The 30-share Sensex dropped 298 points to end at 27,209 and the 50-share Nifty has lost 93 points to end at 8,174.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
Clean energy cess to hike cost for power sector.
As debt piles up, Anil Ambani's ability to see the asset sale plan through will be crucial
Power Minister Piyush Goyal on the government's manufacturing push and other key issues.
Budget in the medium term aims to kick-start the investment cycle.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget.
CLP saw early that the pollution caused by China's rush for industrial growth would lead inevitably to demands for cleaner electricity.
The government should now focus on governance and monitoring the supply side to manage inflation, says M V Subramanian.
'The finance minister and the government have met the immediate challenge. The wine this time is new and also in a new bottle, which, though not full, is less than half empty.'
'The transmission sector is going to be the next sunrise industry.'
The government must justify why we need to buy foreign reactors when we have developed up to 700 MWe unit-size pressurised heavy water reactors, a design which can be easily extended to 900 to 1000 MWe unit size. Why can't the 'Make in India' philosophy apply to indigenous nuclear reactors, more than 18 of which have been designed, built, and being operated by Indian engineers, asks Dr A Gopalakrishnan.
NDA government has shunned populism.
Indian economy about to take-off
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