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INDEX
Airlines
Disappointed
Andhra Pradesh
AP units fear flight of gas from K-G basin
Automobiles
Auto sector relieved with no rollback in duties
Highways thrust to benefit auto cos
Banking
Plans to raise threshold for non-promoter public shareholding for all listed cos
Banking — No new account
Budget
SIMA hails more funds for tech upgrade scheme
AP units fear flight of gas from K-G basin
Textile industry feels disappointed
Govt must focus on containing fiscal deficit, says Assocham
No cause to waive excise duty on branded jewellery
Exporters say ‘left high and dry’
Sticklish Singles
Budget did not lay out a roadmap for reforms: HSBC
Cut in I-T may help mutual funds
Knee-jerk reaction is negative but long-term growth on sound footing
Budget will stimulate growth: Citi
Short-term support at 14,000 for Sensex
Market may seek lower levels
Economic Survey’s misled optimism spoils party
A damp squib, say Opposition parties
Central Plan outlay to go up 34%
Allocation for textile fund scheme hiked
Social sector schemes get a big boost
O tempora, O mores!
Taking note
Lending a hand for farmers
Schemes to restore export growth
Plans to raise threshold for non-promoter public shareholding for all listed cos
IIFCL to evolve ‘takeout financing’ scheme for infrastructure sector
Kautilya inspires…
Fertiliser subsidy
Expert group on petroleum products pricing
Focus on improving delivery of public services
Flagship schemes keeping ‘aam aadmi’ in focus
Plans, estimates for Budget 2009-10
Gold, silver prices set to rise; life-saving drugs, LCD TVs turn cheaper
FBT is now employees’ burden
Rs 120 cr-outlay for unique ID project
3G auction revenues seen higher at Rs 35,000 cr
ITI gets Rs 2,820 cr ahead of sell-off
CVD on handsets waived for a year
Uncertainty continues to haunt SMEs
Sigh of relief on transfer pricing
STPI relief extension welcomed
‘IT industry must learn to stand on its own legs’
Get ready for higher interest rates
Takeout financing yet to take-off
Rs 2,000 cr for rural housing fund under NHB
‘A positive signal’
Debt waiver scheme extended; sop for farmers repaying loans on time
‘More income in the hands of people’
Interest outflows on MSS seen declining
Union Budget 2009-2010 — No tactics to curb fiscal deficit
Not a big bang Budget!
Spend and deliver
Market frowns, but does that matter?
Spending power
A glass half full
More continuity
Tax reforms and rationalisation
Maintenance job
‘They’ don’t know or care… yet
Revive real estate growth
A little change, we can
Investing for a tax break
Missed chance at micro level
Nothing path-breaking
Well-tuned stimuli
No clear fiscal roadmap
Towards prosperity
Congress borrows, spends, wins - at our expense
Tax relief to women, senior citizens cost exchequer over Rs 3,000 cr
Silence on disinvestment could be heard aloud
Oil India, NHPC initial public offer soon, says Finance Secy
Fiscal arithmetic realistic
No cheer for pharma, healthcare
7-year tax holiday extended to gas producers
Life-saving drugs to get cheaper
With rapt attention
Auto sector relieved with no rollback in duties
Relief likely to prove spoilsport for some producers
Govt hikes allocation for power reform scheme by 160%
Budget impact: Auto makers consider price cut
Highways thrust to benefit auto cos
IT — Positive clicks
Nothing to bind
Infrastructure — Road to rapid growth
Consumer Cos — Rural stimulus
Banking — No new account
What triggered the sell-off
Put on the MAT
Lift to public holdings
Technology overdrive
Non-malleable
Considerable spike
Stunted yields
Disinvestment blues
Railway falls in service tax net; details on abatement, exemption awaited
L&T, others upbeat on ‘core’ focus
Realtors unhappy
All ears
