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Government borrowing target fails to enthuse market
Bond market, however, happy with the government's commitment to keep deficits under check
 "Government borrowing target fails to enthuse market")
BS jury: A delicate balancing act with rural push
The Business Standard jury of industry captains assesses the focus of Arun Jaitley's Budget 2017
 "BS jury: A delicate balancing act with rural push")
Startups say FM's move to extend time limit for tax holiday helps liquidity
I-T exemption time limit for startups has been extended to 3 out of 7 years now
 "Startups say FM's move to extend time limit for tax holiday helps liquidity")
High on announcements, low on allocations for agriculture
Announces new Mission to eliminate poverty; marginal rise in MNREGA allocation
 "High on announcements, low on allocations for agriculture")
Budget has disappointed all: Jaipal Reddy
Centre's demonetisation move has not yielded any substantial benefit, he said
 "Budget has disappointed all: Jaipal Reddy")
Budget aims at fiscal improvement: S&P
It, however, added that country's debt remains a rating constrain
 "Budget aims at fiscal improvement: S&P")
Govt strikes balance between fiscal prudence, growth boost: Goldman Sachs
Economic Survey had earlier pegged the country's GDP growth at 6.75% to 7.5% in FY18
 "Govt strikes balance between fiscal prudence, growth boost: Goldman Sachs")
Look at a holding company structure, not a mega oil firm
Instead of the proposed mega oil company, the govt could look at setting up a holding company
 "Look at a holding company structure, not a mega oil firm")
Ananth Narayanan: A big leap towards digital India
Budget 2017 is focused on bringing growth back to the economy after demonetisation
Big push for digitisation, less-cash society a key theme of Budget
Modi govt's BHIM App found prominent mention in FM Arun Jaitley's Budget speech
 "Big push for digitisation, less-cash society a key theme of Budget")
Disinvestment: Govt pins hopes on PSU stake sales
Sets target of Rs 72,500 crore even as FY17 targets are missed
 "Disinvestment: Govt pins hopes on PSU stake sales")
Amidst uncertainty, some stability
Like much else in economics, Budgets too need to be de-mystified
Aakar Patel: The Budget speech as speech
I want to compare Mr Jaitley's speech to that of another finance minister's from a generation ago
Abheek Barua: The notebandi antidote
Some of its assumptions seem realistic while others are bound to raise a few eyebrows
No more gloom as Budget 2017 gives people many reasons to cheer: Know how
All e-tickets booked through the IRCTC website will get cheaper
 "No more gloom as Budget 2017 gives people many reasons to cheer: Know how")
Ajay Shah: A conservative Budget
But, given the economic slump, it comes up short
 "Ajay Shah: A conservative Budget")
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay: Budget to foster move towards GST
But lack of reform in customs duty is a glaring omission
Mukesh Butani: More good, less bad, nothing ugly
The Budget tweaks tax rates to address the rich-poor divide
Akash Prakash: No news is good news
Markets were braced for bad news hence the rally
Rathin Roy: Prudent in practice, extravagant in rhetoric
Govt is aware that nominal growth is going to be much lower than projected