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Happy compromise to face fiscal challenge: Ashok Lahiri

First BDay gain in four years

Leg-up for financial savings: Nilesh Shah

BS Jury

India Inc is encouraged by a determined Budget that commits the government to transformation

Domestic steel producers welcome import duty increase

Jaitley raised import duty of long as well as flat steel products from five per cent and 7.5%, respectively, to 10%

FMC to be merged with Sebi

The merger of the commodities and equtiy markets regulators had been hinted at in the Economic Survey

Gold monetisation may curb imports

Sovereign gold bonds and India-made gold coins with Ashok Chakra embossed on those also announced

Energy policy on the right path: Kirit S Parikh

The coal tax will generate at least Rs 10,000 crore per year and it will be used to promote renewables

Budget 2015-16: CM's views

The ministers shared mixed views, from the Budget being nothing new to the finance minister doing justice to all sections

Make in India gets a leg up

The Budget has laid down a clear road map for promoting infrastructure development and investment in manufacturing, and in the process has shown a welcome inclination to improve the ease with which bu

Setting up AIIMS look-alikes in other states might not help: Dipankar Gupta

The brightest spot in the Budget in social sector spending is in education

Signs of cautious optimism: Richard Gibbs

The monetary policy outlook for India is highly dependent on the integrity of the fiscal policy framework

Booster shot for infrastructure: Rajiv Kumar

The Modi-Jaitley team's real achievement is to effectively dispel the myth that growth and public welfare cannot go together

Focus on sanitation positive but not enough: Rohini Nilekani

There were no significant announcements made for the health sector, on which India's Budget spends have historically been abysmally low

Bankruptcy code, black money steps stand out: Subhashis Gangopadhyay

Weak bankruptcy regimes lock up valuable capital with inefficient managers and allow them to strip the assets of the company they run for their personal benefit

Plan to put India in big league by 2022: Hemant Kanoria

FM could have done much more: Amitabh Chaudhry

Key social and welfare schemes face fiscal surgery

Allocation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, mid-day meal scheme cut; government says funds to come from states

States empowered with additional funds

States' share has increased to Rs 5.24 lakh crore in FY16 as compared to the FY15 revised estimates of Rs 3.38 lakh crore

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