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INDEX
Agricultural Policy
Priority in lending to food sector — Rs 1,000-cr corpus for refinancing loans
Airlines
A new lease
Domestic airlines get tax exemption for 1 more year
Announcements
Toyota not to hasten small car launch
Automobile Components
Positive spin to auto ancillary
No special drive: auto parts sector
`There's further scope for reducing raw material duties to Asean levels'
Automobiles
Big bonanza for the small car
Boost for auto sector
Awards & Honours
Harrisons Malayalam bags 6 awards
Banking
A draft of demands
Beverages
Will colas be cheaper?
Bio-tech & Genetics
`Likely to see flight of IP to tax-friendly nations'
Breweries
`No relief for domestic liquor players'
Budget
`Expert panel to help gems sector'
Bankers hail move on recap bonds
Bank deposits to get 80C deduction — Recapitalisation bonds to be converted into tradable securities
AMFI to seek clarifications on foreign investments
MFs keen to tap global opportunity
STT hiked by 25 pc — Dealers say move is on expected lines
Looking for positives
Registrars, share transfer agents under service tax ambit — `12% levy is bad news for AMCs'
Investors will gain, feels Fidelity MF
`More options for MF investors'
Not rocking the boat
Full credit on the farm front
A difficult task well done
BACK TO POPULISM OF YORE
Tame docile budget
CUSTOMS DUTY
Pay for more services
Your small car will now be less expensive
Excise duty: Minor twists
Towards a cutting edge tax system
Tweaking the FBT
No bad news on income taxes
No reason to blush
Wah! Budget
A no-show for the pharma sector
Service tax, no hiccups for Concor
IDFC adversely affected
Metals: Reflected lustre
Big bonanza for the small car
A touch more than a stitch in time
Wiring up the nation
A few goodies for rural impetus, lower costs
A positive program
Ramp up in resources for welfare
Redeeming `Aam Aadmi'
A mature financial sector
Boost for Bharat Nirman
Charting a high-growth path
Going the extra mile for the farmer
Hails nod for tea protection fund
`A boost to replantation'
Priority sector status hailed
Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems
`Greater credit flow likely'
Tea industry hails allocation
Jute industry upset
Sugar sector feels let down — `No measures on de-control'
Short-term credit at 7 pc — Farmers to get from kharif season
Customs duty hike — Vanaspati industry disappointed
Priority in lending to food sector — Rs 1,000-cr corpus for refinancing loans
Offers in manufacturing, services
Fiscal improvement
The knowledge society
Calls everywhere, but search for energy
Let us make our destiny
Wiring up India with highway networks
Investment boom
Accent on digitisation — The income-tax offices will undergo business process re-engineering
Let down on CST
Sighs of relief and dropped jaws — The FM seems content more at not ruffling many feathers
Tepid changes to corporate tax
How the tax breaks pan out
The wind is blowing, take cover!
Stable tax structure welcomed
No cheer for telecom users, service providers — Now, service tax on Net telephony
`Viability gap funding' for semiconductor projects — New policy on cards to make India hub
`8% excise on packaged software not good'
IT industry divided over impact of excise duty — Desktop, notebooks may turn costlier
`Hike in service tax a dampener'
A shopper's day out
Small cars, ice-creams, colas cheaper; not so umbrellas, glassware
Will colas be cheaper?
