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 Rollback, PC Style
 Fiscal Responsibility Operationalised
 Rs 72.84 Cr Revenue Surplus Budget For Karnataka
 Revisiting The Development Paradigm
 ‘Steeling’ The Shine
 `Budget, A Mixed Bag'
 ‘This Budget Is Like Old Wine In An Old Bottle’
 ‘Transaction Tax Is An Overbearing Concern’
 Lift The Levy On Transactions In Securities
 An Interpretation Of Budget 2004-05
 On A Fertile Ground
 No Real Gains This Time!
 Irrationalities In Personal Finance
 FM Proposes, Monsoon Disposes
 How To Make Budget 2004-05 More Effective
 Budget Impact: PCs Get Cheaper
 Budget & Mutual Funds — Shifting Ground, Sweating Players
 Hacking Into The Union Budget
 Budget Proposals Not Up To Exporters’ Expectations
 Top Gear: Car, Commercial Vehicles, Two-wheeler Sales Surge
 Rs 286 Cr Deficit Budget For MP
 FDI Cap: PC Meeting With Left Allies To Avoid Clash In House
 Chidambaram Delivers A Stitch In Time
 How PC Can Reboot
 Equity, Debt Markets Hit
 PC Promise: Relook At Transaction Tax
 Exporters Seek Measures To Boost Exports
 New Excise Regime: Catch 22 Situation For Textile Industry
 Clarify Turnover Tax Applicability On Securities
 Service Tax On Risk Premia Is A Disincentive
 Capital Mess
 Tea Ind Unhappy Over Retaining Additional Excise
 Budget Sops: A Healing Touch For Life Sciences Sector
 Pharma Players Up Against Withdrawal Of CVD Benefits
 Hep Imported Cars Dented
 Doing The Needful
 Taxing Times
 Budget Over, Now It’s Time For Delivery
 Liquid Funds’ Daily Dividend On Hold
 Public Sector Oil Cos Seek Raise In Prices
 Equity And Justice Of P Chidambaram
 Small Scale Units Attack PC Strategies
 FM Services Correction Worth Rs 1,450 Crore
 A Weekend Of Fineprint
 Levy On Stock Market Transactions Dampens An Otherwise Good Budget
 Post-Budget: Investors Wary Of High Uncertainty
 An Anti-Mutual Fund Budget
 Budget: Sectoral Impact Analysis
 It’s Time To Value Your PSUs
 Taxing Gains Or Losses?
 Dear FM, Well Done! Now Let’s Get On And Deliver
 Open Kelkar Report On FRBM To Debate
 Budget Gives HAL New Lease Of Life
 Finally, A Leg-up To Kochi Int’l Terminal
 Budget Overrules DTAT
 Budget A Mixed Bag, Says Assocham-UP
 Options Galore, But Will VCs Flock To Farm?
 SCBs Unhappy
 Banking Services May Turn Costlier On Service Tax
 Task Force Report By October 31
 FMC Likely To Be Merged With Sebi
 Bond Market Shuts Down, RBI Steps In
 IDBI Net NPAs To Drop To Near Zero
 Inflation@6pc; Experts Back PC
 Managing Post-Budget Dynamics
 Jai Jawan Bonanza?
