s.k.m
Email:skm@rediff.com
Suggestions:Please allocate ample funds for Software Industry

Tue Jan 23 15:34:28 2001
Name:Benny Thomas
Email:bennythomas1963@hotmail.com
Suggestions:1. NRIs face lot of harassmert at airports in India by customs officials. They need bribe for any small items we bring. Please do someting. Also increase baggage allowance. 2. Air India's fare is so high compared to others, while services is worst. There is no enough flight from Saudi Arabia to Cochin. Benny Thomas Saudi Arabia

Tue Jan 23 15:34:37 2001
Name:srikumar pillai
Email:srikumarvenu@rediff.com
Suggestions: please reduce the excise duty on cars selling at less then one lac to ten percent so that a truly people's car is available to thousands of middle class people like me who wants to graduate from a two wheeler to a 4-wheeler.

Tue Jan 23 15:34:46 2001
Name:Seetharam
Email:sram16@yahoo.com
Suggestions:hai, please reduce the income tax., and abolish the sur charge...

Tue Jan 23 15:35:05 2001
Name:Huzaifa
Email:huz_78@chequemail.com
Suggestions:Pls ensure proper & fair collection of taxes from all rather than burdening the working class people with TDS while those with businesses & higher incomes go scott free due to loopholes in the system.

Tue Jan 23 15:35:49 2001
Name:Srinivas G
Email:srinivasg@infy.com
Suggestions:Dear FM, I am paying up to 6 thousand in Income taxes every month. This is the highest IT rate in the world. In the US Income Tax is high, but consider the benefits the Tax Payer gets. Social security , Good Roads and Infrastructure. I get none of them here. If Income Tax is high , people will not have the motivation to earn more and work better. Even if their salary increases, they will loose it all as Income Tax. People will be prompted to move to other countries such as US, Canada , Australia etc, especially when Visa are easily available to Information Technologies people. Why dont you go after the shopkeepers who never show any accounts instead. Why are you penalising the Knowledge workers who already have so many tensions on their minds. Please reduce the Income tax. It is 30% of my salary. 20% I have to pay as house rent. You are not even providing housing for me. I am left with only 50% of my salary. How can I support my family? I will not get any pension as well. How will I plan for the future? This country is becoming too costly for me. I am working for the past 8 years and cannot think of buying a second hand car !! The future is bleak even if I work hard. Regards, Srinivas G

Tue Jan 23 15:36:29 2001
Name:suman rao
Email:sumanashokrao@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:subject : financial Concessions for companies/financial institutions providing child care to women employees. Sir, As is well known, women are significantly contributing to productivity in the corporate/institutional sectors in this country. A big physical & emotional problem for most women employees is non-availability of convenient/reliable day-care centres for their children. It is only proper that the government recognises the contributions of the fair sex & encourages corporates/financial institutions to provide day-care centres -the encouragement can be in the form of tax concessions/special import licenses or any other suitable financial benefit that results in a positive encouragement to the corporates/institutions that provide good day-care centres for children of their women employees.

Tue Jan 23 15:37:08 2001
Name:afsar Ahmad
Email:afsar@amartech.com
Suggestions:At this time to look Indian former , many state drought position

Tue Jan 23 15:37:15 2001
Name:utpal roy
Email:utpalroy_n@rediff.com
Suggestions:Please reduce personal income tax

Tue Jan 23 15:38:02 2001
Name:PERUMAL SAMY
Email:perumalss@bharatpetroleum.com
Suggestions:PL.REDUCE I.T DEDUCTIONS BY INCREASING THE SLABS A/S REDUCING THE TAX %

Tue Jan 23 15:38:22 2001
Name:suman rao
Email:sumanashokrao@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:subject : financial Concessions for companies/financial institutions providing child care to women employees. Sir, As is well known, women are significantly contributing to productivity in the corporate/institutional sectors in this country. A big physical & emotional problem for most women employees is non-availability of convenient/reliable day-care centres for their children. It is only proper that the government recognises the contributions of the fair sex & encourages corporates/financial institutions to provide day-care centres -the encouragement can be in the form of tax concessions/special import licenses or any other suitable financial benefit that results in a positive encouragement to the corporates/institutions that provide good day-care centres for children of their women employees.

