Airtel Offers 6 Free Mobile Alerts For Women's Day

Bharti Airtel is celebrating Women's day by offering their women patrons, an opportunity to get one tip on beauty, fashion, cooking, housekeeping, fitness and home remedies everyday for a period of 30 days starting from today.

'On the occasion of International Women's Day, through this celebration we would like to express our appreciation for the women patrons' incessant support,' Shivan Bhargava, COO, Airtel - Gujarat Circle, said in a statement.

As part of the same, effective March 5 to March 10, 2010, every woman who walks into Airtel Relationship Centre (ARC) would be eligible to get free beauty & health tips, innovative cooking tips, tips on the latest fashion trends, quick and useful tips on home remedies and housekeeping on a daily basis.

The offer is valid all across Gujarat.

Source: Tech2

Tata Docomo Offers Unused Talktime Rollover for 3 mths

Tata Docomo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Ltd, on Monday launched a tariff plan for its enterprise customers, which carries unused free talk time and SMS forward for a period of three months.

Under the 'Rollover Plan' (RO Plan), customers pay by month and enjoy the facility of carrying forward their unused free talk time and SMS for a period of three months, TTSL said in a statement.

"Today I am proud to say that we are launching yet another industry first-- The Rollover Plan-- exclusively for our Tata DOCOMO Enterprise Customers," TTSL Managing Director Anil Sardana said.

Taking the first mover advantage, we have consolidated an aggressive proposition that offers transparent tariff along with the facility of carrying forward unused free usage, Sardana added.

Under the offer, there are four variants of plans available -- RO 500, RO 799, RO 1,000 and RO 1,099.

For example, under RO 1099, the user is offered 1.5 lakh seconds of free local calls and 72,000 seconds of free STD calls per month.

The customers can carry forward the accumulated unused free talk time and SMS each month for a period of three consecutive months.

The roll over benefit will be applicable for 8 consecutive cycles with each cycle comprising of 3 months, it said.

Mercedes F-Cell Roadster Unites High Tech and Tradition

Mercedes F-CELL is a concept Hydrogen-powered buggy roadster which is able to attract anyone’s attraction by adding a fiberglass body, joystick control and hydrogen-electric fuel-cell power unit. The car is supposed to contain all the technologies that the top-shelved Mercedes cars have. It boasts a fiberglass and carbon fiber body structure, a compact fuel cell of 1.2kW is being used for power generation and the top speed of this car is 25 km/h. The car remains away from the traditional steering wheel rather it is using a joystick control for driving. The silly, big spoked bicycle wheels are another attraction of this car.

[Press Release]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL Roadster – trainees build a car of the future

* Young people unite high tech and tradition

* Alternative drive systems as a training topic

In a hitherto unique project bridging various fields of profession, the trainees of Daimler AG at the Sindelfingen Mercedes-Benz plant have built a Roadster with fuel cell drive. For about a year, more than 150 trainees and dual education system students worked on the overall concept, development, assembly, and completion of the F-CELL Roadster. This project involved junior employees from the fields of automotive mechatronics, model-building, electronics, coating technology, manufacturing mechanics, product design, and interior appointments. The prime objective of the project was to integrate the topic of alternative drive systems into training with hands-on experience.

“This project impressively demonstrates that the topic of sustainable mobility has become an integral part of our vocational training,” said Human Resources Board member and Labor Relations Manager Günther Fleig. “I am delighted to see how much initiative and creativity the young people have put into this project.”

Tradition meets the future

The F-CELL Roadster uniquely combines state-of-the-art technologies with the history of vehicle construction. As an allusion to the Benz Patent Motor Car from 1886, the vehicle is fitted with large spoked wheels. Moreover, the F-CELL Roadster incorporates stylistic elements from diverse eras of automotive history, such as the carbon-fiber bucket seats with hand-stitched leather covers and the distinctively styled fiberglass front section, based on the component from the Formula One racing bolides.

The F-CELL Roadster is controlled with drive-by-wire technology, and a joystick takes the place of a conventional steering wheel. The vehicle is powered by the emission-free fuel cell system located at the rear. With a power rating of 1.2 kW the F-CELL Roadster reaches a top speed of 25 km/h and has an operating range of up to 350 km.

