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Interim Budget 2009

Pranab Mukherjee's Interim Budget 2009 leaves taxes unchanged, increases defence and rural spends
Read the Budget Speech
 
 Budget Headlines
UPA on spending spree despite tax slowdown
Higher interest rates could be the price of the fiscal stimulus.   Read Story
Markets vote against Budget
'We have tried to be conservative'
Govt presses rewind button on FRBM
Infrastructure sectors get lip service
Expenditure may increase 20% on subsidy bill, loan waiver
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 Poll
Should India's defence sector be thrown open to foreign investments?
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 Budget Flashback
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 Expert Views
Is the deficit a stimulus?
The perplexing question that must puzzle many is why, in the face of a huge fiscal stimulus (the highest in more than a decade), no one thinks that the government has done enough.    Read Story
M Govinda Rao: In search of fiscal room
Surjit S Bhalla: Blinded by reality
Subir Gokarn: Mr Mukherjee's tightrope
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay: Non-action - a missed opportunity
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  BS Videos
 Budget & Economy
Textile may see more job losses
Diamond industry's revival hope dashed
Infrastructure sectors get lip service
Capex stagnant, to go up later
In poll year, Mukherjee extends sop for small farm loans
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 Budget Reactions
"Piyush Business Park" - An approved Commercial Project by Piyush Group
Piyush Group, a well known name into Real Estate and Construction, has recently come out with their new commercial project, named, Piyush Business Park-1.    Read Story
Interim Budget disappointed PHD Chamber
Interim Budget evokes mixed response in states
'It shouldn't have been just a vote-on-account'
Budget fails to cheer exporters
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 Budget & Government
Government earned 'windfall' profits on soaring crude prices
High crude oil prices in 2008 have left the government richer by a few thousand crore rupees.    Read Story
Centre confident of meeting power sector targets
Tax demands fail to yield desired results
Govt presses rewind button on FRBM
Expenditure may increase 20% on subsidy bill, loan waiver
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