The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 01, 2006

BSNL One India scheme from today
The Budget proposals for the telecom sector may have been lacklustre but the operators are going full steam ahead with their plans of announcing One India tariffs, which will allow subscribers to make STD calls at Re 1 a minute. Sources in Airtel ... More

BUDGET

A positive program
Boost to PC usage
Excise duty of 12% on computers
Anomaly in duty structure removed
Boost for domestic manufacturers More

No cheer for telecom users, service providers — Now, service tax on Net telephony
Telecom consumers and service providers have little to cheer from the Budget 2006-07 today. While the telecom industry was expecting a reduction in the licence fee paid as a percentage of the annual revenue, the Finance Ministry's proposal to ... More

`Viability gap funding' for semiconductor projects — New policy on cards to make India hub
Provides incentives required for the industry to establish its roots and make domestic manufacturing of semiconductors and electronics a viable opportunity. More

`8% excise on packaged software not good'
Infosys Technologies Ltd's board member and Chief Financial Officer, Mr T.V. Mohandas Pai, has termed the Union Budget as that of consolidation and growth, but felt that the Finance Minister could have done more in terms of reducing the excise ... More

`Hike in service tax a dampener'
The Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, has said that the Budget has largely been neutral for the IT services sector though the stress on infrastructure and education should be positive for the ... More

HARDWARE

IT industry divided over impact of excise duty — Desktop, notebooks may turn costlier
The Indian hardware industry today appeared sharply divided over the impact of 12 per cent excise duty on computers, with players such as Zenith, Acer and HP predicting about five per cent increase in prices of PCs and notebooks, even as HCL and ... More

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