Mar
05
Taxation expert Amitabh Singh feels that the government will issue bonds to fund Rs 60,000 cr waiver for farmers.
Mar
04
Dr Anil Gupta, COO, Aditi Technologies, feels that apart from a reduction in personal income tax rates, there is nothing material in this Budget that will help boost India’s economy in the long term.
Mar
03
Bharat Bhatia, Regional Director, India, SAARC and South East Asia, Motorola Global Govt Affairs & Public Policy (GGA&PP) feels this Budget has nothing good to offer for telecom.
Mar
01
PC's seventh Budget means different things for different people. Experts from across the spectrum try to look at it differently.
On a show hosted by Paromita Chatterjee, students react to the Budget.
Feb
29
Kamal Wadhera, CEO, Top Careers & You, feels that the addition of 410 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas would reduce the gap in educated pool.
Dr. Anil Gupta, COO, Aditi Technologies, is disappointed by the lack of relief in corporate tax.
Raja Gopalan S, Vice-President, Finance, Microland, feels PC's Budget doesn't have anything substantial for the IT industry.
S L Narayanan, CFO, Symphony Services, feels that the Union Budget 2008 could have accomplished a lot more.
Pharma industry has hailed the Union Budget 2008-09 as extremely positive.
Left blamed the Govt for not announcing any measures to check food prices.
The FM waived off Rs 60,000 cr of the outstanding loans of farmers.
Shiv Sena will study the Budget impact on Vidarbha and Marathwada.
Proposed reduction is excise duty will provide some relief and growth impetus.
Reduction in CENVAT from 16 pc to 14 pc and CST rates from 3 pc to 2 pc is also a positive move. Leaving the peak customs duty unchanged could be seen as inflationary – however, this would provide the much-required relief to some of the sectors
BJP on Friday said the government has virtually declared early polls.
Here's the full text of the Budget speech read out by the Finance Minister.
It was a mixed bag of response from the automobile industry.
CPI on Friday criticised the Budget 2008-9 saying it lacked long-term perspective.