Tue Jan 23 15:38:25 2001
Name:Vinod date
Email:vinoddate@chequemail.com
Suggestions:To earn revenue or the other way around to stop brain drain from india my suggestion is to ask the IIT graduates to pay a fixed amount (Rs.5 Lacs )when they take up jobs in foreign countries because Indian Govt. spends scores of money on these people and its not worth it when these people run away from their country for money. Vinod Date Pune.

Tue Jan 23 15:38:57 2001
Name:Anil jogia
Email:africa@vsnl.com
Suggestions:uniform tax structure for all states which should be levied at one single point of origion,reducing the beaurocratic hassles where the culprit escapes & small enterpreneur are made to suffer their harassment.....

Tue Jan 23 15:39:35 2001
Name:Karthikeyan Ganesan
Email:ganesan_karthik@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Give as much SOPS as possible to the IT industry!! That is the only way to improve our economy!! Make sure that the IT companies contribute enough to the development of the society as a whole!!

Tue Jan 23 15:40:05 2001
Name:Srinivasan
Email:secretarial@autolec.com
Suggestions:1)Please cut the prices of cooking gas which help the middle class people. 2) Please also reduce the dividend tax paid by the corporates. 3) Hike the prices of cigarettes, liquor and all other items which will affect the life of the people.

Tue Jan 23 15:40:13 2001
Name:rajeev ranjan
Email:rajeevranjan125@jalwa.com
Suggestions:hello sir i am just sending this card for some suggestion which we want. 1. please globalise the economy more so that we can have more job oppurtinity and less corruption. 2. please make the duty tax free for related materials associated with medicines, software, hardware, consumer goods in cluding agriculture products so that it can reach to the max possible range of people. 3.give some more reduction for tax payers . with regards Rajeev Ranjan

Tue Jan 23 15:40:30 2001
Name:shafique shaikh
Email:shafiqueshaikh@hotmail.com
Suggestions:to extend the income tax limit from Rs.50,000 to 80,000. pl do the needful.

Tue Jan 23 15:42:40 2001
Name:Amit
Email:acdkrp@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, Few years ago you had committed yourself to an simple, easy to understand taxation regime which will not only reduce the disputes but also will reduce the load the judiciary significantly. Last year you made a significant move when you simpified the Excise duties to only 3 levels. You must keep moving in the same direction at a furious pace. In fact you must aim for a single Customes rate and another single Excise rates. As far as providing protection to value addition is concerned, higher value addition will automatically increase the price and thereby the protection.Let us get out of our mindset regarding items of consumption by "Rich" & the "Poor". If so called "rich" consume, they generate revenue & employment which is for the "poor". You or successive Finance ministers can then finetune these rates to adjust the revenue for the Govt in the budgeting exercises of future. This will also save you from the various lobbying and counter lobbying that take place during the pre budget memorandums making the whole exercise vulnerable to money power.Doing this, you will definitely usher in era of real transparency. Thanks

Tue Jan 23 15:42:53 2001
Name:Gopal Poojary
Email:gopalpoojary@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:1.To encourage long term investment, see to it that principle amount value nearly same at date of maturity 2.do something for black money. 3.encourage exports.

Tue Jan 23 15:43:43 2001
Name:owen
Email:owen_silas@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Treat all people equally and try to give men also the same rebet as women.

Tue Jan 23 15:44:35 2001
Name:Benny Thomas
Email:bennythomas1963@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Good move by AI and IA to privatiles. Expect it by many more, especially Railways, FCI, Postal. Need much infrastructure. Could be on BOT bais without much expenses by the government.

Tue Jan 23 15:44:45 2001
Name:abhinaya
Email:abhinaya_d@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:increase anti dumping duty on imported good esp from china. reduce administartive expenses on govt. and unecesarry expenses on ministers.

