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Government hopes to implement direct tax code from April 2011. Earnest endeavour to implement general sales tax in April 2011. Government will raise Rs25,000 crore from divestment of its stake in state-owned firms. Kirit Parekh report on fuel price deregulation will be taken up by petroleum minister Murli Deora in due course. Nutrient-based fertiliser subsidy scheme to come into force from April 1 this year. Nutrient-based fertiliser subsidy will reduce volatility of subsidy and also reduce it. Market capitalisation of five public-sector undertakings listed since October increased by 3.5 times. FDI inflows steady during the year. Government has taken series of steps to simplify FDI regime. Intends to make FDI policy user friendly by compling all guidelines into one document. Government has decided to set up apex-level Financial Stability and Development Council. RBI considering issuing banking licences to private companies. Non-banking finance companies will also be conside...

 Following are the highlights of the Railway Budget 2011-12 presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in Parliament today. * No hike in passenger fare and freight rates. * Highest ever Plan outlay of Rs 57,630 crore proposed for Railways. * Rs 9,583 crore provided for new lines. * 1300 km new lines, 867 km doubling of lines and 1017 km gauge conversion targeted in 2011-12. * 56 new Express Trains, 3 new Shatabdis and 9 Duronto trains to be introduced. * AC Double Decker services on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes. * New Super AC Class to be introduced. * A new portal for e-ticketing to be launched shortly. *The Budget for 2011-12 increased senior citizen concession for men to 40% from 30%. Women will get the senior citizen discount from 58 years, instead of 60 years.

1. Bharata Natyam comes from the words Bha va (Expression), Ra ga (Music), Ta la (Rhythm) and Natya (Classic Indian Musical Theatre). Today, it is one of the most popular and widely performed dance styles and is practiced by many dancers all over the world. The Encyclopædia Britannica states that Bharata Natyam is Sanskrit for Bharata’s dancing . Surviving texts of the golden age of Tamil literature and poetry known during the Sangam Age such as the Tolkappiyam (தொல்கப்பியம்), as well as the later Silappadikaram (சிலப்பதிகரம்), testify to a variety of dance traditions which flourished in these times. The latter work is of particular importance, since one of its main characters, the courtesan Madhavi, is a highly accomplished dancer. The Silappadikaram is a mine of information of ancient Tamil culture and society, in which the arts of music and dance were highly developed and played a major role. 2.Ghoomar is a traditional women's folk dance of Rajasthan , India whi...

1. The Pahari school developed and flourished during 17th-19th centuries stretching from Jammu to Almora and Garhwal , in the sub- Himalayan India , through Himachal Pradesh , and each creating stark variations within the genre, ranging from bold intense Basohli Painting , originating from Basohli in Jammu and Kashmir , to the delicate and lyrical Kangra paintings , which became synonymous to the style before other schools of paintings developed, which reached its pinnacle with paintings of Radha and Krishna , inspired by Jayadev 's Gita Govinda . It gave birth to a new idiom in Indian painting, and grew out of the Mughal painting , though this was patronized mostly by the Rajput kings who ruled many parts of the region. 2.Madhubani painting has been done traditionally by the women of villages around the present town of Madhubani (the literal meaning of which is forests of honey ) and other areas of Mithila . The painting was traditionally done on freshly plastered mud wal...

The capital city of Delhi was originally the capital of the Tomara clan in the 11th century A.D and later it became the capital of the Mughals. The city has some of the famous historical monuments; out of which some were built by the Mughals and the Britishers. Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Humayun's Tomb, Rashtrapati Bhawan, and Parliament House are the main monuments in Delhi, depicting its ancient history. Monuments of Prithviraj Chauhan, the Lodi Tombs, and the Siri Fort of Allauddin Khilji are some of the other monuments .Neighboring Delhi is the city of Agra well known as the imperial capital of the Mughal Empire. City of Agra got its real grace during the reign of Shah Jahan. In 1631,the Mughal ruler built the beautiful mausoleum of Taj Mahal, in the memory of his consort Mumtaz Mahal. The historical city of Agra also has many other Mughal monuments like the Agra Fort, the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah, and Akbar's fort at Sikandra. Among the other historical places in India, the ...

On the second day of his three-day visit to India, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was given a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, following which he paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat and signed six agreements with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House. On the economic front, Mr. Wen said China understood India’s concerns on bilateral trade imbalance and was ready to take measures to facilitate access of Indian IT products, pharmaceuticals and farm produce to the Chinese market. China and India should work together to achieve a $100 billion two-way trade target by 2015, he said, adding that agreements worth $16 billion were inked during his visit. Mr. Wen announced that China would provide $1 million for the reconstruction of Nalanda University, the ancient seat of learning in Bihar which was a favourite of visiting Chinese scholars. The two countries declared that next year would be the Year of China-India exchange which would see 500 Indian youths visiting the ...

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