PAPER: Newsprint producers, packaging firms to benefit excise up, retail prices to rise
STEEL: Tariff up, imports costlier, enabling firms here to raise prices
TEXTILES: Duty reductions, concessions, other aid gladden sector
VIEW FROM MINT ROAD: High crude oil prices pose risk to inflation
GOLD: Tariff on gold, platinum doubled duty raised across jewellery-based products
AUTOMOBILES: Prices of all cars slated to rise by a minimum two per cent
FINANCIAL REFORMS: Bill likely to supersede the Andhra Pradesh Act, recognise RBI as regulator
TOBACCO: However, duty rise may fuel evasion, says industry
CEMENT: Manufactures divided on likely impact of new measures
VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS: A Rs 5,000-crore India Opportunities Venture Fund with Sidbi to be set up
INCOME TAX LAW: Experts call the move unconstitutional say will drive away foreign investors
BORROWINGS & INTEREST RATES: Banks may face MTM losses as bond yields harden