LATEST NEWS »
OTHER NEWS »
COLUMNS »
Ila Patnaik
Sucheta Dalal
Gautum
BUDGET IMPACT»
Economy
Infrastructure
Industry & Corp.
Agriculture
Comodities
Market Watch
UNION BUDGET »
FM SPEAKS »
BUDGET FACTBOX »
PREVIOUS BUDGET »
2005 - 06
2004 - 05
2003 - 04
2002 - 03

 
Other News
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. This will be the second proper Budget of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.FE takes a closer look at the budgetary exercise and its significance:
'Target growth 'n investment'
Urging the government to remove major hurdles in the way of investment in the country, apex industry association FICCI has said that the forthcoming general budget should concentrate on growth and investment.
Tea industry loses sleep over mandatory bids
The tea industry has expressed apprehensions over mandatorily routing 80% of the produce through auctions for being eligible to the Rs 4,800 crore special purpose tea fund for financing replantation and rejuvenation of the old plants.
-
Budget session to take up Bills to amend banking Acts
-
Insurance firm seeks removal of FBT, service tax
-
WTO, US boorish over GMOs
-
Chug along with the Rail Budget
-
It will be regresssive, if levied on passenger traffic
-
It will be unwise to impose this injurious levy
-
Budget blues: steel min OK with status quo in import duty
-
Haryana may contribute 20 lakh tn rice to Centre
-
Finally, big-bang Budget to become a commodity
-
Who spoilt the Sensex party?
-
With Sensex @ 10K, GenNext are millionaires
-
0, 0, 0, 0 sum game
-
India stock valuations no bubble: Lombard
-
Sensex closes at 10,110
-
India to up wheat procurement by 10%
-
Wheat import unjustified, say farmer groups
-
BJP flays govt decision to import wheat
-
Use special schemes for women SSIs
-
Add rehabilitation to the reform agenda
-
RBI cancels licence of Dhansura People’s Co-op
-
Call rates close at 7%, rupee skids
-
RBI cancels licence of Dhansura People’s Co-op
-
Tea saw good demand at Kochi auction
-
Urad punters return on NCDEX
-
‘Engineering services outsourcing in India can grow to $10 bn’
-
Ministry to adopt differential power policy towards state, pvt players
-
GAIL seeks core co status to enjoy tax concessions
-
DRL could overtake Cipla as No 2 drugmaker
-
Tata Motors to raise 11.76 bn yen foreign currency convertibles
-
‘Arcelor worth more than 4 times its EBITDA’
-
Wyeth’s vaccine move causes heartburn
-
Spending isn’t shining
 
 
© 2006: Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd. All rights reserved throughout the world.