Tue Jan 23 15:45:51 2001
Name:Mumtaz Husain
Email:mumtaz52@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected sir, When will the race of price hike stop. Please make provisions so that atleat food and clothing for normal man is available. Make the railways journey cheaper and increase facilities in it. For my region Udaipur in Rajasthan, Please make sufficient provisions for conversion of Meter Guage to Broad Guage and Schemes of Drinking water completion soon. Also liberalise the policies which promote the IT sector in the country. Target connecting ever village thru telephone line and spread the use of internet and e-commerce. Wishing you all the best for a better Budget. Mumtaz Hussain

Tue Jan 23 15:47:48 2001
Name:Manish P Shah
Email:mps786@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Something should be done in line for filing Income Tax returns online and thereafter follow up. Also the income tax limit should be raised bit more for salaried person looking at the increase in cost of living.

Tue Jan 23 15:47:57 2001
Name:ex major rajesh dhankar
Email:rdhankar@hotmail.com
Suggestions:sir, please grant pension to short service commision army officers.this suggestion will never come from army since they are not effected. thanking you yours sincerely

Tue Jan 23 15:48:43 2001
Name:PRAKASH JOBANPUTRA
Email:joban_per_mail@yahoo.com
Suggestions:dear sir, kinldy en-hance the I.T. limit for salaried class to Rs: 1,00,000/- atleast, as promised in BJP agenda. regards, joban

Tue Jan 23 15:49:35 2001
Name:Chacko Joy
Email:chackojoy@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, 1.) Please exempt IT products - Computers from al sales tax,value added tax,excise duty,customs duty etc ,make it 100 % free ,so Information Technology will continue to grow by tens and thousand folds and let it contribute to the development of the nation,as We are stepping into new boundaries.I hopeafter U.. we are winning on the IT field ,make it more simopler and usable to the common man - so prices be reduced.We will be able to grow ourselves and make a mark in this Information Age. 2.)Let us think ,wisely and act wisely for the devolopment of the nation should be considdered than other things

Tue Jan 23 15:49:41 2001
Name:manoj
Email:manopab@yahoo.com
Suggestions:information sector shoud be taxed. reduce the individual income tax.

Tue Jan 23 15:49:59 2001
Name:Mani Ananthanarayan
Email:mania@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Honourable Minister, I am from middle class family. In this budget I am expecting that atleast the 80 L limits are increased to encourage savings. I also suggest that refund mechanism in Speeded up. Further it should be easy to observe the provisions to the common man instead going through CA and other experts for common man to be confident about IT. Kindly give feedback

Tue Jan 23 15:50:07 2001
Name:sanjay Ratanpara
Email:sanjay_ratanpara@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:As per my opinion you should concentrate more on middle class life standard while determining policy

Tue Jan 23 15:50:54 2001
Name:Giri
Email:girimd@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Respected Sir, Kindly enhance the income tax limit for the FY 2001-02. ===

Tue Jan 23 15:51:23 2001
Name:Benny Thomas
Email:bennythomas1963@hotmail.com
Suggestions: A major reform is required in the tax departments - IT, Customs, Sales Tax... - who are the most currupt people in the country.Also simplyfy the rules. Thanks, Benny Thomas Saudi Arabia

Tue Jan 23 15:51:33 2001
Name:D Veera Reddy
Email:dv_reddy@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Sir why don't you Conisder Poultry Industry in Agriculture Category. Since Poultries are run by Farmers and as part of their cultivation. Waitng for your Response Regards Veera Reddy

Tue Jan 23 15:52:20 2001
Name:Raman Suprajaram
Email:suprajarama@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, First of all let me congratulate you for your excellent caliber. You truly deserve the post of Finance Minister. My suggestions... nothing very particular. But I would like you to put it in a very practical way. All the best. Regards, Raman Suprajarama

Tue Jan 23 15:52:47 2001
Name:Amit Jeswani
Email:ajeswani@aptech.ac.in
Suggestions:I think you should pls provide for domestic industry in the consumer product sector and help nation to build its own internationally brand in consumer product sector.Pls allot more funds to this sector.

