| Bank cash tax given a burial |
| The infamous banking cash transaction tax has finally been consigned to the scrap heap. But the tax.. | Read.. |
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| Excise relief lifts industry mood |
| Excise duties on most products have been slashed to14 per cent a move that comes on top of last y.. | Read.. |
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| Infrastructure gets due attention |
| Initial reactions to the budget have termed it as populist, while ordinary people from almost all se.. | Read.. |
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| Hoteliers rejoice, tour operators sulk |
| The hospitality sector has welcomed the finance minister’s budget and praised the five-year ta.. | Read.. |
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| HOPES PINNED, GAINS MADE |
| What key industries had looked forward to and what Chidambaram eventually handed them.. | Read.. |
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| How the ABC rate it |
| The Telegraph put five questions to students of the country’s three top B-schools.. | Read.. |
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| Room for clarity on mortgages |
| The Indian economy continues to have strong fundamentals and the emphasis to control inflation will .. | Read.. |
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| Bitter-sweet pill for pharma |
| The pharmaceutical sector seems to have some of its wishes granted, although “too little, too .. | Read.. |
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| Plantations get a fillip |
| The budget brought in some glad tidings for the plantation sector with funds for rejuvenation and c.. | Read.. |
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| Laugh your way to the bank, the sop opera gets bigger |
| As expected, this was a low-impact budget from an investment perspective. No qualitati.. | Read.. |
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| Save up before the party |
| Cheers for PC’s magic wand for farmers, but glam world stops short of saying ‘Wow’.. | Read.. |
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| It’s about elections, stupid |
| India speaks out on what they would have liked from the finance minister, who quotes Tiruvalluvar fo.. | Read.. |
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| Top guns boom in applause |
| The captains of corporate India are out in force, toasting the budget for its social-sector initiat.. | Read.. |
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| Tax-breather hope for firms nipped |
| The finance minister today presented the last budget of the UPA government before it faces the gener.. | Read.. |
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| Balance of best in please-all package |
| The finance minister today presented the last budget of the UPA Government before it faces the gener.. | Read.. |
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| Equity done, now it’s time for efficiency |
| Soon after the budget speech, many commentators swore on TV that they had clearly seen the devil cal.. | Read.. |
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| Better days await bond trading |
| After the capital market regulator’s slew of measures to develop the country’s corporate .. | Read.. |
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| Smart card to plug PDS leak |
| The public distribution system is being prepared for an overhaul long overdue. .. | Read.. |
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| Populism wins over fiscal prudence |
| In perhaps one of the longest budget speeches in recent times, P. Chidambaram delivered exactly... | Read.. |
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| Players in arbitrage market set to suffer |
| The hike in short-term capital gains tax from 10 per cent to 15 per cent will have an impact on inst.. | Read.. |
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