If only consumers had lobbyists
FMCG prices to stay put
Zero customs duty on set-top boxes to benefit manufacturers
Pinches more than it soothes
Tobacco shrugs off excise hike
Ice-creams cheaper? Maybe not all
`Impetus for growth'
Duty cuts for plastics, hydrocarbons
More coal blocks for power sector
Budget disappoints shipping industry
No relief for oil cos on pricing, duty structure
Constraint on raw material sourcing
Paper sector happy with excise cut
5 pc hike likely in landed cost
Marginal duty cut for alloys, metals — Proposal to cut duty on mineral products to 5 per cent
Excise duty cut for paper products
Taxes not recovered crossed Rs 1,11,000 cr
Govt may dilute stake in non-navratnas
25 projects under e-gov plan
15 new services under tax net — Scope expanded in banking, financial services
Services sector provides Rs 23,000 cr
Boost to investment activity — Govt totally committed to fiscal prudence and continued reforms: Chidambaram
Central Plan outlay put at Rs 2,54,041 cr — Energy, social services & transport corner major chunk
A mild choker
A new lease
A fine cut for paper
Rice processing
Refractories: Marginally positive
On the expressway
No major reaction
Gathering pace
A draft of demands
Boost for soya
A good fit for consumer
Positive spin to auto ancillary
NBFC granted audience
A ray of hope
Judicious tinkering
MAT rates altered
Outlay for tourism hiked
Service tax hike not to have inflationary impact
Higher allotment for highways
Fringe Benefit Tax provisions modified — India Inc not mollified, wants it to go completely
Domestic airlines get tax exemption for 1 more year
Shipping management services expensive
Boost to booming economy
Mixed impact
Encouraging competition
A `taxing' exercise
`Chai' with masala
Harnessing winds of continuity
Growth and equity
The lure of equity despite stretched valuation — Bias in favour of investments in MFs, insurance
A liberal look to fringe benefit tax — FM has delivered what he had promised
Equity fund redefined
Mutual funds are free to spread their wings
Feeling the pinch of STT
Budget recedes in importance
Thin attendance, minimal interruptions — Top CEOs at industry chambers largely non-committal
Succour for the old
Cartoon
Literary touch to hard facts
Undertone positive
Sad call for telecom
Continuity in momentum
Enhanced need for funds
Pragmatic, with few surprises
Ensuring the trickle-down
Budget hits all the right notes
Additional excise irks cigarette cos
`Not much for pharma sector'
`No relief for domestic liquor players'
No special drive: auto parts sector
`There's further scope for reducing raw material duties to Asean levels'
`Will help exports'
Duty rationalisation for man-made textiles — More allocation for textile schemes; Rs 189 cr for textile parks
Excise duty cut, a boon for small carmakers — `Small cars' are Maruti 800, Wagon R, Zen, Alto, Hyundai Santro, Indica diesel
`Likely to see flight of IP to tax-friendly nations'
Pharma sector sulks as Budget ignores wish-list
Toyota not to hasten small car launch
Policy overhaul for coal sector
Price cuts galore on small cars
Some habits don't die that easily
Banks to cut lending rates on farm loans
Of pasta, idli and dosa
Superannuation scheme to regain favour
Corporates neutral to Budget proposals — It was on expected lines, say honchos
Captains tuned in
It'll promote export growth
Focus on rural sector
Ideal for long-term investor
It gets 8 marks out of 10
Petroleum industry unhappy
Boost for auto sector
Metro Rail not enough
Bleak outlook for pharma sector
`Fiscal deficit to come down'
`Good Budget for industry'
Market moves up; STT hike no dampener
Budget goes pro-investment; new taxes kept to minimum — FBT modified; small cars to cost less on duty cut; tobacco taxed
Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems
Cars
Your small car will now be less expensive
Big bonanza for the small car
Excise duty cut, a boon for small carmakers — `Small cars' are Maruti 800, Wagon R, Zen, Alto, Hyundai Santro, Indica diesel
Toyota not to hasten small car launch
Price cuts galore on small cars
Cartoon
Quick Look
Cement
Grasim: Up on Stock split hopes
Chemicals
Duty cuts for plastics, hydrocarbons
No major reaction
Cigarettes
Tobacco shrugs off excise hike
A mild choker
Additional excise irks cigarette cos
Coal
More coal blocks for power sector
Policy overhaul for coal sector
Consumer Electronics
Zero customs duty on set-top boxes to benefit manufacturers
Consumer Finance
Educational loans
Dairy & Dairy Products
Ice-creams cheaper? Maybe not all
Detaxfication
The wind is blowing, take cover!