Tue Jan 23 15:52:52 2001
Name:rajib roy
Email:rajibroy21@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:dear sir, kindly ensure that more sops are fiven to the software industry so that we can become globally competitive.

Tue Jan 23 15:53:01 2001
Name:Renjit A G
Email:renjit_ind@yahoo.com
Suggestions:I am suggesting to impose a tax on citizens below 40, if they have more than 2 children. This will enable to curb the population to some extent. This shall be even made applicable for NRI's. I myself am an NRI, unmarried though.

Tue Jan 23 15:54:06 2001
Name:Dinesh Jasrapuria
Email:djasrapuria@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Hon. Sir, I am a young Chartered Accountant and am pretty impressed by the last couple of budgets presented by you. But I wish to bring to your kind attention the following things. 1. The Income Tax burden on salaried class should be reduced. This can be done by increasing the Standard Deduction which has been more or less stagnant for the last few years. 2. The redundant sections of the Income Tax act should be scrapped like section 16 (ii)which I think does not hold any significance as on today. 3. The 80 L limits should be increased as it has been more or less constant for the last few years. 4.The indirect taxes on harmful goods like liqour, tobacco etc. should be increased to reduce the consumption of such harmful items. 5. Harsher penalties should be imposed on tax evaders and the jail term should be increased for defaulters. Many other things are there but I hope the above suggestions reach you and your goodself finds enough merit in them to act on them sir. Yours Truly Dinesh Jasrapuria (A Common Indian)

Tue Jan 23 15:54:16 2001
Name:Dilip Mundhada Muscat Oman
Email:nikirohn@omantel.net.om
Suggestions:1:Make SEBI a "TIGER WITH TEETH". The SEBI should have punitive powers against individual Company doing a havoc on Stock Markets rather tah simply laying down guidelines. 2: Apart from IT thank for something else also in economy.

Tue Jan 23 15:55:06 2001
Name:Sud
Email:pre@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Discontinue the surcharge on the Income tax. It becomes heavier for the middle class person. It was only for Kargil. Why continue with it and increase the burden on already burdened persons.

Tue Jan 23 15:55:35 2001
Name:SRINATH.B.N
Email:bnsrinix@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:do some thing to the inflation rate.

Tue Jan 23 15:55:44 2001
Name:SC Chawla
Email:chawlasc@hotmail.com
Suggestions:Raise the income tx limit to 2lakh and withdraw all the saving & perks exemptions.

Tue Jan 23 15:56:16 2001
Name:Sundaresan
Email:sun2000@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, Pls put tax on EPZ printed books equivalent to raw material used in priting the book. This is causing material injury to local printer and printed books

Tue Jan 23 15:56:17 2001
Name:R.Seshadri
Email:seshadri_rays@rediffmail.com
Suggestions:Respected sir.hope ur forthcoming budget will bring some releif to the slopping agricultural prices..the agricultural sector is badly affected by the low prices of agri products please do the needful for thisa sector

Tue Jan 23 15:56:52 2001
Name:vgmdesai
Email:vgmdesai@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Tax benifits for the salaried class shall be considered by increasing the standard deduction and raising the investment limits to a maximum 0f Rs 1,00,000 in the ensuing budget proposals.

Tue Jan 23 15:58:32 2001
Name:rajeshtendolkar
Email:rajeshtendolkar@yahoo.com
Suggestions:Dear Sir, There is urgent need to reduce the fiscal deficit but not by reducing capital expenditure but by reducing the wastefull expenditure on government. Government staff needs to be made more efficient. The government is strong enough to take tough steps to reduce the deficit. But please ensure that there is enough capital expenditure for the economy to be put back on the growth track. Also there is need to free the export of agricultural produce and take steps to ensure that the agricultural productivity increases. When agricultural productivity increases the demand for industrial products will increase and this will fuel further growth in the economy. If necessary the rural land ceilings should be removed so that the lands would be owned by larger farmers who can employ the smaller farmers and increase productivity. this will only bring prosperity to rural india.
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