A balanced Budget
Road transport sector not to get any direct benefit
Tax rationalisation issue not addressed, says cement industry
‘Cold chain storage made easy’
Vegoil sector disappointed
Oilseeds yield issue not addressed: COOIT
Rs 800-1,000 cr revenue from gold customs duty
Vegoils Customs duty hike hopes belied
Scrapping levy on branded jewellery may encourage more players
Gold, silver rise on proposal to double Customs duty
Boost to sentiments likely as commodity transaction tax goes
Fertiliser sector gives thumbs up to change in subsidy regime
Key is in the political will: Vellayan
Aam aadmi fobbed off
Positives, negatives
Major changes to transfer pricing
Definitions get well-defined
Reason to cheer for IT
MNCs may welcome move to amend ‘transfer pricing’ law
More money in consumers’ hands could help FMCGs
Duty cut to make LCD TVs cheaper
Provides roadmap for growth
Preference to economic growth
5% Customs duty on set-top box disappoints multi service operators
No stimulus for tourism
Disappointed
Sops to gas pipelines to benefit GAIL
‘Duty hike on gold to push up jewellery prices’
Slant in favour of ‘aam aadmi’: Kerala industry
Market spooked
Pranab borrows big to fund handouts
Now for more of soap and atta
An ‘Aam’ Budget for the ‘Aam Aadmi’
There’s lots to please
Etc...
Leaving them peeved
Thanks for making me feel richer!
Budget Text
The challenges before the Government
An overview of the economy
Lending a hand for farmers
Schemes to restore export growth
Plans to raise threshold for non-promoter public shareholding for all listed cos
IIFCL to evolve ‘takeout financing’ scheme for infrastructure sector
Kautilya inspires…
Fertiliser subsidy
Expert group on petroleum products pricing
Focus on improving delivery of public services
Income-tax exemption limit raised by Rs 10,000 for individuals
Flagship schemes keeping ‘aam aadmi’ in focus
Plans, estimates for Budget 2009-10
Gold, silver prices set to rise; life-saving drugs, LCD TVs turn cheaper
Cars
Budget impact: Auto makers consider price cut
Excise cut on cars above 2000 cc
Nothing to bind
Cartoon
Sticklish Singles
Etc...
Cement
Nothing to bind
Tax rationalisation issue not addressed, says cement industry
Climate & Weather
Rains improve cardamom crop prospects
Land-based ‘low’ to spearhead rains into central parts
Commentary
Banks lead the fall
Commodity Markets
Boost to sentiments likely as commodity transaction tax goes
Consumer Electronics
Duty cut to make LCD TVs cheaper
Cotton
Cotton output may top 300 lakh bales next season
Credit Market
Takeout financing yet to take-off
Debt Market
Bond prices dip on higher borrowing plan
Disinvestment
ITI gets Rs 2,820 cr ahead of sell-off
Silence on disinvestment could be heard aloud
Disinvestment blues
E-Governance
Focus on improving delivery of public services
Rs 120 cr-outlay for unique ID project
ESOPs
FBT is now employees’ burden
Economic Survey
Economic Survey’s misled optimism spoils party
Economy
Tax-GDP ratio to fall below 11% this fiscal
An overview of the economy
A glass half full
A little change, we can
Fiscal arithmetic realistic
Pranab borrows big to fund handouts
Editorial
Spend and deliver
Events
With rapt attention
Excise and Customs
Life-saving drugs to get cheaper
Auto sector relieved with no rollback in duties
Budget impact: Auto makers consider price cut
Excise cut on cars above 2000 cc
Rs 800-1,000 cr revenue from gold customs duty
Vegoils Customs duty hike hopes belied
Gold, silver rise on proposal to double Customs duty
Exports & Imports
Exporters say ‘left high and dry’
Schemes to restore export growth
Farm credit
Lending a hand for farmers
Debt waiver scheme extended; sop for farmers repaying loans on time
Fertilisers
Fertiliser subsidy
