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In this section we examine how this budget affects, YOU. The proverbial “Aam Aadmi’. We also do a little investigation to discover this Aam Aadmi and track profiles before and after the budget.
Having returned to power on the ‘aam aadmi’ plank, the government is expected to keep its focus on that very ‘aam aadmi’ and provide a better deal to the youth, farmers and the urban and rural poor.
In the run up to the budget 2009-10, Mint spoke to different segments of the ‘aam aadmi’—daily wage workers, traders and retailers, salaried people, women, retired people—to find out what they expect from the budget this time.
In this part of the ‘aam aadmi’ series, Mint asked the Indian youth what they want from the budget.
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Posted by Parul Gupta on Friday, July 3, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Filed under B-school, Overview, Students, Youth, education · Tagged aam aadmi, AGRICULTURE, B-school, education, Education loan, employment, FDI, Income tax, Jobs, Joint venture, NREGS, PSU, STT, Students, Youth
As India waits for the Union budget that will be presented in the Lok Sabha on 6 July, small and medium-scale retailers and traders are hoping for a boost.
Inflation worries, recession in the West and a slowdown in the Indian economy are the three ghosts haunting the Indian consumer. And as the consumer refuses to loosen their purse strings, small and medium-scale retailers have taken a beating.
As part of our ‘aam aadmi’ budget series, Mint stepped into Khan market to find out what the retailer wants from the Budget this time.
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Posted by Parul Gupta on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Filed under Khan Market, Overview, Traders · Tagged aam aadmi, AGRICULTURE, CONSUMERS, DIESEL, ECONOMY, EXPORTS, IMPORT DUTY, IMPORTS, inflation, PET INDUSTRY, PETROL, RECESSION, RETAIL, SALES TAX, taxes, TRADE, union budget, VAT
With a hand-held camera, Mint panned CP to ask “Who is the aam aadmi?” - those in service, the small businessman, myself, the taxpayer, the daily wager. Eight out of 10 people told us they were the aam aadmi.
Mint also asked people what they wanted from the upcoming budget. And while a dozen concerns surfaced, one was a clear winner:
TAXES. TAXES. TAXES - a preoccupation among the motley in CP, New Delhi.
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Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is preparing to present what will be his fourth full-fledged budget, though he did present an interim budget in February ahead of the country’s 15th general election.
Mukherjee, 73, spoke exclusively with CNBC TV18’s managing editor.
Udayan Mukherjee on the Indian economy as well as how the government will move swiftly to implement the Congress manifesto and how the focus of the budget will be on the so-called
aam aadmi (common man). Edited excerpts:
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