 Ministering To Investment
 Education Cess For Bettering Quality
 B-day: Travel, Tourism Ads Ruled TV
 Hardware Euphoria Was Misplaced
 DFIs Jealous Over Dole For IDBI
 Fresh Tax Burden Of Rs 500 Crore On Air-India, Indian Airlines, AAI
 Budget A Sleight Of Hand: BJP
 India clippings
 Transition Plan For Convergence Needed
 Taxing Times For Bond Markets
 ‘I’m Not Looking For A Fan Club. I Have A Job To Do’
 PC Tried His Best To Appease The Left, But Failed
 Cut In Interest On State Loans To Cut Revenue Deficit
 Bihar Takes The Cake
 Scene Inside
 Markets Can’t Be Masters Of Democracy, People Are
 Poor Gets 100 Days Job, Basic Education & Health
 Level-playing Field For Edible Oil Units Hailed
 SASF To Set IDBI Balance Sheet Right
 A Farmer Just A Few Miles From FinMin
 Investor-friendly Environment Panel
 Entry Of More Overseas Insurers Seen
 Tonnage Tax At Last
 FDI Cap In Aviation Sector Raised To 49%
 Entry Of More Overseas Insurers Seen
 Divestment In Target By Rs 12,000 Crore
 Forces Armed Get 23% Hike
 Learn To Pay 2% On Taxes
 Cutting Deficits Gets Rolling
 PC Saves A 9% Smile For Elders
 No Customary Cut
 No Tax For Up To Rs 1 Lakh
 Careful, Correct, But Could Have Been Better
 Gross Budgetary Support Up 20%
 Chidambaram’s Budget Lacks Vision For Reforms
 FDI Limit Hike To Boost M&As
 More Rural-centric Now
 FIs & Banks To Pool Funds For Development Projects
 Service Tax To Slow Down Ad Spend
 Infrastructure PushTo Help Software Exports
 10 Per Cent Tax On Booking Companies
 Zero Duty To Make PCs Cheaper
 A Shot In The Arm For Biotech Research
 ‘FDI Push Will Bring Home Global Best Practices’
 No Fuel To Put Power, Oil On Fire
 More Exemptions
 Jai Kisan Big Bang
 Of Exaggerated Fears And Exaggerated Hopes
 This One’s Neither A Dream Nor A Nightmare
 Budget: A Mixed Bag For The Middle Class
 Infrastructure Projects Get A Leg-up
 Debt Funds May Take A Major Hit
 MFs Welcome Move To Curb Bonus, Dividend Stripping
 Impetus To Rural Credit, Housing
 Senior Citizens To Get 9% For Savings; Varishta Scheme Goes
 Bond Markets Crash On Transaction Tax Proposal
 Insurance JVs Begin Valuation Moves As FDI Limit Is Hiked
 Impact Study
 Budget Blues For A Slumdweller In Mumbai
 It’s Mixed Bag For An Average Gurgaon Family
 ‘Turnover Tax Is Not Uncommon’
 Tax Net Broadened; Rate Up To 10%
 Give Some, Take Some
 Aam Aadmi’s Budget In Its True Form
 A Boon For Investors
 Two Cheers And A Frown
 A Sensitive And Sensible Approach
 CEOs Put Heads Together In Anticipation
 Breather For Food Processing
 Untouched FMCG To Bank On Centre’s Rural Focus
 Engg Sector Happy With Infrastructure Allocation
 Not Much For Consumer Elec
 Textile Industry Adopts A Wait And Watch Policy
 Duty Exemption For Tractors To Bring Respite To Farmers
 Industry Welcomes Tonnage Tax
 Chidambaram Clicks An E-era In Excise
 IDBI Designated As Lead Development FI Designated
 Flyers Can Bring In More Freebies
 Chidambaram Clicks An E-era In Excise
 Finally, Tonnage Tax May Come Into Force But With Riders
 Budget For Reform And Rural Development
 Budget Will Kick-start Growth: Industry Bodies
 UPA Budget Offers Nothing Exclusive To Liquor Industry
 Automobile Industry Cheering 150% Tax Deduction On R&D Expenditure
 New Thrust On Infrastructure To Boost Demand In Cement Sector
 Tyre Industry Miffed, Feels Ignored
 Steel Ind Upset Over Excise Hike
 Fewer Options May Keep Firms Glued To Debt Plans
 Fertiliser Ind Upbeat On Hopes Of Two-fold Increase In Agri-credit
 Textiles Ind Heaves Sigh Of Relief On Cenvat Exemption
 India Inc Cheers Budget; Views It As Semi-final Match
 Investment Climate Rosy: Apex Bank
 MFs Upset Over Tax Disparity
 Transaction Tax Stuns Mkts
 Look Beyond The Barrel Of The .15% Gun
 View From The World Of Media
 Wider Doors To The World
 Defence Modernisation On Track Again
 Looking Back With Fond Memories
 Fiscal Rectitude With Distributive Justice
 Some Worry On The Numbers
 There Is Continuity Amidst Forced Change
 Much Thought And Passion In The Budget Speech
 PC Shrugs Market, Hugs Poor
 Harsh Steps To Contain Deficit; Hike In I-T Exemption Likely
 Exporters Don’t Need Spare Change
 FM Expenditure Skills On Test
 FM’s Fiscal Challenges In Budget 2004-05
 Commodity Bourses In An Upbeat Mood On Hopes Of Pro-farmer Budget
 Is The Service Tax Potential Being Over-estimated?