Stunted yields
Fertiliser sector gives thumbs up to change in subsidy regime
Key is in the political will: Vellayan
Financial Institutions
IIFCL to evolve ‘takeout financing’ scheme for infrastructure sector
Takeout financing yet to take-off
Financial Services
Knee-jerk reaction is negative but long-term growth on sound footing
Foreign Institutional Investors
Budget did not lay out a roadmap for reforms: HSBC
Budget will stimulate growth: Citi
GAIL (India) Ltd
Sops to gas pipelines to benefit GAIL
Gems & Jewellery
No cause to waive excise duty on branded jewellery
Nothing to bind
Scrapping levy on branded jewellery may encourage more players
‘Duty hike on gold to push up jewellery prices’
Gender
Leaving them peeved
Gold & Silver
Rs 800-1,000 cr revenue from gold customs duty
Gold, silver rise on proposal to double Customs duty
‘Duty hike on gold to push up jewellery prices’
Govt Bonds
Interest outflows on MSS seen declining
Housing Finance
Rs 2,000 cr for rural housing fund under NHB
ICICI Bank Ltd
‘A positive signal’
IPOs
Oil India, NHPC initial public offer soon, says Finance Secy
IT Training
Nothing to bind
Technology overdrive
Income Tax
Cut in I-T may help mutual funds
Income-tax exemption limit raised by Rs 10,000 for individuals
FBT is now employees’ burden
Wealth tax limits eased
Tax relief to women, senior citizens cost exchequer over Rs 3,000 cr
Consumer Cos — Rural stimulus
FBT abolition: Minimal impact
Aam aadmi fobbed off
An ‘Aam’ Budget for the ‘Aam Aadmi’
There’s lots to please
Leaving them peeved
Thanks for making me feel richer!
Industry Associations
SIMA hails more funds for tech upgrade scheme
AP units fear flight of gas from K-G basin
Govt must focus on containing fiscal deficit, says Assocham
Taking note
Slant in favour of ‘aam aadmi’: Kerala industry
Information Technology
Major changes to transfer pricing
Reason to cheer for IT
Infrastructure
IIFCL to evolve ‘takeout financing’ scheme for infrastructure sector
Takeout financing yet to take-off
Spending power
Missed chance at micro level
Congress borrows, spends, wins - at our expense
Insight
Major changes to transfer pricing
Interest Rates
Lending a hand for farmers
Get ready for higher interest rates
Interest outflows on MSS seen declining
Kerala
‘Duty hike on gold to push up jewellery prices’
Slant in favour of ‘aam aadmi’: Kerala industry
Kochi
Kochi port posts Rs 14-cr loss
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
L&T, others upbeat on ‘core’ focus
Linguistics
Kautilya inspires…
Modernisation
Allocation for textile fund scheme hiked
Mutual Funds
Cut in I-T may help mutual funds
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd
Relief likely to prove spoilsport for some producers
Pipeline to profits
Oilseeds & Edible Oil
Vegoil sector disappointed
Oilseeds yield issue not addressed: COOIT
Vegoils Customs duty hike hopes belied
Outlook
L&T, others upbeat on ‘core’ focus
Road transport sector not to get any direct benefit
Sops to gas pipelines to benefit GAIL
PSU
ITI gets Rs 2,820 cr ahead of sell-off
Oil India, NHPC initial public offer soon, says Finance Secy
Disinvestment blues
Performance
Kochi port posts Rs 14-cr loss
Personal Products
Consumer Cos — Rural stimulus
More money in consumers’ hands could help FMCGs
Now for more of soap and atta
Petroleum
AP units fear flight of gas from K-G basin
Expert group on petroleum products pricing
7-year tax holiday extended to gas producers
Relief likely to prove spoilsport for some producers
Pipeline to profits
Sops to gas pipelines to benefit GAIL
Pharmaceuticals
No cheer for pharma, healthcare
Life-saving drugs to get cheaper
Plantations
Harvest woes for areca growers
Politics
A damp squib, say Opposition parties
O tempora, O mores!
