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The rich surcharge is only tokenism: Pronab Sen

My Budget: Nikhil Chinapa

Says the Budget seems to be favourable to the middle-class

My Budget: Anita Dongre

The fashion designer doesn't think it is a very populist Budget

My Budget: Sudhir Mishra

The filmmaker believes it should have been a little more daring, especially in the area of job creation

My Budget: Rajat Kapoor

The actor-filmmaker says one shouldn't shy away from praising the positives

Jewellery sector to create more jobs: Mehul Choksey

The gold and jewellery industry has the potential to create 1 million more jobs in the next few years

Mumbai-Bangalore corridor big step: Adi Godrej

My Budget: Devi Shetty

Surcharge on the rich is modest: C Rangarajan

Attempt to bring fiscal consolidation: Seshagiri Rao

Angel fund sops to drive innovation: Kris Gopalakrishnan

Expected a nationwide GST rollout: Govind Shrikhande

Pharma, urban healthcare neglected: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Corporate surcharge a dampener: Glenn Saldanha

Though we remain on a sticky wicket, his effort has been to try and get us back to the 6% plus GDP growth. While the direction seems right, it still remains difficult for India to achieve 8% growth

Moderately populist: Gautam Adani

Support for commodity derivatives: R Ramaseshan

Sugar sector sees better days ahead: Abinash Verma

Firmly growth-focussed: Y M Deosthalee

MY BUDGET: Prasad Bidapa

Chidambaram goes after smokers-again

TOBACCO: 18% excise duty increase to impact organised players like ITC and VST