| Higher plan spending to fuel growth |
| Finance minister P. Chidambaram’s budget aims at pushing up the economic growth rate with a 20 .. | Read.. |
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| Tractor makers have a field day |
| The government today abolished the excise duty or production tax on tractors, aimed to put more mon.. | Read.. |
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| Farm-credit decree not full of thorns |
| When the Union budget is strong on rhetoric, it sends shivers down the spine of bankers. Fortunately.. | Read.. |
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| Export zones to go places soon |
| The government will soon come out with a policy for special economic zones (SEZs) which have been p.. | Read.. |
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| Lower interest rates on advances to states |
| The Congress-led government in its maiden budget cut interest rates on advances to states and p.. | Read.. |
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| More powers to dig out bad loans |
| Banks are expected to benefit from the union budget announcement to amend certain portions of the S.. | Read.. |
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| Whoop turns into long wail |
| Hope turned into despair on the bourses as investors tried to make sense of a turnover tax, f.. | Read.. |
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| Core sector scores |
| Union finance minister P. Chidambaram today announced a major thrust for the infrastructure sec.. | Read.. |
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| Not all that bad, let the fundamentals sink in |
| Tax rates and slabs remain largely untouched, but the 2 per cent across-the-board cess is a signific.. | Read.. |
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| Double-barrel gun turned on steel |
| The steel industry is disappointed with the Union budget as it feels that P. Chidambaram has inflic.. | Read.. |
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| Chidambaram fails to read the tea leaves |
| Union finance minister P. Chidambaram has disappointed the tea industry... | Read.. |
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| The dashing duo |
| One mounted a rescue in 1991, the other spun a dream six years later. Together after 13 years, they .. | Read.. |
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| It’s a mixed bag for industry |
| Insurers are ecstatic over the decision to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) cap from 26 pe.. | Read.. |
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| Win some, lose some for India Inc |
| India Inc hailed the union budget 2004-05 presented by finance minister P. Chidambaram. However, ot.. | Read.. |
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| Eighty-five items yanked off SSI list |
| In a move that is expected to create a major ruckus among a vast group of small-scale industry (SSI.. | Read.. |
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| Chambers laud rural initiatives |
| The chambers of commerce generally appreciated the union budget and say that it is the best that co.. | Read.. |
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| Power-play: Everyone’s part of it |
| Union finance minister P. Chidambaram has promised electricity to all in the budget for 2004-05... | Read.. |
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| Fund managers at the crossroads |
| The mutual fund industry seems to be a little baffled; while it is jubilant about the measures .. | Read.. |
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| Clock ticks on car price rise |
| The Union Budget for 2004-05 has evoked a mixed response from the automobile sector. The passen.. | Read.. |
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| FDI hike cheers telecom firms |
| The telecom industry is gung-ho over the decision to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) .. | Read.. |
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| Coalition compulsions to the fore |
| The budget with a rural focus attempts to give a pro-poor face to reforms, possibly populist, increa.. | Read.. |
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