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Fin Comm hikes states’ share of central OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT: Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao with
her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir ahead of the talks
taxes to 32%, links rewards with results
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Cross Talk
New Delhi: India and Pak-
NEWS DIGEST
Proposes Grand
has also recommended financial in- istan resumed official-level di- WHAT INDIA WANTS
Who’ll Gain, Who’ll Lose
centives for states with good per- alogue after 14 months on
8 of those involved in 26/11,
State nod for ‘best 5’
Bargain On GST
formance in areas like infant mor- Thursday, but what started out
including Hafiz Saeed, Sajid
Share of states in central taxes and Sikkim as well as Himachal
tality and administration of justice. as a promising engagement de-
Mir, Major Iqbal, Major Samir
system in admissions
increased from 30.5% to 32% Pradesh and J&K—to help bridge
The report estimated that during scended into acrimony after
Ali and Mohd Amjid Khan
Subodh Varma &
non-Plan revenue deficits
2010-2015, the states would get Rs 14.5 Pakistan foreign secretary
Shankar Raghuraman | TIG Over 2010-2015, states will get lakh crore as their share of central Salman Bashir rebuffed India’s
Ilyas Kashmiri, one of
The state government on Thursday gave Rs 14.5 lakh cr as share of central Rs 5,000 cr for improved taxes and duties and another Rs 3.1 demand for action against
Headley’s handlers
its nod for the ‘best five’ formula for
junior college admissions from this
year itself. Out of six subjects in the T
he Vijay Kelkar-headed Thir- taxes and duties and Rs 3.1 lakh cr administration of justice lakh crore as grants-in-aid if its rec- Lashkar leader Hafiz Saeed.
17 Indian Mujahideen
teenth Finance Commission as grants-in-aid
Rs 3,000 cr for implementing
ommendations were implemented. Bashir dismissed what
terrorists, including Riyaz &
has hiked the share of the
Rs 50,000 cr as compensation for unique identification (UID) system
sources called here a strong
Iqbal Bhatkal, suspected to
SSC exams, the marks of the best states in central taxes from the ex-
states accepting ‘grand bargain’ on
Biggest deal for Maha
Indian dossier on Hafiz Saeed
be involved in the Pune blast
five subjects will be taken into isting 30.5% to 32% while making
GST, including veto rights of Centre
Slams Centre for raising revenues as ‘‘literature, not evidence’’,
consideration during admissions. P 2 a strong pitch for greater fiscal dis-
Mumbai: The 13th Finance Commission
on any change in rates
through cesses and surcharges, seriously endangering the fu-
7 Khalistani terrorists
Green signal for major
cipline both at the Centre and in the which do not form part of the pool to
has sanctioned Rs 91,709 crore for
ture of the engagement. WHAT PAK SAYS
states. The commission also made Rs 5,000 cr each for reducing infant be shared with the states
Maharashtra for 2010-2015, an increase
India asked for 33 terror-
Doesn’t “like being
infra projects in city
mortality rates and introducing
of around Rs 54,795 crore from the
ists — Pakistani nationals as
sermoned”, paper on Saeed is
FULL COVERAGE: P 15
renewable energy programmes
Big gainers: UP, Himachal, J&K, previous five-year period, reports
N-E states and Maharashtra
The state cabinet panel on infrastructure
Prafulla Marpakwar. It is probably the
well as Indian fugitives. For
‘‘literature, not evidence’’
Rs 51,800 cr for 8 states— Big losers: Southern states, Gujarat,
the first time, India asked
has cleared the Rs 5,000-crore Worli-Haji a case for disinvestment and pri-
best deal the state has got so far from
North-Eastern states barring Assam Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh
for two serving Pakistani
Kashmir is the core issue,
Ali sea link, the design for the Rs 6,000- vatisation of state public sector
the finance commissions. P 2
Army officers, Majors
Balochistan back on table
crore Haji Ali-Nariman Point link and the units (PSUs), saying non-working Iqbal and Samir Ali, to be
Rs 900-crore Sion-Panvel Expressway. P 2 ones should be closed down by 2011. while some others like the ones re- a calibrated exit from the govern- The latter sum includes Rs 50,000 handed over, giving three ing Pakistan did not like to be
Top postal official
The action taken report submit- lated to the goods and services tax ment stimulus package in response crore to be set aside for compensa- dossiers to Bashir. However, “sermoned” on terrorism.
ted in Parliament by finance minis- (GST) scheme or the fiscal roadmap to the financial crisis and also sug- tion to states for moving to GST, slat- Bashir made light of India’s
plotted Rs 2cr deal
ter Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday were accepted in principle but the gested that proceeds of disinvest- ed to be introduced from this April. insistence on action against ‘Karachi project’ link, P 16
said the government had accepted modalities were yet to be worked out. ment should be made available for the 26/11 masterminds, say- Related reports, P 16
It has come to light that it was post most of the major recommendations, The commission has advocated funding infrastructure projects. It ‘Zero deficit by 2013-14’, P 22
master general (Maharashtra and Goa)
M S Bali who had approached the
middlemen, a father-son duo, with the
idea of making Rs 2 crore from a builder
by giving a no-objection certificate to
All is well with the
develop land meant for a post office. P 3
Oppn tears into Pawar
and govt over price rise
economy – almost
Attacking the government and
agriculture minister Sharad Pawar over
Eco Survey Sees 8.5% Growth In 2010-11
price rise, the BJP-led opposition alleged
scams in the import of rice, wheat, sugar ARTIST IN EXILE: Husain fled in
and dal and demanded a joint 2006 and may never return
parliamentary probe. P 16
Old tag for deemed univs
Hounded out,
The Centre on Thursday told the
Supreme Court that the 44 varsities set
to lose their deemed tag must revert to
M F Husain
their old status and seek fresh affiliation
from nearby universities. P 13
may become
Convict’s suicide kills cop
This Holi , add colour to your life.
A 45-year-old constable at Nashik prison
Qatar citizen
died of a heart attack on Wednesday
Celebrate b
after a murder convict in the cell he was
y
moving in to
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guarding allegedly ended his life by
your own apartmen t at Mantri Park.
slashing his wrist. P 5
N-scientist goes missing
H
ounded out by bigotry
and endless court cases,
India’s best known artist may
A 37-year-old nuclear scientist from the soon no longer be an Indian.
Kalpakkam plant in Tamil Nadu has been Maqbool Fida Husain has
missing since he left home for work on
Imaging: Neelabh
been conferred an honorary
February 15. P 13 Shankar Raghuraman | TIMES INSIGHT GROUP Qatari citizenship. If Husain
Budget Signals
chooses to accept, he’ll have
BUDGET 2010-11
T
he pre-Budget Economic Survey is to surrender his Indian pass-
usually a reformer’s dream and
Withdraw stimulus only gradually, after
port and renounce his Indian
As the FM reads out the one presented on Thursday was
watching how private investment grows
citizenship.
his speech today,
no exception to the rule. If anything, it
in the third and fourth quarters
The news created ripples
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Rework food, fertilizer subsidies
ia in 2006 and flit between Du-
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tremist groups alleging that wait to move into Mantri Park
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