Source:TUVIE

The Freight*Bus Concept Proposal for London Bus

The new bus design by industrial designer, Hugh Frost, is a perfect answer for the London’s congestion and pollution problems. The concept design is run on batteries hence is environment friendly. The Freight*BUS as it is called has the concept of “On-Route” as the fundamental base of the overall system and as per the designer, this massive new vehicle features an advanced technology and it can adapt as per the no. of passengers and freight. This flexibility is in part due to ceiling-suspended pairs of seats, which can be completely folded out of the way. The bus can ply during the day to ferry passengers across the city while during the off peak hours or in the night the bus can be utilized to transport goods, thus a good transport solution for sure.


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The Freight*BUS is designed for several possible propulsion systems, including batteries that are automatically recharged when the bus stops and the potential for fuel cell operation in the future. Thanks to in-wheel electric motors, the bus can manoeuvre into tight bus stops in a ‘crab’ like movement.

Source:TUVIE

Futuristic eMX Car Concept by RSM Design

Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) has exposed their futuristic eMX car concept. eMX stands for eco Motoring eXperience, which is based on the platform of Renault Mégane and is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine along with some other solutions to improve the fuel efficiency. The main feature of the design includes detailed soft curves and graphics which is inspired by the nature and are intended at expressing an eco-friendly sense and cutting-edge technology. The organic and smooth curves of this concept car explores a new design technology that may adopt the company’s other small cars in future.

Distinctive Names of Countries & Towns - Geographical Epithets

Distinctive Name	Country/Town/Port/River
Britain of the South	New Zealand
The Battlefield of Europe	Belgium
City of the Golden Gate	San Francisco
City of Magnificent Distances	Washington D.C.
City of Popes	Rome
City of Seven Hills	Rome
City of Skyscrapers	New York
Cockpit of Europe	Belgium
Dark Continent	Africa
Dairy of Northern Europe	Denmark
Emerald Island	Ireland
Empire City	New York
Eternal City	Rome, Italy
Forbidden City	Lhasa (Tibet)
Garden of England	Kent
Gate of Tears	Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem
Granite City	Aberdeen (Scotland)
Great White Way	Broadway (New York)
Gift of Nile	Egypt
Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean	Aden
Herring Pond	Atlantic Ocean