Congress borrows, spends, wins - at our expense
Power
Govt hikes allocation for power reform scheme by 160%
Considerable spike
Public Sector Banks
Banks lead the fall
Radio/TV
5% Customs duty on set-top box disappoints multi service operators
Railways
Railway falls in service tax net; details on abatement, exemption awaited
Rasheeda Bhagat
Market frowns, but does that matter?
Reactions
Spending power
A glass half full
More continuity
Tax reforms and rationalisation
Maintenance job
‘They’ don’t know or care… yet
Revive real estate growth
A little change, we can
A balanced Budget
MNCs may welcome move to amend ‘transfer pricing’ law
Thanks for making me feel richer!
Readymade Garments
Exporters say ‘left high and dry’
Real Estate & Construction
Revive real estate growth
Realtors unhappy
Reassessment
Positives, negatives
Recommendation
Short-term support at 14,000 for Sensex
Day Trading Guide
Reliance Industries Ltd
Pipeline to profits
Roadways
Highways thrust to benefit auto cos
Road transport sector not to get any direct benefit
Rubber
Spot rubber prices rule steady
Rural Development
Social sector schemes get a big boost
Flagship schemes keeping ‘aam aadmi’ in focus
Rs 2,000 cr for rural housing fund under NHB
Consumer Cos — Rural stimulus
Rural Marketing
‘They’ don’t know or care… yet
SSI
Uncertainty continues to haunt SMEs
Infrastructure — Road to rapid growth
Sensor
Banks lead the fall
Shipping/Ports
Kochi port posts Rs 14-cr loss
Short Term Instruments
Call rate closes at 3.20-3.30%
Social Welfare
Social sector schemes get a big boost
Flagship schemes keeping ‘aam aadmi’ in focus
Software
STPI relief extension welcomed
‘IT industry must learn to stand on its own legs’
IT — Positive clicks
Spices & Condiments
Rains improve cardamom crop prospects
Pepper futures decline marginally
State Bank of India
‘More income in the hands of people’
Steel
Non-malleable
Stock Markets
Short-term support at 14,000 for Sensex
Market may seek lower levels
Economic Survey’s misled optimism spoils party
Day Trading Guide
Market frowns, but does that matter?
Maintenance job
What triggered the sell-off
Market spooked
Stocks
IT — Positive clicks
Infrastructure — Road to rapid growth
Consumer Cos — Rural stimulus
Banking — No new account
Pipeline to profits
FBT abolition: Minimal impact
Put on the MAT
Lift to public holdings
Technology overdrive
Non-malleable
Considerable spike
Stunted yields
Disinvestment blues
Storage
‘Cold chain storage made easy’
T.C.A. Srinivasa-Raghavan
O tempora, O mores!
Congress borrows, spends, wins - at our expense
Taxation
Tax-GDP ratio to fall below 11% this fiscal
O tempora, O mores!
Gold, silver prices set to rise; life-saving drugs, LCD TVs turn cheaper
Sigh of relief on transfer pricing
Tax reforms and rationalisation
Investing for a tax break
7-year tax holiday extended to gas producers
Put on the MAT
Railway falls in service tax net; details on abatement, exemption awaited
Boost to sentiments likely as commodity transaction tax goes
Positives, negatives
Definitions get well-defined
Reason to cheer for IT
Technical Analysis
Short-term support at 14,000 for Sensex
Telecommunications
3G auction revenues seen higher at Rs 35,000 cr
ITI gets Rs 2,820 cr ahead of sell-off
CVD on handsets waived for a year
Television Sets
Duty cut to make LCD TVs cheaper
Textiles
SIMA hails more funds for tech upgrade scheme
Textile industry feels disappointed
Allocation for textile fund scheme hiked
More continuity
Tourism
No stimulus for tourism
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