Diesel price rise..Some facts, stranger than fiction

1) At the current selling prices of Petrol and Diesel the total tax is almost 48% of the selling price. This includes customs duty, excise duty, sales tax, vat , additional tax, surcharge, additional surcharge etc.
2) The current price hike equates to more than 13% increase in the prices of diesel which is the highest single increase.
3) During the last financial year one in every six rupees (16%) of the Centre's tax revenues came from levies on petro products —  State Taxes were extra. This busts the myth of under recoveries by Oil Companies.
4) The combined net profit of Oil companies in India last year was approximately 27000 Crores for the last financial year. (including IOC/BP/HP/ONGC. The Operating profit was three times this figure.
5) The current increase to a large extent has been done to get a better credit rating from international agencies like S&P , Moody's And Fitch which would have further downgraded India if the subsidy on diesel was not cut.
6) Another major political reason to induce the hike at this stage is to divert the attention from the Coal Scam to Fuel increase , which naturally would have major reactions such as Strikes, Protests , Bandhs and Dharnas from the various political parties and general public, removing the focus from coal to a large extent.
7) Expect the inflation to spiral again to 10% levels, for increase in price of fuel will have a upward effect on prices of most of commodities. And more than 80% of goods movement in the country happens through Roads, where fuel is a major component of the total cost.
8) Indian public may again forget the impact of fuel price increase and get disillusioned by the India Pakistan 20-20 Match scheduled on 17September.
9) Sonia Gandhi has never bought a gas cylinder or filled fuel with her own money in her entire life.
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The Parliamentary standing committee on finance has recommended an exemption of Rs 3.2 lakh (excluding home loans), instead of Rs 2.7 lakh (including home loans) at present.

NEW DELHI: 
The Parliamentary standing committee on finance, in its final report
on Friday, suggested reworking the income tax slabs, seeking exemption for
income up to Rs 3 lakh and wanting the highest tax rate of 30% to kick in at over
Rs 20 lakh. To make the tax system more predictable, the panel
recommended that the slabs be indexed to inflation.
The report, which will help the government push the Direct Taxes
Code, has also suggested that the exemption limit for savings be
enhanced from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh.
It suggested that the exemption limit for life and health insurance, and
education, be doubled to Rs 1 lakh and a separate deduction of Rs 50,000 be
permitted for higher education.
For purchasing medical insurance for elderly parents and grandparents, an
additional exemption of Rs 20,000 should be given, although it is silent on
housing loan exemption which is currently at Rs 1.5 lakh.
The committee has recommended an exemption of Rs 3.2 lakh (excluding
home loans), instead of Rs 2.7 lakh (including home loans) at present. If the
parliamentary panel's prescriptions find favour with the government, those with
annual income of up to Rs 6.2 lakh will stay outside the tax net. Further
concessions for women and senior citizens in the tax slabs have also been
recommended in the report.
The panel has suggested that the senior citizen cut-off age be lowered to 60 years,
instead of 65.
The slabs suggested by the panel are far more liberal than those suggested in the
DTC Bill although it is lower than what was proposed in the draft Bill in 2009.
In the Bill introduced in August, 2010, the government had suggested that
income up to Rs 2 lakh be outside the tax ambit, a 10% levy was proposed for
annual income of Rs 2 lakh-Rs 5 lakh, 20% for Rs 5 lakh-Rs 10 lakh, while
above Rs 10 lakh, the 30% rate was to be applicable.
There is no relief for companies that the panel headed by former FM Yashwant
Sinha has suggested that corporation tax rate be retained at 30%, instead of
25% proposed in the draft Bill. There is also a suggestion to dispense with STT
and raise the wealth tax exemption limit from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 5 crore. tnn
While the DTC Bill is pending in Parliament, the new law is unlikely to be
in place by April when the next financial year begins. As a result, the proposed
slabs, if accepted by the government and endorsed by the legislature, will
only be applicable from April 2013.
The panel is also not in favour of annual tinkering in tax slabs. Instead it has
suggested that it should be indexed to inflation. "The committee notes that
almost every year, the exemption limit is being tinkered with, albeit marginally.
This, however, does not have any linkage with the price index or the
growing inflationary trend. The committee would, therefore, desire that
there should be a built-in mechanism embedded in the statute itself based on
consumer price indices, whereby the tax slabs would be automatically and
periodically adjusted for inflation," the 360-page report said.
The committee argued that moderate tax rates would "induce better tax
compliance with a view to giving some relief to the small tax payers." In
addition, it said that compliance and transaction cost will come down, helping
the income tax department "focus their attention and re-orient their resources
on the higher income groups, untaxed or concealed incomes, and categories
and sectors that are avoidance or evasion prone." By increasing the cut off
to Rs 3 lakh, over 2.5 crore of the 3.3 crore tax payers would go out of the tax
net. Government data suggests that 89% of the taxpayers are up to Rs 5
lakh bracket with collections estimated at around Rs 11,000 crore.

