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Markets end higher on see-saw Budget day trade

Private banks rally, ITC crashes as Sensex ends 0.5% up

Budget aims at easier tax regime for markets

MAT, GAAR, clarification on permanent establishment are all positives, say experts

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

My Budget: Prahlad Kakar

The noted ad film maker says investment in infrastructure - power, roads and more - is commendable

Cheap oil prunes subsidy bill

Outgo to contract 8.5 per cent on price reform for automotive and cooking fuel

Expect 50-75-bp rate cut in 2015: Keki Mistry

Budget for the future: Arundhati Bhattacharya

FMC-Sebi merger was needed: Samir Shah

This will pave the way for widening the scope of participation by banks, foreign institutional investors, mutual funds, etc, in the commodity exchanges

Little on offer for steel industry: Dilip Oommen

For the steel industry, the Budget has little to offer directly, barring a provision to raise the import duty on steel and a reduction in import duty to two per cent on scrap

Budget was a tightrope walk: Pratik Gupta

Says the FM balanced the imperatives of fiscal consolidation and of the need to increase public investment

A Budget with a nine-pointer flair: Prashant Jain

Says revenue assumptions are conservative and realistic

Impetus for manufacturing: Baba Kalyani

Says the Budget reflects an intention to put economy on the path of double-digit growth

Supportive of 'Make in India': Ravi Uppal

Says massive commitments to reboot the infrastructure sector could be significant growth drivers

An industry-friendly Budget: T V Narendran

GST timeline was the best feature: Pawan Goenka

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