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-	FBT, IT exemption for women revised
-	FICCI not happy with FM's depreciation 'sop'
-	Reforms on track despite tax speed bump
-	India poised for 7-8 per cent growth: PM
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	Other Headlines

-	FBT retained with fringe sops for Corporate India
-	Welcome rethink
-	From outlays to outcomes, FM promises it all...
-	At last, recognition to micro finance
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	Budget Imapct

	Finance

-	Hoping for more speed
-	Industry lauds gold-backed etfs
-	Hike in stt to have negligible impact
-	Fiis can submit collaterals for f&o trade
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	Infrastructure

-	Many benefits for housing
-	Mixed bag for cement firms in feb sales & despatches
-	Step in right direction
-	Highway road rage continues!
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	Personal Finance

-	Budget lacks focus on small investors
-	A new investment scenario
-	Finally, real reforms are here
-	Tax proposals: figuring out the fine print
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	Industry & Corporate

-	Fringe benefits, or legitimate expenses?
-	Rs 150 cr r&d fund for pharma in 05-06
-	A mixed bag for smes
-	The strategy is appropriate
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	Agriculture

-	In favour of the rural poor and farm sector growth
-	Despite hype, 2005-06 will see least hike in subsidies
-	Nothing for the unorganised sector
-	No major advance in social sector development
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	Commodities

-	‘cheaper aluminium to aid power sector companies’
-	Brace up for petrol, diesel price hike
-	‘no initiatives to drive demand’
-	Lifestyle leg-up: ac prices to drop
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Columns

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	Editor's Pick

-	Delink FDI norms from Insurance Act
-	Government ought to play straight on oil
-	Fiscal prudence must be a long-term concern
-	Tap the potential of gender budgeting
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	Experts' View

-	The devil in Chidambaram’s Budget
-	Black money: in black and white
-	A deliberately non-dramatic Budget
-	Feeling of let-down in leather industry
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	Quotes
Why are you guys so worried about cash withdrawals. I am becoming increasingly interested in that. - P Chidambaram
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	FE-ICRA Snapshot

-	Economy
-	Petrochemicals sector
-	Pharmaceutical industry
-	Power sector
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Union Budget 05

	Key to Budget
	Budget Speech
	Finance Bill
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FM Speak


-	21 states to launch VAT: Chidambaram
-	Centre won’t spare tax evaders: FM
-	‘Our constituency is much larger than the industry’
-	Offers to halve cash withdrawal tax later
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Market Watch


-	Rupee slips to 5-week low as stocks fall
-	Sensex sheds heavy weight on yr-end nerves
-	Sensex jumps on earnings hopes
-	Sensex at new 2-month low
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Economy Watch


-	PM bats for common man
-	Fiscal deficit target may be missed: S&P
-	Industrial growth may dip
-	7-8% growth doubtful without check on fiscal deficit: Fitch
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Budget Factbox Making sense of the Union Budget
The finance ministry is busy formulating the Union Budget which will be unveiled in the Lok Sabha on February 28.

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