India in talks with Switzerland to bring home tax on undeclared money

After sealing a double taxation avoidance pact with Switzerland, India is now negotiating with the Alpine nation for an arrangement to obtain tax on undeclared money parked in Swiss banks. Under the agreement, the identity of the citizens would not be disclosed. However, the arrangement is likely to be different from the one entered into by Switzerland with the UK and Germany. Switzerland had earlier drawn up treaties with Germany and the UK that entails turning in tax from undeclared assets which the citizens of the nations keep in its secretive banks. In fact, Greece was also reportedly working on a similar arrangement with Switzerland. India is also keen to seal a similar deal but with different terms and conditions. As per the current contours of the agreement, tax is collected by Switzerland on the interest earned by citizens on the deposits. In return, Switzerland asks for market access for its financial institutions and a resolution of the problem ofpurchasing illegally acquired tax data. However, given the fact that the interest paid by Swiss banks is very low, the amount generated in form of tax is inconsequential. The average interest rate in Switzerland, decided by the Swiss National Bank, was 1.52 per cent from 2000 until 2010. India, therefore, wants that the tax collected by Switzerland should be on the deposits and not just the interest earned. Further, India can't provide greater access as demanded because it is already in negotiations with the European Union for a free trade agreement and till its conclusion, any such decision is unlikely to be taken

How Smartphones Got Cheap

How Smartphones Got Cheap 2002 - Nokia launches the first Symbian smartphone is India: the 7650 at Rs 36,000 approximately. 2004 - Research In Motion enters India with BlackBerry 7730 BlackBerry 7230 and BlackBerry 6230. Their price range is Rs 18,000-32,000. 2009 - Post-paid plans for BlackBerry Internet Services average Rs 1,200 a month. High recurrent costs prevents penetration of handsets in India. HTC and Bharti Airtel bring the first Android phone to India: HTC Magic, priced at Rs 29,990. BlackBerry launches Curve 8520 at Rs 14,990. market perception about the brand shifts from a "senior management" only phone. 2010 - Acer beTouch E110 ushers in the era of sub Rs 10,000 Android phones. A huge hit among the urban and rural customers. Micromax launches Andro A 60 for Rs 6,900. Indian manufacturers enter the high-end market by buying off-the-shelf designs from Chinese manufacturers. 2011 - Idea launches 3G smartphone, the cheapest Android-powered phone for Rs 5,850. Bundles with 3G services, claims the effective price is Rs 2,609. BlackBerry slashes price of Curve to Rs 9,990. Students buy smartphones to "BBM" friends. 2012 - BlackBerry Go BBM plan now available for Rs 129 a month. Pre-paid users can access the plan for just Rs 5 a day. Spice Mobility slashes price of Android Froyo-based Mi-270 smartphone to Rs 3,399 setting a new benchmark for cheap smartphones in India. The Future Trick Lower the cost of the most expensive components: Processor, Display/LCD Panels, Memory, Camera, Software, Phone Case In-Stat, a global research and analysis firm, says component prices of smartphones dropped dramatically in 2010. This was possible largely due to integration of GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and sometimes FM radio onto a single chip. It predicts that by 2015, Android will ship 339 million smartphones under $150. Gartner claims that by 2015, 67% of all open OS devices will have an average selling price of $300 or below.

A Short History of How the Phone Got Smart

A Short History of How the Phone Got Smart Full name reads IBM Simon Personal Communicator, the world's first smart phone. (No, it wasn't a BlackBerry after all) Simon is a mobile phone, pager, fax machine and PDA rolled into one. Wondering about apps? Check out the features list: calendar, address book, world clock, calculator, note pad, e-mail, and games. 1996 - Nokia Communicator: And the full QWERTY keyboard comes to the phone. It flips open like a wide pencil box (called clamshell design), runs on GEOS V3.0 operating system and allows text-based web browsing. Follow ups: Nokia 9110 and Nokia 9110i. 1997 - GS88: Much like the Communicator series, the Ericsson device finds a place in history mostly because of the brochure writers: the first time a company calls such stuff "smartphones" 1999 - Kyocera VP-210: The world's first phone with a built-in camera comes from Japan, a company called Kyrocera. It is meant for face-to-face communication so the lens is on the front of the camera. You can't see the click button if you focus it on anything but yourself. 2000 - Symbian & Ericsson T36 The hardware of the device, Ericsson's R380, isn't much to talk about. But it is the first phone loaded with Symbian, the operating system that rules the smartphone world for years to come. Another key innovation: compact and small design. It puts in an in-built Bluetooth and every smartphone worth its money has to have one. 2001 - Kyocera 6035: The first smart phone to be used widely in the US. The 6035 combines a PDA and a wireless phone services and runs on the Verizon Wireless network. 2002 - BlackBerry 5810: Research in Motion finally gets it right. Two-way pagers give way to a convergent device with the all important push email: one click and all your office communication is at your finger tips. Big hit with senior management world wide. 2007 - iPhone & Android First multi-touch smartphone that changes the category altogether. Sleek design with a single home button, users type into the screen. The mysteriously-captioned OS X is a huge hit. A Linux-based operating system Google bought in 2005 comes out with the first Android-phone: HTC Dream. The open-source system eventually powers Samsung, Motorola, LG and other brands. Biggest threat to iOS. Five years on, daily activations hit 5 million. 2008 - App Store And phones change forever. Third-party apps make smart phones more versatile than ever imagined. Apple launches software development kits to help developers embed free and paid apps on the iOS. 2011 - Nokia Lumia Nokia and Windows alliance produces the first smartphone: Lumia 710, and 800 powered by the Windows Phone OS. Fails to become game changer in smartphone market.

