Special Report
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Congress: Sorry For The Interruption
The UPA remains a prisoner to coalition politics. And yet, the Congress has a lot of headroom for manoeuvre because no party wants an election now
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Listen Vodafone: Heads We Win, Tails You Lose
The government’s proposal to amend its tax law retrospectively will affect Vodafone and even other large acquisitions of Indian assets might be up for review
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How the Budget Will Affect Car Prices
SUV buyers have reason to fret, but Maruti’s Ertiga falls between the cracks
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Budget: Eye on middle-class muddles up Far Sight
Political compulsions and the threat of further middle-class disenchantment with the Congress party seems to have forced the finance minister to skirt concrete reforms in the Budget
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Some Cheer For Steel Industry in Lacklustre Budget
Domestic steel producers got a few sops, but experts says they are not enough
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What Public Distribution System Network Means
The Planning Commission Task Force has suggested an IT strategy for PDS reform and direct transfer of subsidies on kerosene, LPG, and fertiliser to the intended beneficiaries
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FM Pushes Fiscal Discipline
The amendment in the FRBM Act would hold the government responsible to predetermined deficit targets
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UID Back On Track?
Fertiliser ministry to use Aadhaar platform for transfer of cash subsidy
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Kenneth Andrade: Budget Expects The Consumer To Grow The Economy
The mutual fund expert says that the finance minister has left very little room for error by presenting a practical Budget
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Janmejaya Sinha: How to Kickstart Second Leg of Reforms
India Budget 2012: India should address structural issues and kickstart the second leg of reforms, says Janmejaya Sinha
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Sitaram Yechury: The Government Should Get Priorities Right
India Budget 2012: Sitaram Yechury on how the finance minister can balance the politics of the poor with the policies for the economy