ANANTH KUMAR(BANGALORE SOUTH): Mr.Chairman,sir,I rise to participate in the debate relating to the Interim General Budget presented by the hon. Finance Minister,Shri Pranab Mukherjee for the year 2009-10. Before going into the merits of Interim Budget, I felt a very senior politician and administrator like Shri Pranab Mukherjee,who presented a couple of budgets 25 years [...]

12.25 ¼ hrs. STANDING COMMITTEE ON COAL AND STEEL Fourth and Fifth Reports ANANTH KUMAR (BANGALORE SOUTH): Sir, I beg to present the following Reports (Hindi and English versions) of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (2004-05):- Fourth Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the First Report [...]

SHRI BASAVARAJ RAYAREDDI (KOPPAL): But ultimately we withdrew the Bill. ANANTH KUMAR (BANGALORE SOUTH): You had to. You were forced to do that. You do not have the number. You have got only 42. You should remember that sad fact. Sir, our hon. Prime Minister day in, day out talks of probity in public life [...]

14.41 hrs. DISCUSSION UNDER RULE 193 MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Now, the House will take up item No. 29. The subject is very much important and the whole country is concerned about it. So, I would request hon. Members to be brief and give only suggestions. SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Sir, after waiting for six days, [...]

ANANTH KUMAR (BANGALORE SOUTH): I beg to present the Seventy-second Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Standing Committee on Finance on the Authority for Advance Rulings on Central Taxes Bill, 2007.

MR. SPEAKER : Motion moved : The question is: “That the respective supplementary sums not exceeding the amounts on Revenue Account and Capital Account shown in the third column of the Order Paper be granted to the President of India, out of the Consolidated Fund of India, to defray the charges that will come in [...]