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Agricultural Policy


  • Priority in lending to food sector — Rs 1,000-cr corpus for refinancing loans

    Airlines


  • A new lease
  • Domestic airlines get tax exemption for 1 more year

    Announcements


  • Toyota not to hasten small car launch

    Automobile Components


  • Positive spin to auto ancillary
  • No special drive: auto parts sector
    `There's further scope for reducing raw material duties to Asean levels'

    Automobiles


  • Big bonanza for the small car
  • Boost for auto sector

    Awards & Honours


  • Harrisons Malayalam bags 6 awards

    Banking


  • A draft of demands

    Beverages


  • Will colas be cheaper?

    Bio-tech & Genetics


  • `Likely to see flight of IP to tax-friendly nations'

    Breweries


  • `No relief for domestic liquor players'

    Budget


  • `Expert panel to help gems sector'
  • Bankers hail move on recap bonds
  • Bank deposits to get 80C deduction — Recapitalisation bonds to be converted into tradable securities
  • AMFI to seek clarifications on foreign investments
  • MFs keen to tap global opportunity
  • STT hiked by 25 pc — Dealers say move is on expected lines
  • Looking for positives
  • Registrars, share transfer agents under service tax ambit — `12% levy is bad news for AMCs'
  • Investors will gain, feels Fidelity MF
  • `More options for MF investors'
  • Not rocking the boat
  • Full credit on the farm front
  • A difficult task well done
  • BACK TO POPULISM OF YORE
  • Tame docile budget
  • CUSTOMS DUTY
  • Pay for more services
  • Your small car will now be less expensive
  • Excise duty: Minor twists
  • Towards a cutting edge tax system
  • Tweaking the FBT
  • No bad news on income taxes
  • No reason to blush
  • Wah! Budget
  • A no-show for the pharma sector
  • Service tax, no hiccups for Concor
  • IDFC adversely affected
  • Metals: Reflected lustre
  • Big bonanza for the small car
  • A touch more than a stitch in time
  • Wiring up the nation
  • A few goodies for rural impetus, lower costs
  • A positive program
  • Ramp up in resources for welfare
  • Redeeming `Aam Aadmi'
  • A mature financial sector
  • Boost for Bharat Nirman
  • Charting a high-growth path
  • Going the extra mile for the farmer
  • Hails nod for tea protection fund
  • `A boost to replantation'
  • Priority sector status hailed
  • Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems
  • `Greater credit flow likely'
  • Tea industry hails allocation
  • Jute industry upset
  • Sugar sector feels let down — `No measures on de-control'
  • Short-term credit at 7 pc — Farmers to get from kharif season
  • Customs duty hike — Vanaspati industry disappointed
  • Priority in lending to food sector — Rs 1,000-cr corpus for refinancing loans
  • Offers in manufacturing, services
  • Fiscal improvement
  • The knowledge society
  • Calls everywhere, but search for energy
  • Let us make our destiny
  • Wiring up India with highway networks
  • Investment boom
  • Accent on digitisation — The income-tax offices will undergo business process re-engineering
  • Let down on CST
  • Sighs of relief and dropped jaws — The FM seems content more at not ruffling many feathers
  • Tepid changes to corporate tax
  • How the tax breaks pan out
  • The wind is blowing, take cover!
  • Stable tax structure welcomed
  • No cheer for telecom users, service providers — Now, service tax on Net telephony
  • `Viability gap funding' for semiconductor projects — New policy on cards to make India hub
  • `8% excise on packaged software not good'
  • IT industry divided over impact of excise duty — Desktop, notebooks may turn costlier
  • `Hike in service tax a dampener'
  • A shopper's day out
    Small cars, ice-creams, colas cheaper; not so umbrellas, glassware
  • Will colas be cheaper?
  • If only consumers had lobbyists
  • FMCG prices to stay put
  • Zero customs duty on set-top boxes to benefit manufacturers
  • Pinches more than it soothes
