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STATE’S CORNER Maharashtra Local Body Tax (LBT) on traders abolished by BJP led Maharashtra Govt The BJP-led Maharashtra state LBT. The move has been roundly government has announced in its welcomed by traders. As regards Budget <strong>2015</strong>-16 that the Local Body LBT, a compensation of Rs. 6,875 Tax (LBT) on traders would be crore will be given to the municipal abolished by August 1, <strong>2015</strong>.This corporations, excluding Mumbai. was one of the poll promises of the The loss of revenue would be com- BJP during the poll campagin. The pensated by enhancing the rate of BJP had supported the agitations by tax under VAT which will be applitraders against double taxation – cable to the whole state. A revenue LBT in addition to Value Added Tax neutral rate has been recommended (VAT)– and promised during the considering the share of increased assembly campaign that if voted to tax collection to be given to the areas power, the party would scrap the where LBT is not levied. Madhya Pradesh Rs. 15,000 crore relief and assistance to farmers in Madhya Pradesh in last 2 years Approximately Rs. 15,000 crore has from burden of enhanced power been made available to farmers as tariff and supply of free power to relief and assistance under various weaker sections. Of this, 1968 crore schemes during last 2 years. The was given as tariff subsidy and Rs. relief was given for natural calami- 466 crore for supply of free power ties, crop insurance compensation, during 2012-13. During year 2013- and bonus on procurement of wheat 14, a sum of Rs. 1700 crore was given and paddy on support price, subsidy as tariff subsidy and Rs. 550 crore on loans at zero percent interest for supply free power. In the state, rate, power subsidy and subsidy on loans are being provided to farmers agriculture implements. In most at zero percent interest rate for cases assistance amounts were agriculture works. About Rs. 404 deposited in most farmers' bank crore was given to 27 lakh 18 thouaccounts. Power subsidy worth sand farmers during 2012-13 and about Rs. 4,684 crore was given Rs. 494 crore to about 28 lakh farmduring last 2 years to relieve farmers ers in 2013-14. THE NATIONALIST 40
INDIA@POSITIVE India's Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile 'ASTRA' Successfully Test Fired India's Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile ASTRA has been successfully test fired by the Indian Air Force off the coast of Odisha near the Integrated Test Range, Balasore. The missile has been indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and D e v e l o p m e n t O r g a n i s a t i o n (DRDO). In test flight an ASTRA missile carrying telemetry equipment in place of the warhead was fired from a Sukhoi-30 aircraft against a Lakshya (Pilotless Target Aircraft) target. The target was successfully engaged and it was captured by Telemetry and Electrooptical tracking stations.A successful trial of ASTRA was also launched from a Sukhoi 30 aircraft, which was aimed at confirming missile's capa- bility to undergo manoeuvre involving very high gravitational forces upto the order of 30 'g'. The Defence R e s e a r c h & D e v e l o p m e n t Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad is the primary development agency for the missile. ‘Subah-e-Banaras’ a hit as Assighat in Varanasi gets a makeover With Prime Minister Narendra started and within three months, Modi's focus on the cleaning of the this amalgamation of culture, music ghats of Varanasi, changes are and yoga has now become an inteslowly becoming visible in some of gral part of the itinerary of every the important ghats, particularly tourist visiting Varanasi. The day at the famous Assighat. Though clean- the Assighat begins at 4.30 a.m. ing all the 100 ghats is a slow pro- with an aarti to the Sun, followed by cess, tonnes of mud have been 'yagna,' recitation of the Vedas and removed from the Assighat to morning 'ragas', and ends with a reclaim the steps on the banks of the yoga session at 7.30 a.m. This event river. The ghat is now the venue of a has given a platform to upcoming unique cultural and spiritual event artists from across India who per- — Subah-e-Banaras — that draws form every morning. Foreigners large numbers of visitors every who are studying music in Varanasi morning. It was on November 24 also perform at Subah-e-Banaras. last year that Subah-e-Banaras was THE NATIONALIST 41
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