Budget 2013: Highlights

FM P Chidambaram 

 The Finance Minister on Thursday unveiled higher-than-expected spending for fiscal 2013/14 on Thursday, aiming to fund it with higher revenues - including new taxes on the rich and large companies - in a budget aimed at reviving growth amid the country's worst slowdown in a decade.

Here are the key highlights from the Finance Bill:

FISCAL DEFICIT 

> Fiscal deficit seen at 5.2% of GDP in 2012/13

> Fiscal deficit seen at 4.8 pct of GDP in 2013/14

BORROWING 

> Gross market borrowing seen at Rs 6.29 trillion in 2013/14

> Net market borrowing seen at Rs 4.84 trillion in 2013/14

> Short-term borrowing seen at Rs 198.44 trillion in 2013/14

> To buy back Rs 50000 crore worth of bonds in 2013/14

SPENDING 

> Total budget expenditure seen at Rs 16.65 trillion in 2013/14

> Non-plan expenditure estimated at about Rs 11.1 trillion in 2013/14

> India's 2013/14 plan expenditure seen at Rs 5.55 trln trillion

FM P Chidambaram 

> Revised estimate for total expenditure is Rs 14.3 trillion in 2012/13, which is 96 pct of budget estimate

SUBSIDIES 

> 2013/14 major subsidies bill estimated at Rs 2.48 trln from Rs 1.82 trillion

> Petroleum subsidy seen at Rs 65000 crore in 2013/14

> Revised petroleum subsidy for 2012/13 at Rs 96,880 crore

> Estimated 900 bln rupees spending on food subsidies in 2013/14

> Revised food subsidies at 850 bln rupees in 2012/13

> Revised 2012/13 fertiliser subsidy at 659.7 bln rupees

RAILWAY BUDGET 2012-13

Rail Budget 2012-13: List of New Trains

List of New Express Trains

1. Kamakhya-Lokmanya Tilak (T) AC Express (Weekly) via Katihar, Mughalsarai, Itarsi

2. Secunderabad-Shalimar AC Express (Weekly) via Vijayawada

3. Bandra (T)-Bhuj AC Express (Tri-Weekly)

4. Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Udhampur AC Express (Tri-Weekly) via Ambala, Jalandhar

5. Coimbatore-Bikaner AC Express (Weekly) via,Roha,Vasai Road,Ahmedabad,Jodhpur

6. Kakinada-Secunderabad AC Express (Tri-weekly)

7. Yesvantpur-Kochuveli AC Express ( Weekly)

8. Chennai-Bangalore AC Double-decker Express (Daily)

9. Habibganj-Indore AC Double-decker Express (Daily)

10. Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express (6 days a week) via Malda Town

11. Kamakhya-Tezpur Intercity Express (Daily)

12. Tiruchchirappalli-Tirunelveli Intercity Express (Daily) via Madurai,Virudunagar

13. Jabalpur-Singrauli Intercity Express (Daily) via New Katni Jn.

14. Bidar-Secunderabad Intercity Express (6 days a week)

15. Kanpur-Allahabad Intercity Express (Daily)

16. Chhapra-Manduadih Intercity Express (Daily) via Phephna, Rasra, Mau, Aunrihar

17. Ranchi-Dumka Intercity Express (Daily) via Deoghar

18. Barbil-Chakradharpur Intercity Express (Daily) via Dongoaposi, Jhinkpani

19. Secunderabad-Belampalli Intercity Express(Daily) via Kazipet

20. New Jalpaiguri – New Cooch Behar Intercity Express (5 days a week)

21. Ahmedabad-Ajmer Intercity Express (Daily)

22. Dadar (T)- Tirunelveli Express (Weekly) via Roha, Coimbatore,Erode

23. Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express (Weekly)