Source : knowledgebase-script

Happy Birthday in 161 languages

Language	How to say "Happy Birthday"
Afrikaans	Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag!
Albanian	Urime ditelindjen!
Alsatian	Gueter geburtsdaa!
Amharic	Melkam lidet!
Arabic	Eid milaad saeed! or Kul sana wa inta/i tayeb/a! (masculine/feminine)
Armenian	Taredartzet shnorhavor! or Tsenund shnorhavor!
Assyrian	Eida D'moladukh Hawee Brikha!
Austrian-Viennese	Ois guade winsch i dia zum Gbuadsdog!
Aymara (Bolivia)	Suma Urupnaya Cchuru Uromankja!
Azerbaijani	Ad gununuz mubarek! -- for people older than you Ad gunun mubarek! -- for people younger than you
Basque	Zorionak!
Belauan-Micronesian	Ungil el cherellem!
Bengali (Bangladesh/India)	Shuvo Jonmodin!
Bicol (Philippines)	Maogmang Pagkamundag!
Bislama (Vanuatu)	Hapi betde! or Yumi selebretem de blong bon blong yu!
Brazil	ParabŽns a voc ! ParabŽns a voc , nesta data querida muitas felicidades e muitos anos de vida.
Breton	Deiz-ha-bloaz laouen deoc'h!
Bulgarian	Chestit Rojden Den!
Cambodian	Som owie nek mein aryouk yrinyu!
Catalan	Per molts anys! or Bon aniversari! or Moltes Felicitats!
Chamorro	Biba Kumplianos!
Chinese-Cantonese	Sun Yat Fai Lok!
Chinese Fuzhou	San Ni Kuai Lo!
Chiness-Hakka	Sang Ngit Fai Lok!
Chinese-Mandarin	qu ni sheng er kuai le
Chinese-Shanghaiese	San ruit kua lok!
Chinese-Tiociu	Se Jit khuai lak!
Chronia Polla	NA ZHSHS
Croatian	Sretan Rodendan!
Czech	Vsechno nejlepsi k Tvym narozeninam!!
Danish	Tillykke med fodselsdagen!
Dutch-Antwerps	Ne gelukkege verjoardach!
Dutch-Bilzers	Ne geleukkege verjoardoag!
Dutch-Drents	Fellisiteert!
Dutch-Flemish	Gelukkige verjaardag! or Prettige verjaardag!
Dutch-Frisian	Fan herte lokwinske!
Dutch-Limburgs	Proficiat! or Perfisia!
Dutch-Spouwers	Ne geleukkege verjeurdoag!
Dutch-Twents	Gefeliciteard met oen'n verjoardag!
Dutch	Hartelijk gefeliciteerd! or Van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!
English	Happy Birthday!
Esperanto	Felichan Naskightagon!
Estonian	Palju onne sunnipaevaks!
Euskera	Zorionak zure urtebetetze egunean!
Faroes ( Faroe island )	Tillukku vid fodingardegnum!
Farsi	Tavalodet Mobarak!
Finnish	Hyvaa syntymapaivaa!
French (Canada)	Bonne Fete!
French	Joyeux Anniversaire!
Frisian	Lokkiche jierdei!
Gaelic (Irish)	L‡ breithe mhaith agat!
Gaelic (Scottish)	Co` latha breith sona dhuibh!
Galician (Spain)	Ledicia no teu cumpreanos!
Georgian	Gilotcav dabadebis dges!
German-Badisch	Allis Guedi zu dim Fescht!
German-Bavarian	Ois Guade zu Deim Geburdstog!
German-Berlinisch	Allet Jute ooch zum Jeburtstach! or Ick wuensch da allet Jute zum Jeburtstach!
German-Bernese	Es Muentschi zum Geburri!
German-Camelottisch	Ewllews Gewtew zewm Gewbewrtstewg. Mew!
German-Frankonian	Allmecht! Iich wuensch Dir aan guuadn Gebuardsdooch!
German-Lichtenstein	Haerzliche Glueckwuensche zum Geburtstag!
German-Moselfraenkisch	Haezzlische Glickwunsch zem Gebordsdach!
German-Plattdeutsch	Ick wuensch Di allns Gode ton Geburtsdach!
German-Rhoihessisch	Ich gratelier Dir aach zum Geburtstag!
German-Ruhr	Allet Gute zum Gebuatstach!
German-Saarlaendisch	Alles Gudde for dei Gebordsdaach!
German-Saechsisch	Herzlischen Gliggwunsch zum Geburdsdaach!
German-Schwaebisch	Aelles Guade zom Gebordzdag!
German-Wienerisch	Ois Guade zum Geburdsdog!
German	Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Greek	Eytyxismena Genethlia! or Chronia Pola!
Greenlandic	Inuuinni pilluarit!
Gronings (Netherlands)	Fielsteerd mit joen verjoardag!
Gujarati (India)	Janma Divas Mubarak!
Gujrati (Pakistan)	Saal Mubarak!
Guarani (Paraguay Indian)]	Vy-Apave Nde Arambotyre!
Hawaiian	Hau`oli la hanau!
Hebrew	Yom Huledet Same'ach!
Hiligaynon (Philippines)	Masadya gid nga adlaw sa imo pagkatawo!
