Raman Sharma, Jaipur

Dear Smt Smriti Iraniji, At the drop of a hat, every government, including yours, says that subsidies are bad for the economy and should be done away with. Many of the subsidies in your ministry are going to those who don't deserve it. IITians are the most guilty of this pilferage. To make things worse, they hardly do anything for the country. Best-selling fiction is not known to help farmers. 1) To begin with, this is what they cost us While it takes over Rs 3.4 lakh to educate an IITian per year, the student pays only Rs 90,000 per year. The rest is borne by the government. That is close to Rs 2.5 lakh per student per year, which is being paid by the tax payer. If one extrapolates this to all the 39,540 students in the Indian Institute of Technologies, the cost borne by the tax payer on educating IITians extends to 988.5 crore annually. According to budget estimates, Rs 1703.85 crore is to be allocated to the IITs for 2015-'16. 2) What do we get in return for the Rs 1,700 cr...

Android 5.1 this is the latest android os till date and Spice company's android one named Dream uno and uno H will be the first to receive the updated os in India as confirmed by the respected ceo of the company Prashant. Some rumours have it that the Lollipop 5.1 update would be improving the system stability, interface, battery consumption and RAM management, smarter notifications, a fix for crashing apps and a better OK Google function. As per the promise by Google and company that mobile will be the first to receive the latest android version as soon as it is released however the company has failed to update to lollipop 5.0 so far but the customers will be satisfied if they get in before others specially nexus. However, there seems to be no official announcement about the rollout of Android 5.1 Lollipop from google so far. And the changelog is still not being given and showed by google but some android phones in Malaysia have already received this Android out of box....

Budget Here are sector-wise highlights: TAXATION 1Abolition of Wealth Tax. 2Additional 2% surcharge for the super rich with income of over Rs. 1 crore. 3Rate of corporate tax to be reduced to 25% over next four years. 4Total exemption of up to Rs. 4,44,200 can be achieved. 5100% exemption for contribution to Swachch Bharat, apart from CSR.6Service tax increased to14 per cent. AGRICULTURE 1Rs. 25,000 crore for Rural Infrastructure Development Bank. 2Rs. 5,300 crore to support Micro Irrigation Programme. 3Farmers credit - target of 8.5 lakh crore. INFRASTRUCTURE 1Rs. 70,000 crores to Infrastructure sector. 2Tax-free bonds for projects in rail road and irrigation 3PPP model for infrastructure development to be revitalised and govt. to bear majority of the risk. 4Rs. 150 crore allocated for Research & Development 5NITI to be established and involvement of entrepreneurs, researchers to foster scientific innovations. 6Govt. proposes to set up 5 ultra mega power p...

AB De Villiers has stunned us with his batting skills and myriad  range of shots. He has the record of the fastest 50, fastest 100, and  fastest 150 in One Day Internationals. But there are lots of things you  do not know about this Superman from South Africa. Infact he is the Rajnikanth of South Africa. Here is why. 1.  He was the Captain of South Africa Jr national Rugby team.  ​ 2.   AB De Villiers once had a flair for hockey, and made it to the U-16  side of the school. He was shortlisted for South Africa’s junior  national hockey team.  ​ 3.  He was shortlisted for South Africa’s junior national Football squad. He was an outstanding player.  ​ 4.  He held six South African school swimming records in school.  ​ 5.  He also held the fastest 100m dash in South Africa junior athletics.  ​ 6.   AB de Villiers was the member of South Africa’s junior Davis Cup tennis  team. He was ranked in ...