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Himachal water mills churn out cheap power

J&K hikes district plan outlay to 40%

Special package for N-E region

STATE FINANCES

8.9% outlay hike for upgrade

DEFENCE

A completely retrograde Budget

CM QUOTES/ Vasundhara Raje, Rajasthan

A favourable Budget for Delhi

CM QUOTES/ Shiela Dikshit, Delhi

Not much for Karnataka

CM QUOTES/ HD Kumaraswamy, Karnataka

TV Bytes

Corporate chieftains dissect the budget and like what the Finance Minister has to offer

Getting charitable, religiously

CHARITABLE DONATIONS

Getting up close and mutual

MUTUAL FUNDS

FM dreams in words, not deeds

COMMENT: SL RAO, chairman, ISEC and former director-general, NCAER

Move to make India preferred base for semi-conductors

NUTS & BOLTS

Fewer idle minds, empty hands

JOBS

It`s not just about the money

HEALTH & EDUCATION

`Pragmatic, growth-oriented`

CHAMBER MOOD

Saving grace: Tax sops for FDs

Wage bill swells by 3% on pensions, DA

SALARIES AND PENSIONS

Customs exemptions cost Rs 92,561 crore

REVENUE FORGONE

Tremendously positive

COMMENT: AJIT RANADE, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group

Power crisis looms over Mumbai