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My Budget: Prasad Bidapa

Claude Smadja: India's open for business again

A careful balancing between the need for growth and fiscal consolidation may attract global businesses

Sunita Narain: No sustainability road map

Mr Jaitley has fallen into the old trap of financing meaningless cleaning initiatives

Satya Poddar: The steps to the GST

For the government to go forward, it should build a better structure for research and policy analysis for the goods and services tax

Mukesh Butani: A preparatory exercise

Finance minister tries to put house in order before reforms are unveiled in February

Abheek Barua: Not a bang, but not a whimper either

Akash Prakash: Short on vision, long on detail

Subir Gokarn: Nudges and pushes

An overarching theme was missing from Mr Jaitley's Budget, but little details hint towards a larger strategy

Budget optimistic on revenues, mum on subsidy cuts

Market says govt's assumptions of higher nominal GDP growth too optimistic

Five changes in the budget for the stock market

The government has proposed that a single demat account which can be used for different financial products

FM says govt will take 'effective steps' to revive SEZs

In order to revive the investors' interest to develop better infrastructure and to efficiently use the available unutilised land

New IITs, IIMs and a boost to skill sector

FM also announced a spending of Rs 100 cr to start village entrepreneurship training schemes to encourage rural youth to start their own ventures

Govt to review DTC bill in its present form :Jaitley

The government will consider the comments received from stakeholders

Who gets what from the Union budget

Although there is no tax break for corporate India, a big relief is that there are no new taxes

Branded petrol price to be cut by over Rs 5/litre

No change in excise duty on branded diesel was made

Raising FDI in defence 'will harm national security: Antony

Says with this decision, gradually all the defence manufacturing companies in India will come under the control of foreign multi-national companies

Govt presents progressive, growth-oriented Budget: ICAI

Says Jaitley has introduced sweeping reforms for a stable tax regime

Union budget has many features worth welcoming: Karunanidhi

He said the setting up of National Institute of Ageing, a mega textile park, and a solar power project in TN are welcome measures

Industry captains hail Modi govt's first Budget

SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya welcomed the pronouncements on the consolidation of banks, saying it should be done in a time-bound manner

Don't expect the govt to keep on giving subsidies for auto industry: TVS Motor CMD

Says it's a very practical Budget