24. Visakhapatnam-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) via Vijayawada,Manmad

25. Indore-Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) via Itarsi,Narkher,Amravati,Akola,Kacheguda

26. Ajmer-Haridwar Express (Tri-weekly) via Delhi

27. Amravati-Pune Express (Bi-weekly) via Akola, Purna and Latur

28. Kacheguda-Madurai Express (Weekly) via Dharmavaram,Pakala,Jolarpettai

29. Bikaner-Puri Express (Weekly) via Jaipur,Kota,Katni Murwara, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur

30. Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express (Bi-weekly) via Ballarshah, Jharsuguda, Rourkela,

Ranchi, Jhajha

31. Bilaspur-Patna Express (Weekly) via Asansol, Jhajha

32. Howrah-Raxual Express (Bi-weekly) via Asansol, Jhajha, Barauni

33. Bhubaneswar-Bhawanipatna Link Express (Daily) via Vizianagaram

34. Puri-Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express (Weekly) via Visakhapatnam, Guntur

35. Sai Nagar Shirdi-Pandharpur Express (Tri-weekly) via Kurduwadi

36. Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express (Weekly) via Visakhapatnam,Gudur

37. Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express (Weekly) via Titlagarh,Raipur

38. Howrah-Lalkuan Express (Weekly) via Mughalsarai,Varanasi,Lucknow

39. Kolkata-Jaynagar Express (Weekly) via Asansol,Jhajha,Barauni

40. Dibrugarh-Kolkata Express (Weekly)

41. Firozpur-Sriganganagar Express (Daily) via Fazilka,Abohar

42. Jaipur-Secunderabad Express (Weekly) via Nagda, Bhopal, Narkher, Amravati, Akola

43. Okha-Jaipur Express (Weekly) via Palanpur,Ajmer

44. Adilabad-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express (Daily) via Mudkhed

45. Shalimar-Chennai Express (Weekly)

46. Mysore-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) via Bangalore,Dharmavaram,Bellary

47. Valsad-Jodhpur Express (Weekly) via Palanpur,Marwar

48. Porbander-Secunderabad Express (Weekly) via Viramgam,Vasai Road

49. Bandra (T)-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Phulera

50. Hapa-Madgaon Express (Weekly) via Vasai Road,Roha

51. Bikaner-Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Jodhpur,Marwar,Ahmedabad

52. Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Palanpur,Jaipur,Mathura,Farrukhabad,

