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July 9, 2009
All you wanted to know about GST
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee while presenting the Budget said that GST would come into effect from April 2010.

• All about the tax proposals | The new I-T slabs
• Govt gets cracking on divestment
• What's cheaper, what's costlier
• Pranab Mukherjee's Budget 2009-10 Speech
• What the FM has in store for you
• More Budget reports
 
Budget Impact
The market expected too much: Pranab
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee defends his Budget proposals in a candid interview.

• How Budget has changed your personal taxation
• Your employer may restructure your pay
• Rich get richer, rest get consolation
• Who called FM names, who praised him
• More Slide Shows
News & Views
FBT gone? Your take-home pay may be less now!
Reimbursements will be taxed as perks at the marginal tax rate, and this could hurt employees.

• Why the markets fell on Budget announcements
• No hike in home loan tax exemption: Govt
• Cash or no cash, pay the tax
• 'Budget won't benefit middle-class'
• 'I would rate this Budget 5 out of 10'

• More Newsbreaks
Sector Analysis
Auto: Excise duty retained at 8% for most vehicles
Cut in specific excise duty on large cars by Rs 5,000 may make auto firms pass on the benefit to customers.

• Textile: Budget sops will prevent job loss
• Removal of FBT: IT/ITES sector to benefit
• Cement: Excise duty structure remain unchanged
• Steel consumption to rise in India
• FMCG: Gets a few indirect benefits
• More Sectoral Analyses

 
Video

'Did not expect such a Budget from Dr Singh'
 'It's an excellent Budget!'
• 'The overall Budget is not good'
• 'Govt only helps the wealthy'
• More Videos
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