Chandigarh, Feb 19: Small time entrepreneurs here are doing their best to draw Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's attention towards their problems.

Even as these small-scale industries are the largest employers in the organised sector, the sector laments the government's indifferent attitude towards them.

They are demanding that the government should impose excise duty on the product rather than on the turnover in view of the rising cost of various inputs, including raw materials.

They also demanded reduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) and uniformity in tax rates across the country.

Surat, Feb 19: Diamond traders are demanding a higher turnover tax and a special package in th

India-based, Media and entertainment company, UTV Software Communication (USCL) said that company’s board of directors at its meeting on February 16, has approved the issuance of 93,52,500 equity s

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Vidarbha (Maharashtra), Feb 18: Farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, ahead of the annual general budget, harbour huge expectations from Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.

Vidarbha, near Nagpur is well-known for high-quality oranges and farmers here expect implementation of special relief packages in the forthcoming budget.

Impoverished farmers are debt-ridden and claim that they are not able to even recover their costs.