Hindi (India)	Janam Din ki badhai! or Janam Din ki shubkamnaayein!
Hungarian	Boldog szuletesnapot! or Isten eltessen!
Icelandic	Til hamingju med afmaelisdaginn!
Indonesian	Selamat Ulang Tahun!
Irish-gaelic	La-breithe mhaith agat! or Co` latha breith sona dhut! Or Breithla Shona Dhuit!
Italian	Buon Compleanno!
Italian (Piedmont)	Bun Cumpleani!
Italian (Romagna)	At faz tent avguri ad bon cumplean!
Japanese	Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu!
Javaans-Indonesia	Slamet Ulang Taunmoe!
Jerriais	Bouon Anniversaithe!
Kannada (India)	Huttida Habba Subashayagalu!
Kapangpangan (Philippines)	Mayap a Kebaitan
Kashmiri (India)	Voharvod Mubarak Chuy!
Kazakh (Kazakstan)	Tughan kuninmen!
Klingon	Quchjaj qoSlIj!
Korean	Saeng il chuk ha ham ni da!
Kurdish	Rojbun a te piroz be!
Kyrgyz	Tulgan kunum menen!
Latin	Fortuna dies natalis!
Latvian	Daudz laimes dzimsanas diena!
Lithuanian	Sveikinu su gimtadieniu! or Geriausi linkejimaigimtadien io progal
Luganda	Nkwagaliza amazalibwa go amalungi!
Luxembourgeois	Vill Gleck fir daei Geburtsdaag!
Macedonian	Sreken roden den!
Malayalam (India)	Pirannal Aasamsakal! or Janmadinasamsakal!
Malaysian	Selamat Hari Jadi!
Maltese	Nifrahlek ghal gheluq sninek!
Maori	Kia huritau ki a koe!
Marathi (India)	Wadhdiwasachya Shubhechha!
Mauritian Kreol	mo swet u en bonlaniverser!
Mbula (Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea)	Leleng ambai pa mbeng ku taipet i!
Mongolian	Torson odriin mend hurgee!
Navajo	bil hoozho bi'dizhchi-neeji' 'aneilkaah!
Niederdeutsch (North Germany)	Ick gratuleer di scheun!
Nepali	Janma dhin ko Subha kamana!
Norwegian	Gratulerer med dagen!
Oriya (India)	Janmadina Abhinandan!
Papiamento (lower Dutch Antilles)	Masha Pabien I hopi aña mas!
Pashto (Afganistan)	Padayish rawaz day unbaraksha!
Persian	Tavalodet Mobarak!
Pinoy (Philippines)	Maligayang kaarawan sa iyo!
Polish	Wszystkiego Najlepszego! or Wszystkiego najlepszego zokazji urodzin! wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin
Portuguese (Brazil)	Parabens pelo seu aniversario! or Parabenspara voce! or Parabens e muitas felicidades!
Portuguese	Feliz Aniversario! or Parabens!
Punjabi (India)	Janam din diyan wadhayian!
Rajasthani (India)	Janam ghaanth ri badhai, khoob jeeyo!
Romanian	La Multi Ani!
Rosarino Basico (Argentina)	Feneligiz Cunumplegeanagonos!
Russian	S dniom razhdjenia! or Pazdravliayu s dniom razhdjenia!
Sami/Lappish	Lihkos Riegadanbeaivvis!
Samoan	Manuia lou aso fanau!
Sanskrit (India)	Ravihi janmadinam aacharati!
Sardinian (Italy)	Achent'annos! Achent'annos!
Schwyzerduetsch (Swiss German)	Vill Glück zum Geburri!
Serbian	Srecan Rodjendan!
Slovak	Vsetko najlepsie k narodeninam!
Slovene	Vse najboljse za rojstni dan!
Sotho	Masego motsatsing la psalo!
Spanish	Feliz Cumplea–os!
Sri Lankan	Suba Upan dinayak vewa!
Sundanese	Wilujeng Tepang Taun!
Surinamese	Mi fresteri ju!
Swahili	Hongera! or Heri ya Siku kuu!
Swedish	Grattis pŒ fšdelsedagen
Syriac	Tahnyotho or brigo!
Tagalog (Philippines)	Maligayang Bati Sa Iyong Kaarawan!
Taiwanese	San leaz quiet lo!
Tamil (India)	Piranda naal vaazhthukkal!
Telugu (India)	Janmadina subha kankshalu!
Telugu	Puttina Roju Shubakanksalu!
Thai	Suk San Wan Keut!
Tibetan	Droonkher Tashi Delek!
Tulu(Karnataka - India)	Putudina dina saukhya!
Turkish	Dogum gunun kutlu olsun!
Ukrainian	Mnohiya lita! or Z dnem narodjennia!
Urdu (India)	Janam Din Mubarak
Urdu (Pakistan)	Saalgirah Mubarak!
Vietnamese	Chuc Mung Sinh Nhat!
Visayan (Philippines)	Malipayong adlaw nga natawhan!
Welsh	Penblwydd Hapus i Chi!
Xhosa (South Afican)	Imini emandi kuwe!
Yiddish	A Freilekhn Gebortstog!
Yoruba (Nigeria)	Eku Ojobi!
Zulu (South Afican)	Ilanga elimndandi kuwe!

