Export sops

Describing the Union Budget as a "total disappointment," exporters on Thursday said they would ask the government to make available to them dollar funds for buying capital goods and raw materials.

In a meeting with Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday, members of the Federation Of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) will apprise him of the need to provide adequate incentives to boost the country's exports, M Rafeeque Ahmed, president, FIEO.