Disinvestment
Govt may dilute stake in non-navratnas
Diversified
Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems
Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems
E-Governance
Towards a cutting edge tax system
Accent on digitisation — The income-tax offices will undergo business process re-engineering
25 projects under e-gov plan
Ear to the ground
Grasim: Up on Stock split hopes
Wyeth: Betting on parent's patent
Economy
Ramp up in resources for welfare
Charting a high-growth path
Offers in manufacturing, services
Fiscal improvement
Boost to investment activity — Govt totally committed to fiscal prudence and continued reforms: Chidambaram
Central Plan outlay put at Rs 2,54,041 cr — Energy, social services & transport corner major chunk
`Fiscal deficit to come down'
Editorial
BACK TO POPULISM OF YORE
Education
Educational loans
Electrical Goods
A ray of hope
Engineering
Gathering pace
Excise and Customs
CUSTOMS DUTY
Excise duty: Minor twists
Metals: Reflected lustre
Customs duty hike — Vanaspati industry disappointed
IT industry divided over impact of excise duty — Desktop, notebooks may turn costlier
`Hike in service tax a dampener'
Will colas be cheaper?
Zero customs duty on set-top boxes to benefit manufacturers
Duty cuts for plastics, hydrocarbons
No relief for oil cos on pricing, duty structure
Paper sector happy with excise cut
5 pc hike likely in landed cost
Marginal duty cut for alloys, metals — Proposal to cut duty on mineral products to 5 per cent
Excise duty cut for paper products
Additional excise irks cigarette cos
`Will help exports'
Excise duty cut, a boon for small carmakers — `Small cars' are Maruti 800, Wagon R, Zen, Alto, Hyundai Santro, Indica diesel
Toyota not to hasten small car launch
Of pasta, idli and dosa
Farm credit
Full credit on the farm front
Short-term credit at 7 pc — Farmers to get from kharif season
Banks to cut lending rates on farm loans
Financial Institutions
IDFC adversely affected
Financial Markets
A mature financial sector
Financial Services
Registrars, share transfer agents under service tax ambit — `12% levy is bad news for AMCs'
Fixed Deposits
Bank deposits to get 80C deduction — Recapitalisation bonds to be converted into tradable securities
Foods & Food Processing
Priority sector status hailed
`Greater credit flow likely'
Priority in lending to food sector — Rs 1,000-cr corpus for refinancing loans
Of pasta, idli and dosa
Focus on rural sector
Foreign Direct Investment
Investment boom
Gems & Jewellery
`Expert panel to help gems sector'
Govt Bonds
Bankers hail move on recap bonds
Bank deposits to get 80C deduction — Recapitalisation bonds to be converted into tradable securities
Hardware
A positive program
`Viability gap funding' for semiconductor projects — New policy on cards to make India hub
IT industry divided over impact of excise duty — Desktop, notebooks may turn costlier
Housing Finance
Cartoon
Human Resources
The knowledge society
Income Tax
Bank deposits to get 80C deduction — Recapitalisation bonds to be converted into tradable securities
Tweaking the FBT
No bad news on income taxes
Accent on digitisation — The income-tax offices will undergo business process re-engineering
Sighs of relief and dropped jaws — The FM seems content more at not ruffling many feathers
Tepid changes to corporate tax
How the tax breaks pan out
Fringe Benefit Tax provisions modified — India Inc not mollified, wants it to go completely
A liberal look to fringe benefit tax — FM has delivered what he had promised
Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd
Judicious tinkering
Industry Associations
Corporates neutral to Budget proposals — It was on expected lines, say honchos
Captains tuned in
Infosys Technologies Ltd
`8% excise on packaged software not good'
Infrastructure
Wiring up the nation
Redeeming `Aam Aadmi'
Wiring up India with highway networks
On the expressway
Higher allotment for highways
Metro Rail not enough
Infrastructure/Policy
Shipping management services expensive
Interest Rates
Banks to cut lending rates on farm loans
Interview
Service tax hike not to have inflationary impact
Investments
The lure of equity despite stretched valuation — Bias in favour of investments in MFs, insurance
Jute
Jute industry upset
Leather
A good fit for consumer
Letters
Tame docile budget
Educational loans
Life Insurance
The lure of equity despite stretched valuation — Bias in favour of investments in MFs, insurance
Superannuation scheme to regain favour
