This is the BJP's first full-year Budget.
Nifty snaps 10-day winning streak
'Our mandate is to work in a transparent manner, keeping two objectives in mind - consumer interest and growth of the telecom sector.'
The Finance Minsiter says country requires 'a larger opening out in more sectors, stability of policy and tax regime'
2015 is set for a lot of changes - and some that we would like to happen
'One big problem for the RSS is, while they spread their ideology of hard, Hindu-ised Indian nationalism, the absence of their own pantheon of modern nationalist giants. They missed out on the freedom movement quite comprehensively, in some ways comparable to the Muslim League and latter-day Communists. They have to find heroes elsewhere.' 'They borrow who they can from the Congress, like Madan Mohan Malviya and Sardar Patel, and then steal the entire lot of revolutionaries, from Bhagat Singh to Netaji, never mind that many of them were extreme leftists.'
In the near term, the key driver will still be the government's fiscal spending.
Single window clearances for realty must.
Eminent business journalist and author Tamal Bandyopadhyay discussed Budget with rediff.com readers on Tuesday.
'Will 'Make in India' be able to harness the demographic dividend so it does not become a disaster?' 'Will 'Digital India' live up to the lofty promises the government and private sector made as part of its recent launch?'
Spruce up your CV and seek professional advise, says Prof RSS Mani of ITM Group of Institutions.
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