Planning to buy vehicle? Good news for you Vehicle owners and those planning to buy can relax for sometime. For, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has not imposed any additional tax on motor vehicles.
Dip in commercial tax, registration The Karnataka budget presented by Union finance minister P Chidambaram painted a gloomy picture of the collections made under commercial taxes and stamps and registration while there was a shortfall in some of the Centrally sponsored schemes (CSS).
Irrigation gets big boost There is a substantial increase in the allocation for major, medium and minor irrigation sector in the State budget for 2008-09.
VAT rates unchanged With P Chidambaram leaving commercial tax levies untouched in the state budget proposals for 2008-09, consumers will continue to pay the same VAT rates on purchases as they have been doing for the last one year.
JD(S) leaders H D Kumaraswamy, Abdul Azeem, Cheluvarayaswamy, Zamir Ahmed and Bandeppa Kashempur waving to their supporters as they set off on the Jaitra Yatra, in Bangalore on Monday.DH photo
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