The UPA government has mustered up adequate strength for passing Finance Bill 2010-11 in Lok Sabha even if opposition parties make a determined bid to throttle it and the Bill will be passed without any hitch, says Union Minister for Law and Justice, M. Veerappa Moily.
The Lok Sabha Thursday passed the Finance Bill for 2010-11, with a special relief package for coffee growers, and tax concessions for healthcare, auto and realty sectors, but without any change in the levies on petroleum products.
The government raised the exports duty on iron ore lumps to 15 percent from 10 percent previously, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said while presenting the Finance Bill for 2010-11 on Thursday.