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Budget only beginning, I did whatever I could do: Jaitley

Rating agencies have been crticising FM for not repealing the retrospective tax amendment and not providing enough sops for the industry

Increase in clean energy cess on imported coal: Adani, GVK and Tatas to redraw foreign assets

While both Adani and GVK have coal mines in Australia, Tata Power has one in Indonesia

Next Budget should be more reformist

Budget has devils in tax details: Assocham

Service tax pain for drug trials as Budget cuts sop

Removal of service tax exemption will hit interest of nation & consumers, says industry; many small and newly established players may have to shut shop

An honest budget that gives more to people than takes away: Atul Mehra

Budget has a lot of thrust on quality of education, improvement in infrastructure, tax reforms and modest divestment targets

Govt has time to review GAAR implementation: Revenue Secretary

Says it was not an issue on which the govt had to make an announcement in this Budget

Budget announcements positive for infra in long term: Fitch

Says new govt has made new long-term capital investment cycle as a policy focus

PSBs' capitalisation challenge not addressed: Moody's

The banks need capital to support loan growth, comply with Basel-III regulations and improve their loan loss coverage

Budget's swadeshi diktat puts insurers in a cleft

Many insurance companies that have foreigners in top team may see management rejig

Budget brings tax worries for foreign portfolio investments

Three of top five FPI source nations, accounting for Rs 7.8 lakh cr of investments, don't have favourable treaties on capital gains to exempt them from 15% tax

Punjab MSMEs unhappy with Jaitley's maiden Budget

Hopes of lower SME borrowing rate and rollback of Customs duty dashed

Subir Roy: What about fiscal consolidation?

Shankar Acharya: Budget 2014 - Good beginning or missed opportunity?

With Mr Jaitley preferring continuity over change, good days might take a little longer to arrive

Budget lacks 'specifics' for improvement in power sector: Fitch

Says inadequate domestic production and infrastructure bottlenecks continue to act as constraints for ensuring adequate supplies to power plants

Post-Budget, MFs fear redemptions worth Rs 2 lakh cr

According to industry experts, MFs are concerned that the budget proposals may hit them hard and result in massive outflow

Rajiv Lall: The 'disappointment brigade' gets the Budget wrong

Arun Jaitley's maiden effort is a welcome and purposeful change in direction and not UPA redux

Nitin Desai: A competitively populist Budget

The new government must discipline the spending habits of Union ministries

Jaitley promises more on growth in Budget debate

Govt keen on stable and reasonable tax regime & targeted subsidies, he tells Lok Sabha; sees signs of economic pick-up

Ajay Chhibber: A Budget, not a moon shot

The Budget wisely refrained from excessive ambition - but it prepared the ground for lift-off later