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Dream goes bust in boom time |
| P. Chidambaram does not dare to dream big these
days. He had everything going for him — a booming ec.. |
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Out in the cold, snarl at doggy bag |
| The Union budget for 2007-08 has failed miserably
in providing the necessary impetus for growth init.. |
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Trust CPM to find fault |
| Key government ally CPM today riddled the
budget with criticism, despite a Congress assessment .. |
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Big purse, but forces worry |
| Finance minister P. Chidambaram today allocated
Rs 96,000 crore for the armed forces, a hike of.. | Read.. |
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Cong directs, PC acts |
| No hurrahs, no apologies. No celebrations,
no lamentations... | Read.. |
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Never-before science dole |
| The government has proposed a never-before
50 per cent increase in the outlay for the departmen.. |
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Heard in House: Pet pal’s served a BETA course |
| The immediate buzz raised by wags in the
visitors’ galleries after Palaniappan Chidambaram.. |
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Diabetes out of polio shadow |
| Diabetes and stroke finally got their due
by the side of HIV and polio as the Union budget toda.. |
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Cess hike to feed backward quota |
| The Union finance minister today levied an
extra 1 per cent cess on all existing taxes, partly to.. |
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Tax taste for techies |
| This article summarises major direct tax
proposals relevant to certain key sectors... | Read.. |
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Medicine to motor: Scorecard |
| What the key industries wanted and what Chidambaram
gave them in the budget.. | Read.. |
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Just funds won’t do the trick for farms |
| The Union Budget for 2007-08 does not contain
any surprises. Indeed, sensible budgets should not con.. |
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Pressure on debt funds set to mount |
| Last year, I thought that Budget 2006 was a
‘low-impact’ one as far as issues like savings.. |
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There’s nothing for the taxpayer |
| In spite of the fact that the country is facing
a big inflation problem, it was expected from the fi.. |
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Infotech firms put on the MAT |
| The information technology sector was in
for a rude shock with the government deciding to exten.. |
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Slew of steps to tame inflation |
| Reacting to the price spiral which has
started to hurt it politically, the Congress-led governm.. |
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Study cess drives up car prices |
| Car manufacturers have decided to increase
prices across the board as finance minister P. Chida.. |
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Steel players happy with ore export levy |
| Steel industry has been clamouring for
it long. They received support from political heavyweigh.. |
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Realty is all smiles |
| The real estate sector is gung-ho on the budget,
which it believes, will not only further drive dem.. |
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SEZ tax break only for new firms |
| If corporates were hoping to traipse into special
economic zones and scoop up tax benefits, they wi.. |
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Cement firms in price hike threat |
| Finance minister P Chidambaram has tried to
beat down cement prices – but cement makers aren’t.. |
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Lowdown: Reverse mortgage |
| Reverse mortgage is a loa against a home that
the owner does not to pay back for as long as he/she l.. |
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Sops lavished on farmers |
| Union finance minister P. Chidambaram today
rolled out a slew of measures for rural India which.. |
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Bank joy at mutuals’ sorrow |
| Even as banks were left disappointed with finance
minister not announcing tax reliefs on deposits, .. |
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Fund frolic for plantation crops |
| With better price realisation in the plantation
sector, commodities like coffee, rubber, spice,.. | Read.. |
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Stock stalwarts shocked |
| While India Inc is looking for positive signals
from Chidambaram’s budget.. | Read.. |
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stretches out hand
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| If ploughmen keep
their hands folded, even sages claiming renunciation cannot
find salvation. Has Chidambaram, quoting Tiruval ... |
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They play hard, save harder |
| Cheers for aam aadmi: but with prices rocketing, dead-pan
greeting for PC’s dead bat .. | Read.. |
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