Source: knowledgebase-script

Highlights of Union Budget 2010-2011

Finanace minister Pranab Mukherjee began presenting the Union budget for 2010-11 in the Lok Sabha today after the Cabinet approved the document. Here are some of the highlights of his budget speech.

• The Indian economy was facing grave uncertainty. Growth had started decelerating when the interim and full budget for 2009-10 were presented.
• At home there was added uncertainty because of subnormal southwest monsoon.
• Yet, the economy now in a far better position than it was
• eight years ago.
• India weathered the economic crisis well and emerged from the global slowdown faster than any other country.
• First challenge before the government is to quickly revert to
• high GDP growth path of 9%.
• Expects 10% economic growth in the near future.
• Second challenge is to harness economic growth to make it more inclusive and consolidate gains.
• Third challenge is to overcome weakness in government's public delivery mechanism; a long way to go in this.
• Impressive recovery in the past few months. Can witness
• faster recovery in the coming months.
• Food security has been strengthened.
• But bottleneck of the public delivery mechanism can hold us back.
• Fiscal year 2009-10 was challenging for the economy.
• Focus shifted to non-governmental actors and an enabling government. Government now concentrates on supporting and delivering services to the poorer sections.
• Economy stabilised in the first quarter of 2009 itself.
• 18.5% manufacturing growth in December was the highest in two decades.
• Figures for merchandise exports for January encouraging
• after turnaround in November and December last year.
• Double digit food inflation last year due to bad monsoon
• and drought-like conditions.
• Government conscious of the price rise and taking steps to tackle it.
• Erratic monsoon and drought-like conditions forced supply-side bottleneck that fuelled inflation.
• Need to review stimulus imparted to economy last year to overcome the recession.
• Need to ensure that the demand-supply imbalance is managed.
• Need to make growth more broad-based.
• Need to review public spending and mobilise resources.
• Status paper on public debt within six months.
• 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 considered if they meet the criteria.
• Government to provide Rs16,500 crore to public-sector
• banks to maintain tier-I capital.
• Government to continue interest subvention of 2% for one more year for exports covering handicrafts, carpets,
• handlooms and small and medium enterprises.
• Government to provide Rs300 crore to organise 60,000 pulse and oilseed villages and provide integrated intervention of watershed and related programmes.
• Rs200 crore provided for climate-resilient agriculture
• initiative.
• Government committed to ensuring continued growth of
• special economic zones.
• Need to take firm view on opening up of the retail sector.
• Deficit in foodgrains storage capacity to be met with private-sector participation.
• Period for repayment of loans by farmers extended by six months to June 30, 2010, in view of the drought and floods in some parts of the country.
• Interest subvention for timely repayment of crop loans raised from 1% to 2%, bringing the effective rate of interest to 5%.
• Road transport allocation raised by 13% to Rs19,894 crore.
• Proposal to maintain thrust of upgrading infrastructure in rural and urban areas. IIFCL authorised to refinance infrastructure projects.
• Rs1,73,552 crore provided for infrastructure development.
• Allocation for railways fixed at Rs16,752 crore, an increase of Rs950 crore over the last financial year.
• Government proposes to set up Coal Development Regulatory Authority.
• Mega power plant policy modified to lower cost of generation; allocation to power sector more than doubled to Rs5,130 crore in 2010-11.
• Government favours competitive bidding for coal blocks for captive power plants.
• Rs500 crore allocated for solar and hydro projects for the Ladakh region in Jammu & Kashmir.
• Clean Energy Fund to be created for research in new energy sources.
• Allocation for new and renewable energy ministry increased by 61% to Rs1,000 crore.
• One-time grant of Rs200 crore provided to Tirupur textile cluster in Tamil Nadu.
• Allocation for National Ganga River Basin Authority doubled to Rs500 crore.
• Alternative port to be developed at Sagar Island in West Bengal.
• Draft of Food Security Bill ready, to be placed in the public domain soon.
• Outlay for social sectors pegged at Rs1,37,674 crore, accounting for 37% of the total plan allocation.