Kanpur

53. Durg-Jagdalpur Express (Tri-Weekly) via Titlagarh

54. Mannargudi – Tirupati Express (Tri-Weekly) viaThiruvarur,Villupuram,Katpadi

55. Gandhidham-Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Morbi

56. Kota-Hanumangarh Express (Daily) via Jaipur,Degana,Bikaner

57. Jhansi-Mumbai Express (Weekly) via Gwalior, Maksi, Nagda

58. Secunderabad-Nagpur Express (Triweekly) via Kazipet

59. Kanpur-Amritsar Express (Weekly) via Farrukhabad, Bareilly

60. Chappra-Lucknow Express (Tri-Weekly) via Masrakh,Thawe,Padrauna

61. Karimnagar-Tirupati Express (Weekly) via Pedapalli

62. Anandvihar-Haldia Express(Weekly) via Mughalsarai, Gomoh, Purulia

63. Barrackpore-Azamgarh Express (Weekly) via Jhajha, Ballia, Mau

64. Indore-Rewa Express ( Tri-weekly) via Bina

65. Running of independent train between Jabalpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin by delinking from

12405/12406 Bhusawal- Hazrat Nizamuddin and 12409/12410 Raigarh-Nizamuddin

Gondwana Express

66. Darbhanga-Ajmer Express (Weekly) via Raxaul, Sitapur, Bareilly, Kasganj, Mathura

67. Solapur-Yesvantpur Express (Tri-weekly) via Gulbarga

68. Chennai-Puri Express (Weekly)

69. Hyderabad-Ajmer Express (Weekly)via Manmad, Itarsi, Ratlam

70. Asansol-Chennai Express (Weekly) via Purulia, Sambalpur,Vizianagaram

71. Shalimar-Bhuj Express (Weekly) via Bilaspur, Katni, Bhopal

72. Amritsar- Hazur Sahib Nanded Express (Weekly)

73. Santragachi-Ajmer Express (Weekly) via Kharagpur, Chandil, Barkakana, Katni, Kota

74. Malda Town-Surat Express ( Weekly) via Rampur Hat, Asansol, Nagpur

75. Dwarka-Somnath Express (Daily)

Passenger Trains

1. Koderma-Nawadih Passenger (6 Days)

2. Sriganganagar-Suratgarh Passenger (Daily)

3. Yerraguntla-Nosam/Nanganapalli Passenger (Daily)

4. Villupuram-Katpadi Passenger (Daily)

5. Gunupur-Palasa (Via Parlakhemundi) Passenger (Daily)

6. Ajmer-Pushkar Passenger (5 Days)

7. Kota-Jhalawar City Passenger (Daily)

8. Bareilly-Kasganj Passenger (Daily)

9. Anandnagar-Barahani Passenger (Daily)

10. Rangiya-Tezpur Passenger (Daily)

11. Mysore-Shravan Belgola (Daily)

12. Jodhpur-Bilara Passenger (Daily)

13. Villupuram-Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily)

14. Rohtak-Panipat Passenger (Daily)

15. Miraj-Kurudwadi Passenger (Daily)

16. Phulera-Rewari Passenger (Daily)

17. Mysore-Chamarajanagar Passenger (Daily)

18. Gorakhpur-Siwan Passenger (Daily) via Kaptanganj,Thawe

19. Running of independent Passenger trains between Rewa-Bilaspur & Rewa-Chirmiri by

delinking from 51751/51752 Rewa-Bilaspur Passenger &51753/51754 Rewa-Chirmiri

Passenger

20. Mysore-Birur Passenger via Arsikere (Daily)

21. Jhansi-Tikamgarh Passenger via Lalitpur

MEMU

1. Dahod-Anand

2. Anand-Gandhinagar

3. Bina-Bhopal MEMU service in lieu of conventional services.

4. Palakkad -Coimbatore-Erode

5. Ernakulam – Thrissur

6. Adra-Asansol

7. Adra-Bishnupur via Bankura

8. Sealdah-Lalgola

DEMU

1. Baripada-Bangriposi (Daily)

2. Masagram-Matnashibpur (Daily)

3. Mannargudi-Trichy-Manamadurai (Daily)

4. Hoshiarpur-Firozpur (Daily)

5. Siliguri-Changrabandha (Daily)

6. Pratapnagar- Chota Udepur (Daily)

7. New Jalpaiguri–Bamanhat DEMU service in lieu of conventional services.

8. Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Farukhnagar (6 days a week)

9. Katwa – Azimganj (Daily)

Extension of Trains

1. 12037/12038 New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi Express on 2 days to Moga

2. 12537/12538 Manduadih-Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffarpur

3. 19051/19052 Valsad-Sonpur Express to Muzaffarpur

4. 18417/18418 Bhubaneswar-Jharsuguda Rajya Rani Express to Rourkela

5. 12945/12946 Surat-Varanasi Express to Chhapra

6. 13237/13238/13239/13240 Patna-Mathura Express to Kota

7. 15013/15014 Kathgodam-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express to Jodhpur

8. 12991/12992 Udaipur-Ajmer Express to Jaipur

9. 16779/16780 Madurai-Tirupati Express to Rameswaram

10. 22609/22610 Palakkad-Mangalore Express to Coimbatore

11. 16227/16228 Bangalore-Shimoga Express to Talguppa

12. 19781/19782/19771/19772 Jaipur-Amritsar Express to Ajmer

13. 18005/18006 Howrah-Koraput Express to Jagdalpur

14. 18207/18208 Durg-Jaipur Express to Ajmer

15. 13155/13156 Kolkata-Darbhanga Express to Sitamarhi

16. 19605/19606 Kolkata-Ajmer Express to Ahmedabad (via Abu Road)

