The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday rated Budget 2005-06 as "outstanding" and credited Finance Minister P Chidambaram for producing a document which lived up to meet the challenges of the time.
Congress leaders at the All India Congress Committee presented Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram their most important wishlist for the coming budget, when he came calling at 24 Akbar Road on Thursday evening: 'Since they are now in the election year the Congress needs a people-friendly and a vote-friendly budget'.
Excise duty on small cars is cut to 8 per cent where as the tax on large- and mid-sized cars has been brought down to 20 per cent.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced the Union Budget 2013-14 in Parliament on Thursday.
FM to meet states on Feb 14, approve key decisions.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday presented in Parliament the first ever Outcome Budget, which seeks to measure the physical targets achieved on the financial outlays of various ministries.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the Union Budget for 2007-08 in Parliament on Wednesday.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram's budget announcement to cut the excise duty on drugs from 16 per cent to 8 per cent received a loud applause from many corners. However, the common man is yet to see its impact as there are many loose ends to be tied up and loopholes to be plugged before drug prices show any downward trend.
He said he had achieved a fair measure of success in stablising India's economy and aimed to make it the third-biggest after the US and China.
The opposition has attacked the Modi government over the National Democratic Alliance's last full-fledged budget before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
To help compare numbers better, FinMin might retain the interim Budget Estimates with the new ones.
He could be doling out more funds to woo voters and tax cuts to support industry.
With only three days to go before Finance Minister P Chidambaram delivers the Budget in Parliament, market expectations with respect to reforms are running high.
In a few hours the Government of India will table the Economic Survey for fiscal 2003-04. Economic Survey is always presented a day before the Annual Budget is announce by the Finance Minister. Take the Rediff Business Quiz and find out how much you
Pursuant to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's budget announcement, a roadmap to streamline tax structure on all saving instruments will be rolled out next month.
Agriculturists on Tuesday asked Finance Minister P Chidambaram to consider a Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) revolving fund in the forthcoming Budget to enable Food Corporation of India
PM has approved of the Union Budget, as it ensures growth and price stability.
Govt has taken corrective steps to revitalise investor enthusiasm, spur growth, and tame spending.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has announced setting up of a new women's bank.
Finance Minister plans to cut the public spending target for fiscal 2013-14 by up to 10 per cent from this year's original target, as he wants to avert a sovereign credit downgrade. Can he balance political and economic demands?
In post-Budget comments, the finance minister said that the Budget would stimulate investment and consequently growth.
In this year's budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with reduction in corporate tax and sops to housing sector, startups and electric vehicles.
Unperturbed by the rise in the fiscal deficit, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday exuded confidence that it would remain within the target of 4.8 per cent of GDP in the current financial year.
P Chidambaram has unveiled a bigger-than-expected outlay for the coming fiscal year.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday presented his fifth budget in Parliament on Friday but Morarji Desai holds the record of doing so 10 times.
According to a CII statement, Godrej mentioned that in the given economic condition, it would have been natural to seek a stimulus including reductions in excise and service tax rates.
Chidambaram insists that the fiscal deficit target of 4.8 per cent of gross domestic product for the year to March 31, 2014, is a red line that will not be breached.
The Union Budget for 2004-05 was presented in the Lok Sabha today by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. In his opening remarks, Chidambaram said the verdict in the recent general elections was a vote for a change in the manner in which the government wa
In 2013-14, the Budget estimate is Rs 16,65,297 crore (Rs 16,652.97 billion).
Mr Chidambaram will beat the deficit target but both non-Plan expenses and revenue are growing at twice the rate budgeted.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has announced several measures in the Union Budget 2013-14.
Come February and everyone starts talkinga about the Budget. Read on to understand what the frenzy is all about.
Dismissing the criticism of his interim budget by Narendra Modi, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said, "I don't want to take the level of this debate to a Class 8 school boys' debate."
According to an Assocham survey, India Inc is not expecting much for itself in the upcoming Budget. The Budget is most likely to benefit the common man.
Seeking to lift investor sentiments, the government on Monday said that it will not wait for the Budget, which is due in February, to address the issues concerning retrospective amendment to Income Tax laws.
The Budget session of the Parliament is likely to begin from February 25 with the Presidential Address to a joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha followed by presentation of rail budget and general budget on February 26 and 28.