Devices with Android 4.0 in Devices-with-Android-4.0-in-India India

Health benefits

Nutritionally, the fruit is high in carbohydrates, particularly fructose. The fruit also contains significant amounts of vitamin C, vitamin B1, and vitamin B2.[citation needed] The fruit, seeds, and leaves have a number of herbal medicinal uses among indigenous peoples of regions where the plant is common.

There is evidence indicating that the fruit's extracts selectively inhibit the growth of human breast cancer cells by downregulating expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in vitro and in a mouse model,[3] but the effect has not been studied in humans.
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Health risks

Research carried out in the Caribbean has suggested a connection between consumption of soursop and atypical forms of Parkinson's disease due to the very high concentration of annonacin.[4][5][6][7]

According to Cancer Research UK, Annona muricata is an active principle in an unlicensed herbal remedy marketed under the brand name Triamazon.[8] Triamazon is not licensed for medicinal use and the sale of the product resulted in a conviction on four counts of selling unlicensed medical products, and other charges, for a vendor in the United Kingdom.[9]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graviola

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407264_291233580943928_289625761104710_771502_166747617_n.jpg CANCER KILLER FRUIT

"10000 times stronger killer of CANCER than Chemo".. do share it.. can save many lives, fill up hopes and build confidence in the patients...

The Sour Sop or the fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo.

Why are we not aware of this? Its because some big corporation want to make back their money spent on years of research by trying to make a synthetic version of it for sale.

So, since you know it now you can help a friend in need by letting him know or just drink some sour sop juice yourself as prevention from time to time. The taste is not bad after all. It’s completely natural and definitely has no side effects. If you have the space, plant one in your garden.
The other parts of the tree are also useful.

The next time you have a fruit juice, ask for a sour sop.

How many people died in vain while this billion-dollar drug maker concealed the secret of the miraculous Graviola tree?

This tree is low and is called graviola ! in Brazi l, guanabana in Spanish and has the uninspiring name “soursop” in English. The fruit is very large and the subacid sweet white pulp is eaten out of hand or, more commonly, used to make fruit drinks, sherbets and such.

The principal interest in this plant is because of its strong anti-cancer effects. Although it is effective for a number of medical conditions, it is its anti tumor effect that is of most interest. This plant is a proven cancer remedy for cancers of all types.

Besides being a cancer remedy, graviola is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent for both bacterial and fungal infections, is effective against internal parasites and worms, lowers high blood pressure and is used for depression, stress and nervous disorders.

If there ever was a single example that makes it dramatically clear why the existence of Health Sciences Institute is so vital to Americans like you, it’s the incredible story behind the Graviola tree..

The truth is stunningly simple: Deep within the Amazon Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your doctor, and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of survival. The future has never looked more promising.

Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous tree it now may be possible to:
* Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss
* Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections
* Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment
* Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life

The source of this information is just as stunning: It comes from one of America ‘s largest drug manufacturers, th! e fruit of over 20 laboratory tests conducted since the 1970′s! What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing… Extracts from the tree were shown to:

* Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer..
* The tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug!
* What’s more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the Graviola tree selectivelyhunts
down and kills only cancer cells.. It does not harm healthy cells!

The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola tree have been extensively researched–so why haven’t you heard anything about it? If Graviola extract is

One of America ‘s biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing tree from the Amazon Rainforest.

Various parts of the Graviola tree–including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds–have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indi! ans in S outh America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis. Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured money and resources into testing the tree’s anti-cancerous properties–and were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing dynamo.
But that’s where the Graviola story nearly ended.

The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree–it’s completely natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There’s no way to make serious profits from it.

It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to synthesize two of the Graviola tree’s most powerful anti-cancer ingredients. If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what makes the Graviola so potent, they’d be able to patent it and make their money back. Alas, they hit a brick wall. The original simply could not be replicated. There was no way the company could protect its profits–or even make back the millions it poured into research.

As the dream of huge profits evaporated, their testing on Graviola came to a screeching halt. Even worse, the company shelved the entire project and chose not to publish the findings of its research!

Luckily, however, there was one scientist from the Graviola research team whose conscience wouldn’t let him see such atrocity committed. Risking his career, he contacted a company that’s dedicated to harvesting medical plants from the Amazon Rainforest and blew the whistle.

Miracle unleashed
When researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were alerted to the news of Graviola,! they be gan tracking the research done on the cancer-killing tree. Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola–and its shocking cover-up–came in fast and furious….

….The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976. The results showed that Graviola’s “leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells.” Inexplicably, the results were published in an internal report and never released to the public…

….Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests, yet no double-blind clinical trials–the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a treatment’s value–were ever initiated….

….A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at “10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin…”

….The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched. Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.

…A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers…. Seven years of silence broken–it’s finally here!