17. 12687/12688 Dehradun-Chennai Express to Madurai (via Erode)

18. 11017/11018 Dadar-Yesvantpur Express to Puducherry (3 days) via Jolarpettai-

Katpadi-Villupuram & to Tirunelveli (3 days) via Dharmapuri-Erode

19. 14553/14554 Delhi-Una Himachal Express to Amb Andaura

20. 12941/12942 Ahmedabad - Asansol Express to Bhavnagar

21. 16649/16650 Mangalore-Thiruvananthapuram Express to Nagercoil

22. 53139/53140 Kolkata-Chittaranjan Passenger to Deoghar

23. 58207/58208 Raipur-Kesinga Passenger to Bhawanipatna

24. 54033/54032 Delhi-Jind Passenger to Narwana

25. 51973/51974 Mathura-Bandikui Passenger to Jaipur

26. 55713/55714 New Jalpaiguri-Bongaigaon Passenger to Tezpur

27. 54043/54044 Jind-Sirsa Passenger to Hisar

28. 54809/54810 Rewari-Degana Passenger to Jodhpur

29. 57502/57503 Bodhan-Nizamabad Passenger to Kamareddi

30. 56011/56012 Arakkonam-Nandalur Passenger to Cuddapah

31. 59117/59122 Pratapnagar-Bodeli Passenger to Chota Udepur

32. 56714/56711 Tiruchchirapalli-Nagore Passenger to Karaikal

33. 54581/54582 Nangal Dam-Una Himachal Passenger to Amb Andaura

34. 66532 Bangalore – Bangarapet Passenger to Marikuppam

35. 66533 Bangarpet –Krishnarajapuram Passenger to Marikuppam.

36. 66602/66603 Coimbatore-Erode MEMU to Salem

37. 78816/78815 Dallirajhara-Durg DEMU to Raipur

38. 74001/74002 Delhi-Muzaffarnagar DEMU to Saharanpur

39. 76818/76813 Velankanni-Nagore DEMU to Karaikal

40. 13243/13244 Patna-Dehri On Son Express to Bhabua Road

Increase in Frequency

1. 15903/15904 Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days

2. 12731/12732 Secunderabad-Tirupati Express 2 to 4 days

3. 12069/12070 Raigarh-Gondia Janshatabdi Express 4 to 6 days

4. 17003/17004 Hyderabad-Kolhapur Express 2 to 7 days

5. 22451/22452 Chandigarh-Bandra(T) Express 1 to 2 days

6. 16779/16780 Madurai-Tirupati Express 2 to 3 days

7. 12685/12686 Chennai-Mangalore Express 6 to 7 days

8. 16535/16536 Yesvantpur-Solapur Express 3 to 7 days

9. 12187/12188 Jabalpur-Mumbai (CST) Express 2 to 3 days

10. 14009/14010/14019/14020 Chhindwara-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express 4 to 7 days

11. 16315/16316 Bangalore-Kochuveli Express 3 days to daily

12. 12641/12642 Nizamuddin Kanniyakumari Express 1 to 2 days

13. 22603/22604 Kharagpur-Villupuram Express from 1 to 2 days

14. 12453/12454 New Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express from 1 to 2 days.

15. 12457/12458 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Bikaner Superfast Express from 3 to 7 days.

16. 56231/56232 Mysore-Bangalore Passenger 6 to 7 days

17. 56237/56238 Mysore-Bangalore Passenger 6 to 7 days

18. 56223/56224 Bangalore-Arsikere Passenger 6 to 7 days

19. 56523/56524 Bangalore-Hindupur Passenger 6 to 7 days

20. 75705/75706 New Jalpaiguri-Aluabari-Siliguri DEMU from 6 to 7 days.