 Budget 2004 Guessing Game As Market Virtue
 Yet Another Story Of Rational Expectations
 Hardware Sector For Uniform Excise Levy On IT Products
 FM To Target Beyond Floor-rate
 Markets: Expectations Mixed, Hopes High
 Budget May Take Away I-T Rebate On Large EPF Withdrawals
 Budget Must Foster The Small Investor
 The Budget And The Reality Of Art Investment
 Pre-Budget Rally Sets In On A Hesitant Note
 A Tryst With The Budget
 Stormy Aside To Budget Session
 Politically Accurate: Experts
 FM Rules On Fisc Overrun
 Leasing Cos Seek A New Lease Of Life
 Tighten Up For A SAD Move Over Imported Items
 Tying The Left Hand
 It’s Prayer Time As Budget Draws Closer
 Minimise Distortions, Fill Tax Kitty
 NDA To Boycott Rail Budget On July 6
 Tax Rural Rich: ADB
 Paswan Spikes Kelkar Advice
 Expect Rules On Fisc Overrun
 Laloo Meets Manmohan To Finalise Railway Budget
 Budget, Exim Proposals To Be Integrated
 ‘Amend Law On Excise Tariff For Steel Wire Drawing’
 ‘Abolish Customs Levy On Telecom Infrastructure Gear’
 FinMin Logic On I-T Rates Under Scanner
 ICAI Favours Tax On Farm Income
 FinMin Needs Rs 37,000 Cr More For Budgetary Support
 Ministry Seeks Rebate To Promote Pharma R&D
 Bang For The Budgetary Jai Kisan Buck
 CII Memo Focuses On Social Issues Too
 Maintain Status Quo In Import Duty: Chem Mfrs
 Misplaced Priorities
 PM Nuances Limits
 Financial Planners Seek Policy Support
 Remove Duties On Inputs, Says TEMA
 For Low-cost Power, Sayeed Switches To Chidambaram
 Raise Rebate Cap On Interest Rates, Demand Realtors
 Budget To Focus On Rural Sector
 Laloo May Get Green Signal For Rs 2,000 Cr More Fund
 TV Channels Chant Tax Parity Mantra
 10-15% Rise Likely In Defence Outlay
 Move To Rope In Realtors For Low-cost Housing
 Sonia To Chair UPA Meet On Budget Today
 Renuka Seeks Rs 500 Crore Budget Outlay
 Acma Wants Customs Duty On Steel To Be Cut To 10%
 A Different Record From Chidambaram
 PM, Team PC In Political Huddle
 Union Budget To Be Presented On July 8
 Nasscom Asks For Zero Duty On PCs
 Budget May Keep Tax Rates Stable
 Budget On July 2 Or 5
 With Polls In Mind, FM Not Seen As Biting The Bullet
 5-yr I-T Exemption Sought For Rentals From New Houses
 Growth Revival Has Rlys Upping Freight Target For Next Fiscal
 FinMin Draws Roadmap To Zero Revenue Deficit
 Bargaining Over Gross Budgetary Support Begins
 Hacks, Get Your Figures Right
 Rlys Mulls Flexipricing For Shatabdis Too
 Textile Ministry To Press For Duty Cut On More Items
 Full Budget On Schedule, Focus On Farm: FM
 Sans A-team, Jaswant To Begin Budget Meetings From Oct 29