 "FM assures house no wealth tax on farm land")
The issue assumes importance as leaders from Punjab and Haryana yesterday met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to register their protest over a Budget proposal which they said would impose the tax on farm land.
In a debate over the Finance Bill, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said commodity transaction tax on select non-agricultural commodities will stay and it will curb speculative activities.
He also announced some measures to improve capital flows.