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Brazil: Dilma Rousseff announces measures to combat corruption

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff launched an anti-corruption offensive on 18 March to counter rising discontent over a kickback scandal engulfing state-run oil company Petrobras that has implicated her allies and undermined her popularity. Mar 19, 2015
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Union Budget 2015-16: Surcharge of 2% on super-rich replaces wealth tax

New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the budget in the Lok Sabha on Saturday asked rich and wealthy to pay higher tax. Jaitley abolished the wealth tax but increased the surcharge to 2% on individuals earning Rs 1 crore and above annually and on firms with an annual income of Rs 10 crore or more. Feb 28, 2015