21. 75707/75708 Radhikapur-New Jalpaiguri DEMU from 6 to 7 days.

22. 75709/75710 Balurghat-New Jalpaiguri DEMU from 6 to 7 days.

23. 12485/12486 Shri Ganganagar-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express from 1 to 3 days.

Indian Traditional - Games

Look at the modern children, one striking difference between the childhood that the previous age group had and the one that this age group is having is the lack of Indian or native games. In our age group we used to play a variety of indoor and outdoor games that were the games of this soil. Nobody is playing games like Kabaddi, Goli, Gilli or the indoor games like the book cricket, current pass, Guess cricket, chess and lock and key. These games have a rich culture and heritage value and were tools of passing on some ancestral knowledge or the other. We would like to see our hubbers come out with details of their favorite native games and how they enjoyed it.

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Gilli Danda

Traditional Games were not just games; they were designed in such a way that one can develop lot of skills like logical thinking, building strategy, concentration, basic mathematics, aiming, and lot more. Nowadays we develop these skills by paying money to centers that conduct personal development courses.

The values that we achieve by playing these games are more when compared to the games that we play nowadays. Some of the values that we gain are that they are environment friendly, we get a chance to learn about our culture and history, and an important thing is, it is suitable for all ages, so they increase the interaction between generations. Many modern games played around the world have their origin in these traditional games this is a pride to our country's culture.

Part of India’s ancient culture is the traditional games and martial arts. These games are intensely enmeshed in the culture of the region and are aimed towards physical excellence. Some of the traditional Indian games are:

Games of Ancient India

• Also Aap
• Boat Race
• Dhopkhel
• Gella-Chutt
• Inbuan
• Insuknawr
• Kabaddi
• Kang Shanaba
• Kho Kho
• Khong Kangjei
• Kirip
• Lamjei
• Mallakhamb
• Mizo Inchai
• Mukna
• Nagaland Arunachal Games
• Sagol Kangjei
• Yubee-Lakpee Archery

Indian Traditional - Saree

Banarsi Saree

The sareeis the most ancient of all Indian attires. The magnificence of the saree stems from the fact that it looks good on women of any shape, age or race. The saree is loved by all Indian women. In recent times, even women outside India have taken to wearing sarees. The heritage of the is very old and it has a long and rich history. To know more about sarees, read on:

Types of sarees:

Each region of India is known for its distinctive weave when it comes to sarees. Different parts of the country have come up with their own specialized version of the Bridal saree. Each weave is different. Some of the well known and extraordinary sarees are mentioned below:

Kanjeevaram saree:

The kanjeevaram is a kind of silk saree made in south India. It is heavy silk and the thread is woven into colorful patterns to enhance its looks. A kanjeevaram is characterized by its broad borders and bright texture. The patterns woven into a kanjeevaram are usually of temples, palaces or paintings preveant in southern India.

Benarasi saree:

Benarasi sarees are the most expensive of all sarees. This lightweight silk saree is a must for brides in many parts of eastern and north eastern India. Benarasi sarees are hand-woven in benaras/varanasi. Traditional benarasis have flower or temple like designs woven into them. However, nowadays benarasis have contemporary designs too. The patterns in benarasi sarees are made with fine gold or silver thread which attributes to the cost factor.

Others:

Other parts of India have their own specialities too, like the bandhani or bandheja sarees of Rajasthan and Gujrat, gadhwal silks from Andhra Pradesh and paithanis of Maharashtra. Each saree is identified by the distinctive quality of the silk used and the patterns woven into the sarees.

Buying a saree:

Nowadays sarees can be bought at stores or online too. There are numerous special saree stores which cater exclusively to the wearing crowd. Any of these stores will provide you with plenty of variety in colors, designs and patterns. Online stores are recent innovations and are quickly catching up on popularity. They have sarees for all occasions at very reasonable prices. An advantage of online shopping is that it can be done within the comforts of your home and your saree will be delivered right at your doorstep.