• Plan allocation for school education raised from Rs26,800 crore to Rs31,036 crore in 2010-11.
• 25% of plan outlay earmarked for rural infrastructure development.
• Plan allocation for health and family welfare increased to Rs22,300 crore from Rs19,534 crore.
• For rural development, Rs66,100 crore have been allocated.
• Allocation for National Rural Employment Guarantee Authority stepped up to Rs40,100 crore in 2010-11.
• Indira Awas Yojana's unit cost raised to Rs45,000 in the plains and Rs48,500 in hilly areas.
• Allocation for urban development increased by 75% to Rs5,400 crore in 2010-11.
• 1% interest subvention loan for houses costing up to Rs20 lakh extended to March 31, 2011; Rs700 crore provided.
• Allocation for development of micro and small-scale sector raised from Rs1,794 crore to Rs2,400 crore.
• Rs1,270 crore provided for slum development programme, marking an increase of 700%.
• Government to set up National Social Security Fund with initial allocation of Rs1,000 crore to provide social security to workers in the unorganised sector.
• Government to contribute Rs1,000 per annum to each
• account holder under the new pension scheme.
• Exclusive skill development programme to be launched for textile and garment-sector employees.
• Allocation for woman and child development increased by 80%
• Plan outlay for the social justice ministry raised by 80% to Rs4,500 crore.
• Plan allocation for minority affairs ministry raised from Rs1,740 crore to Rs2,600 crore.
• Financial-Sector Legislative Reforms Committee to be set
• up.
• Rs1,900 crore allocated for Unique Identification Authority of India.
• A unique identity symbol will be provided to the rupee in line with the US dollar, British pound sterling, euro and Japanese yen.
• Defence allocation pegged at Rs1,47,344 crore in 2010-11
• against Rs1,41,703 crore in the previous year. Of this, capital expenditure would account for Rs60,000 crore.
• Planning Commission to prepare integrated action plan for
• Naxal-affected areas to encourage "misguided elements" to eschew violence and join the mainstream.
• Gross tax receipts pegged at Rs7,46,656 crore for 2010-11, non-tax revenues at Rs1,48,118 crore.
• Total expenditure pegged at Rs11.8 lakh crore, an increase of 8.6%.
• Fiscal deficit at 5.5%.
• Fiscal deficit seen at 4.8% and 4.1% in 2011-12 and 2012-13, respectively.
• Non-plan expenditure pegged at Rs37,392 crore and plan expenditure at Rs7,35,657 crore in budget estimates. Proposed increase of 15% in plan expenditure and 6% in non-plan expenditure.
• Cash subsidy for fuel and fertiliser instead of previous practice of bonds to continue.
• Fiscal deficit pegged at 6.9% in 2009-10 as against 7.8% in the previous fiscal.
• Government's net borrowing to be Rs3,45,010 crore for 2010-11.
• Income-tax department ready with two-page Saral-2 returns
• form for individual salaried assesses.
• Personal income-ax rates pruned:
• Income up to Rs1.6 lakh — nil
• Income above Rs1.6 lakh and up to Rs5 lakh — 10%
• Income above Rs5 lakh and up to Rs8 lakh — 20%
• Income above Rs8 lakh — 30%
• Additional deduction of Rs20,000 allowed on long-term
• infrastructure bonds for income-tax payers; this is above Rs1 lakh on savings instruments allowed already.
• Investment-linked tax deductions to be allowed to two-star hotels anywhere in the country.
• Weighted deduction of 125% for payments to approved associations doing social and statistical research.
• One-time interim relief to housing and real-estate sector.
• Businesses with a turnover of up to Rs60 lakh and professionals earning up to Rs15 lakh to be exempted from the obligation to audit their accounts.
• Housing projects allowed to be completed in five years instead of four to avail of tax breaks.
• Revenue loss of Rs26,000 crore on direct tax proposals.
• Central excise duty on all non-petroleum products raised to 10% from 8%.
• FM increases customs duty on crude oil to 5%, on diesel and petrol to 7.5%, and on other petroleum products to 10%.
• Structural changes in excise duties on cigarettes, cigars, and cigarillos.
• Clean energy cess of Rs50 per ton to be levied on coal produced in India.
• Concessional excise duty of 4% on solar cycle-rickshaws.
• Balloons exempted from central excise duty.
• Customs and central excise proposals to result in a net revenue gain of Rs43,500 crore.
• More services to be brought under the service tax net.
• Certain accredited news agencies exempted from payment of service tax.
• Net revenue gain from tax proposals pegged at Rs20,500 crore.

Source: DNAindia