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Out of the VAT jump Mitra’s hikes

Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra today raised the value added tax (VAT) by 1 percentage point on many products, departing from a no-hike mantra religiously chanted by the Mamata Banerjee government....   | Read..
 

Trinamul expels leader

Ashim Pramanik, the INTTUC leader in Durgapur who had laid siege to two factories and a hospital in the past few months, was expelled from Trinamul and its trade union to...   | Read..
 

Wary Kabir skips budget

Humayun Kabir, who is continuing as a minister despite a poll defeat, today left the Assembly “a minute” before the budget was placed as some Trinamul leaders...   | Read..
 

CM’s stamp, Partha’s voice

The budget was presented by finance minister Amit Mitra and publicly defended by industries minister Partha Chatterjee, but it had Mamata Banerjee’s populist stamp ...   | Read..
 

Hawker hint in trader relief

The state government has decided to register unorganised traders who do not own premises, raising the spectre of legalising hawkers on the streets....   | Read..
 

No job? Join the dole queue and take cash

The Mamata Banerjee government today announced an unemployment allowance, expanding its list of state doles despite bleeding coffers. ...   | Read..
 
Out of the VAT jump Mitra’s hikes