Finance minister attempts a clean-up job, keeps projected expenditure growth low.
The markets regulator made it easier for banks to acquire control in listed companies.
Hike in planned public-sector capital expenditure will be credit-positive for infra cos
The new 10 per cent dividend tax will be payable only on dividend income over and above Rs 10 lakh threshold in a year, according to an amendment to the Finance Bill 2016 approved by Lok Sabha.
'The focus is more on the outlook for global growth'.
Markets could slide again owing to conditions in Europe and the US.
Budget was a mild disappointment. Yet, the bull run continues.
All credit to the finance minister for walking the fiscal and expectation tightrope extremely well in his budget speech, says Ganesh Natarajan.
This is the BJP's first full-year Budget.
Sandeep Shanbhag offers tips on post Budget taxation rates.
'The big elephant in the room is our misguided view about the rupee.' 'India is scared that if our currency appreciates, who will buy from us. But a breakout is inevitable.'
Smart investors fine tune their investments as per the Budget announcements to make the best possible use of tax deductions and other sops.
oreign Policy magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011.
Sensex rises, Nifty holds 8,900; FMCG, Pharma shares lead.
The Reserve Bank left interest rate unchanged.
'We need to put aside our anxieties about the Budget for now and possibly for long, and carry on as best as we can,' advises Shreekant Sambrani.
RBI's out-of-turn rate cut has surprise few economists.
Jaitley's team presents a quintessential mix of foreign-educated, intellectual technocrats and seasoned bureaucrats
Network18 founder Raghav Bahl is all set to launch his new venture.
Eminent business journalist and author Tamal Bandyopadhyay discussed Budget with rediff.com readers on Tuesday.
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