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Pre-budget media quarantine in FinMin to start from Jan 4

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his second budget is likely to focus on steps to accelerate economic growth

Jayanta Roy: Time for North Block to think big

The 2016-17 Budget needs to be a game changer but this calls for substantial political will

Crowd source inputs for budget from common people: PM to BJP MPs

Centre to launch ambitious job scheme on Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary

Sinha spells out four pillars of Budget '16

'Cannot say in an unalloyed way that the economy is moving', cautions MoS Finance

Excise exemptions may be whittled in Budget

List of 300 duty-free items could shrink to offset higher govt salaries, pensions

Bangladesh to welcome FBI help in blogger's murder probe

Secular blogger Niloy Chakrabarty Neel was brutally hacked to death by suspected al-Qaeda linked Islamists in Dhaka

Measure & Impact: Smart cities

Rs 7060 cr given to develop 100 smart cities

2% Swachh Bharat cess, 100% deduction on investment in Kosh

Similar tax treatment is also proposed for the Clean Ganga Fund

A SNAPSHOT OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY

Ahead of the Union Budget for 2015-16, to be presented on February 28, Business Standard looks at how India's key economic indicators have moved since 2010-11

Budget 2014-15 wish list: Automotive sector

Deregulation of diesel prices: Government's decision to continue with deregulation of diesel prices will help in bringing a balance in the sale of petrol and diesel cars

MFs' Budget Wish List

Budget 2014-15 wish list: Aviation sector

Budget 2014-15 wish list: Telecom sector

Share of new trains: Maharashtra & Karnataka get the lion

With Maharashtra heading for an assembly election later this year

Street view

The Indian basket of crude oil has gone up eight per cent in 2013-14 in rupee terms due to currency depreciation of 10.3%

Budget & Impact: It's 50-50 for Nifty

Measure & Impact: Precious metals

Basic Customs duty on imported flat-rolled products of stainless steel raised

Budget at a glance

Measure & Impact: Income tax

Deduction limit on account of interest on loan in respect of self-occupied house property raised from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh

Measure & Impact: Infrastructure

An investment of Rs 37,880 cr in national and state highways is proposed, which includes Rs 3,000 cr for the Northeast