  • Tobacco shrugs off excise hike
  • Ice-creams cheaper? Maybe not all
  • `Impetus for growth'
  • Duty cuts for plastics, hydrocarbons
  • More coal blocks for power sector
  • Budget disappoints shipping industry
  • No relief for oil cos on pricing, duty structure
  • Constraint on raw material sourcing
  • Paper sector happy with excise cut
  • 5 pc hike likely in landed cost
  • Marginal duty cut for alloys, metals — Proposal to cut duty on mineral products to 5 per cent
  • Excise duty cut for paper products
  • Taxes not recovered crossed Rs 1,11,000 cr
  • Govt may dilute stake in non-navratnas
  • 25 projects under e-gov plan
  • 15 new services under tax net — Scope expanded in banking, financial services
  • Services sector provides Rs 23,000 cr
  • Boost to investment activity — Govt totally committed to fiscal prudence and continued reforms: Chidambaram
  • Central Plan outlay put at Rs 2,54,041 cr — Energy, social services & transport corner major chunk
  • A mild choker
  • A new lease
  • A fine cut for paper
  • Rice processing
  • Refractories: Marginally positive
  • On the expressway
  • No major reaction
  • Gathering pace
  • A draft of demands
  • Boost for soya
  • A good fit for consumer
  • Positive spin to auto ancillary
  • NBFC granted audience
  • A ray of hope
  • Judicious tinkering
  • MAT rates altered
  • Outlay for tourism hiked
  • Service tax hike not to have inflationary impact
  • Higher allotment for highways
  • Fringe Benefit Tax provisions modified — India Inc not mollified, wants it to go completely
  • Domestic airlines get tax exemption for 1 more year
  • Shipping management services expensive
  • Boost to booming economy
  • Mixed impact
  • Encouraging competition
  • A `taxing' exercise
  • `Chai' with masala
  • Harnessing winds of continuity
  • Growth and equity
  • The lure of equity despite stretched valuation — Bias in favour of investments in MFs, insurance
  • A liberal look to fringe benefit tax — FM has delivered what he had promised
  • Equity fund redefined
  • Mutual funds are free to spread their wings
  • Feeling the pinch of STT
  • Budget recedes in importance
  • Thin attendance, minimal interruptions — Top CEOs at industry chambers largely non-committal
  • Succour for the old
  • Cartoon
  • Literary touch to hard facts
  • Undertone positive
  • Sad call for telecom
  • Continuity in momentum
  • Enhanced need for funds
  • Pragmatic, with few surprises
  • Ensuring the trickle-down
  • Budget hits all the right notes
  • Additional excise irks cigarette cos
  • `Not much for pharma sector'
  • `No relief for domestic liquor players'
  • No special drive: auto parts sector
    `There's further scope for reducing raw material duties to Asean levels'
  • `Will help exports'
  • Duty rationalisation for man-made textiles — More allocation for textile schemes; Rs 189 cr for textile parks
  • Excise duty cut, a boon for small carmakers — `Small cars' are Maruti 800, Wagon R, Zen, Alto, Hyundai Santro, Indica diesel
  • `Likely to see flight of IP to tax-friendly nations'
  • Pharma sector sulks as Budget ignores wish-list
  • Toyota not to hasten small car launch
  • Policy overhaul for coal sector
  • Price cuts galore on small cars
  • Some habits don't die that easily
  • Banks to cut lending rates on farm loans
  • Of pasta, idli and dosa
  • Superannuation scheme to regain favour
  • Corporates neutral to Budget proposals — It was on expected lines, say honchos
  • Captains tuned in
  • It'll promote export growth
  • Focus on rural sector
  • Ideal for long-term investor
  • It gets 8 marks out of 10
  • Petroleum industry unhappy
  • Boost for auto sector
  • Metro Rail not enough
  • Bleak outlook for pharma sector
  • `Fiscal deficit to come down'
  • `Good Budget for industry'
  • Market moves up; STT hike no dampener
  • Budget goes pro-investment; new taxes kept to minimum — FBT modified; small cars to cost less on duty cut; tobacco taxed
  • Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems

    Cars


  • Your small car will now be less expensive
  • Big bonanza for the small car
  • Excise duty cut, a boon for small carmakers — `Small cars' are Maruti 800, Wagon R, Zen, Alto, Hyundai Santro, Indica diesel
  • Toyota not to hasten small car launch
  • Price cuts galore on small cars

    Cartoon


  • Quick Look

    Cement


  • Grasim: Up on Stock split hopes

    Chemicals


  • Duty cuts for plastics, hydrocarbons
  • No major reaction

    Cigarettes


  • Tobacco shrugs off excise hike
  • A mild choker
  • Additional excise irks cigarette cos

    Coal


  • More coal blocks for power sector
  • Policy overhaul for coal sector

    Consumer Electronics


  • Zero customs duty on set-top boxes to benefit manufacturers

    Consumer Finance


  • Educational loans

    Dairy & Dairy Products


  • Ice-creams cheaper? Maybe not all

    Detaxfication


  • The wind is blowing, take cover!

    Disinvestment


  • Govt may dilute stake in non-navratnas

    Diversified


  • Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems
  • Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems

    E-Governance


  • Towards a cutting edge tax system
  • Accent on digitisation — The income-tax offices will undergo business process re-engineering
  • 25 projects under e-gov plan

    Ear to the ground


  • Grasim: Up on Stock split hopes
  • Wyeth: Betting on parent's patent

    Economy


  • Ramp up in resources for welfare
  • Charting a high-growth path
  • Offers in manufacturing, services
  • Fiscal improvement
  • Boost to investment activity — Govt totally committed to fiscal prudence and continued reforms: Chidambaram
  • Central Plan outlay put at Rs 2,54,041 cr — Energy, social services & transport corner major chunk
  • `Fiscal deficit to come down'

    Editorial


  • BACK TO POPULISM OF YORE

    Education


  • Educational loans

    Electrical Goods


  • A ray of hope

    Engineering


  • Gathering pace

    Excise and Customs


  • CUSTOMS DUTY
  • Excise duty: Minor twists
  • Metals: Reflected lustre
  • Customs duty hike — Vanaspati industry disappointed
  • IT industry divided over impact of excise duty — Desktop, notebooks may turn costlier
  • `Hike in service tax a dampener'
  • Will colas be cheaper?
  • Zero customs duty on set-top boxes to benefit manufacturers
  • Duty cuts for plastics, hydrocarbons
  • No relief for oil cos on pricing, duty structure
  • Paper sector happy with excise cut
  • 5 pc hike likely in landed cost
  • Marginal duty cut for alloys, metals — Proposal to cut duty on mineral products to 5 per cent
  • Excise duty cut for paper products
  • Additional excise irks cigarette cos
  • `Will help exports'
  • Excise duty cut, a boon for small carmakers — `Small cars' are Maruti 800, Wagon R, Zen, Alto, Hyundai Santro, Indica diesel
  • Toyota not to hasten small car launch
  • Of pasta, idli and dosa

    Farm credit


  • Full credit on the farm front
  • Short-term credit at 7 pc — Farmers to get from kharif season
  • Banks to cut lending rates on farm loans

    Financial Institutions


  • IDFC adversely affected

    Financial Markets


  • A mature financial sector

    Financial Services


  • Registrars, share transfer agents under service tax ambit — `12% levy is bad news for AMCs'

    Fixed Deposits


  • Bank deposits to get 80C deduction — Recapitalisation bonds to be converted into tradable securities

    Foods & Food Processing


  • Priority sector status hailed
  • `Greater credit flow likely'
  • Priority in lending to food sector — Rs 1,000-cr corpus for refinancing loans
  • Of pasta, idli and dosa
  • Focus on rural sector

    Foreign Direct Investment


  • Investment boom

    Gems & Jewellery


  • `Expert panel to help gems sector'

    Govt Bonds


  • Bankers hail move on recap bonds
  • Bank deposits to get 80C deduction — Recapitalisation bonds to be converted into tradable securities

    Hardware


  • A positive program
  • `Viability gap funding' for semiconductor projects — New policy on cards to make India hub
  • IT industry divided over impact of excise duty — Desktop, notebooks may turn costlier

    Housing Finance


  • Cartoon

    Human Resources


  • The knowledge society

    Income Tax


  • Bank deposits to get 80C deduction — Recapitalisation bonds to be converted into tradable securities
  • Tweaking the FBT
  • No bad news on income taxes
  • Accent on digitisation — The income-tax offices will undergo business process re-engineering
  • Sighs of relief and dropped jaws — The FM seems content more at not ruffling many feathers
  • Tepid changes to corporate tax
  • How the tax breaks pan out
  • Fringe Benefit Tax provisions modified — India Inc not mollified, wants it to go completely
  • A liberal look to fringe benefit tax — FM has delivered what he had promised

    Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd


  • Judicious tinkering

    Industry Associations


  • Corporates neutral to Budget proposals — It was on expected lines, say honchos
  • Captains tuned in

    Infosys Technologies Ltd


  • `8% excise on packaged software not good'

    Infrastructure


  • Wiring up the nation
  • Redeeming `Aam Aadmi'
  • Wiring up India with highway networks
  • On the expressway
  • Higher allotment for highways
  • Metro Rail not enough

    Infrastructure/Policy


  • Shipping management services expensive

    Interest Rates


  • Banks to cut lending rates on farm loans

    Interview


  • Service tax hike not to have inflationary impact

    Investments


  • The lure of equity despite stretched valuation — Bias in favour of investments in MFs, insurance

    Jute


  • Jute industry upset

    Leather


  • A good fit for consumer

    Letters


  • Tame docile budget
  • Educational loans

    Life Insurance


  • The lure of equity despite stretched valuation — Bias in favour of investments in MFs, insurance
  • Superannuation scheme to regain favour

    Metals


  • Metals: Reflected lustre
  • 5 pc hike likely in landed cost
  • Marginal duty cut for alloys, metals — Proposal to cut duty on mineral products to 5 per cent