Metals
Metals: Reflected lustre
5 pc hike likely in landed cost
Marginal duty cut for alloys, metals — Proposal to cut duty on mineral products to 5 per cent
Mining & Quarrying
Policy overhaul for coal sector
Mutual Funds
AMFI to seek clarifications on foreign investments
MFs keen to tap global opportunity
Investors will gain, feels Fidelity MF
`More options for MF investors'
The lure of equity despite stretched valuation — Bias in favour of investments in MFs, insurance
Equity fund redefined
Mutual funds are free to spread their wings
NBFCs
NBFC granted audience
New Products & Services
BSNL One India scheme from today
Oilseeds & Edible Oil
Customs duty hike — Vanaspati industry disappointed
Boost for soya
On Mint Street
Full credit on the farm front
Outlook
Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems
Cheer for Jain Irrigation Systems
Overseas Investments
AMFI to seek clarifications on foreign investments
MFs keen to tap global opportunity
PSU
Govt may dilute stake in non-navratnas
Packaging
`A boost to replantation'
Paper, Board & Newsprint
`Impetus for growth'
Constraint on raw material sourcing
Paper sector happy with excise cut
Excise duty cut for paper products
A fine cut for paper
Pension Plans
Succour for the old
Superannuation scheme to regain favour
Personal Products
A few goodies for rural impetus, lower costs
FMCG prices to stay put
Petrochemicals
Judicious tinkering
Petroleum
No relief for oil cos on pricing, duty structure
Petroleum industry unhappy
Pharmaceuticals
Wyeth: Betting on parent's patent
A no-show for the pharma sector
`Not much for pharma sector'
Pharma sector sulks as Budget ignores wish-list
Bleak outlook for pharma sector
Plastics
Duty cuts for plastics, hydrocarbons
No major reaction
Policy
Budget goes pro-investment; new taxes kept to minimum — FBT modified; small cars to cost less on duty cut; tobacco taxed
Power
Wiring up the nation
Calls everywhere, but search for energy
More coal blocks for power sector
Radio/TV
No reason to blush
Some habits don't die that easily
Reliance Industries Ltd
Judicious tinkering
Research & Development
The knowledge society
Rice
Rice processing
Roadways
Higher allotment for highways
Rubber
Steady trend in rubber
Rural Development
Redeeming `Aam Aadmi'
Boost for Bharat Nirman
Going the extra mile for the farmer
Focus on rural sector
Satyam Computer Services Ltd
`Hike in service tax a dampener'
Shipping
Budget disappoints shipping industry
Shipping management services expensive
Software
`8% excise on packaged software not good'
IT industry divided over impact of excise duty — Desktop, notebooks may turn costlier
`Hike in service tax a dampener'
Steel
Marginal duty cut for alloys, metals — Proposal to cut duty on mineral products to 5 per cent
Stock Markets
Grasim: Up on Stock split hopes
Wyeth: Betting on parent's patent
Looking for positives
Market moves up; STT hike no dampener
Sugar
Sugar sector feels let down — `No measures on de-control'
Supply Chain Management
Service tax, no hiccups for Concor
Taxation
STT hiked by 25 pc — Dealers say move is on expected lines
Registrars, share transfer agents under service tax ambit — `12% levy is bad news for AMCs'
Pay for more services
Towards a cutting edge tax system
Let down on CST
Tepid changes to corporate tax
The wind is blowing, take cover!
If only consumers had lobbyists
Tobacco shrugs off excise hike
No relief for oil cos on pricing, duty structure
Taxes not recovered crossed Rs 1,11,000 cr
15 new services under tax net — Scope expanded in banking, financial services
Services sector provides Rs 23,000 cr
MAT rates altered
Service tax hike not to have inflationary impact
Shipping management services expensive
Feeling the pinch of STT
Tea
Wah! Budget
Hails nod for tea protection fund
`A boost to replantation'
Harrisons Malayalam bags 6 awards
Tea industry hails allocation
Technical Analysis
Volatile movement
Telecommunications
No cheer for telecom users, service providers — Now, service tax on Net telephony
BSNL One India scheme from today
Textiles
A touch more than a stitch in time
`Will help exports'
Duty rationalisation for man-made textiles — More allocation for textile schemes; Rs 189 cr for textile parks
Tobacco
Tobacco shrugs off excise hike
Tourism
Outlay for tourism hiked
Trends
A shopper's day out
Small cars, ice-creams, colas cheaper; not so umbrellas, glassware
Price cuts galore on small cars
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