    Mining & Quarrying


  • Policy overhaul for coal sector

    Mutual Funds


  • AMFI to seek clarifications on foreign investments
  • MFs keen to tap global opportunity
  • Investors will gain, feels Fidelity MF
  • `More options for MF investors'
  • The lure of equity despite stretched valuation — Bias in favour of investments in MFs, insurance
  • Equity fund redefined
  • Mutual funds are free to spread their wings

    NBFCs


  • NBFC granted audience

    New Products & Services


  • BSNL One India scheme from today

    Oilseeds & Edible Oil


  • Customs duty hike — Vanaspati industry disappointed
  • Boost for soya

    On Mint Street


  • Full credit on the farm front

    Outlook


  • Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems
  • Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems

    Overseas Investments


  • AMFI to seek clarifications on foreign investments
  • MFs keen to tap global opportunity

    PSU


  • Govt may dilute stake in non-navratnas

    Packaging


  • `A boost to replantation'

    Paper, Board & Newsprint


  • `Impetus for growth'
  • Constraint on raw material sourcing
  • Paper sector happy with excise cut
  • Excise duty cut for paper products
  • A fine cut for paper

    Pension Plans


  • Succour for the old
  • Superannuation scheme to regain favour

    Personal Products


  • A few goodies for rural impetus, lower costs
  • FMCG prices to stay put

    Petrochemicals


  • Judicious tinkering

    Petroleum


  • No relief for oil cos on pricing, duty structure
  • Petroleum industry unhappy

    Pharmaceuticals


  • Wyeth: Betting on parent's patent
  • A no-show for the pharma sector
  • `Not much for pharma sector'
  • Pharma sector sulks as Budget ignores wish-list
  • Bleak outlook for pharma sector

    Plastics


  • Duty cuts for plastics, hydrocarbons
  • No major reaction

    Policy


  • Budget goes pro-investment; new taxes kept to minimum — FBT modified; small cars to cost less on duty cut; tobacco taxed

    Power


  • Wiring up the nation
  • Calls everywhere, but search for energy
  • More coal blocks for power sector

    Radio/TV


  • No reason to blush
  • Some habits don't die that easily

    Reliance Industries Ltd


  • Judicious tinkering

    Research & Development


  • The knowledge society

    Rice


  • Rice processing

    Roadways


  • Higher allotment for highways

    Rubber


  • Steady trend in rubber

    Rural Development


  • Redeeming `Aam Aadmi'
  • Boost for Bharat Nirman
  • Going the extra mile for the farmer
  • Focus on rural sector

    Satyam Computer Services Ltd


  • `Hike in service tax a dampener'

    Shipping


  • Budget disappoints shipping industry
  • Shipping management services expensive

    Software


  • `8% excise on packaged software not good'
  • IT industry divided over impact of excise duty — Desktop, notebooks may turn costlier
  • `Hike in service tax a dampener'

    Steel


  • Marginal duty cut for alloys, metals — Proposal to cut duty on mineral products to 5 per cent

    Stock Markets


  • Grasim: Up on Stock split hopes
  • Wyeth: Betting on parent's patent
  • Looking for positives
  • Market moves up; STT hike no dampener

    Sugar


  • Sugar sector feels let down — `No measures on de-control'

    Supply Chain Management


  • Service tax, no hiccups for Concor

    Taxation


  • STT hiked by 25 pc — Dealers say move is on expected lines
  • Registrars, share transfer agents under service tax ambit — `12% levy is bad news for AMCs'
  • Pay for more services
  • Towards a cutting edge tax system
  • Let down on CST
  • Tepid changes to corporate tax
  • The wind is blowing, take cover!
  • If only consumers had lobbyists
  • Tobacco shrugs off excise hike
  • No relief for oil cos on pricing, duty structure
  • Taxes not recovered crossed Rs 1,11,000 cr
  • 15 new services under tax net — Scope expanded in banking, financial services
  • Services sector provides Rs 23,000 cr
  • MAT rates altered
  • Service tax hike not to have inflationary impact
  • Shipping management services expensive
  • Feeling the pinch of STT

    Tea


  • Wah! Budget
  • Hails nod for tea protection fund
  • `A boost to replantation'
  • Harrisons Malayalam bags 6 awards
  • Tea industry hails allocation

    Technical Analysis


  • Volatile movement

    Telecommunications


  • No cheer for telecom users, service providers — Now, service tax on Net telephony
  • BSNL One India scheme from today

    Textiles


  • A touch more than a stitch in time
  • `Will help exports'
  • Duty rationalisation for man-made textiles — More allocation for textile schemes; Rs 189 cr for textile parks

    Tobacco


  • Tobacco shrugs off excise hike

    Tourism


  • Outlay for tourism hiked

    Trends


  • A shopper's day out
    Small cars, ice-creams, colas cheaper; not so umbrellas, glassware
  • Price cuts galore on small cars



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